Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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This is a YEARBOX We call it halcyon 1969 We have tried to capture some parts of Swarthmore. There is room in this box for you to capture and preserve whatever of Swarthmore you would like — favorite photos, letters, junk mail, paperclips. As for what we have provided, you can dispose of any individual part in whatever way you would like — keep it in the box, file it separately, add it to your circular file. In this, Swarthmore ' s first yearbox, there are: four softbound booklets, eight single printed pages, and one printed foldover. We hope that as this box stays with you, the contents will be increased. Frank H. Easterbrook— editor-in-chief Elizabeth K. Hood — layout editor Benjamin J. Kuipers — business manager

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The Pheonix SWATHMORE COLLEGE, SWATHMORE, PA. ' ■a A P ril Board Confirms William S. Bundy as New President; Ex-State Dept. Offic ial Promises New Dimension Wall is Replaces Browning As Board Swings to Right In a special meeting of ihe Board of Managers held during spring vacation, Richard B Wallis was elected chairman to replace re- Wallis ' electio ■ the chairmanship cent activities on campus. In other action the Board approved William Bundy as president of the College and overruled the faculty passage of dormitory autonomy, and passed a resolution calling for the strict en- forcement of all college social rules. Long time Board observers saw the recent actions of the Board as a awing of the proverbial pendulum to campus problems, although they were quick to point out that the recent decisions didn ' t necessarily in- dicate a repressive attitude on the part of the Board. Walli3, who is at present Vice- President of Providence National Bonk and who was Treasurer for the Corporation before his elevation to the chairmanship, is well known for his outspoken views on campus RICHARD B. During the January par I of the Swathmore police in all relevant levels of decision-making; ' ' apparently feeling that as common working men they would be able to develop a bet- ter rapport with the militant blacks. (It is rumored that in this stand he had the full support of the SDS Labor committee, which hoped to foster an alliance between the black and white workers of America). Wal- lis is extremely fond of displaying a Dear Dick letter that he recently received from President Nixon con- gratulating him on his forthright and judicious stand on campus dis- THIS ISNT IT Unfortunately his progressive ap- proach to militant activities on cam- pus is marred somewhat by a more traditional viewpoint toward social regulations. When recently questioned about the amount of drugs, liquor, and sex on campus, he is reported to have stated that there is a time and a place for that sort of thing. He indicated, however, that he doesn ' t feel that Swathmore College between the ages of seventeen and twenty-three is the time and place for it. As he pointed out, Swathmore is first and foremost an academic institution. If the students are en- (Continued on Page 2) The Board of Managers confirmed last week the seleclion of William Schaeffer Bundy as the 10th President of Swathmore College. Mr. Bundy, former Assisiant Secretary of State for Far-Eastern Affairs in the Johnson Administration and currently a consultant with the Brookings Institute, will become one of the youngest college presidents in the country. He is 38 cessor to the late Courtney C. Smith, The appointment came just six president since 1953 President Smith, months after a joint committee, of , .who. died unexpectedly in January, Board members, alumni, faculty and had announced his retirement in June students was set up to seek a sue- of last year. Since his death the Col- WILLIAM S. BUNDY RADS Smack Macke In C-Section Protest, Demand End to Sale of Killer Cigarettes Night Raids Catch Faculty in the Act Violating Sex Rule by Ace Reporter Midnight raids by the Deans Office caught 23 faculty mem- bers and their wives violating the college sex rule last night. In a prepared statement Dean Husks explained that the raids were ordered in response to Board demands that the College either enforce exist- ing rules consistently or abolish them. The sex rule states that the Col- lege cannot condone or permit the use of its facilities for the purpose of sexual intercourse. Y ' ail can Imagine man shock, Miss Husks exclaimed, when ah was told by a Board member that some faculty couples live on College prem- ises. Ah consulted with the other Deans and we decided that drastic measure must be taken to peserve our conservative Quaker social tra- Faculty reaction to the raids was mixed but all members interviewed admitted to general feelings of im- potence in face of the Deans ' actions. Miss Husks stated that punitive mid be confined to the foe- Fifty angry Swathmore stu- dents sitting-in in Wharton C- section greeted a representative of Macke Vending Machines as he came to fill the cigarette machine the af- ternoon of March 21. The protest, organized by the Righteous and Dem- ocratic Students, was aimed at the immorality of cigarettes. They ate