Haverford School - Haligoluk Yearbook (Havertown, PA)

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LESLIE R. SEVERINGHAUS, A.B..A.lv1. Headmasfer Mr. Severinghaus became Headrnasfer in I942 affer having been head of fhe English deoarfmenf, He graduafed from Cornefl and fhen spenf five years 'reaching in China for fhe Rockefeller Foundafion af Peiping Urion Medical College. Refurning fo fhe Unifed Sfafes in l922, he fook his mas- fers degree af Columbia and confinued his feaching career in America af Providence lR.I.l Counfry Day School. ln l945 The Univerify of Pernsylvania conferred upon him an honorary degree. His sixfeen-hour days have added a few more disfinguished gray hairs fo his femples and a considerable amounf of cash fo fhe War Memorial Fund. Keenly aware of Haverfordis problems, he has earned fhe respecf and affecfion of everyone by his facfful handling of delicafe sifuafions. J. GEORGE BLACK Assisfanf fo fhe Headmasfer Mr. Black is fhe mosf fifled member of fhe faculfyg one hardly knows where fo begin. His principal fifle appears above, buf he is also secrefary of fhe Faculfy, Secrefary of fhe Board of Direcfors, Alumni Secrefary and Direcfor of fhe Summer Session He affended Penn Sfafe from l9l4 fo I9l7 leaving fo goin fhe Army where he served as a nor commissioned officer, firsf in fhe engineering corps and lafer in fhe fransporfafion corps He was a parlner in a Philadelphia real esfafe firm unfil l926 when he came fo Haverford ARTHUR W PALMER B S Senior Masfer Affer graduafing from Colby College Nr Palmer faughf for a year af Cloyne School before coming fo Haverford in IQO6 ln poirf of service he is fhe senior member of fhe faculfy Always a keen sporfsman Mr Palmer has been Direcfor of Afhlefics and varsify baseball and foofball coach For years he was a member of fhe infercollegiafe rules commiffee His ardrobe has dazzled many a sfudenf af Haverford and sef a sfandard of sarforial eminence which is hard fo meef His summers are spenf n his rafive Maine where he has conducfed Camp Allagash for many years HEMAN S SHAW A B AM Hlsfory The Colonel he is more familiarly known s a Tarheel which he will hasfen fo assure you refe s fo a nafive of NORTH and nof SOUTH Carolina He was educafed af Davidson College where he received his bachelor s de gree in hisfory and af fhe Universify of Pennsylvania where he fook his grad uafe wo k Af Haverford he nas coached a variefy of afhlefic feams chief amohg which have be n fhe renowned l35s His famous opening remark Please fake yo seafs and Numbah one are an indel ble parf of fhe Haver ford scene He is head of fhe hisfory deparfmenf and faculfy sponsor of fhe Currenf Evenfs Club JEAN C L HERITIER BesL B D French Mons eur need no surname fo ldenfify him Even fhe Haverford posfoffice knows where fo deliver a Chri fma card addressed simply Monsieur Haver ford Pa Hi early life wa soerf in hi nafive France where he graduafed from he Llniver ire de Grenoble and fhe Grand Seminaire de Chambery Mon ieur came fo Haverford ln IQI7 affer feaching in fhe Berlifz Schools in Piffsourgh and Philadelphia of fhich he a also d recfor In I92l he became head r fhe French deparfmenf Qne of h s chief claims fo disfincfion i h s French accenf which has beer fhe delighf of hund eds of Haverfordians H i fhe Dafron a 'if of fhe Fren h Club and in a pinch has rlas e ln horf Monsieur: a Haverford insfifufion doubled n Spam h G DICKSCN GARNER A B A M Mafhemafic Though fhe word garneri m does nof appear in Websfers New lnferna i ral any Haverfordian an d fine fhe ferm Mr Garner i one of fhe Ouaro havino ome fo Haverford n l9l9 affer graduafing from Dickin on ieoe i recenf year e a faken an a five parf in coac in u I Clua y wel nown m in w ic e ow s on eo a h d e mao en ree n arnou a arerulv nu fureo oy Mr arner w o a can o m ny of +he'n a d e n hem o e olo min is ai o an exo QU 5, 5 L, 5 y mar TO win e ond in fhe arr TIMF 6 f . , l . . . . V . W -as ' -i , ' , ' r v V T . f . - . ' e ' . ' ' s I I S l . if - u. . 4 A - s ' 's s ' ' : ' , - , . 's ' s i ' 's ' , M . S., . . I . , .. . v . W S I . o' . i ' ' ' ' ' 's i ' - ' r ' . e is s i. c i i . i is . s 9, s . ' 's ' i . fo , l' ci e' . . . 's old 4 l V T 1 il ' I ' S Co'l 4. Unf'l sh hs . c' N f h'gbf's e X' ll k W far his afh sessions i hi h h l ell. fhe simple ccerafiori in alg 'r wfch fhe lex giffe fnd difficulf, Th -rif'c, f rgofhec, gre: 'fy r 'l .G hhsilfel . a T , 1 j e. f. c rn fc full V seo. ' g. He ' s erf on rrerf T4 iri and isa I ages ' ' a firsf or S C ' i rua'

