Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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Dr. Steere, who always smiles , imparts his words of Wisdom at a meeting of the heart . PHILOSOPHY Friends, in philosophy, there is a single ap- proach by which one can arrive at an understanding of the Truth, and certainly, that approach is the one oF Brotherly Love. So speaks the head of the Philosophy department, Douglas Steere, who al- ways smiles as he explains to his students the rela- tive merits of turning in their weekly little papers. I agree basically with your ideas, but vou do not back up what you say. Give examples; perhaps Philosophy 14 would be of some help to you, for after all, the logical method of examining any sys- tem is best. Frank Parker thus voices his opinion after returning an exam or a paper to some disil- lusioned undergraduate who thought he knew it cold. I ' m sorry 1 had to gi e you that low grade, but don ' t worry about it. The best thing for you to do is to go out and li ' e a little. Experience is the best teacher. Relax, have fun, then you ' ll find you can study more effectively. And then Paul Desjardins strides purposefully across campus to correct one of those papers that were turned in last October. The three L ' s — love, logic, and life — char- acterize these three outstanding members of the Philosophy department, each of whom is certain that his was is the way to really burrow down and uncover the meaning of life. Dr. Steere, who has travelled from Union Seminary to Dr. Schweitzer ' s Africa, imparts his words of wisdom don ' t you see that a meeting of hearts, a true union of the loving spirits of all mankind, can do what a ballistic missile could ne ' er dream of doing . . . with various gesticulations indicating the merits of a world- embrace. Dr. Parker, who this year gained new inspira- tions at the University of Indiana (and had to re- tire from acti ' e competition in the volley-ball), has pointed out to all of his students the necessity of clear and distinct ideas, if and only if one wishes to make a statement more meaningful. Dr. Desjardins continues to explain all philos- ophy in his own unique way, going off on an oc- casional tangent ( that reminds me of a story . . . ) but he always manages somehow to leave his list- eners no more confused than before. With the additions of Mr. Gourevitch and Mr. Wolterstorff, who bring two more approaches to philosophy, and who are both certain that their own approaches are best, it is evident that life for the phil. major is largely a matter of hero-worship — whichever teacher is deified thus assuring us that paganism is not dead, even among campus philosophers. Perhaps, summing it all up, we can learn to love our neighbor if and only if we re- lax so that we can study more effectively. Page 26

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MUSIC It ' s impossssible, Thrcadgill! Just impossssible! If you can ' t get here to class on time, then don ' t come at all. I don ' t want to see you under such horrid circumstances. If you and Caplan want to sit in the Coop all day long and just talk to each other, then I don ' t see how I can help you prepare for Comps. — thus the man with the dashing black eyebrows, the wavy silver hair, and the great green cape admonished the tardy Music majors who had just appeared ten minutes late for Music 100. Of course, they had had to scream Outrage to get something to eat in the Coop at 1:30 and then they were forced, as is the usual custom, to wait for over an hour before meeting with the Master. It ' s outrageous!!! snapped back the impertinent Threadgill. You know crv well how I hate to bolt down my lunch. In Fiurojic I always found that I had two whole hours for lunch . . . I ' d much rather go home for my nap than to ha e Comp con- ference anyway! And, with that, he swept out of the Music Room and slammed the door behind him. The more patient Caplan sat down with the Master to ponder over a book of 16th century Cerman chorales and they were soon both engulled in an ecstatic fit of cantus firmus delight. Sensi- tivity and overly-intense personal feelings, as we all know, are the first prerequisites for a musician, and especially for Ha erford Music majors. Thus there is never a week when someone is not hurt or even incensed because he hasn ' t been allowed to use the big pianos or asked to take over the student or- chestra. But then, sometimes, bitter invective ap- pears in the Nexvs, writing articles for which has often proved the only legitimate outlet for r epressed indignation. Ultimately, however, all this does keep one vital. The man with the dashing eyebrows and John Davison gather around the baby grand to Tclive their vaudeville days. 1 A ' I. 2 % r ' H i .-, • ' ' ' Miig '

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C ' onstaiitly at play dicament. cuit analysis : Dr. Sclove pretends ni)t to n itice Dr. Wood ' s pre- PHYSICS Despite dire warnings. Dr. Aaron Lemonick, chairman-on-sabbatical of the Physics department, did not remo e to the California Institute of Tech- nology that spirit of somber, rational inquiry which is such an essential part of the mental make-up of all those students serious and sturdy enough to ac- cept the challenge of this department. The spirit remains, for here with us is somber, rational Dr. Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, better known to students as Fay, who has bravely borne the responsibility of taming and focusing the eager, impetuous minds entrusted to her care as acting chairman. In addi- tion, she has indoctrinated students with the Cal- vinistic dogmas of mechanics and the higher my- steries of modern physics, a subject, it is said, which has surpassed Zen Buddhism in campus popularity. (Dr. Selove is supposed to have abolished a com- mittee once). These two somber, rational types have been considered by the more psychologically astute of us as, respectively, the Father Image and the Mother Image of the department. The third somber, rational member of the department is Thomas Alonzo Bcnham, whose pedagogic duties include introducing students to the terrible beauty of Maxwell ' s equations and wave guides and making them aware of the high drama which is constantly at play in circuit analysis. His secular duties include tracking an immense number of satellites and com- manding Science For The Blind, an organization whose tendrils extend into every section of the country and into every sector of the economy. Also, he spends much time inveighing against the rolls of red tape which the College administration piles in front of him. Dr. Thomas A. Wood and Dr. Walter Selo e of Pcnn and Samuel M. V. Tatnall of Chestnut Mill (all three are somber and rational) are ha ing fun with the students in the courses which Dt. Lemonick used to ignite (teach). The amazing Dr. Louis C. Green, who has the Astron- omv department all to himself, seems to be spend ing most of his time explaining his research to earnest members of the Haverford community, but he also finds the time needed to teach courses on everything and to command a multi-lingual crew, second in number only to Mr. Benham ' s, which relentlesslv probes into the divine nature of the Schrodingcr equation. There is reportedly an As- tronomv major this year. Page 27