Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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GEORGE BAGBY One ot the limils of reality Presenls itself in Oley when the hay. Baked through long days, is piled in mows. It is A land too ripe for enigmas, too serene . . . Things stop in that direction and since Ihey stop The direction slops and we accept what is As good. The utmost must be good and is And is our fortune and honey hived in the trees And mingling of colors at a festival. . . . The personae of summer play the char- acters Of an inhuman author, who meditates With the gold bugs, in blue meadows, late at night. He does not hear his chciracters talk. He sees Them mottled, in the moodiest costumes. Of blue and yellow, sky and sun, belted And knotted, sashed and seamed, half pales of red. Half pales of green, appropriate habit for The huge decorum, the manner of the time. Part of the mottled mood of summer ' s whole. In which the characters speak because they want To speak, the fat, the roseate characters. Free, for a moment, from malice and sud- den cry. Complete in a completed scene, speeiking Their parts as in a youthful happiness. — from Wallace Stevens: Credences of Summer

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RICK BAZELON Rick ' s personalily is a seemingly paradoxical blend of strength and, to use a forbidden word, tenderness. This means that, unlike many other nice guys, there is a great deal behind Rick ' s frequent smiles. His strength of character lies in the firm set of principles and goals which he has established for himself and which he never betrays. Yet they do not blind him to the wants and needs of others, and rather than pursuing his own selfish course, he is often in dangei of becoming the doormat of the world because of his considerateness. Nor do Rick ' s principles rigidity or limit his outlook on life, for they are accompanied by true openmindedness and a wide-ranging variety of interests. This combination has enabled him to take full advantage of Haverford in all its aspects, keeping each element in proper perspective. Aided by his seemingly boundless energy, he has worked hard organizing the Tougaloo exchange and the Second American Revolution, and has performed well in such diverse ac- tivities as Students ' Council, the tennis team, the study of British history, and the Customs Committee, always refusing to do a super- ficial job. At the same time. Rick has managed to develop a surpris- ing number of what he would aptly call very close friendships, as well as a deep relationship with a certain Bryn Mawrter. Whether or not he eventually becomes America ' s first Jewish President, he is certain to contribute as much to life in the outside world as he has to life at Haverford. 26