Davidson College Catalog

1966-1967 Correspondence Directory For prompt handling, please address inquiries as indicated below: General Administrative Office of the President Admissions Office of Admissions and Financial Aid Alumni Interests Director of Alumni Activities Business Matters and Expenses Business Manager Educational Program Dean of Instruction Employment of Seniors and Alumni Director of Placement Publications and General Information Director of Publicity Public Relations Director of Public Relations and Development Scholarships Office of Admissions and Financial Aid Student Housing Supervisor of Dormitories Student Interests and Counseling Dean of Students Summer School Registrar Transcripts and Academic Reports Registrar Visitors Are Welcome at Davidson. The administrative offices in the south wing of Chambers Building are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 4:30 and on Saturday until 12. Visitors desiring interviews with members of the staff are urged to make appointments in advance. The Legal and Corporate Name of the Institution is: "The Trustees of Davidson College" See inside back cover for College Calendar. THE DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN Published Monthly by Davidson College. Entered as Second-Class Matter, April 12, 1922, at the Post Office, Davidson, N. C. Under Act of Congress, Aug. 24, 1912. VOLUME 65 JULY, 1966 NUMBER VII The Davidson College Bulletin Catalog Issue 1966-67 ;,;*# <**- Mi <*>. t ..*.s* — ~~ ^-- DAVIDSON COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS 1 Columbia arleston Introduction to Davidson Davidson College is a privately endowed, Presbyterian Church related college for men in Davidson, North Carolina, 20 miles north of Charlotte, with an enrollment limited to 1,000 undergraduate students in arts and science. The main campus is a tract of 80 acres spreading from the center of the college town to the north and east, where it is joined by other college property total- ing 800 acres. Four miles to the northwest is the David- son College Lake Campus of 106 acres on beautiful in- land Lake Norman. Davidson College opened its doors in 1837 with goals to produce leaders for the church, the region and for the nation, goals from which it has never swerved. Davidson today is proud of its educational tradition as a continuing community of scholars, of its beautiful and modern campus and particularly of the men who have come to the campus, studied and gone to responsibilities around the world, where they are most often identified as dedicated individuals seeking the excep- tional values demonstrated when man works to the good of other men, values which have their origin in the Christian liberal arts approach to life, the basis of education at Davidson College. Catalog Contents Section Page I. General Information and History 4 II. The Educational Program 14 III. Student Life and Activities 40 IV. The College Plant 53 V. Admissions, Costs, Financial Aid 63 VI. Courses of Instruction 81 VII. Reference Section 135 General Information and History Davidson College is an institution of higher learning established by the Presbyterians of North Carolina in 1837. Since its founding the ties which bind the college to the Presbyterian Church have re- mained close and strong. It is the desire of all concerned that this vital relationship be continued in the future, to the mutual advan- tage of church and school. The primary loyalty of the college extends beyond the bounds of denomination to the Christian community as a whole, through which medium it would seek to serve the world. CHRISTIAN Davidson recognizes God as the source of all truth. As a college com- COMMITMENT mitted to the historic Christian faith, it sees Jesus Christ as the cen- tral fact of history, giving purpose, order, and value to the whole of life. Davidson is dedicated to the quest for truth and would set no limits to the adventures of the mind. Hence, it encourages teachers and students to explore the facts of the universe through the full and rigorous use of their intellectual powers. Faith and reason must work together in mutual respect if Davidson is to realize her vision of ex- cellence in the field of Christian higher education. A COMMUNITY In implementing its purpose to promote higher learning, Davidson OF LEARNING has chosen to be a college, to maintain itself as a small community of learners, to emphasize the teaching responsibility of all professors, and to ensure the opportunity for personal relationships between students and teachers. It is vital that all students, freshmen as well as upperclassmen, know and study under mature and scholarly men who are able and eager to provide for each of them stimulus, instruction and guidance. In meeting its responsibilities, the college constantly endeavors to provide adequate physical facilities, and to increase its financial re- sources; but more important, it seeks men of the highest caliber for student body and faculty. The selection of students is based upon merit rather than upon economic status, social standing, or ethnic background. Davidson seeks men