EDUCATION OF VETERANS
Davidson College is cooperating in full with the Veterans Administration in its educational program for men whose education was interrupted by the war and for veterans who plan to enter college for the first time. Davidson is a liberal arts college offering those courses leading to the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts Degrees. Description in detail of
the offerings of the College is listed under the appropriate head- ings in the catalog. Members of the armed forces who wish to enter Davidson should contact the Registrar of the College who is in position to give veterans full information concerning the program of the College for ex-servicemen.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The financial assistance available to veterans for educational
purposes is a subsistence allowance by the Federal Government of $65 a month if without dependents or $90 a month with one or more dependents. For the customary charges for tuition and necessary college fees an amount not to exceed $500 will be paid for an ordinary college year. This amount is more than sufficient to meet the college fees and charges at Davidson. Such fees and charges have been estimated to be as low as $400 for the twelve months. The fees and charges include all tuition and college fees, medical fees, laboratory fees, books, and supplies. From the allowance of $65 or $90 a month a veteran must take care of his living expenses including board, room and laundry. Veterans who wish to attend Davidson under the provisions and benefits of the "G. I. Bill" should communicate with the nearest Veterans Administration office. ENTRANCE
The requirements for entrance to Davidson are listed in this catalog. Veterans who have completed work while in the service that might be used as academic credit should have the appropriate authorities send to the Admissions Office of the College a record of service courses completed. In addition, transcript of record from preparatory schools or high schools should be forwarded to the College for evaluation as well as transcripts from insti- tutions of higher education, if the veteran has attended college
prior to his entry into the armed forces. It is possible that cir- cumstances of certain veterans may justify exceptions being made to the ordinary entrance requirements. The case of each appli- cant will be determined on its merits. Inquiry with reference to admission should be addressed to the Registrar of the College.
CREDIT FOR SERVICE COURSES
A veteran who while in the service was enrolled in a College Training Program such as the A.S.T.P. or the V-12 or some similar program can expect to receive credit upon his return to college as a civilian for courses successfully completed at the college level. A veteran who wishes credit for such work must have a transcript of his record sent to the College from the authorities of the institution he attended as a member of the armed forces. Appropriate credit will also be granted by the College for work completed under the direction of the United States Armed Forces Institute. In its determination of credit for in-service educational experiences the College is following the recommendation of the American Council on Education in its publication, "A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Exper- iences in the Armed Services." ACCELERATED PROGRAM
To allow as many opportunities during the calendar year as possible for veterans to begin their work and to permit veterans to speed up their undergraduate training, the College is operat- ing under the accelerated program throughout the year. This program includes two full semesters plus a twelve-weeks summer term, and under this program opportunities are given veterans to enter at any one of five periods in the year. It is possible for a veteran under this program entering college for the first time to complete the requirements for graduation in three calendar years. COURSE OF STUDY
It is not planned at Davidson to place veterans in any special group. They will be expected to attend under the same condi- tions and regulations and enjoy the same benefits as students coming to us from civilian life. No special department of study has been set up specifically for veterans. The College offers a thorough and varied program in the field of liberal education for those who wish to go on to graduation. Tt is possible for a student who does not plan to graduate to take short courses in prepara- tion for entrance to such professional schools as medicine, den- tistry, engineering, law, ministry, and so forth.
The enrollment of Davidson College is restricted, and in the selection of students consideration is given to those best equipped to meet the standards of our Faculty. The Counseling Program of the College is available for veterans, and classes particularly at the Freshman and Sophomore levels, are small, thus furnish- ing a close relationship between student and instructor.
Additional information on the College and its work, appli- cation forms, catalog, viewbook, and a bulletin, Information For Prospective Students published in particular with reference to veterans, may be had by writing to the Registrar, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina.
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Entered as Second-Class Matter, April 12, 1922, at the Post Office at Davidson, N. C, Under Act of Congress, August 24, 1912.
VOL. 45 NO. 3
MARCH, 1946 THE LEGAL TITLE OF THE INSTITUTION IS "THE TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE"
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SESSION 1946
May 28 Tuesday Commencement
May 3 1 -June 1 Friday and Saturday Re-examinations
June 4-July 19 First Term—Summer Session
July 23-
Aug. 27 Second Term—Summer Session
September 16. Monday, 4:00 p.m Faculty Meeting
September 17. Tuesday Registration of Upper-Classmen
Sept. 13-17. . . Friday through Tuesday. . . Orientation Period
September 18 . . Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Classes Begin
November 28 . Thursday Thanksgiving, a Holiday
December 18 . . Wednesday, 12:50 p.m. Christmas Recess Begins
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January 2 .... Thursday, 8:30 a.m Christmas Recess Ends
January 16... Thursday Mid-Year Examinations Begin
January 25 . . . Saturday Mid-Year Examinations End
January 27 . . . Monday, 8:30 a.m.. . . Second Semester Begins
February 19 .. . Wednesday Meeting of Trustees
June 3 Tuesday Commencement
June 6-7 Friday and Saturday Re-examinations ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
John Rood Cunningham, A.B., B.D., D.D., LL.D. President
Cecil Kenneth Brown, A.B,, M.A., Ph.D Dean of the Faculty
John Crooks Bailey, Jr., A.B., M.A Bean of Students
Frank Lee Jackson, B.S., C.P.A. . Treas. and Purchasing Agt.
James B. Woods, M.D College Physician
Frederick William Hengeveld, B.S Registrar
Myron Wallace McGill, B.S. Auditor
Oscar Julius Thies, Jr., M.A College Engineer
Frank Donald Hobart Stipt. Grounds and Buildings
John Lewis Payne, B.S. Director of Public and Alumni Relationships
Gretchen Baldwin Assistant to the Treasurer
Mrs. Sarah A. Johnston, R.N. Supt. of Infirmary
Mrs. Gordon Caldwell Supervisor of Dormitories
Orrie Altalene Steele Secretary to the President
Susie McQueen Jackson, A.B. Secretary to Dean of Students
Selene Parker, B.S Secretary to the Treasurer
Mary Cooley Smith, A.B Secretary to the Registrar Mrs. R. A. Little House Mother
Katharine Porter Halyburton, A.B Secretary to the Director of Public Relations
LIBRARY STAFF
Chalmers Gaston Davidson, A.B., M.A. in L.S., Ph.D. Director
Julia Pasmore, A.B., B.S. in L.S Circulation Librarian
William Scott Frieze, A.B., B.S. in L.S Cataloger
Mrs. E. J. Erwin, B.S. in L.S. Reference Librarian FACULTY
(Dates refer to first year of teaching service)
John Rood Cunningham President (1941) A.B. (Westminster), B.D. (Louisville Presbyterian Seminary), D.D. (Westminster), LL.D. (King) (Duke) (Wake Forest)
Walter Lee Lingle
(President, 1929-1941), A.B., M.A., (Davidson), (Union Theological Seminary), (Chicago), D.D. (Davidson), LL.D. (Southwestern), (Duke), (North Carolina) President Emeritus
Caleb Richmond Harding (1888) A.B., M.A. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Emeritus
James McDowell Douglas (1901) A.B., M.A. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) James Buchanan Duke Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Mark Edgar Sentelle (1903) A.B., M.A., (Davidson), M.A., (Yale), D.D., LL.D.
/. W. Cannon Professor of Bible and Philosophy, Emeritus
John Wilson MacConnell (1908) A.B., M.A. (Davidson), M.D. (Maryland) Professor of Physiology and Hygiene, Emeritus
Edwin Francis Shewmake (1919) A.B. (William and Mary), M.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Virginia) Alumni Professor of English
William Woodhull Wood (1915) A.B., C.E. (Virginia) Professor of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
*With the exception of the President in the order of their appointment in their present rank. b DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Edward Jones Erwin (1920) A.B., M.A. (Davidson) Professor of English
"William Lorimer Porter (1921) A.B. (Tarkio), A.B., M.A. (Yale) Professor of Geology and Geography, Emeritus
Fred K. Fleagle A.B., M.A. (Michigan) Professor of Spanish
Charles Malone Richards (1915) A.B. (Davidson), D.D., LL.D. (Hampden-Sydney) Professor of Bible, Church History and Government and Christian Evidences, Emeritus
Kenneth Joseph Foreman (1922) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (Princeton), S.T.B. and S.T.M. (Princeton Seminary), D.D. (Washington and Lee), Ph.D. (Yale) The James Sprunt Professor of Bible and Philosophy
Guy Richard Vowles (1925) A.B. (Yankton), B.A., M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Chicago), Litt.D. Professor of German Language and Literature
Henry Tracy Lilly (1926) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (Princeton) Professor of English
George Byron Watts (1926) A.B. (Dartmouth), A.M. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Minnesota) Professor of French
Cecil Kenneth Brown (1923) A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (North Carolina) Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Economics
*On leave 1945-46. FACULTY 9
::'Fred Leroy Blythe (1923) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (North Carolina), M.A. (The Middlebury Spanish School) Professor of Spanish
Ernest Albert Beaty (1925) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (South Carolina), M.A. (Columbia), B.D. (Columbia Theological Seminary) Professor of Latin and German
John Crooks Bailey, Jr. (1932) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (Johns Hopkins) Dean of Students and Professor of Greek
::'Augustin Victor Goldiere (1922) A.B. (Dartmouth), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of French
""William Patterson Cumming (1927) A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton) Professor of English
Frontis Withers Johnston (1935) A.B. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of History
William Gillespie McGavock (1934) A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke) Professor of Mathematics
Lewis Bevens Schenck (1927) A.B. (Davidson), B.D. (Union Theological Seminary), S.T.M. (Princeton Seminary), Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of Bible
Henry Emmett Fulcher (1925)
B.S., M.S. (Virginia) fames Buchanan Duke Professor of Physics and Astronomy
'On Leave 1945-46. 10 davidson college
James Walker Rjeid (1942) B.S. (Davidson), M.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Peabody) Professor of Geography and Geology
Howard Bell Arbuckle, Lt. Col. (1945) A.B. (Davidson), LL.B. (Yale) Professor of Military Science and Tactics
George Laurence Abernethy (1946) A.B. (Bucknell), M.A. (Oberlin), Ph.D. (Michigan) Professor of Philosophy
Oscar Julius Thies, Jr. (1921)
B.S., M.A. (Davidson), M.A. (Cornell) Associate Professor of Chemistry
William Nelson Mebane, Jr. (1923) B.S. (Davidson), M.A. (Cornell) Associate Professor of Mathematics
John Thomas Kimbrough (1928)
B.S. (Davidson), M.S. (Chicago) Associate Professor of Mathematics
Chalmers Gaston Davidson (1936)
A.B. (Davidson), M.A. in L.S. (Chicago), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard) Director of the Library and Associate Professor of History
Thomas Swindall Logan (1937)
B.S., M.S. (Emory), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) Associate Professor of Chemistry
John Alexander McGeachy (1938) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (North Carolina), Ph.D. (Chicago) Associate Professor of History
James Christian Pfohl (1933) (North Carolina), B.M, M.M. (Michigan) Director of Music FACULTY 1 1
Norman Westbrook Shepard (1936) B.S. (North Carolina), M.A. (Columbia) Director of Physical Education
Elmer Evans Brown (1939) A.B. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Cornell) Associate Professor of Biology
John Bryant Gallent (1942) B.S. (Davidson), M.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina) Associate Professor of Chemistry
Roy E. Hoke (1944) A.B., M.A. (Franklin and Marshall), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) Associate Professor of Education and Psychology
Earl Ferdinand Berg (1941) A.B. (Concordia) Instructor in Music
Roger Quincy Bault (1943)
B.S. (Wooster), M.A. (Ohio State) Instructor in Physics
Frank McPherson Sinclair (1946)
B.S. (Davidson), M.S. (North Carolina) Instructor in Economics and Business
Robert Noehren (1946) Instructor in Music FACULTY COMMITTEES
Admissions The Registrar, Dean of Students, President. Buildings and Grounds The President, Professors Wood, Thies, Mebane, Fulcher, Mr. Jackson. Curriculum Dean C. K. Brown, Professors Erwin, Vowles, Gallent, Pfohl, Johnston, Foreman.
Executive Committee (1946-47) The President, Dean of the Faculty, Dean of Students, Professors Blythe, Johnston, Fulcher, McGavock, Kim- brough, Reid.
Executive Committee (1945-46) The President, Dean of the Faculty, Dean of Students, Professors Reid, Logan, Gallent, Wood, Watts, Schenck.
Fraternities and Clubs Professor Johnston, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Hengeveld. Honorary Degrees Dean Bailey, Professors Foreman, Johnston, Schenck.
Library Professors Lilly, Cumming, Vowles, Goldiere, Brown (E.E.), Johnston, Foreman, Logan, Davidson. Otts Lectures The President, Professors Foreman, Reid, Abernethy.
Public Lectures Professors Beaty, Goldiere, Gallent. Pre-Medical Professors Fulcher, Logan, Bailey, Woods, Brown, E. E.
Productive Scholarship Professors Cumming, Davidson, Vowles, Watts, Shewmake. Publication Board Mr. Jackson, Professors Fleagle, Blythe. faculty committees 13
Religious Exercises
The President, Professors Foreman, Y.M.C.A. Secretary, trie Reverend Carl R. Pritchett. Scholarships and Loans The President, Dean of Students, the Treasurer, the Registrar.
Social Life
Professors McGavock, Erwin, Schenck, "Wood, Goldiere. Student Guidance and Counselling Dean Bailey, Professors Schenck, McGavock, Mr. Henge- veld.
Student Health Service and Physical Education The President, Dean of Faculty, Professors Woods, Shep- ard, Johnston, Schenck, Wood.
Student Publications
Professors Fleagle (annual), Lilly (davidsonian) , Cum- ming, (magazine). Debating
Professors Johnston, Lilly. Y.M.C.A. Board of Control.
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(A) DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICE AND STUDENT HEALTH
DR. J. B. WOODS College Physician MRS. SARA A. JOHNSTON Superintendent of Infirmary (B) DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING NORMAN W. SHEPARD Director of Physical Education A. HEATH WHITTLE Assistant Director of Physical Education (C) DIVISION OF ATHLETICS NORMAN W. SHEPARD Director of Athletics
TO. J. STORY, JR Head Coach C. A. CHAPMAN Assistant Coach C. D. JAMRSON Assistant Coach WM. C. LUFLER Assistant Coach TRUSTEES
The legal and corporate title of the institution is "The Trustees of Davidson College." The trustees are elected by the Presbyteries of North Carolina and Florida and by the
Alumni Association. The Presbytery of Concord is entitled to elect eight, Mecklenburg five, Orange and Fayetteville four each, the other six Presbyteries in North Carolina and the three Presbyteries in Florida two each, and the Alumni Asso- ciation twelve, making a total of fifty-one. All trustees are elected for a term of four years. An Executive Committee of fifteen members is elected annually, at the Commencement meeting of "The Trustees," and this Executive Committee exercises practically all the powers of "The Trustees" during the intervals between the meetings of that body, subject, however, to the review and control of "The Trustees."
PRESBYTERIES OF NORTH CAROLINA
Name Post Office Presbytery Exit
Mr. J. P. Booth Kinston, N. C Albemarle 1946 Rev. T. H. Hamilton Kinston, N. C Albemarle 1947 Rev. Grier Davis Asheville, N. C Asheville 1947 Rev. R. C. Anderson Montreat, N. C Asheville 1947 Mr. Karl Sherrill Statesville, N. C Concord 1948 Mr. Cloyd A. Potts Davidson, N. C Concord 1948 Rev. A. A. McLean Lenoir, N. C Concord 1947
Mr. J. C. Harper Lenoir, N. C Concord 1947 Rev. W. H. Goodman Kannapolis, N. C Concord 1946
Rev. R. S. Arrowood Barium Springs, N. C. . Concord 1946
Rev. J. H. MacKinnon Concord, N. C Concord 1949 Dr. F. R. McCutchan Salisbury, N. C Concord 1949 Rev. C. M. Gibbs Dunn, N. C Fayetteville 1947 Rev. A. R. McQueen Dunn, N. C Fayetteville 1946 Mr. W. A. West Fayetteville, N. C Fayetteville 1947 Mr. K. A. McDonald Raeford, N. C Fayetteville 1947 Rev. Kelsey Regen Durham, N. C Granville 1947
Mr. C. S. Sydnor Durham, N. C Granville 1946 Rev. P. D. Patrick Kings Mountain, N. C. .Kings Mountain ... 1947
Mr. Frank P. Hall, Jr. ... Belmont, N. C Kings Mountain. .. 1946 Mr. W. H. Belk Charlotte, N. C Mecklenburg 1946
Mr. T. S. McPheeters Charlotte, N. C Mecklenburg 1946 5
TRUSTEES 1
Name Post Office Presbytery Exit
Mr. H. W. Moore Charlotte, N. C Mecklenburg 1946
Mr. I. W. Stewart Charlotte, N. C Mecklenburg 1947
Rev. J. A. Jones Charlotte, N. C Mecklenburg 1947 Rev. C. E. Hodgin Greensboro, N. C Orange 1946
Rev. M. S. Huske Reidsville, N. C Orange 1946 Dr. Waylon Blue Jonesboro, N. C Orange 1946
Mr. T. D. Dupuy Greensboro, N. C Orange 1 947 Mr. Walter P. Sprunt ... .Wilmington, N. C Wilmington 1946
Mr. S. Clay Williams Winston-Salem, N. C. . .Winston-Salem ...1946 Rev. George Mauze Winston-Salem, N. C. Winston-Salem ...1946
PRESBYTERIES OF FLORIDA
Rev. C. A. Raymond . . . .Lakeland, Fla St. Johns 1946
Rev. Ryan L. Wood West Palm Beach, Fla.. St. Johns 1948
Mr. John S. Curry Quincy, Fla Florida 1947
Rev. A. J. Kissling Jacksonville, Fla Suwanee 1946
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Dr. H. W. McKay Charlotte, N. C 1947
Dr. Oren Moore Charlotte, N. C 1 947
Mr. D. R. LaFar, Jr Gastonia, N. C 1947
Mr. J. J. Barnhardt Concord, N. C 1948
Mr. J. B. Johnston Barium Springs, N. C 1948 Mr. C. R. Wilcox Rome, Ga 1948 Rev. W. T. Thompson Richmond, Va 1949 Mr. Scott Candler Decatur, Ga 1949
Mr. J. A. Cannon Concord, N. C 1946
Mr. John I. Smith Greenville, S. C 1946
Rev. J. McDowell Richards Decatur, Ga 1946 OFFICERS OF THE TRUSTEES
rev. j. Mcdowell Richards President
MR. J. A. CANNON Vice-President MR. C. A. POTTS Secretary MR. F. L. JACKSON Treasurer
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Rev. J. McDowell Richards, cx-officio Chairman Mr. C. A. Potts, ex-officio Secretary
Rev. A. A. McLean Mr. T. S. McPhceters Mr. C. R. Wilcox Mr. Harvey W. Moore Dr. H. W. McKay Dr. Oren Moore
Mr. S. Clay Williams Rev. W. H. Goodman
Mr. J. A. Cannon Rev. W. T. Thompson
Mr. W. P. Sprunt Mr. J. I. Smith
Rev. R. S. Arrowood Mr. D. R. LaFar, Jr. Mr. Ivey W. Stewart
FINANCE COMMITTFE
Mr. T. S. McPheeters, Chm. Mr. Harvey W. Moore
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Mr. C. R. Wilcox, Chm. Rev. W. T. Thompson Rev. R. S. Arrowood
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Mr. J. A. Cannon, Chm. Mr. Clay Williams Dr. H. W. McKay
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Dr. Oren Moore, Chm. Mr. D. R. LaFar, Jr. Mr. J. I. Smith
RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL LIFE, CHURCH AND ALUMNI RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE
Rev. A. A. McLean, Chm. Rev. W. H. Goodman Mr. W. P. Sprunt HISTORICAL SKETCH
Davidson College was founded in 18 37 by the descendants of those sturdy Scotch Presbyterians who arrived in America by way of North Ireland, and thus came to be known as the Scotch- Irish. The Scotch have for centuries been noted for their love for education and for their high educational standards. While Davidson was founded by these Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, it has never been sectarian in its teachings. The original charter, which was granted in 183 8, stated that the purpose of the College was "to educate youth of all classes without any regard to the distinction of religious denominations, and thereby to promote the more general diffusion of knowledge and virtue.'*
The Scotch-Irish began to settle in this beautiful Piedmont section of the Carolinas, in considerable numbers, as early as 1750. They built a large number of churches, and practically every church had in connection with it a good classical school. There was a score of such schools in the general territory in which Davidson College is located. Some of them became famous.