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SAMUEL H. NEWHALL, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Lafin Dr. Newhall s speech 'ends credence fo lhe fheory fha? no New Englander ever loses his accenf, however far afield he may roam, ln his case if may be fhe famed Harvard variefy, for he has faken all his academic degrees af fhaf Universify. Dr, Newhall has faughf af Exefer and fhe Hill, af Baker Universify ard was head of fhe Lafin deparfmenf and vice-principal of fhe Dee-rfielo-Shields High School from I9l6sI92O. He came fo Haverford in I92l where he has been housemasfer of fhe Oaks and head of fhe Lafin deparfmenf. He was direclor of fhe summer session from I932-l935. He has a fine fenor voice and has. on occasion, bresided af fhe keyboard in Chapel. S. NORMAN WILSON, A.B., A.M. Mafhemafics Mr. Wilson has seen Haverford change from a sleepy village To a fhriving suburban communify, for he has beer around here since his graduafion from Haverford College in I903 He received his masfer s degree from fhe same College in I906 and fhen faughf for fwo years af Wesf Chesler High School From 1927 l923 he was a member of fhe faculfy of fhe Swarlhmore Prepara fory School coming fo Haverford School in I923 ln I944 he became head of fhe mafhemafics deparfmenf upon Mr Sfones refiremenf He shep herds lhe Sixfh Form as faculfy advisor His dishnouished whife hair and ITTTD ccable failoring lend a fouch of arisfocracy fo fhe faculfy L CHEYNEY SMITH BS in E E Mafhemafics Mr Smifh came fo Haverford School in l923 He sfudied elecfrical ergineer ing GT Pennsylvania from which he graduafed n l9l4 Affer fhree years as princiba' of Upper Providence Schools and assisfanl educafional dir cfor of fhe Cenfral Y M C A Mr Smifh Ioined The faculfy of Fr ends Selecf School Af Haverford he is besf known as head of +he Junior School a bosifion wh ch he held from 1928 I944 When Mr Wilsor became head of fhe de parfmenf Mr Smifh came fo fhe senior school faculfy as insfrucfor ri mafhemafics H likes fo spend fhe summers in Maine where he has exerci ed his woodworking 'ralenfs by building his own house FRANCIS H SHAFER AB Princefon Lafin Mr Shafer is perhaps bef known af Haverford as cusfodian of fhe Yellow She-ef Few sfudenfs ar ur-aware of he lerrible rubrics of fhis rnysferious parchmenf Newcomers are confused by fhe sfarfling hieroglyphics bar 6do5fh buf Mr Shafer s kindly fuforing soon sefs fhem on fhe riohf frack His sense of humor and facfful refusal fo budge on a maffer of ssenfial discipline have arned him a olace of high regard in Haverford He was housemasfer of +he Oaks for a fume and served nobly as chairman of lhe Bond Commiffee durirg fhe War l-li summer vacaf ons are spenf af Camo Susquehannock FRED R WALLACE B S irecfor of Afhlefics Doc came fo Haverford in l927 as an insfrucfor in manual 'rraining and afhlefc coach He graduafed from W shingfon College n I9I7 was in fhe A E F olayed maior l ague baseball wifh several 'reams and from l9l9 fo l927 Wo Direcfor of Alnlefics ar Sf Luke School He ha been an infer colleo af baskefball a d foofball fficial and has oached varsify feams al Have f rd in baskefbal frack To fball ba ebal and vimming When Mr ame ed a ic ire + D c foo over e bo f an a Maw vheehe b afe Camc C6FlDOU HJDSCN COVERT Ph B n The mar' w Th The amba aoorial look Mr Cov r He ne of fl' acu fv rn f gu he mem e ifing sheo no GDOSGFGPCP b f n manner He would gra any em a v buf ore +o bre e a ma fer o o man Hou e He re eived his eou af af Ham l+on College from whl dua ed i 9 9 l-le a fasen graouaf work af ne Unifersiry f Grenoble and fhe Ura ver ifv T nh yiva a He wie a mean ma nie ano ln e var 'fx nn Hav fo o in addmon fo h dormif ry ard fea hire dune . e . - . -I ' . . . I U . ,... , . i i i i . ' . e . ' ' 's . . , . . . . ' s i 1' Q . e is ' ' ' , . . . ,. i 1 Je ' . . I i , a ' i . i . . ., ' e ' ' ' 4 . . , . , F A . 'S S . s . s '- i e P ' i o 'i c i . rio' l. fc' . s ', sf' '. V. P l r refir ' Afhlef' D' cor, o k fh s d h s since produced manv infer-ac championship feams. His summers are ZOGVV in ' 9 r o er s il . i , . . Pre ch ', . 7 ss ' ' is . ef. iso ef V s oss disfir fs' d b fs, dis' ui' f only ir , lu i . ' ce b ss, ' fers i , sid s s f Cr s s . c ' i' 'ic ion i - f ,ich he gra' ' ' in l9l6. He served 'n fhe A.E.l:. from l9I7 fo l l . h s l A e f' W o ' iif s' of Pe .s ' ri . ' lds s ' as coach d s' ' 'e T: af er r i is 'o c'.J