Haverford College Students’ Council
Newsletter # 6 February 5, 1963

Early this evening three students from Livingstone College
should be arriving at Haverford to begin a five-day exchange pro-
gram between Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Livingstone. At the same
time three student will be arriving at Bryn Mawr from Livingstone
while three students each from Haverford and Bryn Marw are on
their way south.

The purpose of the exchange is to give students an oppor-
tunity to experience college life at an institution significantly
different from their own. On the one hand, the Livingstone stu-
dents will in living in the Haverford-Bryn Mawr community have a
chance to observe conditions in an integrated, northern college.
The exchangee from Haverford and Bryn Mawr, on the other hand,
will see in Livingstone an example of a religiously oriented, south-
ern Nergo self-help college.

Livingstone College is located in Salisbury, North Car-
olina, and was founded in 1879--a year before Bryn Mawr. The idea
behind the founding of Livingstone, the training of Negro youth,
was "the result of a conference of Negro ministers who wished to
promote a type of education which would make for self-reliance in
their race. They believed that Negroes as a race should do some-
thing on their own initiative to supplement the generous benev-
olence of friends." The College is largely supported by the A.
M. E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Zion Church, but its academic
operations are entirely non-sectarian.

The three Livingstone students coming to Haverford are:

George T. Edwards, president of their Student Council, and
a senior history major from Lincolnton, North Carolina. He will
live in #5 Leeds Hall and will be hosted by Ernie Northrup and
Dick Unger.

Thomas Gills, a junior chemistry major from Goldsboro, North
Carolina. He will live in 14 Lloyd and will be hosted by John
Zapp.

Edgar French, a sophomore chemistry major from Salisbury.
He will live in 22 Spanish House and will be hosted by Jon Chace.

The three Haverford students at Livingstone during this
week are: Loren Ghiglione, Chris Filstrup and Roy Haberkern.

This is the first major exchange program which the Students’
Council at Haverford has undertaken. If it is successful, similar
exchanges with other colleges will be held in the future.

Very few formal activities are planned for our guests dur-
ing their five days here. Rather, it is hoped the students will
spontaneously invite the Livingstone students to join with them in
going to classes, meals, sports and other activities. The Living-
stone men are here to learn as much as they can about life at
Haverford and to tell us about life at Livingstone. If we at
Haverford do our part, the five days might be both enjoyable and
rewarding ones for both us and our visitors.

John Margolis (2 Leeds, Mi 9 0690) is coordinating the
program for the Students’ Council and he welcomes any suggestions
or comments during the exchange period.