In due time this zeal for higher education resulted in a determination to found a Christian college of high rank. At that time there was no college of any kind in the western half of the Carolinas. Accordingly, in March, 183 5, Concord Pres- bytery enthusiastically passed a resolution approving the found- ing of a college. It is well to remember that at that date Concord Presbytery covered the whole of the western half of North Carolina. It included the territory which has since been set off into Mecklenburg and Asheville Presbyteries. A few months later Bethel Presbytery, which covered the upper and western parts of South Carolina, joined the movement to estab- lish a college. As the years went by, all the Presbyteries in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida united in the ownership and control of the college. In more recent years the Presbyteries of South Carolina and Georgia have withdrawn to build their own institution.
The leader of the movement to found a college was Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, pastor of historic Sugaw Creek Church, near Charlotte, N. C. He and Rev. P. J. Sparrow of Salisbury, N. C, raised $30,000.00 for the proposed college in an incredibly 18 DAVIDSON COLLEGE short time. The new institution was named Davidson College as a tribute to the memory of General William Lee Davidson, a Presbyterian Revolutionary hero, who was killed at Cowan's Ford, only a few miles from Davidson College, as he opposed Lord Cornwallis. The land on which the college stands was secured from General Davidson's son, who, in turn, became a large contributor to the support of the College.
The corner stone of Davidson College was laid on April 7, 1836, "in the presence of a large concourse of people." The original buildings were erected on the four sides of a rather small quadrangle, on the front of the present campus.
Five of those original buildings are still standing and still serving useful purposes. The main building stood on the north end of the quadrangle. It contained the classrooms and the chapel, where daily chapel exercises and the church services were held. It came to be known as the "Old Chapel." In 1902 it was enlarged by the use of money contributed by Dr. J. B. Shearer, and then rededicated as "Shearer Biblical Hall." The Eumenean and Philanthropic Society Halls stood, and still stand, on the south end of the quadrangle. Oak Row stands on the west side of the quadrangle, and Elm Row on the east side.
On March 1, 1837, Davidson College began its career as an educational institution, with three professors (including the president), and sixty-five students. Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, D.D., was the first president. He resigned in 1840 on account of ill health, but continued to serve as a trustee of the College for a number of years. At first the College required each student to do some manual labor, but this proved unsatisfactory and was dropped at the end of four or five years.
We may anticipate here and say that the following is a complete list of the names of the presidents of Davidson College.
The dates indicate their tenure of office: Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, D.D., (1836-1840). Rev. Samuel Williamson, D.D., (1841-18 54). Rev. Drury Lacy, D.D., (1855-1860). Rev. John Lycan Kirkpatrick, D.D., (1860-1866). Rev. George Wilson McPhail, D.D., LL.D., (1866-1871). Prof. John Rennie Blake, A.M., Chairman of Faculty (1871- 1877). HISTORICAL SKETCH 19
Rev. Andrew Dox Hepburn, D.D., LL.D., (1877-1885). Rev. Luther McKinnon, D.D., (188 5-1888). Rev. John Bunyan Shearer, D.D., LL.D., (1888-1901). Prof. Henry Louis Smith, Ph.D., LL.D., (1901-1912). Prof. William Joseph Martin, Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., (1912- 1929). Rev. Walter Lee Lingle, D.D., LL.D. (1929-1941). Rev. John Rood Cunningham, D.D., LL.D. (1941—).
During the first twenty years of its existence the young College had one prolonged financial struggle. It had a good faculty and the student enrollment was satisfactory, but there was no endowment and no adequate income for current expenses.
A sudden turn came in the affairs of the College when, in 1856, it received nearly a quarter of a million dollars through the bequest of the late Maxwell Chambers of Salisbury, N. C. That was a large sum of money for those days. New and enlarged plans were made for the College. A new quadrangle of noble proportions was planned, about one hundred and fifty yards east of the old quadrangle. One unit in the new quad- rangle was erected in 18 57 at a cost of about $90,000, and named "The Maxwell Chambers Building." It contained class rooms, auditorium and dormitories. The Old Chambers, as it came to be known, was a handsome building, and served a large purpose in the life of the College for a period of sixty- four years.
The Maxwell Chambers bequest also gave the College a real endowment, which greatly relieved the financial distress. The College started upon a new career. Then came the Civil War. The student attendance was greatly decreased and the larger part of the endowment was lost. Practically all the students and alumni of the College who were physically qualified enlisted in the army, and many of them lost their lives. After the war came the reconstruction period, with all of its demoralization; but in spite of this the College began to build up a stronger faculty than it had ever had in its history. Between 1868 and 1877 the following unusually able men became members of the
faculty: Dr. Charles Phillips, Col. W. J. Martin, Dr. James F. Latimer, Dr. A. D. Hepburn, Dr. William M. Thornton, Dr. John Russell Sampson, and Dr. William W. Carson. Few 20 DAVIDSON COLLEGE institutions of that day could boast of such a group of men. As these men retired, other strong men took their places, and from that day to this the members of the faculty have ranked high in scholarship and in personality.
There was, however, no large increase in the number of students, or in the endowment, between 1870 and the close of the century. The South had been impoverished by the Civil War. With the beginning of the twentieth century there was an educational revival in the South. Prosperity had also begun to return to this impoverished section. Under the energetic leadership of a new president, the College entered upon a period of expansion. The student attendance grew. The endowment was increased. New dormitories and other buildings were erected. The faculty was enlarged. In the campaigns for in- creased endowments the General Education Board in New York made a number of contributions and thus made the success of the campaigns possible.
On November 28, 1921, the Old Chambers Building was burned. It had stood there as the center of College life so long that its destruction seemed a mortal blow. But through the indefatigable labors of the president and his capable associates, money was raised for the erection of a new Chambers Building at a cost of more than $600,000.00. This building was com- pleted in 1929 and dedicated at Commencement in 1930. The General Education Board and several loyal alumni made large contributions towards the erection of the new Chambers.
The year 1926 marks the beginning of a new era of expansion for Davidson College. In that year Davidson College began to receive five per cent of the income of "The Duke Endow- ment." Thus far, this has increased the income of the College nearly $70,000.00 annually. That has enabled the College to enlarge its faculty and increase its student body. The Duke Endowment was created by the late James B. Duke, of Charlotte, N. C, and New York, with a capital of $40,000,000.00. The fact that a business man of such large affairs should, without solicitation, remember Davidson College in providing for the distribution of the income from his endowment, is in itself a tribute to the College. College It is impossible to condense the history of Davidson into a few pages. A full account, down to 1923, has been written by Miss Cornelia Shaw in a book of over three hundred 1
HISTORICAL SKETCH 2 pages. The College has entered upon its second century of service. Each generation has contributed something in love, in loyalty, in money, and in ideals to make its spirit finer than it was before. The infant institution of 1837 has grown into a strong College with an able faculty of over forty men, and a student enrollment of six hundred and fifty. The grounds, buildings and equipment are worth approximately $2,000,000.00.
The endowment which it holds in its own name is slightly in excess of $1,000,000. The income from The Duke Endowment, which is held by The Duke Endowment Trustees, represents an equivalent of an additional endowment of approximately $1,750,000. The annual current expense budget of the College amounts to about $375,000.00. The standing of the College in the education world is indicated by some facts which are stated in the paragraph which follows:
Davidson College is a member of the Association of American Colleges, of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, of the Southern University Conference, of the National Conference of Church-Related Colleges, of the
Presbyterian Education Association of the South, and is on the list of Colleges Approved by the Association of American Uni- versities. Davidson also has a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
The resources of Davidson College represent an accumulation of donations and bequests covering more than a century. Scarcely a year passes now that the College does not receive some new gift or bequest. The thought of this may prompt you to include the Trustees of Davidson College in your will. Without min- imizing the value of an attorney in writing such an important document, we suggest the following bequest form:
"I give, devise, and bequeath to the Trustees of Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
(here insert the sum or the property bequeathed)
for the following purpose
(here insert the purpose, such as general endowment, scholarship endowment, building fund) GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS GROUNDS
LOCATION
Davidson College is located twenty miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina, on a branch line of the Southern Railway, and on the Davidson College Highway which is one of North
Carolina's finest hard surfaced highways. It is easy of access from all directions by rail, by automobile, and by bus.
CAMPUS
The campus consists of about fifty acres. It is set in grass and shaded by elms and oaks. On this campus there are located fifteen college buildings. The College also owns sixty-five acres of land adjacent to the campus on which is a golf course.
ATHLETIC FIELD
The Richardson Field is a splendid athletic field with a concrete stadium. It contains a football field, a baseball diamond, and a cinder running track. This field was made possible by the generosity of two brothers, Messrs. H. S. and L. Rich- ardson, and is dedicated to the memory of their father, the late Mr. L. Richardson.
The Sprunt Field was made possible by the generosity of the late Mr. "W. H. Sprunt and is named as a memorial to him. It is a large, well-graded area, sufficient in width and length for two football fields. It is largely used for intra-mural sports of all kinds.
The Freshman Field is a well-graded athletic field, covered with a fine turf, and is used mainly for Freshman football practice and drill ground.
Near the athletic fields are a dozen well-constructed tennis courts, which are open for the greater part of the year.
A golf course is located on College property adjacent to the athletic fields. This course is open to all students free of charge. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS 23
BUILDINGS
NEW CHAMBERS
The New Chambers, the main building of the campus, with 325 feet of frontage, consists of three units. One unit provides administrative offices, classrooms, and professors' offices. The middle unit contains a beautiful and spacious auditorium, seating nearly twelve hundred people and furnished with a three manual Skinner Pipe Organ, costing $20,000, a gift of Mrs. Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte, N. O, who also give a Steinway Duo- Art Piano for the auditorium. This unit also contains a Banquet Hall, seating six hundred, with a well-equipped kitchen; also a Trustee and Faculty Room. The third unit provides abundant
space for the departments of Physics and Geology and is furnished with the best of laboratory equipment.
GREY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The building was erected and equipped in 1941, a gift of
Capt. James Parks Grey of the class of 188 5, and named in honor of the parents of the donor The Hugh A. and Jane Parks Grey Memorial Library. Stacks, furnishings, lighting, and technical equipment are of the most modern and efficient type.
The building is open from 8:30 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. on week days. There is at present a professional staff of four
persons with degrees in library science. At least one is always available to students for reference assistance. The library operates on the "open stack" system, possible only with a select student-body, and of considerable advantage to the users. Stu- dents have access to any part of the stacks and building at will.
There are over 45,000 bound volumes in the library and it is a depository for U. S. Government publications, which means that it receives free such publications of the government as are
usable here. Reading material is selected on three bases: appropriateness for study by college students, usefulness for keeping abreast of research by members of the faculty and fitness for recreational reading by students and faculty. Both students and faculty have a share in selecting books and periodicals. 24 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
The "Davidsoniana Room" has a copy of every available pub- lication by and about the alumni of the college, an especially good collection on Woodrow Wilson (class of 1877), and a unique collection of material on the mysterious Frenchman Peter Stewart Ney who designed the college seal.
LABORATORIES
The Chemistry and Biology laboratories are located in the new Science Hall. The Physics laboratory is located in the north wing of the New Chambers Building. All laboratories are well equipped.
SHEARER BIBLICAL HALL
In 1902 the Old Chapel, which was erected in 1837, was rebuilt, enlarged, and rededicated as The Shearer Biblical Hall.
It has been largely supplanted by the New Chambers, but its auditorium is still used for student mass meetings, band practice, and other useful purposes.
THE LITERARY SOCIETY HALLS
The Eumenean and Philanthropic Society Halls are among the oldest and most interesting buildings at Davidson. Both halls are well equipped for their purposes and have made a large contribution to the development of the literary and forensic ability of the students for many years.
OAK ROW AND ELM ROW
These quaint buildings served as dormitories when the College was first opened and for many years afterwards. They are now used as offices by student publications and other organi- zations.
ALUMNI GYMNASIUM
This building was erected in 1914 from funds given by the alumni. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS 2 5
A large room in the New Chambers Building has been set apart as a Museum. When the Old Chambers Building was burned in 1921 a very valuable mineralogical and geological collection was destroyed, along with many articles of historical
interest. Progress is being made towards a new collection. Geological and mineralogical specimens and such other collec- tions as belong in a museum will be welcomed.
THE PREYER INFIRMARY
Through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Preyer, a new College Infirmary was erected in 1938. It is an up-to-date building with private rooms and wards adequate for all the needs of the College for years to come. It is well equipped with modern appliances including an X-ray machine.
The Infirmary is in charge of Dr. J. W. MacConnell, College Physician, Dr. W. E. Selby, Associate College Physician, and Mrs. Sara A. Johnston, a registered nurse who has had excellent hospital training and experience.
The College fees entitle a student to free medical treatment by the College Physicians and Nurse for ordinary cases of sick- ness or accident. The student pays for all medicines, bandages, and so forth, except those of an inexpensive nature. Consulta- tion with, or treatment by, any other physician than the Col- lege Physicians, and any extra nursing are at the expense of the student. If it is necessary for the student to remain in the Infirmary he will be charged for board at the rate of $1.25 per day. The Physicians and Nurse observe regular office hours and students are advised to consult them freely on all matters pertaining to their health. In cases of emergency, the Physicians and Nurse are available not only during office hours but at all times.
professors' residences
The College owns eighteen professors' residences, which are conveniently located in the neighborhood of the campus.
DORMITORIES
There are six dormitory buildings. They are built of brick, heated by steam, and equipped with modern conveniences. The 26 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
four largest dormitories are fireproof, and all of them have approved fire escapes. Although there are a few single rooms, most of the rooms accommodate two students. The rooms are furnished with single beds and mattresses, study table, chiff- onier, and bookracks, and Illuminating Engineering Society reading lamps. The student provides his own bed linen, blankets, towels, pillow, etc. Many students also provide their rooms with rugs, curtains, chiffonier scarfs and other home-like touches. Rooms are cared for by competent janitors. Mrs.
Gordon Caldwell is the supervisor of dormitories. Neatness and tidiness are encouraged in the care of the rooms.
The following is a list of the dormitories with the capacity of each:
East 126 West 126 Watts 96 Georgia 63
Rumple ; 60 James B. Duke 75
FRATERNITY COURT
A unique feature at Davidson College is Fraternity Court, consisting of eleven houses erected by the College in a grove on the campus, for use of Greek letter social fraternities. Each of these attractive, one-story brick buildings consists of a large reception hall, another large room in which official meetings are held, and a kitchenette. The houses do not contain any dormi- tories and do not have any boarding departments. They are social centers where the members of the fraternities meet and where they entertain their friends from time to time. These social centers aid in creating intimate friendship and developing social gifts.
THE LAUNDRY
The College maintains a modern laundry equipped to do the work of the students in a satisfactory way. For hygienic and other reasons all students except those living at home are required to patronize this laundry. The plant is equipped to handle both the laundry and dry cleaning needs of students and faculty at a minimum cost. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
Applicants for admission should enter into correspondence with the Registrar at as early a date as possible. Since the Col- lege enrollment is limited, it is advisable to make application for entrance and to pay the registration fee of $10.00 at an early date in the spring. In accepting students preference is given to those presenting the best evidence, in point of scholar- ship, character and personality, of qualifications for success in college work. In order to be considered, the applicant must rank, scholastically, above the lowest third of his graduating class.
ADMISSION FROM HIGH SCHOOL BY CERTIFICATE
The candidate must present a certificate (blank is furnished by the College on application) of his high school records, care- fully and completely filled out and signed by the superintendent or principal of his school. In addition, the superintendent or principal must recommend that the applicant be accepted by the College, before his application can be considered. A state- ment of good moral character is required. For admission to
Freshman standing it is necessary for the applicant to be a graduate of an accredited school and to present from the authorities a minimum of fifteen units of high school work, as follows:
ENGLISH 4 Mathematics 3 Foreign Language 2
History 1
Electives 5
English: Four full years of high school English are required.
Mathematics: Two years of Algebra and one of Plane Geome- try are required. The work in Algebra should include quad- ratics, binomial theorem, and progressions.
Electives: It is recommended that Greek be offered among the electives if the student wishes to pursue the A.B. 1 course in college, and two units in French, German, or Spanish in addition to Latin among the electives for A.B. 2. If Physics,
Zoology, Botany, or Agriculture is offered, a credit of one unit
is given only when the course is accompanied, by laboratory ZS DAVIDSON COLLEGE work, a suitable record of which is kept in a notebook. A credit of one unit in Bible may be allowed, but the course offered by any school is judged on its merit. While a maximum of two units in vocational subjects may be accepted for en- trance to the A.B. courses and three for B.S. courses, they are not considered generally desirable and will be carefully scrut- inized as to content and time given to them. Purely mechanical courses are not accepted.
ADMISSION IN SPECIAL CASES
In the case of a mature man, over twenty years of age, wish- ing to pursue a special course preparatory to entrance to a theological seminary, the Faculty may waive the ordinary en- trance requirements, provided evidence of ability to carry college work in the courses to be pursued is given.
ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION
A resolution of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges permits a high school student who has a minimum of twelve units and who ranks in the upper third of his class to take college entrance examinations. These examina- tions are given by the high school authorities at stated times in the year under the direction of the State Board of Education in each state.
ADVANCED STANDING ON BASIS OF HIGH SCHOOL WORK To no high school is given the right to enter students by certificate in studies higher than Freshman. Candidates for advanced standing on the basis of high school work must pass an examination on such work. This examination is to be taken not later than the day prior to the opening of a student's first term in college.
ADVANCED STANDING FROM OTHER COLLEGES
Certificates of courses successfully pursued at colleges and universities of equal grade with Davidson are accepted at their full value. All transfer students must present a letter of hon- orable dismissal, together with a detailed statement of both high school and college credits to which they are entitled. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION 29
MATRICULATION AND REGISTRATION
Freshmen are registered on Monday afternoon and upper classmen are registered Tuesday of the opening week of College. All students are required to report to the Treasurer and the Registrar within twenty-four hours after their arrival. This also applies, as far as the Treasurer is concerned, to all students returning after the Christmas holidays. Matriculation officers are in the Chambers Building.
Students returning after Christmas must report to the Treasurer by 5 P. M., of the opening day. If a student reports later than this he is charged a delayed registration fee of $2.00 a day until he reports, but the maximum total charge shall not exceed $10.00. This charge is not made if the student is ill or if he is otherwise unavoidably hindered from reporting on time.
New students are classified provisionally, in accordance with certificate previously submitted, examinations taken, and con- sultation with the professors in the respective departments. A thorough physical examination at the opening of the fall term, or immediately on entrance, is required of each student at the hands of the College Physicians and the Director of Physical Education.
SELECTION OF COLLEGE COURSES
The modern college offers such a wealth of elective courses and subjects that the inexperienced student if often at a loss to decide what course he should pursue, even though he knows, or thinks he knows, what his life work is to be.
Some students have a fairly clear idea of what their work after college days is to be, especially if they are going into one of the professional fields. Those who have not decided on their life work are at some disadvantage, though not seriously so, if they are willing to spend a short time, after they have made their decision, in taking such basic courses as have been left out. Of such students some extra study will be required but they will be so much the better prepared.
Davidson College offers four fairly clear-cut courses, any one of which will give a student a good cultural education. We would suggest to students who are undecided about their life's vocation that they select that course which most nearly prepares 3 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
them for some field toward which they have a leaning. If they change their line of work they can, without serious loss of time, change their preparatory work to suit. We would
suggest to such students that the A.B. 1 course is probably the best course to select for general culture, from which, as a basis, almost any line of further study can well "take off."
This is the classical course and it has been the college course of many of the leaders in every vocation in life.
More particularly at this time are we concerned with those who have selected their life work and wish, after college gradu- ation, to take advanced work in preparation for their calling. Medical schools especially, and with increasing emphasis all professional schools, are insisting on certain fundamental courses preparatory to professional study. The following suggestions are offered to entering students:
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE WORK IN UNIVERSITIES
The leading universities of our country require detailed information regarding the mentality, industry, and scope and character of the scholastic record of each applicant before ad- mitting him to the graduate school as a candidate for an advanced degree. While universities differ in minor matters as to their requirements, all are looking only for men prepared to do the quality and quantity of work expected of thoroughly equipped students.
The graduate student is expected to pursue work in one major subject and in one or two minors. The minor is ordina-
rily taken in a field closely related to the major subject, or is perhaps a subdivision of the major. While a student may some- times be admitted, who took only twenty-four semester hours of undergraduate work in the subject that is to be his major in the graduate school, most leading universities expect the applicant for admission to have completed 36 to 40 semester hours in his principal subject and related fields. If History, for
example, is to be his major in the graduate school, the appli- cant for admission should have completed with high school standing a total of at least 36 to 40 semester hours in History and such related fields as Economics, Political Science, Philos-
ophy. If Chemistry is his chosen field for graduate work, the applicant should in like manner have completed at least 36 to REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION 31
cisely is of great importance to the business man. In addition the student should supplement his major with other courses in the Social and Natural Sciences in order that he may acquire the breadth of training demanded of the business man. Stu- dents who expect to do university graduate work in Economics or Business Administration will find that German, French and Spanish are usually the required languages.
