The Haverblog

Views of the area behind Barclay Hall known as “Barclay Beach” because of its adjacency to our duck pond, where steam is rising on this first frosty day of the season.

Note to prospective students:  I realize that college viewbooks across the nation (including our viewbook!) are chockablock full of pastoral images like this.  But without judging anybody else’s campus, here’s what I know:  you can see vistas like this across pretty much our entire 216 acres.  Don’t fear that it only looks this good if you photograph it from a certain angle, in a certain season, or at a certain time of day.  Haverford College really is this gorgeous.

Students have the week off — or at least have the week away from campus.  Back in the day, Fall Break was just a long weekend. I also remember autumn being much farther along by that time, and a snowstorm during this week in 1979.

Today it’s 75, and disagreement among our trees about just what season it is:

Fall Break is also a time for minor fixes to the physical plant.  Walkers in the habit of cheating sidewalk corners outside Lloyd will now be stepping on granite block.  No amount of diligence by the groundskeepers could keep this highly trafficked intersection green:

What’s this?

One of several pairs of students walking across campus the other day, the sighted leading the blindfolded.  The answer from Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing Sue Benston:

Baseball Alert:  New York Times profile of Tony Petitti ‘83, who is running the new Major League Baseball TV network.  As the article points out, Tony played catcher while a student here. 

Meanwhile, in the beautiful wilds of western Massachusetts, Cassie ‘97 makes jewelry and laments having moved out of our Alumni Relations ”Young Alumni” organizational category, at least formally.  In my experience — and I’ve had a lot given that I left that category way long ago — “young” is purely a state of mind.  Older, younger, whatever – Cassie seems to be putting her time to good use as evidenced by the lovely work displayed in her online shop.   

Breathtaking photo exhibit:  if you’re at all able and even only moderately interested, a trip to see the new Art Sinsabaugh exhibit here on campus is well worth the effort.  Here’s a blog reference.

Gene Ludwig ‘68:  the next Secretary of the Treasury? With video.

Steve Emerson ‘74 — who also works here at Haverford — is honored by med school alma mater Yale University with the Wilbur Cross award.