Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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To grow boTh socially and academically, This is our goal aT SwarThmcre . . . buT, beTore The inTroducTion To new ideas, beTore The TirsT eTT'orT To Tormulaie our own ThoughTs, beTore The beginning oT The search Tor our own idenTiTies . , . we musT be TirsT housed, Ted, and supplied wiTh The Tools Tor our own learning , . . These, our basic needs, are Tilled noT by The academic sTaTT oT The college, nor by The adminisTraTion . , . These basic requiremenTs are meT by The nighT waTchman, The house direcTor, The nurses, The dieTiTian, who Torm The backbone oT The school which enables us To go on To The accomplishmenT oT our academic and social poTenTials. Our basic need oT money . . . The sTeel gray cage oT The business oTTice keeping cur money saTe Tor and Trom us . . . giving ouT, Trom iTs backlog cf green, slippery-new dollars, The money which is soon spenT Tor cleaning, TcoThpasTe, and ThaT all-imporTanT, always ouT oT proporTion, mis- cellaneous . . , The land ohfice business aT The end oT The money when ale lowances have run ouT . . . The sense oT accomplishmenT aT having money equal expenses Tor once, Tollowed by a disasTrous, selT-congraTulaTory splurge which again unbalances The budgeT. The cleanness and anTisepTic smells Tloaling ouT Trom The inTirmary . , . Their dry sTeriliTy conTrasTing wiTh The warm Triendliness oT The people There X ,,.-E. 'le f - I ' i -Q-1. T- .:: 'Hnp...,, A ::. , ' V fs, M r . va KA gl r T ,rage ' by s sssr T gl emily A an-39 4 W, K . If argaflgg :ii L , ' ' . ' ufN f-gg-'Pg 3918 K ,. I 55 A I Ext, xv ,ji ig . , M-N, , AV A . vat, an my i we T is ess' so -t-,jsp ' Midi I X - s s his 8

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W I i , . . The wailing lines a+ lhe hours when fhe doclor is lhere, people coming half for medicafion, half lo escape, for a lime, lheir sludying , . . fhe slruggle of fhe slaff 'ro keep fheir sludenls heallhy when lhese lasl lor- ge+ To gargle, lo lake pills, or To gel some sleep. . .already sparkling glass and chrome being polished by fhe careful hands of a genlle, quief nurse . . . modern drugs and peaceful calm lo heal lhe physical wounds and fhe loneliness of fired Swarlhmoreans. The varied scenes in The dining room . . . +he long hissing line al Il:53 a.m.: lhe shocked faces, seeing, for lhe firsl Time, The Beef Haverford sign pul up by lhe class of '6l7 +rays overloaded wilh packages of cereal, revealing lhose of us who wanl 'ro sleep lale for lhe res? of fha? week's mornings . . . healed argumenls over cold food , . . noi only meals, buf companionship and conversalion . . . a chance fo meef fhose dillerenf cul- fures lhaf we came 'ro Swarfhrnore To know and appreciafe. Chief warrior againsf Scorch lape, fhumblacks, and pins in lhe walls . . . fhe house direc+or's oflice-cenler of repairs lrequesls forl: rafs lcorn- plainfs abouflq and roommales ldisagreeing, who'd like lo movel . . . vain hopes lhal fhe rooms could, iusf for once, be painled in colors lhaf every- body would like . . , keeper of keys, profeclor of painl and paper, and walchdog of lhe furnilure and lhe floors. 9