TRAINING FOR CHURCH WORK
Since Davidson is a church college, and since by past experience we know that aside from those of its graduates who enter the ministry a large majority become deeply interested in the Church and its work, we suggest to all who are not going to a theological seminary the wisdom of taking the courses in Church History and Christian Evidences, and Religious Edu- cation. To any layman who desires to be active in church work, these courses will prove most helpful. The student has in these courses an unusual chance to enlarge greatly his useful- ness in Christian service and to become a much wiser leader in the Church. A church member who knows the history of the Church is able to deal with the problems of the Church more intelligently, and one who is familiar with the evidences of Christianity will be in a position to do much more effective Christian work.
The President or any professor is glad of an opportunity to counsel with a student on the subject of his course or life work.
SUMMER SESSION
A summer session of the College is conducted, offering a wide range of courses for college students, teachers, and high school graduates who are deficient in credit for college entrance or who wish to secure advance standing. A bulletin of the summer session can be obtained by writing to the Registrar. The 1946 summer session will be held from June 4 to August 24. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
To receive a Bachelor's Degree from the College a student must have been in residence for two sessions, one of which must have been the Senior session.
A minimum of 122 semester hours is required for gradua- tion, and, furthermore a minimum of 122 "points," in accord- ance with the following table:
A.—Three points for each semester hour credit. B.—Two points for each semester hour credit. C.—One point for each semester hour credit. D.—No points. No points are given for grades earned by re-examination,,
All students are required to take a basic course as here outlined:
English 11-12 & 21-22.. 12 hours Bible 11-12 & 21-22 12 hours Mathematics 11-12 6 hours Foreign Language 12 hours (For A.B., this must be Greek or Latin) Laboratory Science 8 hours (Biology, Physics, Chemistry.) *R.O.T.C. 11-12 & 21-22 6 hours
In addition to the basic course students must meet the following requirements:
For A.B. 1 — 12 hours Greek or Latin, to complete a minimum of 12 hours in each language. For A.B. 2— 12 hours of modern language. For B.S. 1 —16 hours of laboratory science. (Biology, Chemistry, Physics.) For B.S. 2 — 6 hours of History 11-12 and 6 hours of either Economics 21-22 or Geography 21-22.
REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
(Figures refer to semester hours of credit. A laboratory period of not less than two hours counts as one recitation hour.)
'•''The following prospective students may be excused from R. O. T. C. upon request: those whose parents file a written request to that effect with the Registrar before the opening of the College in September; those who are physically disqualified; those who have had two years of military training under government supervision. When a student once enters upon the R. O. T. C. course, it is required that he shall complete successfully the first two years before he can graduate from the College. Those Freshmen and Sopho- mores who are excused from this course are required to take Physical Educa- tion. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
FRESHMAN CLASS
A.B. 1 A.B. 2 Bible 11-12 6 Bible 11-12 6 English 11-12 6 English 11-12 6 Mathematics 11-12 6 Mathematics 11-12 6
Greek 11-12 6 Latin 1 1-12 or 21-22) Latin 11-12 or 21-22 6 Greek 11-12 j *R. O. T. C. 11-12 3 Modern Language 6 *R. O. T. C. 11-12 3 Total 33 Total 33
SOPHOMORE CLASS
A.B. 1 A.B. 2
Bible 21-22 6 Bible 21-22 6 English 21-22 6 English 21-22 6 Latin 21-22 or 31-32 6 Latin 21-22 or 3 1-327
Greek 21-22 6 Greek 21-22 J Elective 6-8 Modern Language 6 *R. O. T. C. 21-22 3 Elective 6-S *R. O. T. C. 21-22 3
Total 33 to 35 Total 33 to 3 5
REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FRESHMAN CLASS
B.S. 1 B.S. 2
Bible 11-12 6 Bible 11-12 6 English 11-12 6 English 11-12 6 Mathematics 11-12 6 Mathematics 11-12 6 Foreign Language 6 Foreign Language 6 Science 8 History 11-12 6 *R. O. T. C. 11-12 3 *R. O. T. C. 21-22 3
Total 3 5 Total 33
SOPHOMORE CLASS
B.S. 1 B.S. 2
Bible 21-22 6 Bible 21-22 6 English 21-22 6 English 21-22 6 Foreign Language 6 Foreign Language 6 Science 8 Elective .6-8
Elective 6-8 Economics; 21-22 | , 6 *R. O. T C. 21-22 3 Geographyr 21-22 ) R. O. T. C. 11-12 3
Total 3 5 to 37 Total 3 3 to 3 5
'See note on page 3 8. 34 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
40 semester hours of undergraduate work in Chemistry and related fields such as Physics and Biology.
Candidates for the Master's degree are expected to be able to read French, or German, or both, with facility. Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are required to be able to read both German and French, preferably before admis- sion to the graduate school. In the best universities the student is expected to make extensive use of one or both of these lan- guages. A concession is ordinarily made to applicants not qualified in both of these languages at the time of admission to the graduate school, and qualifying examinations may be taken later under professors of languages in the universities.
In certain fields of study a knowledge of other languages is required. In some cases Spanish may be substituted for Ger- man, for example, when the student is to take his major in the field of American History.
A student should select not later than the Junior year in col- lege the university at which he prefers to do his graduate work, should study its requirements, and should round out as effective- ly as possible his preparation for graduate work.
THE CANDIDATE FOR THE MINISTRY
The Presbyterian Church, through its General Assembly, recommends that candidates for the ministry while in college take courses in the following subjects: English, History, Psy- chology, Philosophy, Greek, Biology or Physics, Economics,
Political Science, Sociology, and Education. German is also recommended if the student expects to pursue advanced work in theology. It is of supreme importance that the minister should be able to express himself in clear, correct, and forceful
English. Therefore it is recommended that the student should do an abundance of work in such courses in English as will help him to this end. In general, it is recommended that the student while in college should take a broad cultural course as a foundation for his work in the theological seminary.
THE CANDIDATE FOR MEDICINE
B.S. 1 should be chosen with Chemistry in the Freshman year. Two sciences, one of which should be Chemistry, should REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION 3 5 be taken in the Sophomore year. In his Junior and Senior years, the student majors in Science. When he has finished, he should have had in Science a minimum of one course in Physics, two in Biology and two courses in Chemistry (general and organic). Some medical schools require Latin, some a reading knowledge of German and French (which calls for the equivalent of two college years in each) , and some a reading knowledge of either one. One year in Psychology should be taken and a year in
Philosophy is to be recommended strongly. Such vacancies as remain may be filled by the student according to his discretion. If he knows what medical school he expects to attend he should promptly find out its requirements and arrange to meet them fully.
THE CANDIDATE FOR LAW
The A.B. 1 or the A.B. 2 course is strongly recommended. The student should major in the field of Social Science and take Accounting. He should pay special attention to English, Economics, History, Psychology, Philosophy, Political Science, and Plane Surveying.
THE CANDIDATE FOR ENGINEERING
Students expecting to enter an engineering school after graduation should take either A.B. 2 or B.S. 1, majoring in Mathematics or Physics in either case. Four years of Mathe- matics, two of Physics, and one of Chemistry, should be taken.
It is recommended that French or German be taken during the Freshman and Sophomore years, and Spanish during the Junior and Senior Years. It is desirable that Bible 21-22 be postponed a year and Chemistry or Physics taken in its place. The follow- ing courses are recommended for the Junior and Senior electives: Political Science 31-32, Economics 21-22, Business 31-32, History, Applied Mathematics, Geology, Astronomy, Physics.
CHEMISTRY AS A PROFESSION
A student who expects to go into Chemistry as a profession should have considerably more training in the Physical Sciences than is outlined for the minimum major requirements in Chemistry. 36 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Students who complete the following program of studies will have the B.S. degree conferred with the distinction "special Attainments in Chemistry."
During the Junior and Senior years the student must complete Chemistry 41-42, Chemistry 51-52, eight (8) hours from Chemistry 61, 62 and 71, Chemistry 91-92 and Mathematics 31.
The program may be undertaken by rising Juniors who have completed, or who are completing, two years of Chemistry, two years of Mathematics, one year of Physics and whose modern language is French or German. Ordinarily students will not be qualified to enter upon this program until the work of the first two years has been completed.
THE CANDIDATE FOR EDUCATIONAL WORK
The most important thing for any student planning to teach is mastery of the subject fields in which he wishes to give in- struction. Information in regard to professional requirements for securing teachers' cetificates may be obtained from the office of the Professor of Education.
THE CANDIDATE FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
One of the A.B. courses should be taken. The student should major in the Biblical Department, selecting other courses in Psychology, Philosophy and Education.
THE CANDIDATE FOR BUSINESS
The B.S. 2 course is recommended. The student in his Sopho- more year should take Economics 21-22, as this course is a prerequisite to all elective courses in Economics and Business Administration. The B.S. 2 Sophomore is also advised to elect Statistics and Mathematics of Investment. Both are essential tool courses for the prospective business executive. Statistics is a prerequisite for Marketing Principles, and an alternate pre- requisite for two other courses. Students majoring in Economics are required to take Money and Banking in their Junior or Senior years; those concentrating in Business Administration will take Accounting.
The study of English, particularly composition, should not be overlooked, as the ability to write and speak clearly and con- REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION 37
If a student has had no Latin before entrance or an amount insufficient in preparation for Latin 21-22, he may take ele- mentary beginner's Latin provided a sufficient number apply for the course.
If a student has had no Greek before entrance or an amount insufficient in preparation for Greek 21-22 he may take ele- mentary beginner's Greek.
If a student presents two units in either French, German or Spanish, he may take either Course 21-22 in the language in which he offers the two units, or Course 11-12 in one of the other languages.
Languages begun in the Freshman year must be continued through the Sophomore year. If Course 11-12 in a foreign language is taken in College, credit will be given for it only when Course 21-22 has been completed, unless it is elected after all catalogue requirements in language have been satisfied. No student, however, will be allowed to receive credit for more than two 11-12 courses in language.
MAJOR AND MINOR REQUIREMENTS
Major requirements for a degree shall be twenty- four hours in one department and twelve hours in correlated courses. Specific statements of major and minor requirements precede each departmental section in the catalog, in which the de- partment offers a major.
A student majoring in the Languages must major in one of the languages taken in his Freshman or Sophomore year.
Prior to the April registration each Sophomore shall make formal expression in writing to the Registrar of his choice of a major department. The instructors in each department shall, in conference with the students proposing to major in that department, appoint a faculty counselor for each.
ADDITIONAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
No student will be considered as a candidate for graduation at any Commencement unless by the closing day of the spring re-examination period of his Senior year he has removed all con- DAVIDSON COLLEGE
ditions with the exception of those he is at that time seeking to remove by taking the course or courses in question over in class.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH
Students whose oral or written English is at any time unsat- isfactory to one or more professors are regarded as conditioned in the use of English. When a student is thus conditioned he is required to take each test given thereafter by the English Department for such conditioned students until he makes a satisfactory grade. When a student has removed his condition in the use of English, he may be conditioned thereafter as often as his speech or writing becomes unsatisfactory to one or more professors. No student will be graduated from the College until he has removed each and every condition of the kind described in this paragraph.
SELECTION OF COURSES
By April 15 th each Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior must, in consultation with the Registrar, select and report the courses he is to take the following session. After this date a fee of $2.50 will be charged for such arrangement of courses. No changes can be made in the list after September 1st except by permission of the Registrar and upon payment of $1.00 for each change.
CREDIT FOR SUMMER WORK
Any student desiring to take summer courses at an institution other than Davidson and to receive credit therefor toward graduation must first have the approval of the professor in whose department he wishes to receive credit.
Such courses must be of college grade taken in a summer school conducted by an institution of equal rank with David- son College, and only such credit will be given as would be allowed toward graduation by the institution conducting the summer school. The student must present from the office of the Registrar of the institution in question a statement of the courses taken and their value toward graduation. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION 39
GROUP HONORS
Group Honors: Those students who do special work in one of the following groups shall be graduated with high honors, or honors in the group of their concentration. Honors students shall in each semester of the Junior and Senior years carry nine hours of regular class work besides their special honors work.
Purpose of Group Honors: The purpose of Group Hon- ors is to arouse interest in a higher grade of intellectual achieve- ment; to develop on the part of the student of initiative the power of independent investigation and critical and construc- tive scholarship; to offer to him the opportunity to pursue his chosen study as rapidly as his talents permit, and to deal with the content of a field of learning rather than with courses.
Groups: Subject to the approval of the professors con- cerned, the following groups may be open to students who are candidates for group honors.
Group I: Classics.
Group II: Romance Languages.
Group III: English.
Group IV: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy.
Group V: Natural Science other than Physics.
Group VI: History, Economics and Business, Political Science.
Group VII: Philosophy, Psychology, Education.
Group VIII: Bible and Religion.
Conditions: It shall be left to the professors in a subject to decide whether honors shall be offered in that subject. Any student who during his Freshman year has averaged B or better and B-f- or better during his Sophomore year up to and in- cluding the mid-semester grades of the second semester, may apply to the Dean of the Faculty for permission to be a candi- date for an honors group course, specifying in detail the special work he wishes to pursue. His application shall be accompanied by the recommendation of the professors of the group in which 40 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
he is to major. In order to continue an honors course, the student must maintain an average of B-j- in non-honors classes and must have completed all the work of the first three years before entering upon his Senior year.
In case the professor in any subject decides that a student has not sufficient ground-work in the subject to undertake in his Junior year the work of the honors course, he may be assigned, by the professor in his chosen department, the proper work in the regular courses of his Junior year and begin honors
work in that subject in his Senior year. It is understood that he must maintain an average of B-f- in his Junior work to be eligible to take this course.
Supervision: The student who has been admitted to hon- ors courses shall be particularly under the oversight and direc- tion of the professor in charge of the subject in which he does his major work, who, with the professors of the other subjects
in the group in which the student is pursuing work, shall have charge of and be responsible for the student's entire program of studies. The professor shall hold frequent conferences with the student and require such written reports or papers as he wills, which reports or papers shall be kept on file for inspection by the professors of the group.
Examinations: The professors of the group shall subject the student to semester examinations of a general type to deter-
mine whether he is maintaining an honors standard. During the last month of his Senior year the student must take com- prehensive oral and written examinations on the entire field of his major subject. The oral examination shall be conducted by the professor in charge, assisted by some other professor in the group in which the student's major work lies, or, in case there
is no such professor, by the professor in the most closely related subject or by a professor of the same subject in some other institution. The professor in charge and the other professors in the group shall review and grade the work of the student and recommend him for such honors as they find he has earned.
PREPARATION FOR ADVANCED WORK
The man who proposes to give his life to some form of pro- fessional work should in his preparation bear two things in mind. First, that he needs a completed college course and REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION 41 degree before he undertakes the work of his professional school.
If he is to enter the ministry, teaching, engineering, medicine, or commercial scientific work, this preparation is practically demanded of him by the seminaries and universities. Second, that his college course should include every subject stated as a prerequisite by the professional or graduate school he is to attend, and as many others as will bear directly on his future studies.
The new student and his parents are urged to seek expert
advice in this matter before the College course is begun. The College officials attempt to keep informed of the requirements of the graduate and professional institutions and will gladly give advice.
The medical schools especially are rigid in their require- ments of the content of the College course and of high standing in the College work. All technical, literary, and scientific institutions of advanced instruction are yearly becoming more exacting in these requirements. See the section on Selection of College Courses which begins on page 32. .
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION*
I. ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR FULCHER 31. General Astronomy. A descriptive course in Astronomy, dealing with astronomical instruments, elements of Astronomy and members of the solar system. Problems are assigned for each chapter and reports on outside reading required.
32. General Astronomy.
A continuation of 31, dealing with bodies outside the solar system, means and methods of obtaining these data with more emphases laid on outside reading and reports. Night classes are held for the study of the planets, the moon and the learning of the principal constellations. Prerequisite Math. 11-12. Three recitations a week. Credit three hours. This course may be semestered.
II. APPLIED MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR WOOD
3 1 Plane Surveying
The object of this course is to give the student a foundation in plane surveying, such as would fit him for practical work. Adjustments of instruments and methods of running simple
curves and calculating earthwork, are studied. Instruction is given in classroom and field in the use of the compass, transit, level, and minor surveying instruments.
Three recitations and two hours of field work a week. First semester. Credit four hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 11-12.
32. Mathematics of Investment This course deals with the mathematical relations of money and time as they arise in problems concerning interest, annuities, capitalization, depreciation and valuation of securities.
Three recitations a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Prerequisite Mathematics 11 and 12.
^Courses are of three kinds, (1) Courses that may be taken in any order. (2) Sequential Courses, in which the parts must be taken, but not neces- sarily passed, in order. (3) Prerequisite Courses, those which must be satisfactorily completed before entering a more advanced course, provided, that if a grade of E is made on a first semester course, the student may enter the second semester course pending the removal of this condition. He shall receive no credit for the second semester until this condition is removed. .
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42. Engineering Drawing
The use of drawing instruments. Orthographic, isometric and perspective projections. Intersection and development of sur- faces, Working drawings. Two recitations and four hours of laboratory work a week. Second semester. Credit four hours.
5 1 Air Navigation
Pilotage, dead reckoning, radio navigation, charts, mid-latitude and mercator flying, great circle computation, velocity triangles.
Three recitations a week. Prerequisite Mathematics 11-12. Credit three hours.
52. Celestial Air Navigation
Astronomical coordinates, time. Use of the air almanac, H.O.211 and H.O.214. Bubble sextant. Computation.
Two recitations a week. Prerequisite Applied Mathematics 51. Credit two hours.
III. BIBLE AND RELIGION PROFESSOR FOREMAN PROFESSOR SCHENCK Major Requirements: 24 semester hours chosen from the courses listed in this Department above 11-12; Philosophy 61-62, Greek 51-52.
Minor Requirements: 12 hours to be chosen from: Astronomy 31; Biology 11-12; Language and Literature courses above 21-22; History 21-22; Music 51-52, 61-62; Psychology 31-32, 41-42, 61-62; Sociology 31-32; any course in Philosophy; Fine Arts 31-32.
Two years of Bible are required of all students. Bible 11 and 12 will be taken in the Freshman year, and the remaining six hours may be taken in any following year. Three of these six hours must be taken in the Old Testament and three in the New. (Bible 32 may be counted as either Old or New Testament.) Transfer students who have had no academic credit for Bible study at the college level will be assigned to Bible 11-12. Transfer students who have had a year or more of Bible at the college level will be assigned to Bible 51-52 or 61-62.
11-12. Old and New Testament History. An historical survey of the entire Bible, designed to acquaint the student with the nature, general content and purpose of 44 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
each part of it, and to form the background for further and more detailed studies.
Three recitations a week. Credit six hours. Required of all Freshmen. Professors Foreman, Schenck.
21. The Distinctive Ideas of the Old Testament.
A study of the progress of doctrine in selected books and divisions of the Old Testament.
Three recitations a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Professor Schenck.
22. The Hebrew Prophets.
A study of the historical background, personalities and messages of the writing prophets.
Three recitations a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Professor Schenck.
3 1 . Hebrew Institutions.
A study of the development of Hebrew life as seen in the Old Testament, with special attention to the institutions of the family and the state.
Three recitations a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Professor Foreman.
32. Between the Testaments.
A study of the period between 400 B. C. and the time of Christ; the history of the Hebrew people and the development of their thought between the Old and New Testaments.
Three recitations a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Professor
Foreman. !
41. The Gospels.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John will be studied in detail to gain a comprehensive understanding of the life and teachings of Jesus.
Three recitations a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Professors Foreman, Schenck.
42. Acts and the Epistles. The establishment and expansion of the early Christian church and the interpretation of Christianity to the Roman world.
Three recitations a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Professors Foreman, Schenck. .
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51-52. Old Testament Ideals.
A study of the Old Testament in the light of its literary forms, historical development and vital significance of the growth of moral and religious ideals within Old Testament times, and their influence in history.
Credit six hours. Prerequisite, twelve hours of Bible. Professor Foreman.
61-62. New Testament Ideals.
The basic ethical ideals of Jesus and Paul; an examination of the growing points of Christian thought and the effect of these ideals in the present impact of the Christian faith on the modern world.
Credit six hours. Prerequisite, twelve hours of Bible. Professor Foreman.