today ' s number one killer, accord- ing to a RADS student. The non-violent protest came at a time when most students had already left or were preparing to leave for spring vacation. This time present Macke supplies machines all over the College, though a Macke spokesman told The Pheonix, Only those over 21 can legally purchase cigarettes. Read the machine. Un- til the controversy has been settled, however, the Macke men will stay away from campus. That means no more Cokes or candy, you long-haired hippies, jeered the Macke man as he rode away. The Macke man said later eclu: Phec The the indie rang which the members of the sit for their cause. The time is cried one freshman girl who v ting in the telephone booth, show people where we stand. The protestors demanded a all cigarette sales on camp students were courteous but firm. They asked me if I would speak for one-half hour about cigarettes and why I was filling the machine. I didn ' t think this was my job, though, so I just stepped on a few heads and filled the machine anyhow. At the sit-in, a RADS spokesman read a prepared statement which ex- on campus. We are concerned that the College should allow the presence of known killers on campus. Cigar- ettes are in fact weapons produced for the profit of the capitalist cig- arette industry. We must object to this campaign of genocide which is being waged against the American working people by the cigarette-in- dustrial complex Wc also feel that by allowing space for these machines on campus, the College has in fact endorsed them This is immoral. CIGARETTES ARE INFINITELY MORE IMMORAL THAN A (Continued on Page 4) lege has been guided by Acting Pres- ident Edward K. Cratsley. Mr. Bundy, younger brother of McGeorge Bundy, president of the Ford Foundation, is a native of New Haven, Connecticut. He attended the public schools in neighboring Darien and summered in Kennibunkport Beach. Maine, before graduoting cum laude from Harvard in 1953 with a major in Political Science, After a two-year stint in the , Coast Guard Mr. Bundy resumed his edu- cation and received his Ph.D in In- ternational Relations at Georgetown in 1959. Shortly thereafter the youthful new president joined the staff of the World Book Encyclopedia as an executive vice-president, a post he held until January, 1964, when he was tapped by President Johnson to succeed Roger Hilsman in the vital post of Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Asked at the time why he had picked the re- latively inexperienced Bundy for the sensitive foreign-policy position, President Johnson reportedly com- mented that I was impressed by his work on an in-depth study of South Viet Nam for the 1963 World Book Annual. DOVE While a member of the State De- partment Mr. Bundy distinguished himself as an outspoken dove and opponent of plans to bomb North Viet Nam, a position he held until February, 1965, when he changed his mind and enthusiiislirully supported President Johnson ' s decision to be- gin bombing He also firmly endorsed Mr. Johnson ' s subsequent decision to halt the bombing in March, 1968. Since leaving the State Depart- ment in January Mr. Bundy has been a consultant without portfolio with the Brookings Institute in Washing- ton When asked in an exclusive Pheonix interview exactly what his responsibilities have been in his new assignment, Mr. Bundy smiled broad- and equipped, I consult,, what Mr Bundy the that his interest ation goes back to his student days n Darien, when he was chosen Prin- lpal for the Day after winning an ■ subject, What (Conti Pag Dean Kicks Off New Policy Solving Admissions Crisis ' Round and ' round she goes, and where she ' ll stop nobody knows, bellowed Dean of Admissions Fred Hadenough as he kicked off Swathmore College ' s first annual admissions applicants auction last week in Scott Amphitheatre. The auction is a landmark in col- lege admissions policy. It solves in one fell swoop both the controversies over the composition of incoming classes, and the enormous backlog of work resulting from the crisis disruption. The wheeling and dealing Mr. Hadenough incorporated the carnival wheel and faro table into his profession after weeks of soul- searching, bargaining, and a quick rereading of Luce and Raiffa ' s Gomes and Decisions. The prominent dean ' s first tack had been to adopt an entirely non- discriminatory admissions policy, but Board of Managers balked o Managers class, they argued, would require an unjustified expansion of the foreign languages department. Confronted by the intransient Board, the enterprising Mr. Haden- ough fell back on that touchstone of American mythology — free com- petition — with its inevitable corol- laries of rugged individualism, the greatest good for the greatest num- ber, enlightened self-interest, and the survival of the fittest. He devised the following system whose model is the method of men ' s room choosing: 1. Each applicant is given a num- ber of points for each of several desirable traits or achievements. 2. There is a quota of students ad- mitted for each point category, e.g. 25 fifty point students, 109 seventy point students, etc. (This ensures a heterogeneous class). 3. The surplus of students in each