Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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THE RECORD WILLIAM M. CHACE JOHN W. GOULD Editors-in-chief EDWARD REINER Photography editor E. KERFOOT RITTER Business manager HOLLINSHEAD N. TAYLOR. Ill CHRISTOPH M. KIMMICH N. MARSHALL MEYERS Associate editors Page 3

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LD ZX % FOREWORD K 3 When we first started discussing this book, hundreds of wonderful ideas flowed through our minds and life vis-a-vh the Y{ecorA seemed very bright indeed. We bandied about lots of inspiring suggestions concerning formats, styles, themes and the like. All sorts of squabbles and feuds arose between editors and staff, between members of the staff, and between the editors themselves. One of the most inter- esting ideas put forth (this by a member of the staff) was made sometime in early March. He suggested that we get on with it. Although he was, of course, asked to resign from the staff, his idea was later found to prove most useful in solving certain problems which had been piling up during the year. Our publisher, a very nervous man, later wrote the lad a thank-you note. It would be delightfully easy (but very unfair) not to extend our thanks to the many members of the Class of 1961 who have contributed time and energy to this effort. Each senior has an example of his prose or poetry displayed in the book. All of us, in a sense, have been implicated in this deed. Our thanks are also extended to members of this year ' s Students ' Council. That group constantly provided us with information about the money we couldn ' t have or couldn ' t spend. In those early months, when all was golden, we planned to include a glorious two-page color spread of some lovely campus photograph. Upon investigation of various facts and figures, however, we dis- covered that such a good idea would have to be chucked out the window. We found that the book would have to be sixteen pages longer than any previous Haverford yearbook. This was because the Class of 1961 is one of the largest classes ever: 115 members. So all our extra money was channeled into extra pages, not into color spreads. So much for visual appeal. The general theme of this book is that there was a lot of work to do and not very much time to do it in. We have devoted a great deal of space to the Class of 1961; quite frankly the members of that class seemed awfully important to us. The brief sketches of the academic departments were written by majors in those departments. They have been left unsigned for obvious reasons. Academic fortunes were, after all, at stake. Looking back, there were some real moments of pleasure in working on this yearbook. We both cer- tainly hope it pleases you. W. M. C. J. W. G.