71. Philosophy of Christian Education.
Psychological, social, and religious factors essential in Christian education; principles of education involved in the growth and development of Christian character. Three hours of elective credit is allowed for this course on a teacher's certificate. Three hours a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Schenck.
72. An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion.
Major aspects of religious experience and growth in the light of the psychology of personality.
Three recitations a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Schenck.
IV. BIOLOGY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BROWN
Major Requirements: Biology 11-12 and 16 semester hours chosen from: Biology 21-22, 31-32, 42 and Geology 62.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Any course in Chemistry or Physics; Geology 51, 61, 62; Greek 71-72; Economics 51; Psychology 31-32, 41-42, 51-52; German 41-42; Philosophy 52;
Meteorology 3 1
11-12. Principles of Biology.
The work of this course is the study in classroom and lab- oratory of the questions and fundamental principles of biology. In includes such subjects as the cell, differentiation, 46 DAVIDSON COLLEGE division of labor, symmetry, types and physiology of systems and organs, reproduction and breeding habits of animals, the development of the individual, genetics, classification, habit and response to environment, distribution and migration, the geological history of type races.
Two recitations and four hours of laboratory a week. Credit eight hours.
21-22. Invertebrate Zoology.
A survey of the invertebrate groups of animals, including the insects. Parasitic forms are stressed during the first semester. Students may receive credit for the first semester alone. This does not apply to the second semester.
One class period and two laboratory periods per week. Credit three hours per semester. Prerequisite, Biology 11-12.
22-W. Invertebrate Zoology.
A one-semester condensation of Biology 21-22. May be offered during the spring semester when registration warrants.
Two classes and two laboratory periods per week. Credit four hours. Prerequisite, Biology 11-12.
31-32. Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates.
A course consisting largely of laboratory work, dealing with selected systems and body regions of three vertebrates, the shark, an amphibian or reptile, and the cat. Designed to give to the pre-medical student background and simple techniques for his future work in human anatomy.
One class period and two laboratory periods per week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, Biology 11-12. "For the duration" students leaving school in the middle of the year may receive credit for the first semester alone. However, students do not benefit by this procedure and they should take the entire course in all possible cases.
42.Vertebrate Embryology.
A course in vertebrate development for pre-medical students. Amphibian, chick and pig materials are used. The student may prepare a small part of his own material.
One class period and three laboratory periods per week. Credit four hours. Prerequisite, Biology 11-12 and, preferably, 31-32. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 47
V. CHEMISTRY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR THIES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LOGAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GALLENT
Major Requirements: Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and Chemistry 31-32, 41-42.
Minor Requirements: Physics 11-12 or Physics 21-22, and Mathematics 21-22 or Biology 21-22.
11-12. General Inorganic Chemistry.
This course deals with the preparation, properties and uses of the principal elements, non-metallic and metallic, and their compounds. The fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry are studied and discussed in class and in the laboratory. The main object is to teach the methods of scientific study and to prepare the way for the study of more advanced chemistry, but the practical bearing of the science and its relation to the industries is kept so constantly before the stu- dents that they find the course an essential part of a liberal education, even though they may not desire to take up further study of chemistry.
This course is open to B.S. Freshmen who have not studied chemistry in the high school or have not received entrance credit for high school chemistry.
Three recitations and one laboratory period of two hours each week throughout the year. Credit eight hours. Associate Professor Logan.
21-22. General Inorganic Chemistry.
The subject matter is similar to that of Chemistry 11-12. More attention is given to the theory of inorganic chemistry.
More time is devoted to laboratory work.
This course is open to upper classmen and to B.S. Freshmen who have received entrance credit for high school chemistry. Two recitations and two laboratory periods of two hours each throughout the year. Credit eight hours. Associate Professor Logan.
31. Qualitative Chemistry.
The reactions and the principles underlying analytical processes are carefully taught, the systematic methods for the separation 48 DAVIDSON COLLEGE and the identification of basic and acidic constituents, especially in unknown solutions, are worked over thoroughly, and the analysis of alloys and natural minerals is required.
First semester. Credit four hours.
Two recitations and two laboratory periods of three hours each week. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22. Associate Professor Thies.
32. Quantitative Chemistry.
The course in quantitative analysis deals with important gravi- metric and volumetric methods. The training in analytical processes and technique which this course affords is designed to benefit pre-medical students, and the quantitative methods employed in medical work will be studied.
Second semester. Credit four hours.
Two recitations and two laboratory periods of three hours each week. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22. Associate Professor Thies.
41-42. Organic Chemistry.
An introductory course in organic chemistry including both aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds.
Three recitations and one laboratory period of three hours each week throughout the year. Credit eight hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22. Associate Professor Gallent.
51-52. Physical Chemistry.
An introductory course in modern theoretical chemistry.
Three recitations and one laboratory period of three hours each week throughout the year. Credit eight hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and 31-32, 41-42. Mathematics 11-12, 21-22 and 31. Chemistry 41-42 may be taken concurrently. Associate Professor Logan.
61-62. Advanced Quantitative Analysis.
This course is a continuation of Chemistry 32, but the methods chosen are more difficult. Some of the technical methods studied are: alloy analysis, electro-analysis, food and oil analysis, water analysis, iron and steel analysis.
One recitation and three laboratory periods of three hours each week throughout the year. Credit four to eight hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and 31-32. Associate Professor Thies. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 49
71. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry and Inorganic Preparations.
This course is designed for those students who desire to make chemistry a life work. The class is drilled in the classroom in the leading theories of general inorganic chemistry and in the laboratory the preparation and purification of typical inor- ganic substances will be undertaken. First semester. Credit four hours. Two recitations and two laboratory periods of three hours each week. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and 31-32. Associate Professor Thies.
72. Industrial Chemistry. In this course processes of the chemical arts and industries are studied. Some visits to industrial plants are made. Both in- organic and organic applications are considered.
Second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12, or 21- 22 and 41-42. Chemistry 41-42 may be taken concurrently. Associate Professor Thies.
82. Topics for Pre-medical Shidents.
This course in the spring semester is for students who intend to enter medical school in the following fall. Topics of value to pre-medical students will be selected and subjects in physical chemistry will be presented.
Second semester. Three lecture periods per week. Credit three hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and 31-32, 41-42. Chemistry 31-32, or 42 may be taken concurrently.
91. Advanced Organic Chemistry.
This course considers advanced organic topics and theories, and advanced organic laboratory preparations. The student is given an opportunity to choose those preparations in which he is most interested.
First semester. Two recitations and two three-hour laboratory periods each week. Credit four hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and 41-42. Associate Professor Gallent.
92. Organic Analysis.
This is a semester course devoted to organic analysis with the emphasis on qualitative analysis. Second semester. Two recitations and two three-hour laboratory periods each week. Credit four hours. Prerequisite, Chemistry 11-12 or 21-22 and 41-42. Associate Professor Gallent. 50 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
VI. CLASSICAL LANGUAGES-"
PROFESSOR HARDING PROFESSOR BEATY PROFESSOR BAILEY
Major Requirements: When sufficient courses are offered, a major may bo taken in Latin only, or in Greek only; otherwise, in a combination of the two. All courses in Latin and Greek numbered higher than 11-12 may be counted towards the major, except Latin 72.
If a student elects to major in Latin only, or in Greek only, he must possess an elementary knowledge of the companion language satisfactory to the professor who is supervising the major.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Courses in Latin and Greek above 21-22 except Latin 72; Bible 51-J2; Fine Arts 31-32; History 21-22; Philosophy 31-32, 41-42, 61-62. Latin 11-12 and Greek 11-12 may count towards a minor if taken as elective courses in addition to the basic foreign language requirements.
11-12. Beginner's Greek.
In the first semester the elements of the language are studied, as prescribed in a first Greek book, with thorough drill in forms and syntax. In the second semester this work is con- tinued and Book 1 of Xenophon's Anabasis is read. Classic Myths are assigned as a collateral study. This course is in- tended for students who have not studied Greek, but who wish to take the A.B. degree.
Three recitations a week. Credit six hours. If taken by other than Freshmen, additional work required.
21. Xenop/wn.
A page or more of Xenophon's Anabasis, Cyropaedia or Hellenica is read daily with explanations of the constructions found in the text. Correct and intelligent pronunciation of the Greek
text is insisted upon. The work in the first semester includes also the grammar. This latter part of the course is largely a review of work covered in Beginner's Greek, i. e., a study of the forms. Through the use of word-lists, special attention is given to acquiring a vocabulary. Primer of Greek History. There are monthly written reviews on the grammar and text.
*Credit for Greek 11-12 and Latin 11-12 will not be given without course 21-22, except where it is taken after all language requirements for gradu- ation have been met. .
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22. Lysias.
In the second semester the Attic orator Lysias is read. Study of grammar is continued, syntax now occupying the attention of the class. A mastery both of the principles of syntax and of the illustrative Greek examples is expected. Greek com- position also is required. Special study is made of Greek de- rivatives in English. Primer of Old Greek Life.
Three recitations a week. Credit six hours. Required of students who are
candidates for the A.B. 1 degree, elective for all others.
31. Plato.
In the first semester, the class reads Plato, chiefly the Apology and Crito. Review of the forms in the grammar, syntax with exercises, Greek derivations in English, study of Greek life are distinctive features of the course.
First semester, three recitations a week. Prerequisite, Greek 11-12 and 21-22.
32. Greek Drama.
In the second semester the class reads Euripides and Sophocles, or Euripides and Aeschylus, alternating from year to year as conditions warrant. The course embraces also study of syntax and exercises in Greek composition, the reading of a Greek text as parallel work and a brief survey of the meters of the Greek tragedians.
Second semester, three recitations a week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, Greek 31.
41. Demosthenes {or Thucydides)
This election is open to those who have completed Course 32. Much attention is given to translation as such and to literary form, special effort being made to enable the student to ac- quire a sympathetic appreciation of the style and spirit of the author read. Parallel reading is assigned. Composition is based on the text in hand. Syntax is continued in part a review of earlier work, in part lectures by the professor.
First semester, three hours a week.
42. Greek Drama.
In the second semester, either Sophocles and Euripides, or Sophocles and Aeschylus, followed by Aristophanes are studied. 5 2 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
The course is similar in part to 32. Elements of comparative philology and lectures on Greek synonyms.
If the class so elects, Homer may be substituted for a part of the Greek text in either 41 or 42. Where this is done, Homer's variations from the norm of Attic Greek are carefully noted. The hexameter is treated exhaustively, and made familiar by daily exercises in scansion.
Second semester, three recitations a week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, Greek 41.
51-52. New Testament Greek.
This course has in mind particularly the needs of candidates for the ministry who feel that some acquaintance with the Greek of the New Testament prior to the work taken up in the theological seminary would be of benefit to them.
Three recitations a week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, Greek 11-12 and 21-22.
61-62. Greek Literature in English Translation.
This course is designed especially for those who have com- pleted the Sophomore year in Greek, but is open as an elective to any Junior or Senior. The prime purpose of the course is to encourage a further study of the masterpieces of the Greeks, and thus lead to a more intimate acquaintance with Greek literature the student who has necessarily in previous years laid the emphasis on mastery of accidence and the syntax of the language. The course embraces both a history of the litera- ture and the literature itself as presented in approved English translations. The various departments of poetry and prose are included, such as Epic poetry (Iliad and Odyssey), Lyric poetry, the Drama (Tragedy and Comedy), History, Oratory, Philoso- phy, Alexandrian and Gr^co-Roman Literature.
Three recitations a week. • Credit six hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Offered only if there is sufficient demand and the professor has time for it.
71-72. Greek of Scientific Terminology.
This course, one or two semesters, two hours a week as con- ditions warrant is offered for students of the natural sciences, especially for students preparing for medicine who have had COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 5 3 no Greek but who wish an introduction to the language and a sufficient knowledge of the same to make an intelligent use of scientific dictionaries. The larger part of the course is devoted to acquiring the meaning of the more usual Greek terms, in- including single words and the prefixes and suffixes found in compounds.
LATIN"'
11-12. A course in the fundamentals of the Latin language, de- signed for the student who has had no Latin. The course in- volves a study of the Latin inflexions, conjugations, and basic principles of syntax. Regular practice in the reading and writing of elementary Latin is stressed, with especial reference to the part Latin plays in the understanding and use of English.
Three recitations a week. Credit six hours.
21-22. Cicero, Vergil, Grammar, Composition.
This course admits to Latin 31-32, and is open to students offering two units of Latin. To enter this class the student must have taken at least two years of high school Latin, preferably in the last two years of his high school course.
Three recitations a week. Prerequisite Latin 11-12. Credit sis hours.
31-32. Cicero, Livy.
Cicero's De Amicitia, Livy, Ovid, selections. Drill in gram- mar through the case constructions. Weekly exercises in Latin prose composition.
Three recitations a week. Prerequisite Latin 21-22. Credit six hours.
41-42. Cicero, Horace.
Reading of Cicero's Fourth Verrine, Vergil's Bucolics, Horace's
Odes, Book 1, Satires, Book 1, and Epistles, Book 1. Continued study of Latin grammar. Exercises in prose composition. Study of Roman history.
Three recitations a week. Prerequisite Latin 21-22. Credit six hours.
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51-52. Plautus, Cicero, Tacitus, Terence.
Reading of Plautus' Menaechmi and Pseudolus, Vergil's Georgics, Cicero's Selected Letters, Tacitus' Germania and Agricola, Ter- ence's Phormio. Special attention is paid to the meters of Plautus and Terence. Advanced exercises in Latin prose composition. History of Roman literature.
Three recitations a week. Prerequisite Latin 31-32, 41-42, or their equivalent. Credit six hours.
61-62. Juvenal, Terence, Plautus, Tacitus, Pliny.
Reading of Juvenal, Terence's Andria and Adelphi, Plautus' Mostellaria and Sticbus, selections from the Elegiac poets, Tacitus' Annals. A part of the course is devoted to the study of inscriptions. Advanced prose composition.
Three recitations a week. Prerequisite Latin 31-32, 41-42, or their equivalent. Credit six hours.
72. Teacher's Course in Latin.
This is a one-semester course on methods and material in the
teaching of high school Latin. As a rule it is open only to students in Latin 51-52, or 61-62.
Three recitations a week. Credit three hours. Second semester.
VII. ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS PROFESSOR BROWN MR. SINCLAIR Major Requirements: (a) Economics 21-22, 31-32 and 12 semester hours chosen from Economics 41, 51, 52, 61, 62, 71, and Business 62; or (b) Economics 21-22, Business 31-32, and either one or both of Economics 41 -Business 52; Economics 61 -Business 41. From the follow- ing, sufficient to complete 24 semester hours: Business 42, 62; Economics 51-62; Applied Mathematics 32. Minor Requirements: (a) 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Busi- ness 31-32; History 51-52, 71-72; Political Science 31-32, 41-42, 71-72; Psychology 31-41; Geography 51-42; Economics 51 (if not counted under the major); Applied Mathematics 32; or (b) 12 semester hours to be chosen from: History 51-52; Political Science 31-32, 41-42; Psychology 41-62; Geography 51-42; Economics 31-32, 71-52. ECONOMICS
21-22. General Economics.
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the study of economics. More specifically, it gives a broad view of .
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all the devices and arrangements whereby civilized men make a living. Economic society is studied from the viewpoint of both structure and function. Every effort is made to encourage the student in independent thought with regard to the facts and problems of economic life.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Elective for upper classes. Professor Brown.
31-32. Money and Banking.
The first part of this course deals with the nature and func- tions of money and monetary standards. In the latter half of the course, credit and banking are studied with special refer- ence to the banking system of the United States.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, Economics 21-22. Professor Brown.
41. Business Organization and Finance.
This course is devoted to a study of the various forms and methods of business organization. The latter part of the course deals with the subject of corporate finance.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisite, Economics 21-22. Mr. Sinclair.
5 1 Statistics.
This course is designed to train the student in the presenta- tion, interpretation, and use of information in statistical form.
Statistical method is presented as an indispensable tool in the study of social sciences.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Prerequi- site, Mathematics 11-12. Professor Brown.
52. Business Cycles.
A study of prosperity and depression, panics and crises, price changes, rise and fall of physical volume of production, fluc- tuation in profits, employment and unemployment of labor.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Offered in 1943-44. Prerequisite, Economics 21-22. Professor Brown.
61. Transportation. A study of transportation in the United States, with special reference to historical development, problems of rate making, and government regulation.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisite, Economics 21-22. Professor Brown. 56 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
62. Labor Problems.
A study of the attitudes of the laboring classes, labor organ- izations, legislation in behalf of labor, and related topics.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisite, Economics 21-22. Professor Brown.
71. Taxation and Public Finance. I This course deals with problems of municipal, state and federal taxation, and the various phases of public finance.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisites, Economics 21-22; Economics 51 or Business 31-32.
BUSINESS
31-32. Accounting.
A study of the fundamental principles of accounting as applied to the more common forms of business organization. The theory of accounting is supplemented by problems and practice work. The course is intended for the general student of bus- iness as well as for one who expects to pursue further study leading to the certified public accountancy examination.
Two lectures and two hours of laboratory a week throughout the year. Credit six hours. Open to Juniors and Seniors. Prerequisite, Economics 21-22. Mr. Sinclair.
41. Marketing Principles.
This is a study of the structure of the marketing system from the standpoint of the economic problems involved. To the extent that a knowledge of marketing practices is necessary, attention is given to them.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisites, Economics 21-22 and 51. Economics 51 may be a co- requisite.
42. Insurance Principles.
This course includes life, fire, marine and casualty insurance and the underlying principles upon which all forms of insur- ance are based. Organization of the insurance business, analysis of insurance contracts, rating and underwriting practices, management of insurance investments, government supervision, COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 57 rind the economic significance of insurance are among the subjects studied.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Offered in 1944-45. Prerequisite, Economics 21-22. Pre- or co-requisite, Political Science 32. Professor Brown.
52. Investment Principles.
A study of investment analysis and management. The subjects treated include: classes of securities, sources of investment in- formation, essentials of a sound investment policy, relationship of investment policy to the business cycle and to other basic trends and the work of the investment banking house.
Three hours a week during second semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisites, Economics 41 and Business 31-32.
62. Government and Business.
This course treats of the changing economic and legal relation- ships between business and government. Government competi- tion with business, government aids to business, the growth and character of public regulation, areas of understanding and areas of friction—these are some of the many phases of the subject studied.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisites, Economics 21-22, Political Science 31, and Economics 51 or Business 31-32.
VIII. ENGLISH
PROFESSOR SHEWMAKE PROFESSOR LILLY PROFESSOR ERWIN * PROFESSOR CUMMING
Major Requirements: 24 semester hours are to be chosen from English courses higher than English 11-12.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours are to be chosen from any course in a foreign language numbered above 21-22; foreign language courses numbered 11-12 and 21-22 which are not taken as part of the basic language requirements; any course in history except History 11-12; Fine Arts 31-32; Philosophy 31-32, 52.
Sequences: English 11-12 is a prerequisite to any elective English course. English 11, 12, 21, and 22 are to be taken in sequence.
*On leave 1945-46. 5 8 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
11-12. English Composition.
This course includes a study of the principles of English composition, the analysis of representative prose works, and the writing of papers of various kinds.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Shewmake.
21-22. A Survey of English Literature.
Attention is paid to some of the most important works of English writers from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.
The reading of several hundred pages of poetry and prose is accompanied by the study of biographical and critical sketches of authors and by lectures on the history of English literature.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Required of all Freshmen. Professor Shewmake, Professor Erwin, Professor Lilly, Professor Cumming.
31. The Elizabethan Drama.
Ten plays of Shakespeare are studied in class, and several others are read as parallel. A general survey is made of Shakespeare's predecessors and contemporaries.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Erwin.
32. Tennyson and Browning.
This course is a study of Tennyson and Browning as poets and as exponents of nineteenth century thought.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Erwin.
41. American Literature Before 1870,
Early diaries, letters, poems, novels, and state papers; Poe, Haw- thorne, Emerson, and other major figures of the early and middle years of the nineteenth century; poetry and prose of the South.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Required of all Sophomores. Professor Shewmake, Professor Erwin, Professor Lilly, Professor Cumming.
42. Recent and Contemporary American Literature.
Significant American writings from 1870 to the present time in the fields of poetry, the short story, the novel, the biography, COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 59 and the essay, with emphasis upon the best works of Walt Whitman, Sidney Lanier, Emily Dickinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Robert Frost, Amy Lowell, Vachel Lindsay, Carl Sandburg, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bret Harte, "Mark Twain," "O. Henry." William Dean Howells, Henry James, Frank Norris, Gamaliel Bradford, Paul Elmer More, and other writers.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elec- tive for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Shewmake.
51. Advanced Composition.
A general study of English prose style, with special reference to exposition and journalistic forms. A large amount of written work is required.
