![]() This office was located at Swarthmore College during the presidency o f D r. O f the Rhodes Scholarships in the United States. The Rhodes Scholarship Trust maintains an office in this country for the purpose ofĪdministering the selection o f American Rhodes Scholars and conducting the affairs Maralyn Orbison Gillespie, D irector o f N ew s Office V O C A T IO N A L P L A C E M E N T A N D G U ID A N C EĪ L U M N I A F F A IR S A N D P U B L IC R E L A T IO N S REC O R D S, T R A N S C R IP T S A N D C A T A L O G U E S Photographs by W alter H olt, James Purring, andĬ A T A L O G U E ISSU E ■ 1 9 6 8 -1 9 6 9įrederick A. Second Class postage paid at Swarthmore, Pennsyl Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081. September, October, and twice in December by I can almost smell the legions of crew members-American teenagers whose popped collars and casual ignorance assault my sensibilities daily-gossiping in the crew bar about the inanities of shipboard politics while they decide upon which STI-plagued bed shall be their refuge that evening.The Bulletin, o f which this publication is Volume I imagine hordes of rude senior citizens making unfair demands upon my seasickness-wracked frame. I have a good time and make interesting friends these pleasant experiences help me reach a new plateau of self-actualization and the seeds from which blooms all my abundant future success are thus sowed. I have plenty of time to exercise, swim, and visit the various ports we call upon. I sit quietly most days reading the canon of American criticism I have brought with me and puttering away on my blog adding clever and well-received posts from time to time. The first is an idyllic vision of a quiet library ensconced by an unbelievably gorgeous view. I have pieced together two versions of cruise ship life. There are no clear answers to these questions. Will these next few months be the sun-soaked reprieve from land-based responsibility that will allow me to return to rededicate myself to the academic pursuits that have thus far proven so elusive? Will the shipboard lifestyle and tedious demands of a customer service position quickly wear upon my already fragile nerves? Will I become so enamoured with the prospect of traversing the oceanic realm that I forego all land-bound prospects in favour of a giant anchor tattoo? Or will it all end in a cataclysmic battle to the death with Somalian pirates or giant kraken? And so I am frantically scouring the internet for clues to my future happiness or lack thereof. Presently, I am seated in a comfortable chair in my favourite coffee shop sipping a warm beverage and trying to imagine what lies in store for me after next week when I board the ship that will be my home for the next four months. And what better solution is there, I ask you, to the grim visage of inner turmoil than setting out upon the perennial waves of the seven seas in search of adventure! Unlike my Melvillian namesake though, I ship not aboard a whaling vessel haunted by humanity’s need to unravel the hermeneutic enigma of existence, but instead as a meek and accommodating bibliognost servicing a floating clientele content with 200 piece jigsaw puzzles and large print editions of Tom Clancy’s oeuvre. After a particularly harrowing fall, I find my soul to be a damp, drizzly November (even though it is a rather unseasonably warm January here in Southern Ontario). ![]()
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