Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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The brighlly lil windows of ihe library sianding our againsl fhe dark, deserled campus . . . source of The fools for our learning . . . background of friendship for slucly . . . an inifialive for work in ils quiel and peaceful depihs . . . an inifialive for peace in il: colleclion dealing wilh fhaf cause . . , a reminder of 'rhe shori lime we will be here, as we look longingly al all lhe books we'll never have lime lo read, IO

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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

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The deans: sources of guidance, sympaihy, and undersianding . . . eiiiciency shown in Their knowing lhe names, classes, and some delails about mosi, if noi all, Swarlhrnoreans . . . in 'rheir offices: scared 'freshmen called in for inlerviews, fhe circles under lheir eyes growing big- ger and bigger as fhey aniicipafe The queslions-how much sleep are you geHing?, how are you coming in your classes?, and, iusf whar grades did you gel on your hour exams?: ihe superior upperclassmen figuring up impressive fables of mileages and fime schedules lo fry and gel home 'rhaf one day early af Chrisrmas or Thanksgiving or spring vacaricn: prospeclive freshmen silfing on The slippery lealher chairs, bolsiered by iheir parenls, wishing fha? this college wouldn'+ require personal inlerviews lor adrniilance , . , from the olziice-all soris cl curious bullelins To be posled in fhe glass case, ihose lrighfening cards requesling your appearance al an inferview whose significance is sfill unknown To you , . . The deans Themselves-subiecied lo much crilicism: snubbed by lhe freshmen in Their fear of recognilion and consequenl rerribuiion For +he Freshman Serenade: in a iurmoil over The choosing of THE rouie, eiiher blue, green, or yellow . . . responsible more Than anyone buf ourselves here Tor seeing Thar we are secure and happy ai Swarrhmore, The college where ihey helped io bring us. Q 'fir TW?