Three hours a -week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Erwin.
52. Advanced Composition.
Study of the short story and the principles of poetry. Some attention is paid to the structure of the one-act play. A large amount of written work is required.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Erwin.
61. Milton and His Century.
Rapid reading of Milton's shorter poems, and detailed study of his Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and rep- resentative prose works. Milton's ideas in their relation to the social, political, and religious thought (a) of the seventeenth century and (b) of our own day. Significant contemporaries of Milton.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Shewmake.
62. The English Language.
The historical development of English, with special attention to vocabulary, sounds, and syntax; the English language in America, with some emphasis upon regional differences; lit- erary, colloquial, technical, and popular English.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Shewmake. 60 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
71. English Prose of the Eighteenth Century.
The attention of the class is directed to representative selec- tions from Defoe, Swift, Addison, Steele, Barkeley, Richardson, Fielding, Hume, Goldsmith, Walpole, Sterne, Gibbon, Burke, Boswell and other writers of the period.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Lilly.
72. The Poetry and Prose of the Romantic Period.
A study is made of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Lilly.
81. The Chief Contemporary Dramatists.
Plays from the recent drama of England, Ireland, America, Germany, France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Russia are studied. Special attention is given to Pinero, Jones, Galsworthy, Moody, Hauptmann, Brieux, Shaw, Maeterlinck, and Chekhov, and to the modern Celtic Renaissance.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Lilly.
82. Elizabethan Verse and Prose.
Representative selections from the non-dramatic poetry and the prose of the Elizabethan Age are studied in their relation to the English Renaissance.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Lilly.
91. The English Novel to Hardy.
A survey and critical examination of the principal types of English prose fiction from its beginnings to Thomas Hardy. The course of study includes such typical novels as Pamela, Tom Jones, Evelina, Pride and Prejudice, Vanity Fair, Jane Eyre, Barchester Towers and Adam Bede.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Cumming. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 61
92. The Contemporary English and American Novel.
A study of tendencies in the novel during the last fifty years.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1947-48. Professor Cumming.
101. The European Novel.
The works of such continental novelists as Gogol, Turgeniev, Tolstoi, Dostoievski, Mann, Balzac, Flaubert, Proust, and Hamsun are studied.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Cumming.
102. Nineteenth Century Prose.
A study of the development of literature and thought in the writings of Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey, Carlyle, Macaulay, Thackeray, Newman, Arnold, Huxley, Stevenson, and others.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. To be given in 1946-47. Professor Cumming.
IX. FINE ARTS HISTORY AND APPRECIATION OF ART
31-32. This course includes a study of the essential periods in the history of art with a view to interesting the student in the appreciation of art as at once cultural and utilitarian in quality. Typical examples of each period are presented for analysis and criticism in text-books and in formal lecture by the instructor. Stress is laid upon the value of art in education both as an important factor in interpreting the intellectual growth, changing ideals, and dominating aspirations of each age, and also as a vital influence in moulding character and in refining the taste and the attitudes of the individual and of society.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours.
X. GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY PROFESSOR REID
21. Principles of Geography.
An introductory study of the earth as man's environment and of his response to the varying conditions of this environment. It 62 DAVIDSON COLLEGE deals largely with such topics as weather elements, climate, land forms, and soils, and with man's utilization of resources.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen.
22. Geography of North America.
A regional study of the geography of the United States, Can- ada, and Alaska as the background for their historical and economic development.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Prerequisite, Geography 21.
31. Elements of Meterology.
The first part of the course deals with weather instruments, followed by a consideration of weather elements and maps. The latter part treats of world weather and climatology.
Three hours a week, offered both semesters. Credit three hours each semester. Elective for upper classmen.
41. Economic Geography.
A description of the major industries and a survey of world resources and trade.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Prerequisite, Geography 21.
42. Political Geography.
A study of the effects of geographical factors upon the internal structure and development of states, and upon international relations and problems.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Prerequisite, Geography 21.
5 1 . Conservation of Natural Resources.
An appraisal of natural resources and their depletion in the United States, and a study of the principles of conservation.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. .
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52. Geography of Latin America.
The course deals with the regional and economic geography of Mexico and of the countries of Central and South America.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Prerequisite, Geography 21.
6 1 P/rysical Geology.
A study of earth forms and the forces which have produced them.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen.
62. Historical Geology.
A survey of the eras of earth history. The laboratory work includes the study of type rocks and fossils.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite, Geology 61.
XI. GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
PROFESSOR VOWLES PROFESSOR BEATY
11-12. Elementary German.
Beginners' course for students who present less than two units of entrance credits in German. This course carries no credit in the case of Freshmen and Sophomores, unless in addition
Course 21-22 is completed. It may, however, be taken as an elective course by upper classmen who have met their degree requirements in other foreign languages, in which case credit is given for 11-12, even though not followed by Course 21-22.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Professor Vowles, Professor Beaty.
21-22. Intermediate German.
This course is intended for students who have completed two units of German in high school or German 11-12. It includes a rapid review of the fundamentals and the reading of texts of moderate difficulty. Students of unusual ability are offered the opportunity of reading independently, covering more ground 64 DAVIDSON COLLEGE than the average student and following the lines of their special interests.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Professor Vowles.
31-32. Advanced German.
The Classical Period: Selected reading from Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Not offered every year.
41-42. Scientific German.
Reading of treatises on chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, and other subjects. This course is intended to equip students with the reading knowledge required by graduate and pro- fessional schools.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Open to those who have completed German 21-22.
51-52 Contemporary Literature.
This course should be elected only by students who have com- pleted at least two years of college German with high grades, and have demonstrated their ability to read rapidly and easily. Within certain limits, students taking this course work inde- pendently, following the dictates of their own tastes.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours.
61-62. Contemporary Literature.
This course alternates with German 51-52.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours.
XII. HISTORY
PROFESSOR JOHNSTON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MCGEACHY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVIDSON
Major Requirements: History 41-42, 61-62 and any other 12 hours in History except History 11-12.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours chosen from: Business 62; Economics 31-3 2, 52, 61-62; Philosophy 41-42; Political Science 41-42, 71-72; Bible 31-32, 41-42; Economics 21-22; English 31-32, 41-42, 61, 71-72, 81-82, 91-92, 101-102; French 31-32, 41-42, 51-52, 61-62; Geography 21-22, 31, 41-42, 51-52, 61-62; German COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 6 5
31-32; Greek 21-22, 31-32, 41-42, 51-52, 61-62; Latin 21-22, 31-32, 41-42, 51-52; Philosophy 31-32, 61-62; Political Science 31-32, 51-52, 61-62, 71-72, 81-82; Psychology 31; Sociology 31-32; Spanish 41-42, 52, 61-62, 71, 72, 81.
11-12. American History, 1492-1943.
This course is a survey of the History of the British colonies in North America and of the development of the United States from the Revolution to the present time. Political, social, and economic developments are stressed.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Required of Freshmen in B.S. 2. Professor Johnston, Associate Professor McGeachy.
21. The Ancient World, to 3 30 A.D.
A survey course in the history of the ancient world, covering the pre-Greek, the Greek, and the Roman periods to the time of Constantine, 330 A.D. Textbook, lectures, reports. Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Associate Professor McGeachy.
22. The Medieval World 3 30-15 00.
This course deals with the period from Constantine to the Renaissance, inclusive. The break-up of the Roman Empire, the wanderings of the peoples, the papacy, feudalism, the rise of Islam, beginnings of modern states, travel and discovery. Social, cultural, religious, and intellectual life constitute topics for textbooks, lectures, and reports.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Associate Professor McGeachy.
31-32. History of England and the British Empire, to 1914.
The political and constitutional development of England and the British Empire are traced, and social, religious, and in- dustrial movements are studied. Library readings, reports, lec- tures, and textbook.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Elective for upper classmen. Asso- ciate Professor McGeachy.
41. Modern Europe, 1500-1815.
The late Renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reforma- tion, the religious wars, the rise of great powers, dynastic 66 DAVIDSON COLLEGE rivalries, colonial expansion, enlightened despotism, the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, together with the in- tellectual, cultural, and social life of the peoples will be traced. Library readings, reports, lectures, and textbook.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Associate Professor McGeachy.
42. Modern Europe, 1815-1914.
Political reaction, problems of recovery, the rise of industry, the growth of nationalism, the progress of democracy, the unifi- cation of Germany and Italy, colonial expansion, and the formation of alliances leading to the First World War will be subjects for library readings, reports, lectures, and textbook.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Associate Professor McGeachy.
52. American Colonial History, 1492-1763.
The course begins with the discovery of America, outlines the colonial systems of the Spanish, French, and English, and treats in more detail the social, economic, and political foundations of American civilization as laid by the English-speaking colonists.
While emphasis is placed on political origins, they are not stressed to the exclusion of intellectual, literary, religious, and aesthetic developments. Library readings, reports, lectures, and textbook.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Associate Professor Davidson.
61. American History, 1763-1846.
This course is an intensive study of the American Revolution, the formation of the Union and the Constitution, the rise of parties and of sectionalism, expansion to the West, and other issues in United States History to the Mexican War. Library readings, lectures, reports, and textbook.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for three upper classes. Professor Johnston.
62. American History, 1846-1877.
This course is an intensive study of the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction, including the military aspects of the Civil COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 67
War. It opens with a study of the Old South, the rise of slavery and the territorial question in politics, and proceeds to an examination of the basic issues of the War and Reconstruc- tion era. Library readings, lectures, reports, textbook.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for three upper classes. Professor Johnston.
71. American History, 1877-1914.
This course is an intensive study of the rise of modern America and includes an examination of the industrial revolu- tion, the growth of big business, the rise of the New South, the Populist Movement, the Spanish-American War and the rise of Imperialism, the Progressive Movement, and the de- velopment of foreign policies to the First World War. Library readings, reports, lectures, and textbook.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for three upper classes. Professor Johnston.
72. Contemporary World History, 1914-1944.
This course is an intensive study of World Wars 1 and 2 and of the period between them, not only for the United States but for Europe and Far East as well. It includes an examina- tion of the rise of communism, fascism, and socialism and an attempt to understand and explain the world upheaval of the thirties and forties. Library readings, reports, lectures, and textbook.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for three upper classes. Professor Johnston.
81-82. American Thought and Civilization.
A lecture and reading course dealing with the history and growth of American thought from the formative Colonial period through the agricultural-commercial civilization of the mid-nineteenth century to the industrial revolution and the machine-age of the twentieth century. The continuity of American social and intellectual development will be traced and selected aspects of American civilization, such as social organi- zation, political and economic philosophies, religious and edu- cational thought, together with their expressions in litera- 68 DAVIDSON COLLEGE ture and the fine arts will be emphasized. Two essays will be required during the year.
Three hours a week, each semester. Credit three hours each semester. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Johnston.
91. Latin-American History.
This course is a survey of the founding and growth of the South and Central American countries from their beginnings down to the present time. It emphasizes the political, social, economic, and national developments of these regions and evaluates their position and importance in the twentieth century world. A reading knowledge of Spanish is desirable but not required. Library readings, lectures, reports, textbook.
Three hours a week, first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for upper classmen. Professor Fleagle.
XIII. MATHEMATICS
PROFESSOR WOOD PROFESSOR MCGAVOCK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEBANE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KIMBROUGH
Major Requirements: Mathematics 21-22, 31-32, 41-42, and either Mathematics 51-52 or 61-62.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Any course in Applied Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; Economics 51; Philosophy 52. Any course in French or German not counted as part of basic requirement.
11. College Algebra.
Three hours a week. First semester. Required of all Freshmen. Credit three hours. Staff.
12. Plane Trigonometry.
Three hours a week. Second semester. Required of all Freshmen. Credit three hours. Staff.
21. Plane Analytic Geometry.
Three hours a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 11-12. Associate Professor Kimbrough. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 69
22. Differential Calculus.
Three hours a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 21, or consent of Instructor. Professor McGavock, Associate Professor Mebane.
31-32. Differential and Integral Calculus.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours each semester. Prerequisite Mathe- matics 22. Associate Professor Mebane.
41. Theory of Equations.
A study of polynomial equations, determinants, resultants, and symmetric functions.
Three hours a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 22. Professor McGavock.
42. Differential Equations.
A study of the more common types of ordinary differential equations, especially those of the first and second orders.
Three hours a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 31. Associate Professor Kimbrough.
51. Advanced Analytic Geometry.
A course extending the scope of Mathematics 21, to include the more important higher plane curves, co-ordinate geometry of curves and surfaces in three-dimensional space, with emphasis on straight lines, planes, and quadric surfaces.
Three hours a week. First semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 22. Associate Professor Kimbrough.
52. Higher Algebra.
Elementary theory of determinants and matrices, with appli- cations to systems of linear equations, linear transformations, invariants.
Three hours a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 11-12 and the consent of the instructor. Professor McGavock.
61-62. Advanced Calculus.
Among the subjects treated are infinite series, partial differen- tiation, the definite integral, line and surface integrals, ele- 70 DAVIDSON COLLEGE mentary differential equations, and introduction to function of a complex variable. Recommended for students planning to do graduate work in Mathematics, Physics or Physical Chemistry.
Three hours a week. Both semesters. Credit six hours. Prerequisite Mathematics 32. Professor McGavock.
72. Solid Geometry and Spherical Trigonometry.
This course includes the traditional essentials of Solid Geometry but places particular emphasis on numerical problems and spherical geometry. The volumes and surface areas of poly- hedrons, cylinders and cones are studied in some detail after a brief treatment of lines and planes. The Spherical Trig- onometry includes the solution of the right spherical triangle, general triangle, and applications to solutions of triangles on the earth's surface.
Three hours a week. Second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite, Mathematics 11-12. Professor McGavock.
XIV. MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS—SENIOR UNIT
LT. COL. HOWARD B. ARBUCKLE, JR. FIRST SGT. CHARLES D. WEBSTER LT. COL. O. C. MARTIN, JR. MASTER SGT. JOHN R. BOWLES MAJOR C. C. ACHER TECH. SGT. BLANTON R. BURTON
(The following information is tentative and subject to change due to the present National Emergency) The Davidson unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Senior Division) was established during the school year 1920- 21 under the authority granted by Congress in the National Defense Act of June 4, 1920. Since 1928 this unit has been rated an Excellent unit by War Department Inspectors.
The Advanced Course ROTC was reactivated on January 28, 1946 on authority received from the War Department and both the first and second year's Advanced Courses will be offered for the School year 1946-47. One year of active service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard will qualify an applicant for admission to the course or an applicant may be admitted on completion of the Basic Course. In addition an ap- plicant must be not less than 19 or more than 26 years of age and must be physically fit though due allowance will be made for cor- rectable physical defects. The applicant must also require at least two academic years to complete all requirements for COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 71
graduation from the College but a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps will be tendered on successful completion of the course and a six-weeks summer camp with a degree from the College no longer a prerequisite. The War Department agrees to pay a student in the Advanced Course commutation of subsistence at a daily rate equivalent to the garrison ration payable monthly. These payments ap- proximate $20.00 per month. Furthermore an officer-type uni- form, complete with field overcoat and shoes, will be issued by the War Department at no cost to the student. The completion of the Advanced Course shall, when entered upon by a student, be a prerequisite for his graduation, unless he shall be discharged from the ROTC by the College authorities upon the recom- mendation of the PMS&T.
The Basic Course will consist of the First and Second Year Basic Training to be offered to all physically fit students who are enrolled in the college and who have not had service in the armed forces. The War Department furnishes uniforms, texts and equipment for men taking the Basic Course without charge, except for shoes. The completion of the Basic Course shall, when entered upon by a student be a prerequisite for his graduation, unless he shall be discharged from the ROTC by the College authorities upon the recommendation of the PMS&T.
Students interested in music may take most of the applicatory training in the band.
R. O. T. C. 11-12 (First Year Basic Course).
For Freshmen. Includes the following subjects: Articles of War and Military Law; Organization of the Army; Military Discip- line, Customs, and Courtesies; Military Sanitation and Sex Hy- giene; First Aid; Infantry Drill; Care of Clothing, Equipment, and Tent Pitching; Map Reading and Aerial Photographs; and Rifle Marksmanship.
Two recitations and two hours of field work a week throughout the year. Credit three hours.
R. O. T. C. 21-22 (Second Year Basic Course).
For Sophomores. Includes the following subjects: Interior Guard D-uty; Safeguarding Military Information; Individual Security, Scouting, and Patrolling; Defense Against Chemical Attack; 72 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Defense Against Air Attack; Defense Against Mechanized At- tack; Field Fortifications; Night Operations; Marches and Bivouacs; and Tactics of Small Units.
Two recitations and two hours of field work a week throughout the year. Credit three hours.
R. O. T. C. 31, 32 (First Year Advanced Course)
For eligible Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors. Includes the following subjects: Army Vehicles and Aircraft; Basic Infantry Tactics; Classification Procedures and Utilization of Manpower; Combined Arms; Communications; Current Organization of the Army: Drill, Ceremonies and Inspections; Principles of Leader- ship; Health of Personnel; Individual Tactics; Interior Guard Duty; Map and Aerial Photo Reading; Mess Management; Military Courtesy; Discipline and Customs of the Army; Mili- tary Instruction; Military Law and Boards of Officers; Principles of Intelligence; Reconnaissance and Security; ROTC and Na- tional Defense; Supply Management; Unit Administration; and Weapons.
Three recitations and two hours of field work a week throughout the year. Credit Six hours.
R. O. T. C. 41, 42 (Second Year Advanced Course)
For students completing ROTC 31, 32. Program has not yet been received from the War Department.
Three recitations and two hours of field work a week throughout the year. Credit Six hours.
XV. MUSIC
DIRECTOR PFOHL
MR. NOEHREN MR. BERG
Major Requirements: 24 hours from courses in Music numbered 21-22 or higher, Fine Arts 31-32, Philosophy 41-42.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Philosophy 31-32, 41-42 (if not elected in the major). Any course in French or German, not counted as part of the basic requirement for graduation. Fine Arts 31-32 (if not elected in the major); any course in English above 21-22; Physics 72; History 41-42; Education 81-92, 91. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 73
21-22. Fundamentals of Music.
An elementary theory course to acquaint the student with the elements of music and their functions. The student is taught to think musically and to reproduce what he hears by means of exercises in sight singing and rhythmic and melodic dictation.
Two hours a week recitation throughout the year. Credit four hours.
31-3 2. Harmony.
This course includes a review of scales, intervals, chords, etc., and continues with harmonization of given melodies, study of modulations, transposition, and key board harmony.
Two hours a week throughout the year. Credit four hours.
41-42. Counterpoint
A study of the principles of strict countrapuntal writing in the various species known as strict counterpoint.
Two hours a week recitation throughout the year. Credit four hours.
51-52. Music History, Literature, and Appreciation.
A survey of the history and development of music through class lectures, parallel readings, and recorded examples of the works of the masters. The purpose is to familiarize the student with all types and styles of music and to emphasize the aesthetic, cultural, and social values inherent in them.
Three hours a week throughout the year. Credit six hours.
61. Choral Literature.
The work of this course includes a survey of the historical background of choral music. Critical study of madrigals, oratorios, masses, opera, etc.
Two hours a week, first semester. Credit two hours.
62. Symphonic Literature.
A survey of the literature for symphony orchestra. The study of symphonic poems, suites, symphonies, etc.
Two hours a week, second semester. Credit two hours. 74 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
71-72. Orchestration.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with the history, technical limitations, and use of modern orchestral in- struments. Scores and detailed study of technique of instru- mental scoring are studied.
Two hours a week throughout the year. Credit four hours. Prerequisite: Course 61-62.
81-82. Conducting.
Study of baton technique with supervised experience in con- ducting instrumental and vocal scores.
Two hours a week throughout the year. Credit four hours. Prerequisite: Course 61-62.
Musical Organizations — Glee Club, Symphonic Band, Little Symphony Orchestra.
These organizations are open to all students who, by demon- stration, show sufficient technical training to enable them to conform to the standards set for membership in these groups. Each organization rehearses three hours each week.
Applied Music
Courses are offered in the following branches of applied music: voice, piano, organ, orchestral and band instruments.
To become a candidate for credit in applied music a student must take an examination at entrance and receive the approval of the Music Faculty. Only those of sufficient talent and ability to carry work of college level will be approved.
A maximum of 12 semester hours' credit in applied music may be earned. Of this number not more than one hour per semester may be earned during the Freshman or Sophomore years, and not more than two semester hours in any semester. No credit
is given for applied music unless it is accompanied by a course in music theory or literature. Each student taking applied music for credit will receive sixty minutes individual instruc- tion per week. Freshmen and Sophomores will be required to practice a minimum of three hours per week, Juniors and Seniors a minimum of six. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 7 5
Students not desiring credit can receive lessons in applied Music by approval of the Department.
