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June 2018
Volume LXXX, No. 9
Haverford, Pennsylvania
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by Samuel Turner ‘18 & PJ Rodden ’18 We are the Class of 2018. We have transformed from young boys into Haverford men of scholarship, athletics, and arts. Men of the world. Men of integrity. Haverford has served as a home to all of us, and
we are so grateful to its faculty and staff for nurturing our potential and inspiring us to fulfill it. This year, it was our turn to lead the school and establish a distinguished legacy. Sixth Form year presented us with the opportunity to set the bar
Ms. Buckwalter’s legacy NICK CHIMICLES ‘19
Yet another mother and son enter the inclusive pre-K room. Ms. Buckwalter’s face radiates excitement as she recognizes one of her many junior-K alums. Loving hugs are exchanged and the thank-
MS. JESSICA COVELLO
history to do so. We trained, competed, and excelled at the highest level. We sought excellence. cont. pg. 2
Mr. Upton retires his sarcasm OBAIDA ELAMIN ‘20
ful third grader adds to the table flooded with gift bags, flowers and little-hand-written cards.
Ms. Eileen Buckwalter and pre-K students.
higher than any class has in the past. We had the opportunity to secure Haverford’s tenth consecutive EA Day win. To win the Heyward Cup, given to the school with the most Inter-Ac titles, four years straight. And to be only the second class in
cont. pg. 18
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Nick Pippis ’19 recaps the ups and downs of the lacrosse season on pg. 17
Mr. Upton has been teaching for 39 years, meaning that he could have taught your father when he was in high school. After retirement, Mr. Upton plans to keep on coaching Track and Field at Haverford College. He also plans on travelling. The first time I walked into Mr. Upton’s room was the week before final exams of my Third Form year. All of the other teachers were busy or gone. I’d been staring at this quadratic for a couple of hours trying to solve the equation for its focus and its directrix. I went to go ask for help. I’d heard rumors about Mr. Upton. “He is genuine, fair, funny, no-nonsense, smart and is a great teacher who will help you at your own expense,” students said. I found out that day what that meant. After all of 30 seconds I walked out of his classroom smiling like an idiot and feeling like one too. I later learned more about him. If you asked a stupid question he would answer it, but at your expense. Although you were just the butt end of a joke, you find yourself laughing along with him and the rest of the class. Some of his most common phrases include — sarcastically — “Go play in traffic;” “Lancaster is that way;” “This is (insert student’s name here)’s theme song;” “Solve it or die;” and most people’s least favorite, “Put away everything but a pencil and a calculator.” Some of these sayings might sound a bit harsh, but most find them funny in context. “His class is laid out in a sense where if you do the homework and study you are guaranteed a good grade,” said Fifth Former Petey Lemmon. People look forward to the long blocks in math with him, because his class is fun to be in and because of his famous music quizzes. He makes a short one-minute compilation of songs all having something in common. He gives it to us and we have to guess the song’s name and who the artist is. A couple of the more interesting categories
he’s done include songs in a decade, by letter, or sometimes we’ve had to guess the thing they had in common. For example, one was James Bond film song artists. On average we guess four or five — on a good day six — then he calls on Fourth Former Aidan Lowe, who starts listing off the song titles and artists. Once in a while he’ll even stump Lowe. cont. pg. 6
MS. DAWN BLAKE
Samuel Turner ’18 wishes farewell to Mr. Matthew Green on pg. 3
Mr. Rob Upton at his desk.
INTEL CHEN ’19