of character, of general as well as academic ability, of loyalty to the ideals of the college, and of promise for future usefulness. In the selection of teachers, it seeks men of genuine spirituality who are outstanding intellectually, who have the best training available in their fields of study, and whose inter- est in the students and in teaching is unfeigned and profound. It endeavors to provide these men with the time and opportunity for creative scholarship which is fundamental to the best teaching. EDUCATION IN Davidson is a college of liberal arts. As such it emphasizes those THE LIBERAL studies, disciplines and activities which liberate men physically, ARTS mentally and spiritually. Although its curriculum prepares men ade- quately for graduate study, Davidson's primary purpose is to develop men of humane instincts, of disciplined and creative minds and of Christian character for full fives of leadership, of service, and of self- fulfillment. The college requires physical education, provides for competitive athletics, and encourages varied social and cultural activities. It endeavors to teach students to think clearly and accu- rately, to make relevant and valid judgments, to discriminate among values, and to communicate freely with others in the realm of ideas. Since this can be significantly realized only on the basis of an appre- ciative knowledge of the past and a working acquaintanceship with current theory, Davidson concentrates upon the study of history, literature, music and the arts, the physical, natural and social sci- ences, languages, mathematics, philosophy and religion. As body and mind require exercise and nourishment for healthy growth, so does the spirit. Davidson maintains, therefore, that a college should be a worshiping as well as a studying community, if it is to nurture the whole man and if it is to be genuinely Christian. Hence, religious services and activities, as well as courses in religion, form an integral part of its program. Davidson College possesses a priceless heritage bequeathed by those who have given their fives and their possessions for its welfare. To it has been given much, and of it much will be required. In grati- tude for what has been accomplished, but in humble recognition that it has not fully measured up to its own ideals either in learning or in fife, its trustees, its faculty, its students and its friends endeavor constantly to rededicate themselves to their task. Only through ceaseless effort and sacrificial labor can Davidson become what it seeks to be —A Christian liberal arts college second to none in the service of God and of man. accreditation Davidson is fully accredited by all leading educational associations. It is a member of the Association of American Colleges, the Associa- tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, the Southern University Conference, the National Conference of Church- Related Colleges, and the Presbyterian Educational Association of the South. It is on the approved list of the Association of American Universities. The Davidson chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was one of the first in North Carolina. a THE DEGREE A student may earn at Davidson either the Bachelor of Arts or the PROGRAMS Bachelor of Science degree. Entering students who are uncertain as to their prospective voca- tion may enroll initially in the courses prescribed for either the A.B. or B.S. degree for an introduction into varied fields of knowledge. From this program they can move into more specialized training if desired. Students who intend to go on to graduate and professional schools are advised to plan their undergraduate programs in accordance with the entrance requirements of those schools as prescribed in their catalogues. To help the student determine which degree program he should follow, and to counsel him throughout his college career, Davidson maintains a program of guidance and counseling beginning with the freshman orientation period. enrollment The advantages in the history of the college have placed Davidson among those institutions which can select better than average students. The college seeks to develop in the best possible way the best students it can attract. Enrollment in the last decade was increased to 1,000 male students. The student body is presently limited to that number, with students divided approximately evenly among freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes. FACULTY The faculty members at Davidson continue to illustrate the quali- ties which have become recognized as traditional at the college— dedication to the calling of teacher and highest esteem for scholarship. Nearly three-quarters of the faculty hold the Ph.D. degree. admission Admission to Davidson is based on an evaluation of a number of factors. Candidates for admission must not only meet minimum technical requirements but must also compete in terms of scholastic promise and personal qualifications with a large number of other candidates who are applying for places in a relatively small freshman class.

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