Additional fees as follows are charged for all lessons in applied music whether taken for credit or not:
For two thirty-minute or one sixty-minute lesson per week for one semester: voice, piano, organ, orchestral or band in- struments $50.00
For one thirty-minute lesson per week for one semester:
voice, piano, organ, orchestral, or band instruments. $30.00
For use of Piano, per semester, one period daily $ 5.00 For use of Organ, per semester, one period daily $15.00
For use of orchestral or band instuments per semester. . $ 5.00
XVI. PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR FOREMAN PROFESSOR SCHENCK PROFESSOR ABERNETHY Major Requirements: 24 semester hours to be chosen from: Philosophy 31-32, 41, 42, 52, 61-62; Political Science 71-72; and Philosophy 71. Minor Requirements: 12 hours to be chosen from: Any course in Bible or Religion; language or literature courses above 21-22; any course in History above 11-12; mathematics courses above 11-12; Political Science; Sociology; Biology 21-22; Economics 21-22; Psychology 31-32, 41-42; Fine Arts 31-32. No credit will be given in this department for less than an entire year's work.
31-32. Introduction to Philosophy.
The student is introduced to some of the major problems of philosophy, becomes acquainted with philosophic forms and methods of thought, and with the broad outlines of the prin- cipal philosophic systems.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Abernethy.
41-42. History of Philosophy.
The history of philosophic thought is traced from the early speculations of the Greeks through the present day, following the main lines of the developments in Europe and America. Pre- requisite: Philosophy 31-32.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Professor Abernethy. 76 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
51. Ethics.
An analytical and historical study of ethical systems, of ideals and principles of conduct with a view to their practical appli- cation to individual life and citizenship.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Abernethy.
52. Episte?nology.
The course is concerned with introducing the student to the problems arising from a systematic exploration of the province of human knowledge. What is knowledge? What is the war- rant of knowledge and what are the limits of the mind in its quest for truth? There will be an attempt to formulate a philosophy of knowledge after examining existing systems of epistemology. Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Pre- requisite Philosophy 31-32.
62. Aesthetics.
A study of the creation and appreciation of the beautiful, especially in the fine arts, with the aim of discovering their
characteristics and their value for individual and social life. Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Foreman.
61. Logic.
This is a general course in logic—deductive and inductive. As part of the course, the part concerned with inductive logic, the students acquaint themselves with the method of science in its search for truth and in its efforts to formulate scientific beliefs.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Foreman.
71-72. Philosophy of Religion.
The course begins with a general survey of the great religious systems of the world. This serves as a basis for the develop- ment of the philosophy of religion. The latter part of the course is directed with special reference to the philosophy of the Christian religion.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Professor Abernethy. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
XVII. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
DR. WOODS DIRECTOR SHEPARD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHITTLE
The objective of the Department of Physical Education is four- fold: To enable students to keep themselves physically fit for the demands of college life through exercise and to encourage them to maintain good health during later years through their knowledge of personal hygiene; to offer a medium whereby they may enjoy associations and healthful experiences that are of educational value; to develop aptitude in and wholesome atti- tude toward such recreational activities as may be carried over into later life; to instruct prospective teachers in methods of physical training that they may be better equipped for such vocation.
Physical examinations, conducted by the College physicians and by the Director of Physical Education are required of all students at the beginning of each fall semester. The vital and sensory organs are carefully examined, bodily defects noted and corrective exercises prescribed if advisable, physical measure- ments taken, typhoid inoculation and smallpox vaccination given in cases requiring such preventive measures, and past diseases recorded; all such data are placed on individual hygiene charts and kept on file for reference. No student whose examination reveals an impairment of any vital organ or whose general phy- sical condition warrants careful supervision is permitted to engage in athletic activities.
Physiology and Hygiene Lectures are given by the College physicians to members of the Freshman class; these lectures touch upon the structure of the human anatomy as well as upon the functions of organs and muscles, but chief emphasis
is placed upon personal hygiene in order that these students, just entering upon their four years of college life, may learn to know the principles of health. Attendance is required throughout this series of lectures.
Physical exercise is required of all students not excused by the College physicians. Students may satisfy such requirements by engaging in any of the prescribed activities or by participating in intercollegiate, intra-mural, inter-company, or inter-fra- ternity sports. 78 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
31-32. Physical Education
This course is designed for the students who anticipate teaching and coaching athletics in high school. A study is made of the fundamentals, offense and defense, technique and strategy, of the major sports, from a coaching standpoint. A comprehen- sive study is also made of the organization, administration, and supervision of an ideal intra-mural program.
Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Three hours per semester. Mr. Shepard and Mr. Whittle.
XVIII. PHYSICS PROFESSOR FULCHER MR. BAULT
Major Requirements: Physics 11-12 or 21-22, 31, 41 and any other 8 semester hours.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours must include Mathematics 21-22 and 6 hours from the following: Applied Mathematics except 32, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Meteorology, and Mathematics above 21-22.
11-12. Physics.
This course is arranged for Freshmen who elect the B. S. 1 course. The subjects under discussion during the first semester are mechanics of solids, liquids, and gases, wave motion and sound. During the second semester, heart electricity, magnetism and light are studied.
Three recitations and two hours laboratory each week. Credit eight hours.
Professor Fulcher. ,
21-22. Physics.
This course is similar in content to Physics 11-12. It is designed as a general cultural course, but will serve as a basis for further work in science. The course is open to all upper classmen.
Two recitations and four hours laboratory each week. Credit eight hours. Professor Fulcher.
31. Magnetism, Electricity
The course is devoted to the study of magnetism and electricity.
Three recitations and three hours of laboratory each week. First semester. Credit four hours. Prerequisite Physics 11-12 or 21-22. .
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 79
32. Electricity—Direct Currents.
This course deals with direct currents and their applications. The theory and application of thermionic tubes will be studied the latter part of the second semester.
Three recitations and three hours laboratory each week. Credit four hours. Prerequisite Physics 11-12 or 21-22.
41. Mechanics of Solids and Fhiids.
This is an intermediate course in mechanics. Both theory and problems are stressed.
Three recitations and three hours laboratory each week. First semester. Credit four hours. Pre- or co-requisite Mathematics 21-22. Professor Fulcher.
42. Heat
This is an intermediate course in heat, dealing with measurement of temperature, specific heat, expansion, change of state, properties of vapors, theories of heat, kinetic theory of gases, cyclical operations, the second law of thermodynamics, :.nd heat transference.
Three recitations and three hours laboratory each week. Second semester. Credit four hours. Pre- or co-requisite Mathematics 21-22. Professor Fulcher.
5 1 . Electricity—Alternating Currents.
This course deals with alternating currents, theoretical and
practical. The latter part of the second semester is devoted to
radio. This course is open to all students taking Physics 3 1
Three recitations and three hours laboratory each week. Credit four hours. Pre- or co-requisite Mathematics 21-22.
52. Electronics—Theory and Application.
Three recitations and three hours laboratory each week. Credit four hours. Professor Fulcher. 80 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
61. Optics.
An intermediate course in light, dealing with the fundamental principles on a more advanced scale than in 11-12 or 21-22.
This is recommended for those preparing to study medicine.
Three recitations each week. Credit three hours.
62. Modern Physics.
This course is a survey of modern Physics, dealing with the important experiments of the last quarter century and with current research. Students must have the consent of the instructor before entering the course.
Three recitations a week. Credit three hours. Second semester. Prerequisite two years of Physics and Mathematics 31-32. Mathematics 31-32 may be a co-requisite. Professor Fulcher.
XIX. POLITICAL SCIENCE
Major Requirements: Political Science 71-72 and any other 18 semester hours offered by the department of Political Science.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Any course in Economics and Business; any course in History except History 11-12; any course in Philosophy; any course in Psychology and Education; any course in Sociology; Geography 41-42.
31-32. Law—General Principles; Contracts and Commercial Paper.
This is a course designed to give the student a general knowl- edge of the nature, sources, and subject matter of the law. The origin and development of the common law and equity are treated briefly, special emphasis being laid upon constitutional rules and interpretations. The second semester is devoted to a study of the principles underlying contracts, and the law of commercial paper and negotiable instruments.
Three hours per week. Credit six hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
41-42. American Government.
The first semester is devoted to a study of the national govern- ment of the United States. The second semester to a study of state and local government.
Three hours per week. Credit six hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 81
51-52. European Government.
A systematic analysis of the principles and processes of demo- cratic government as exemplified in France and England during the first semester, and of fascist and communist dictatorships during the second semester.
Three hours per week. Credit six hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
61. Constitutional Law and Interpretation.
An examination of the Constitution of the United States and its development. Considerable attention is devoted to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Commerce Clause.
Three hours per week first semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite, Political Science 31-32 or 41-42, or 51-52. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
62. International Public Law.
A comprehensive survey of the laws and customs governing the relations of modern states. Consideration is given to the theoretical, political and economic background of these laws and customs. The case method is used.
Three hours per week second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite, Political Science 31-32 or 41-42 or 51-52. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
71-72. Political Theory.
The purpose of this course is to stimulate intelligent political thinking. It comprises a thorough study of three fundamental approaches to politics as gathered from the reading of some of the leading classics of political thought. Some of the problems of modern politics are investigated in the light of these ap- proaches by means of discussions and papers.
Three hours per week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, Political Science 31-32 and 41-42 or 51-52. Required for a Major in Political Science. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
81. Public Opinion and Propaganda.
This course comprises a survey of the following topics: the chief ways of measuring public opinion, including a study of the scientific polls; the leading pressure groups—their organi- 82 DAVIDSON COLLEGE zation, methods, purposes, and political significance; the lead- ing agencies of public opinion formation such as the radio, the press, and the movies; the main types and forms of propaganda; the functions of public opinion in different political systems.
Three hours per week. Credit three hours. First semester. Prerequisite, Political Science 31-32, or 41-42, or 51-52. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
XX. PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HOKE
Major Requirements: 24 semester hours from courses in Psychology and Education.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from: Any courses in Biology, Political Science, and Sociology; Economics 51.
3 1 . General Psychology.
Through lectures and class and individual experiments the student is introduced to the facts and principles of mental life. A survey is made of the various schools of psychological thought and investigation. This course should accompany or precede the courses in education.
Three hours a week first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors; Sophomores by permission.
32. Mental Hygiene.
A study of the factors that contribute to wholesome develop- ment of personality. Analysis of the underlying causes respon- sible for failure in human adjustment is undertaken. Emphasis is put upon the positive program of recent years, the purpose of which is to avoid or remove mental and emotional conflicts. The state will give credit for this course on a teacher's certifi- cate. A study of mental hygiene is universally required of those who seek employment in any form of social service.
Three hours a week second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors; Sophomores by permission. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 83
41. Social Psychology.
A brief survey of the subject of group reaction, with emphasis upon the difference in attitude and response between individual and social behavior. The latter part of the course has special bearing upon the problems that rise in the school. The state will give credit for this course on a teacher's certificate
Three hours a week first semester. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors ind Seniors.
42. Abnormal Psychology.
A study of such abnormal mental phenomena as hypnotism, dreams, multiple personality, phobias, insanity, etc. The state will give credit for this course on a teacher's certificate.
Three hours a week second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite Psychology 31. Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
51. Experimental Psychology.
An advanced General Psychology in which contemporary psy- chological theory and method are stressed, current laboratory techniques are examined, and provision for independent research is provided.
One hour of lecture and four hours of laboratory each week. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Prerequisite Psychology 31.
52. Personality and Intelligence, Testing and Measurement.
Basic personality constructs are advanced together with the clinical use of the Binet, the Borschach, and certain group tests. The implications for Applied Psychology, and Personnel administration are developed.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours. Elective for Juniors and Seniors. Prerequisite Psychology 31.
61. Educational Psychology.
Consideration of the learning process in the light of experi- mental psychology. The course deals with man's original nature 84 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
and how to achieve the modifications in it that the school desires to bring about. This course is necessary for all those who wish to secure a teacher's certificate.
Three hours per week first semester. Credit three hours.
62. Problems of Secondary Education.
The first part of the course deals with the high school pupil, special emphasis being given to the psychological characteristics of the adolescent age. The latter half of the course is devoted to the objectives, the organization, and the curriculum of the American high school. This course is necessary for all those who wish to secure a teacher's certificate.
Three hours per week. Second semester. Credit three hours.
71-72. Modern Methods in High School Teaching.
A seminar in the most progressive techniques now applied to the teaching of high school subjects. Special attention is given to recent experiments in the field with individual investiga- tions and written reports.
This course runs throughout the year, but is so arranged that credit may be had for the work of either semester as a unit. It should precede or accompany special courses in Materials and
Methods. It is necessary for all those who wish to secure a teacher's certificate.
Three hours per week.
8 1 . Practice Teaching.
This course is designed to enable students to meet the require- ments for an A-grade teacher's certificate. The student, under guidance, gives instruction to high school classes in one of the subjects he is preparing to teach. The student should consult Professor Gwynn before registering for this course.
Conditions may exist during the school year 1944-45 which will necessitate certain readjustments with reference to this course. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 8 5
A special fee will be charged for the work in practice teach- ing; the amount of the fee and the time of payment may be ascertained from the professor in charge.
Registration at the beginning of the first semester. Credit three hours.
XXI. ROMANCE LANGUAGES PROFESSOR WATTS "PROFESSOR GOLDIERE PROFESSOR FLEAGLE "'PROFESSOR BLYTHE
Major Requirements: (a) French 21-22, 31-32, plus 12 semester hours chosen from French 41-42, 51-52, 61-62, 71-72, 81-82. or (b) French 21-22, 31-32, plus 6 semester hours of Spanish above Spanish 11-12, plus 6 semester hours chosen from French 41-42—81-82 inclusive. or (c) Spanish 21-22, 31-32, either 41-42 or 51-52 plus 6 semester hours chosen from Spanish courses above Spanish 51-52. or (d) Spanish 21-22, 31-32, either 41-42 or 51-52 plus 6 semester hours of French above French 11-12.
Minor Requirements: 12 semester hours to be chosen from the following: For (a) and (b) History 41-42; Geography 41; English 81, 101; Latin, German, and Spanish courses above 11-12; Spanish 11-12, pro-
vided 21-22 is offered as well. For (c) and (d) History 41-42; Geography 32; English 81, 101; 6 semester hours of French above French 11-12; 6 semester hours of Latin above Latin 11-12. FRENCH 11-12. Elementary French.
A course for beginners. Pronunciation. Elements of grammar with written and oral exercises. Reading, writing, and speaking simple French. Credit for this course will not be given with-
out course 21-22, except where it is taken after all language requirements for graduation have been met.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours.
21-22. Intermediate French.
Reading of modern texts, review of grammar, composition,
and conversion. This course is open to those who have com- pleted course 11-12 and to students who present two units of high school French.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours.
*On leave 1945-46. 86 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
31-32. Introduction to French Literature and Civilization. Reading of representative authors from the Middle Ages to the present time. The course aims at training the student to read French well and at giving him some understanding of the history and evolution of French culture, chiefly as reflected in literature. Advanced composition.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Prerequisite, French 21-22 or iquivalent.
41-42. French Literature of the Nineteenth Century. A study of the literary movements of the nineteenth century as shown in poetry, drama, and fiction.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours per semester.
51-52. French Dramatic Literature. Study of the development of dramatic literature in France from the Classical Period to the present.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours per semester.
61-62. The Contemporary French Navel. The development of the novel from 18 80 to the present day. Conducted in French.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours per semester.
71. Advanced Composition and Conversation. Practical training in correct writing and speech. Diction, mutual questioning, syntax, acting of plays. Open to students who have obtained a grade of B or above in French 31-32 or who have completed more advanced courses.
Three hours per week, first semester. Credit three hours.
72. Materials and Methods for Teaching French. Advanced syntax, phonetics, teaching methods, conversation.
Three hours a week, second semester. Credit three hours. Required of all students majoring in French who expect recommendation to teach the language.
81-82. French Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
A study of the literature of the Golden Age, followed by a survey of its transformation during the age of enlightenment. Lectures, readings, written reports.
Three hours a week. Credit three hours per semester. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 87
SPANISH
11-12. Elementary Spanish.
Credit for this course will not be given without courses 21-22, except where it is taken after all language requirements for graduation have been met.
This course is designed to give the students a fair knowledge of oral and written Spanish. Oral and written composition, including social and business letters, forms an important part of the course. Juniors and Seniors electing this course are required to do additional work.
Three recitations a week. Credit six hours. Professor Fleagle, Professor Blythe.
21-22. Intermediate Spanish.
This course is open to those who have completed Spanish 11- 12 and to students who present credit for two years of high school Spanish. The course includes a review of Spanish gram- mar, one period each week being devoted to this and to compo- sition work. The other two periods are devoted to reading and translating well-known Spanish novels and plays.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Professor Fleagle, Professor Blythe.
31-32. Advanced Course in Spanish Reading.
Continuation of Spanish 21-22, reading of more difficult texts, advanced composition, conversation. Students who have com- pleted Spanish 21-22 may elect this course or Spanish 41-42.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Professor Blythe.
41-42. Spanish Literature.
A study is made of the most important works of Spanish prose and poetry with special emphasis on the authors of the Golden Age and the outstanding modern writers. Collateral reading covers modern authors and works in English, descriptive of Spanish life and institutions.
Three hours a week. Credit six hours. Elective for all students who have completed Spanish 21-22 or its equivalent. Professor Fleagle, Professor Blythe.
51. Commercial Spanish.
This course includes letter writing and drill on commercial forms, special study of problems in connection with Spanish- 8 8 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
American trade, etc. One period each week is devoted to lectures in Spanish on the history and geography of Spanish- America.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. This course is open to students who have completed Spanish 21-22 with a grade of at least B. Professor Fleagle, Professor Blythe.
52. Spanish-American Literature.
One lecture a week in Spanish is devoted to a brief survey of the lives and works of Spanish-American authors. The other two periods are devoted to reading and translating Spanish-American
novels and plays. Collateral reading is also required.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Elective for students who have completed Spanish 21-22 with a grade of at least B. Professor Fleagle, Professor Blythe.
61. Don Quixote.
A study of the life and works of Cervantes with class work in reading and translating Don Quixote. Collateral work on special phases of the Quixote.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Open to students who have completed Spanish 51 and 52 and students who have completed Spanish 41-42, with a grade of at least C+. Professor Fleagle.
62. Lope de Vega.
A study of the life and works of Lope de Vega, including the reading of the best of his dramas. Collateral study includes the works of other dramatic writers of his period.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Prerequisite the same as for Spanish 61. Professor Fleagle.
72. Contemporary Spanish Novelists. A study of the present-day Spanish novel. Class work includes conversation and composition in Spanish.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Open to students who have completed Spanish 51-52 or 61-62. Professor Fleagle and Professor Blythe.
81. The Spanish Drama. The development of the Spanish drama from the time of Lope de Vega, with special emphasis on present-day dramatists.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Credit three hours. Open to students who have completed Spanish 51-52 or 61-62. Alternates with Spanish 91. Professor Fleagle and Professor Blythe. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 89
91. Conversational Class in Spanish.
Based on text-books read and reported on in class. Spanish newspapers and magazines are also used as material. Admission
to this class is limited to students who have done high grade work in previous classes, and who have mastered enough Spanish to profit by such a course.
Three hours a week during first semester. Credit three hours. Alternates with Spanish 81. Professor Fleagle.
92. Advanced Spanish Composition.
A study of the more complex grammatical constructions and their use in written composition. The constant use of written
and spoken Spanish is a feature of this course.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Credit three hours. Professor Fleagle.
XXII. SOCIOLOGY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HOKE
31. Marriage and Family Life.
This course deals with problems facing young people in rela- tionship to the major adjustments involved in choosing a mate
and establishing and maintaining a home. Emphasis is put upon the values of the Christian home.
Three hours per week. First semester. Credit three hours.
32. Social Problems.
This course attempts an analysis of certain typical problems of the social order, which reveal institutional progress, decay, and reconstruction. The state will give credit for this course on a teacher's certificate.
"Three hours per week. Second semester. Credit three hours. GENERAL REGULATIONS
SCHOLARSHIP
1. Every new student, whether admitted by examination or certificate, is admitted on probation, and his matriculation will not be regarded as final until thirty days after his entrance.
2. "Within six weeks after the opening of the fall semester, reports concerning the work of all students will be sent to parents. All Freshmen failing to pass as many as three three- hour courses shall be warned and all other students failing to pass three three-hour courses shall be placed on probation until the mid-semester report. Continued failure to pass three such courses may result in the requirement to withdraw at once in the case of upper classmen and, recommendation of withdrawal at the Christmas recess, in the case of Freshmen, unless marked improvement is noted.
3. Members of the Freshman class who do not pass as many as two of their major courses and who do not have at least a grade of E on one other major course, shall automatically be excluded at the end of the first semester. All Freshmen who fail to pass at least three major subjects at the end of the first semester, if allowed to remain in college, do so on strict proba- tion. A student, above the Freshman class, who does not succeed in making the passing grade in at least three of his major sub- jects during a semester shall not be permitted to remain in college the following semester.
4. A student who fails a second time in a course shall ordi- narily be excluded from college. Under this regulation a student may remain in college, provided he makes an E on the repeated course. If an F grade is made he must pass four major subjects, or earn fifteen quality points on the work of the semester.
5. If a student admitted to advanced classification is found deficient in the course assigned, he may be required to take lower courses in the same department, or to make such arrange- ments of his work as shall appear best. GENERAL REGULATIONS 91
6. Every regular student working toward a degree who may have entered college with conditions, is required to have those conditions removed by the beginning of the Sophomore year.
7. The passing grade, which results from the combination of term standing and examinations, shall be D for all students. Grades are, in general, determined by combining term standing and examination grade in the proportion of two to one.
8. A report of each student's grades and attendance is sent to parent or guardian at the end of each semester; a report of scholarship, diligence, and punctuality is sent within six weeks of the opening of the fall semester; and a much more detailed report of scholarship, diligence, punctuality, conduct, etc., is sent about the middle of each semester. If reports are not received within two weeks after the close of each semester, parents should notify the Registrar.
9. No student will be permitted to carry less than twelve credit hours per week without special permission from the Faculty. No student will be permitted to carry more than sixteen hours per week, not including Basic ROTC, unless in the preceding semester he made an average of B or over. Under no conditions will a student be permitted to carry more than nineteen hours per week, Basic ROTC being included. An addi- tional charge will be made of $3.00 per semester hour above sixteen hours per week.
ABSENCES
Students are required to attend classes and college exercises. Detailed rules regarding necessary absences will be found in the book of rules and regulations which is placed in the hands of every student each year.
ABSENCE OF COLLEGE TEAMS
All college organizations and publications are subject to the supervision and control of the Faculty or its representative committees, and no date or schedule of dates for contests with other organizations shall be arranged except with the consent of the representative committee of the Faculty. The number of days which athletic and other organizations are allowed away from college is limited by definite regulations. 92 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
No student shall represent the college on any organization
away from the college unless he is reported as passing from the beginning of the semester on at least three three-hour courses and no student will be allowed to go with more than one organization during a semester on trips away from the
college, unless he is passing at least four three-hour courses on the latest report issued.
The managers must apply to the Dean of Students for permits twenty-four hours before time for the team to depart.
All college organizations in their trips away from college must go and return as a unit. Extension of leave and side trips will not be granted to anyone.
Students other than members or officers of these organiza- tions will not be permitted to make trips with the organi- zations.
ASSIGNMENT OF ROOMS
Assignment of rooms will be made by the Treasurer upon written application. No room will be reserved for a student until his registration fee of $10.00 has been paid. If a student
wishes to retain the same room he is occupying for another year, he must, in addition to paying his registration fee, notify the Treasurer in writing on or before April 15 th of his desire to hold this room. A student of the college who does not deposit his registration fee by April 15 th will be consid- ered as not returning the next session, and applications for entrance after this date will be considered only in case the number to be admitted has not been reached. The assignment of rooms to new men will be made in order of application, but no application will be considered until the registration fee has been paid and high school certificate has been received.
The registration fee will be credited as part payment of the fall semester dues. This fee will be refunded upon request, provided the Registrar or Treasurer is authoritatively notified before June 1st that the student will not enter. After that date the fee will not be returned.
Three days after the opening of college, room reservations
will be cancelled unless special notice is given that the student will be a few days late matriculating. GENERAL REGULATIONS 93
No student is allowed to transfer from one room to another unless the permission of the Treasurer has been received in advance. To prevent transfers, a fee of $2.50 will be charged for each transfer after October 1st of upper classmen, and of Freshmen after January 15 th.
With the exception of a few single rooms, all dormitory rooms accommodate two students. No student can reserve more than his share of a room, but the Treasurer will co-operate in every way possible to see that the students are congenially paired. All double rooms are practically the same size, have two windows, and two single beds. All rooms are equipped with
I. E. S. students' reading lamps. (The college furnishes bed, chiffonier, table and chair. The student furnishes his own linens and blankets.) College beds are three feet wide and six feet, four inches long. The Supervisor of Dormitories advises that sheets be at least ninety inches in length. (The college has a few beds six feet, ten inches long.) COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
This is one of the most important student organizations in the college. It includes the entire student body. Student govern- ment is administered by the Student Council, which is com- posed of fifteen members: The president of the student body, the presidents of the four classes, five representatives from the Senior class, three from the Junior class, and two from the Sophomore class. Student government has a detailed and comprehensive constitution, setting forth the purpose for which it is organized and the methods by which it works. This con- stitution is printed in full in the Student Handbook. Stated in general terms its purpose is "to strive to uphold and pre- serve the Honor System and all other provisions of the con- stitution in every department of college life." It has had much to do in creating and maintaining the fine spirit and high ideals which are found on the Davidson College campus.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
The Young Men's Christian Association stands at the very center of the religious life of the college. It has probably had a larger influence in developing students in Christian charac- ter and training them for Christian service than any other single agency in college life. All students are members of the Association. As a department of the Association, the candidates for the ministry hold monthly meetings. There are also weekly Bible study and mission study classes, and weekly meetings of the volunteer mission band. "Working under the auspices of the Association the students do various forms of Christian work. Some teach Sunday School classes in organized churches, others conduct Sunday Schools at mission points, while still others go on deputation work to the churches of surrounding towns and cities. At the opening of college each year the Association has committees to meet new students upon their arrival and render them any possible assistance in getting located. During the Orientation period the Association gives a reception to the new students to which all students, professors, and friends are invited. The handbook which the Association publishes annually, giving information about college life and college organizations,
is indispensable to all students. COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS 95
The Presbyterian Church, which is located on a corner of the campus, has ministered to the spiritual needs of the stu- dents of the college for many years. All students are cordially invited and urged to attend the services of the church. The minister is earnestly desirous of being a real pastor to the young men of the college and earnestly invites them to make this their church home while here in college.
Religious services are held in the Chambers auditorium every Sunday evening at seven-thirty. These services are conducted by guest ministers who are believed to have especial gifts for speaking to young men. During each session some of the best known ministers in the whole country are invited to preach at these services and all students are required to attend.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
The Eumenean and Philanthropic Societies, conducted by the students, afford opportunities for training in debate, pub- lic speaking, and parliamentary usage. Annual prizes for ex- cellence in literary and rhetorical exercises are awarded.
PHI BETA KAPPA
To the Davidson chapter of this scholarship fraternity are eligible those members of the senior class who have attained a high degree of success in their college work. Not more than twelve and one-half per cent of this class can be elected to the society in any one year.
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA
This is an intercollegiate honorary fraternity which seeks to give recognition for leadership. It honors those who have rendered conspicuous service and opens the way to give inspira- tion for greater usefulness. Its meetings are a clearing house for the exchange of ideas, and bring together on a basis of mutual understanding members of the faculty and leaders of the student body, thus making it possible to see each other's point of view. It fosters proper relationship and clear under- standing between all phases of college activities, and aspires to direct college sentiment, mold campus opinions, and launch forward movements. 96 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
In addition to Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa there are some 1 5 honorary fraternities at Davidson. Two of these, Sigma Pi Sigma in Physics, and Gamma Sigma Epsilon in Chemistry, were founded at Davidson and have become national fraternities.
ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In February, 1940, the Trustees consolidated Athletics, Physical Education, and Student Health Service into one depart- ment to be known as Student Health Service and Physical Education—at the same time the Trustees passed the following resolution: "That the Department of Student Health Service and Physical Education, as thus constituted, be conducted as a regular department of the college in the same general manner in which other departments are conducted." It is the function of this department to look after the health and physical de- velopment of all students and to direct and supervise all forms of athletics.
All students have full athletic privileges, including free admittance to all contests held on the college campus. Under the supervision of the Director of Physical Education, any student may engage in any form of athletics for which the College physician finds him fitted. All students are required to take some form of physical exercise. In the matter of eligibility for participation in athletic contests, the practice of Davidson College is in harmony with the rules of the South- ern Conference. Each athletic team is allowed a limited number of days away from the college for engagements in games with other colleges. Further rules and regulations are published in the book of rules and regulations.
GREEK LETTER FRATERNITIES
There are nine National Greek Letter Fraternities at David- son. Their purposes are largely of a social nature. Fraternities, by agreement among themselves, as well as by a faculty rule, are not allowed to pledge any student until a fixed date soon after the opening of the college in the fall, or to initiate any student during his first semester in college. Certain rules and regulations governing these and other phases of fraternity life are published in the bulletin of rules and regulations. COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS 97
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Davidson is noted for its friendly spirit. Conveniently lo- cated in dormitories on the campus each man comes in close touch with many students and is able to form a wide circle of friends. Students are cordially welcomed into the homes of the faculty members. The centrally located Y. M. C. A. rooms are a common meeting place for all students.
The more formal social occasions of the year include the Freshman Reception, week-end parties of the fraternities, and the social features of Commencement Exercises. LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS
In 1893 Rev. J. M. P. Otts, D.D., LL.D., endowed a foundation at Davidson College, the income of which is to be used in securing distinguished speakers, from time to time, to deliver at the College courses of lectures in defense of Chris- tianity against current heresies, especially such as may seem directed at the foundations of the Christian faith. It was also the desire of the founder that the lectures should be published in book form.
The first course of lectures on this foundation was given in 1893, by Dr. Otts himself, and published under the title, "Un- settled Questions"; the second was given in 1897, by Rev. R. L. Dabney, D.D., LL.D., and published under the title "Christ Our Penal Substitute"; the third was given in 1904, by Rev.
J. B. Shearer, D.D., LL.D., and published under the title, "Modern Mysticism"; the fourth was given in 1921, by Rev. Walter W. Moore, D.D., LL.D., on "The Permanence of the Christian Ideal"; the fifth was given in 1930, by Rev. Har- ris E. Kirk, D.D., LL.D., on "Man's place in Nature and Be- yond"; the sixth in 1934, by Rev. Clarence Edward Macartney, D.D., on "Christian Faith and the Spirit of the Age"; and the seventh in 193 5 by Dr. Robert E. Speer on "The Meaning of Jesus Christ in Personal Experience"; the eighth in 1940 by Dr. John R. Mott; and the ninth in 1942 by Dr. John A. Mackie.
SPECIAL LECTURES
A number of outstanding speakers are brought to the College each year, under the auspices of the Faculty Committee on Public Lectures. They address the students on subjects which are of special interest in the educational world. Sometimes they deal with questions of national and international im- portance.
FRESHMAN LECTURES
The College has adopted the custom of having what has come to be known as "Orientation Week." For a few days before the opening of the session in the fall the members of the LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS 99
Freshman class meet frequently in the college chapel and hear practical lectures by different members of the faculty on various phases of college life. Attendance upon these lectures is re- quired.
During the session the College physicians give a series of ten or twelve lectures to the Freshman class on Physiology and Hygiene. These lectures are of a very practical nature and are intended to instruct students in the care of their bodies and in the principles of general health. Attendance is required.
THE DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN
This is a monthly publication which is sent to the alumni, to ministers, and to others who may desire it. The bulletin con- tains many items of interest about the college and its work. It also contains alumni news notes from time to time. The Annual Catalogue and the Alumni Journal are published as numbers of the College Bulletin.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
The Davidsonian is a weekly college newspaper. Its editors and managers are elected by the student body.
The Magazine is published four times a year. Its editors and managers are elected by the student body.
Quips and Cranks, the College Annual, is published by the Senior class. It contains much information about classes, fra- ternities, athletics, musical and literary organizations, and many other matters of interest. It is illustrated with photo- graphs of groups, of individuals, and of buildings.
No student publication is allowed to be issued in any year until all financial obligations of the previous year have been satisfied. HONORS, MEDALS AND TROPHIES HONORS
1. The Honor Roll. All students who take a full course, and who attain an average of A or more in their studies, for an entire session, are placed upon the Honor Roll, which is published in the annual catalogue.
2. General Honors. Those students who take a regular course of study and for four years average A or above receive the distinction "Summa Cum Laude." Those who average be- tween B+ and A receive the distinction, "Cum Laude." These distinctions are shown on the diplomas.
3. Group Honors. Those students who do the work of one of the courses—A.B. 1, A.B. 2, B.S. 1, B.S. 2—and special work in one of the groups, are graduated with high honors, or honors in the group of their concentration. See page (42), Group Honors, for complete statement.
4. Class Honors. That member of the graduating class who makes the highest average in his studies for the four years delivers the Valedictory at Commencement, and that member of the class who makes the next highest average delivers the Salutatory.
MEDALS
The William Banks Bible Medal. The family of the late Rev. William Banks, long a trustee and President of the trustees, has established in his memory a fund which pro- vides a medal to be given each year to that member of the graduating class who has completed the entire Biblical course with the highest distinction.
The Mrs. F. J. Hay, Sr., Bible Medal. This handsome medal is awarded to that member of the Freshman class who makes the highest grade in the courses in Bible during the Freshman year. The medal is provided for by the HONORS, MEDALS AND TROPHIES 101
income from an endowment established by three sons in honor of their mother.
3. Alumni Association Medal. A medal is annually awarded in the name of the Alumni Association to that member of the Freshman class who has been classified through the year in one of the degree courses and has made the highest average of the class.
4. The David Halbert Hozvard, Jr., Memorial Chemistry
Scholarship. This scholarship of $2 5 0.00 is awarded annually
to that member of the rising Senior Class who is studying Chemistry and who by his grades in that and other depart- ments, and by his character, gives promise of the largest degree of usefulness in some field of service which requires
a knowledge of Chemistry. The award is made each year by the Administration and the Department of Chemistry. This scholarship was established by Mrs. David H. Howard, Sr., of Lynchburg, Virginia, in memory of her son, Dr.
David H. Howard, Jr., who came to Davidson as a pro- fessor of Chemistry in the fall of 193 5 and started upon what promised to be a brilliant career, but was stricken with a fatal illness and died on April 26, 193 6.
Alumni Debating Cup. Awarded each year to the Literary Society which wins the inter-society debate.
Fraternity Cup. Awarded each year to the Greek letter fraternity whose membership makes the highest scholastic average for the year. It becomes the permanent possession of the fraternity which wins it for three consecutive years. The cup awarded this year is furnished by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Belk.
ATHLETIC TROPHIES
Intramural Trophy. On this cup are annually engraved the numerals of the class that wins the greatest number of points in competition that includes ten different sports and activities.
Body Building Trophy. Awarded to the student who shows the greatest physical improvement during the scholastic year; 102 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
(such improvement is noted from physical measurements taken in September and again in March).
Decathlon Trophy. Awarded to the student making the greatest number of points in prescribed track events.
Gymnastic Trophy. Awarded to the student winning the greatest number of points in gymnastic competition.
Tim Pharr Trophy. Awarded to the best blocker on the varsity football team.
Sigma Delta Psi Trophy. Awarded to the student making the greatest number of points in the competition prescribed by this National Athletic Fraternity. In this competition the winner is required to pass each of the fourteen tests.
Interfraternity Cup. Awarded to the fraternity that wins the greatest number of points in competition covering pre- scribed sports. EXPENSES
It is good training, we believe, for a student to be required to handle his finances in a prompt and business-like way. This part of his college education is no less important and is just as far reaching as the purely academic requirements. A student and his parents are expected to abide by the schedule of pay- ments set forth below.
Fall Spring Semester Semester Tuition $125.00 $125.00 :: Room 50.00 50.00 Laundry 17.50 17.50 Health Service and Phys. Ed 20.00 20.00 * ^Student Activities 20.00 20.00
$232.50 $232.50
Fees are payable at the opening of the term.
Students taking basic R. O. T. C. courses will make a deposit of $10.00, when fall semester fees are paid, to guarantee return of government property used during the year. A breakage deposit of $5.00 is also collected with the fall semester fees. All non-residents except those who have arranged through the Treasurer's office to room elsewhere are required to room in the dormitories.
A laboratory charge is made students taking scientific courses in accordance with schedule of charges shown on page 109.
For fees for applied music see page 75.
A diploma fee of $5.00 is added to the charges for each candidate for graduation.
The advance registration fee required of all students (see pages 3 and 95) is deductible from fall term charge.
**By Student Activities is meant activities carried on by the students themselves, such as the Y. M. C. A., the Annual, the Magazine, the Weekly Paper, the Debating Teams, the Student Council, and for student social uses. *A few rooms in Duke are charged for at rate of $75.00 each semester and a few single rooms are available at $75.00 each semester. 104 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
LABORATORY CHARGES PAYABLE WITH OTHER FEES
Fall Spring Applied Math. 31, 42 $3.00 $3.00 Biology 11-12 3.00 3.00
Biology 21-22 5.00 J. 00 Biology 42 5.00 Biology 31-32 7.50 7.50 Chemistry 11-12, 21-22 3.00 3.00 Chemistry 31, 51, 71 7.50 Chemistry 32, 52 7.50 Chemistry 41-42, 61-62, 91-92 7.50 7.50 *Chemistry 72 2.50 Physics 11-12, 21-22 3.00 3.00 Physics 31, 41, 71, 81 5.00 Physics 32, 42, 82 5.00 Physics 51-52, 61-62 5.00 5.00 Psychology 51-52 2.00 2.00
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Late Matriculation, see page 32. Change of course, see page 41. Change of room, see page 95. Extra curriculum hours, see page 94. Practice teaching, see page 87. Applied Music, see page 77.
OTHER EXPENSES
Board. It has been the policy of the college for many years not to conduct a boarding department. All students have been taking their meals in private boarding houses, located near the campus. Beginning with the Spring Semester, 1946, it became necessary for the college to open a dining room for the greatly increased enrollment of students who could not be accommodated in boarding houses. The college was fortunate in having the equipment used in feeding the soldiers, who had been in training here, and in being able to secure again the efficient staff that was quite successful in serving the soldiers. The dining room will be open for the 1946-47 session. The price of board in the college dining room has tentatively been fixed at $35.00 a month, with payment being made in advance as has been the custom in the boarding houses. EXPENSES 10 J
Books. There is a book store in the Chambers Building, where all textbooks and other departmental requirements are sold to students. Students are expected to pay cash for their books. The cost of books per year for a student ranges from
$25.00 to $40.00, depending on the courses the student is tak-
ing and on whether he is able to purchase second-hand books. After the first year many students sell their old books to help pay for new ones. The small profit which the Book Store makes goes to the Societas Fratrum Student Loan Fund.
Clothing, Travel and Incidentals. The cost of clothing, travel and incidentals can best be estimated by the student and his parents. Some students spend much more than others. A student's expenses on the Davidson campus need not be any more than they are at home.
No one need feel that the lack of spending money will bar him from the social or athletic life of the campus or deprive him of influence or popularity. Life at Davidson is essentially democratic.
If a student joins a Greek letter fraternity he will need extra money for that purpose.
ESTIMITED EXPENSES
College officials are frequently asked what it costs a year to send a boy to Davidson. A general estimate of the total neces- sary living expenses, exclusive of clothes, pocket change, social
life, fraternity expense, travel, etc., is here listed: Minimum Maximum Tuition and maintenance $250.00 $250.00 Room rent and service 100.00 * 100.00 Laboratory fee 6.00 25.00 For student activities 20.00 20.00
Health Service and Physical Education . . 20.00 20.00 Laundry 35.00 35.00 Books 25.00 40.00 Board 275.00 315.00
Total $731.00 $805.00
*A few rooms are as high is $150.00. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
The Davidson College Alumni Association meets in annual session during Commencement. All former students of David- son or of the North Carolina Medical College are members of the Association.
TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the College have given the Association the privilege of electing twelve trustees, three being elected each year for a term of four years.
LOCAL CHAPTERS
Davidson College alumni have formed alumni chapters throughout the country. Thirty-four of these local chapters have been organized. Many of the local groups have their
annual meetings on Founders' Day, which is commemorated every Spring.
PUBLICATION
The alumni have voted to make the Alumni Journal the official publication of the Association. This magazine is issued four times during the year.
OFFICERS
President—-Mr. Neal Y. Pharr, '19, Charlotte, N. C.
Treasurer—Frank L. Jackson, '06, Davidson, N. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee of the Alumni Association is made up of all the past presidents of the Association, with the president serving as chairman of the committee. This committee directs the work of the Association. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
A great many students need some kind of financial assist- ance to secure a college education. There are three general ways in which this assistance may be provided. We suggest that the student who needs assistance should study these ways carefully. We list them in the paragraphs which follow:
SELF HELP
A large number of students are meeting a part of their ex- penses by some form of self-help. The College has a limited number of self-help positions, but they are of such a nature that most of them have to be filled by upper classmen. Quite a number of students in the upper classes are awarded positions as monitors, assistants to professors, assistants in the Library, etc. Such positions are awarded on the grounds of merit, as well as of need. The College does not operate a boarding de- partment, but there are a considerable number of self-help positions in privately-owned boarding houses in town. These positions are awarded by the owners of the boarding houses, and are secured by students in person or through their friends. A number of students act as agents for clothing houses and other mercantile firms, others clerk in the students' store, paint signs, or find some other kind of employment for which they have special talents. It is not usually possible for a new student to secure a self-help position before coming to college. Those who are looking for helpers usually want students with exper- ience and those with whom they are acquainted. Not only so, but upper classmen who are on the ground usually secure positions the moment they become vacant. As a matter of fact, it is not wise for a student to undertake outside work if he can possibly avoid it, as it interferes with his college work.
The Y. M. C. A. is always glad to assist students in securing self-help positions.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The College has a number of scholarships in varying amounts which are awarded solely upon the grounds of need and merit.
One's merit is judged by his character, scholarship and attitude. 108 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Scholarships are awarded by a faculty committee for only one year at a time. The faculty reserves the right to revoke a scholarship if the work or character of the student is not sat- isfactory, or if he seems to be spending money unwisely.
Upon application a reduction of one half of the tuition charge may be made in the College fees of sons of ministers and missionaries and candidates for the ministry who are under the care of a Presbytery. This is regarded as a scholarship for that amount, and, as a rule, no additional scholarship funds are awarded to students for whom this reduction has been made.
Needy students possessing outstanding qualifications are in- vited to communicate with the President of the College about financial assistance. It is earnestly hoped that only those who are in absolute need will apply.
LOAN FUNDS
The College has a limited revolving loan fund which has been used to assist a great many students in the past. In order that this fund may serve its purpose in helping as many stu- dents as possible it must be kept revolving. That being true, it is essential that those who borrow from this fund should repay their loans as speedily as possible after leaving college. Awards from this fund are made by a faculty committee. When a student borrows from the fund, he signs his legal note for the amount just as he would do at a bank. The note must also be signed by his father, legal guardian, or some other reliable person. In borrowing from this fund the student agrees to begin payment upon his loan as soon as he graduates or leaves college, and to repay the entire loan at the earliest possible date. Those who borrow from the loan fund should consider their obligations just as binding and just as sacred as if they had borrowed from a bank. Applications for loans should be made to the President of the College in writing.
SOURCES OF LOAN FUNDS
The Student Loan Fund at Davidson has been accumulating for many years and there have been many contributors to it. The following constitute some of the larger contributions: The
James Sprunt Ministerial Loan Fund, The J. D. "Woodside Loan Fund, The Maxwell Memorial Loan Fund, The W. H. Sprunt FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 109
Loan Fund, The David Prince Loan Fund, The Masonic Loan
Fund, The C. W. Johnston Loan Fund, The J. S. White Loan Fund, and the Societas Fratrum Loan Fund, Hartley E. and
Blanche Boorum, Class of 1932, Scottish BJte, O. J. Thies, Jr., Jane Parks Grey, Bessie N. Allison.
SOURCE OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
From time to time since the founding of the College to the present, friends have been making contributions for the endow- ment of scholarships. These contributions, large and small, amount now to a gratifying sum. Yet, as the size of the student body has grown and the cost of living increased, the number of worthy students who need financial assistance has greatly in- creased and the amount available is altogether inadequate for the needs. Many friends of the College have recognized col- lege scholarships as the most fitting memorial for some indi- vidual or family. The following scholarships have been estab- lished at Davidson:
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN MEETING COLLEGE EXPENSES
Established by: Designated as: The First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, N. C $1,000.00 The Maxwell Chambers The First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, N. C 1,000.00 The William Murdock The First Presbyterian Church,
Salisbury, N. C 500.00 The J. J. Summerell The will of J. N. H. Summerville,
D.D., Greenville, N. C 500.00 The J. N. H. Summerell The First Presbyterian Church,
Salisbury, N. C 500.00 The J. J. Bruner The First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, N. C 1,500.00 The D. A. Davis Mrs. A. C. Davis, Salisbury, N. C 1,000.00 The George Bower G. W. Williams and daughter, Miss Fanny R. Williams, Wilmington, N. C 2,500.00 The Kate Williams Miss Fanny R. Williams, Wilmington, N. C 2,500.00 The Geo. W. Williams
J. S. Carr, Durham, N. C 1,000.00 The Carr R. B. and W. L. Brown, Winston-Salem, N. C 1,000.00 The Thomas Brown
S. H. Wiley, Salisbury, N. C, . 1,000.00 The Wiley 1 1 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
General R. Barringer and George E. Wilson, Sr., Charlotte, N. C 500.00 The Wilson and Barringer R. M. Oates & Brothers, Charlotte, N. C 500.00 The Oates Col. John L. Brown,
Charlotte, N. C 500.00 The Willie J. Brown The First Presbyterian Church, Mooresville, N. C 500.00 The P. T. Penick The Class of '93 500.00 The A. K. Pool
Mrs. J. M. Odell (nee Miss Addie Allison), Concord, N. C 1,000.00 The R. W. Allison
Mrs. J. M. Odell, Concord, N. C 1,000.00 The Annie Phifer Allison Miss Frances Taylor (5), New Bern, N. C 5,000.00 The Frances Taylor Mrs. D. G. Worth, B. G. Worth, C. W. Worth, Wilmington, N. C 1,000.00 The Worth Captain M. H. McBryde, Laurinburg, N. C 1,000.00 The M. H. McBryde The First Presbyterian Church, Mooresville, N. C 1,000.00 The Isaac Harris Mrs. N. W. Ray, Fayetteville, N. C 1,000.00 The Neill Ray
J. M. Bernhardt,
Lenoir, N. C 1,000.00 The J. M. Bernhardt H. W. Malloy, Laurinburg, N. C 1,000.00 The Henry Winhtrop Malloy
J. E. Sherrill,
Mooresville, N. C 1,000.00 The J. E. Sherrill Mrs. Janie B. Hamer, Hamer, S. C 1,200.00 The Brown and Kate Newell McCallum Capt. Pv. R. Morrison, Mooresville, N. C 1,000.00 The Robt. Hall Morrison W. W. Morris and Mary F.
Morris, Concord, N. C 1,000.00 . . .The Marion and Milton Morris W. L. Morris, Concord, N. C. 500.00 The C. M. Morris
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnstone, Mocksville, N. C 1,000.00 The Knox Johnstone Mrs. Nannie E. Young (for a Barium Springs graduate), Concord, N. C 1,000.00 The Robt. Simonton Young L. V. Phillips,
Lexington, N. C 1,000.00 . The Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Phillips
A. J. Davis, Sr., Mt. Olive, N. C 1,000.00 The A. J. Davis Jno H. West, Fayetteville, N. C 1,000.00 The Jno. H. West Miss Maggie Blue, Raeford, N. C 1,000.00 The Maggie Blue FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 1 1 1
Miss Lillie Parrott, Morristown, Tcnn 1,000.00 The Kate Parrott Memorial
Mrs. J. F. Gilmore,
Fayetteville, N. C 1,000.00 The J. F. Gilmore Mr. J. S. Harris,
Concord, N. C 1,000.00 The J. S. Harris Mrs. G. L. Bernhardt, Lenoir, N. C 1,000.00 The G. L. Bernhardt Mrs. L. Banks Williamson, Fayetteville, N. C 1,000.00 The L. Banks Williamson
J. Archie Cannon, Concord, N. C 1,000.00 The Cannon-Borden
J. I. Medearis, Greensboro, N. C 600.00 The Francis Wharton Medearis Bequest of Mrs. Malinda B. Ray 5,000.00 The Malinda B. Ray Memorial Miss Georgie Hicks and Miss Winifred Faison, Faison, N. C 1,000.00 The Hicks-Faison
J. E., T. B., A. A., R. G., and A. J. Finley, North Wilkesboro, N. C 1,000.00 The Finley W. A. West, Fayetteville, N. C 1,000.00 The W. A. West
J. R. Brown, Greensboro, N. C, W. F. Brown, High Point, N.
C, and Rev. W. C. Brown, The Dr. J. R. and Mrs. Annettie Barium Springs, N. C 6,000.00 Judson Brown Will of Mrs. Mary C. Irwin, Statesville, N. C 1,000.00 The Joseph Cowan Irwin
Mrs. W. J. Barton, Johnson City, Tenn., in memory of her son, N. K. Barton, class of '27 1,000.00 The Norman King Barton Will of Geo. R. French, Wilmington, N. C 5,000.00 The Geo. R. French Memorial Will of Mrs. Rena McDowell Roach, Charlotte, N. C. 5,000.00 The Robert Irwin McDonald Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor and
others, Washington, D. C. . . . 12.00 The Woodrow Wilson Will of Miss Sallie H. David- son, Charlotte, N. C 3,000.00 The A. B. Davidson Will of Miss Sallie H. David- son, Charlotte, N. C 3,000.00 The Mary Springs Davidson Mrs. Mary S. Royster, Norfolk, Va 2,875.00 William Stamps Royster Dr. Walter L. Lingle 1,000.00 .The Mrs. Merle Dupuy Lingle Mrs. Merle Dupuy Lingle and Dr. Walter L. Lingle 1,000.00 The Mary Sampson Dupuy
Will of David H. Howard, Jr.. . 500.00 David H. Howard, Jr. John P. Livingston, Miss Sallie Livingston, and Miss Mattie Livingston 1,000.00 The Katherine Livingston First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, N. C 1,000.00 The Burlington Church 112 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Dr. R. H. Lafferty, Charlotte, N. C 1,00.00 The R. H. Lafferty Will of Frank P. Tate, The Col. Samuel
Morganton, N. C 5,000.00 . . . .McDowell Tate Will of W. Frank Brown, High Point, N. C 3,000.00 The W. Frank Brown Dr. Lauchlin M. Currie,
Cleveland, Ohio 700.00 The Daniel J. Currie, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. George A. Hudson (Missionaries) 1,000.00 The George A. Hudson, Jr.
Will of Judge T. J. West, De Funiak Springs, Fla 3,000.00 The T. J. West
Wm. A. Watt, Thomasville Ga. 1,000.00 . . . .The Howard Melville Hannah Mrs. Elizabeth Efird Abell (Mrs. R. E., Jr.) Charlotte, N. C 5,000.00 The Robert E. Abell, Jr. Mrs. Kalista Wagner Hood (Mrs. Frazer Hood) 5,000.00 Dr. Frazer Hood The following scholarship has not been established as to principal,
except by pledge, but yearly interest is being paid and the scholarship is therefore available for use. Mrs. David H. Howard, Sr., Lynchburg, Va The David Halbert Howard, Jr. Prof, and Mrs. H. E. Fulcher, Davidson, N. C H. E. Fulcher, Jr.
MINISTERIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Ministerial scholarships to assist Davidson College in carry- ing the remissions in fees made to candidates for the ministry, endowed in units of $1,000.00, have been made by interested friends who wanted to have a share in this high privilege of training the future religious leaders of our Church. The follow- ing endowments have been created for this purpose:
J. M. Knox, Salisbury, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Thos. F. Bagley, Wilming- The Thomas Payne Bagley Me- ton, N. C. morial
J. A. and M. H. McBryde, Laurin- The Daniel and Margaret burg, N. C. McBryde
W. J. Roddey, Rock Hill, S. C. One Ministerial Scholarship
Messrs. Brown & Rogers, Winston- The T. J. Brown and J. M. Salem, N. C. Rogers John F. McNair, Laurinburg, N. C. The Mary Jane McNair Me- morial Mrs. N. T. Murphy, Salisbury, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship
J. Bailey Owen, Henderson, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Misses Flora, Sarah and Margaret Blue, Laurinburg, N. C. The Blue Scholarship Family of Alexander McArthur, The Alexander McArthur Fayetteville, N. C. Memorial
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Turner, Augusta, Ga. One Ministerial Scholarship FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 113
J. E. Sherrill, Mooresville, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship John J. Eagan, Atlanta, Ga. One Ministerial Scholarship Board of Deacons, First Presbyterian Church, Statesville, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship John McSween, Sr., Timmonsville, S. C. One Ministerial Scholarship C. E. Graham, Greenville, S. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Presbyterian Church, Maxton, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship First Presb. Church, Reidsville, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship John Whitehead (75), Salisbury, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Ashpole and Rowland Presbyterian Churches, Rowland, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship R. P. Richardson, Reidsville, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship "A Friend," Columbia, S. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Mrs. Susan A. Swan, Goldsboro, N. C. The T. W. Swan Memorial Messrs. Blue & McLaughlin, Raeford, N. C. The David Fairley William Mack ('83), New York, N. Y. The Joseph Bingham Mack George T. Brown, Winston-Salem, N. C. The Rufus D. Brown Me- morial The First Presbyterian Church, Winston- The Fronds H. Johnston Me- Salem, N. C. morial The Presbyterian Church, Raeford, N. C. The John W. McLaughlin The Session of First Presbyterian Church, Statesville, N. C. The E. B. Simpson Memorial Family and relatives of Neill McKay, Lillington, N. C. The Neill McKay Memorial Mrs. Brookshire and Mrs. Lula B. Wayne, Raleigh, N. C. The Brookshire Memorial Mrs. Jno. W. Harden, Raleigh, N. C. The Chas. H. Belvin Memorial W. E. Holt, Memphis, Tenn. The Julia M. Holt F. L. Fuller, New York, N. Y. The Elliott M. Braxton, Jr. Memorial W. H. Belk, Charlotte, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship W. F. Carter, Mount Airy, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship W. T. Brown, Winston-Salem, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship
Julian S. Carr, Durham, N. C. The Col. W. J. Martin Taylor Brothers, Winston-Salem, N. C. The W. B. and J. P. Taylor Mrs. John S. Carson, Charlotte, N. C. The John S. Carson Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bailey, Mocksville, The Sarah and Evelyn Bailey N. C. (total gift $2,000.00) R. A. Dunn, Charlotte, N. C. One Ministerial Scholarship Mrs. C. M. Richards, Davidson, N. C.
Dr. J. D. McDowell, York, S. C, Mrs. The James McDowell Memorial E. M. Seabrook, Edisto, S. C. A. L. Kistler, Morganton, N. C. The A. M. Kistler Thomas P. Johnston, Salisbury, N. C. The Ralph-Balfour Johnston Chas. W. Johnston, Charlotte, N. C. The Chas. W. Johnston
A. J. Yorke, Concord, N. C. The A. J. Yorke Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McCallum, Hamer, S. C. The McCallum
R. G. Vaughan, Greensboro, N. C. The Cassandra J. Vaughan Miss Josephine T. Conklin, Baltimore, Md. The Conklin 114 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
P. Virgil Hollingsworth, Augusta, Ga. The Hollingsworth Miss Sue Willis, Leaksville, N. C. The Sue Willis A. R. McEachern, St. Pauls, N. C. The A. R. McEachern Family of Mr. James Watt, Thomasville, Ga. The Marianne Watt McLean Dr. C. R. Harding, Davidson, N. C. In Memory of his parents, E. H. and Mary R. Harding W. C. Vereen, Moultrie, Ga. The John M. Vereen Dr. W. L. Cooke, Columbus, Ga. The Helen M. Cooke Memory of his Father.
Josiah J. Willard, Hickory, N. C. Josiah J. Willard ($1,666.66)
OTHER ENDOWMENT FUNDS: INCOME RESTRICTED FOR STUDENT AID PRIZES
Mary Anderson Hislop $ 500.00 Erskridge Memorial 100.00 Sterling Smith Legacy 1,000.00 Long Street Church Ministerial Student Fund J, 000. 00 R. M. Miller Memorial 10,000.00 W. A. Wood Scholarship 10,000.00 James Sprunt 10,000.00 W. H. Sprunt 5,000.00 W. D. Alexander 1,000.00 Hobbs-Yonan 700.00 Wm. Banks Biblical Medal 200.00
Mrs. Fred J. Hay, Sr. Freshman Bible Medal 300.00 Alumni Freshman Medal 300.00 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion 200.00 1922 Class Gift for Greek Prize 250.00 *S. Clay Williams 1,667.00 *George E. Wilson, Sr., by George E. Wilson, Jr 1,667.00 John A. and Gertrude W. Mitchner 1,400.00 Agnes Sentelle Brown Scholarship 10,000.00 Otts Lectureship 10,000.00 M. H. McBryde Museum 10,000.00 James C. Harper Publication 400.00 Jane Parks Grey Loan 10,000.00 Harriet S. Mcllwaine (Mrs. W. E.) 5,000.00 Robert F. Phifer Scholarship 3 0,000.00 A. H. Stone and Lola E. Stone 24,1 81.62 The Sikes Scholarship Fund 1,115.53 John Phifer Allison Scholarship 5,000.00
OTHER MEMORIALS
In addition to the scholarships and gifts for student aid and prizes listed above, Davidson College has many other and
* Income to pay services of student assistant in one of the departments. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 11 J
much larger memorials in the form of endowments for differ- ent purposes, such as professorships, buildings, equipment, me- morial rooms in the Chambers Building, athletic fields and stadium, and others too numerous to mention in space avail- able here.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Students of Davidson College are eligible for appointment to the Rhodes Scholarship, tenable at the University of Oxford, England. These scholarships may be held for two or three years, and in some cases the third year may be spent at a con-
tinental university. There is also ample time during vacations
for study and travel on the Continent. The annual stipend is four hundred pounds (about $2,000). Every year in De- cember in each state an election is held, at which two men are selected to appear before the district committee. Our district comprises the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- lina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. Of the twelve candidates nominated in these states, four are selected as Rhodes Scholars at the regional meeting in Atlanta. From the eight districts of the United States thirty-two men are appointed each year. A student may stand as a candidate either in the state of his legal
residence or in the state in which his college is located. The Rhodes Scholarships are not offered during the present emergency.
The following Davidson men have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships: W. P. Mills (from South Carolina in 1907), B. R. Lacy (North Carolina, 1907), S. T. McCloy (Arkansas,
1919), J. McD. Richards (North Carolina, 1923), R. F. David- son (South Carolina, 1926), D. Rusk (North Carolina, 1930), and Carleton B. Chapman (Alabama, 193 6). DEGREES CONFERRED
MAY 2 5, 1945
James Henry McClintock, Bachelor of Science Charlotte, N. C. Robert Edwin Hollinger, Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Honors in English Gastonia, N. C.
HONORARY DEGREES
James Samuel Guy Doctor of Divinity Ernest Linwood Wright Doctor of Pedagogy Julian Lake Doctor of Divinity Joseph Marion Garrison Doctor of Divinity
THE ALGERNON SYDNEY SULLIVAN AWARD
Mr. W. Edgar Price Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Frank B. Reid Davidson, N. C.
DEGREES CONFERRED
AUGUST 24, 1945 BACHELOR OF ARTS SUMMA CUM LAUDE
James McConkey Robinson Decatur, Ga.
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
George Marshall Apperson, Jr Mocksville, N. C. John Fletcher Booth, Jr Oklahoma City, Okla. James Stuart Dendy Weaverville, N. C.
Henry Newton Spencer Plainfield, N. J. Philip Coombe Whittier Granite Falls, N. C.
BACHELORS OF ARTS
James Stanton Blain Lexington, Va. Herbert Bruce Fisher Clearwater, Fla. William Robert Smith, III Princeton, W. Va. Horatio Harold Wells, Jr Petersburg, Va.
DEGREES CONFERRED
JANUARY 26, 1946 BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
James S. Mann Charlotte, N. C. Richard R. W. Winters Winter Haven, Fla. CATALOG OF STUDENTS SENIORS
Entering September, 1945
CLASS OF 1946
Alexander, James Porter Charlotte, N. C. Bagley, John Thomas Fayetteville, N. C. Fountain, Joseph Pender Atlanta, Ga. Golden, Edward Smith, Jr. Neptune Beach, Fla. Lazenby, Dexter Holman, Jr Statesville, N. C. Mann, James Sprunt Charlotte, N. C. Martin, Joseph Edgar Lebanon, Tenn. Morrow, William Howell, Jr West Point, Ga. Nisbet, James Alexander Sanford, N. C. Rogers, William Brevard El Dorado, Ark. Thompson, Charles Edmond Mt. Alive, N. C. Winstead, Meldrum Barnett, Jr Lincolnton, N. C. Winters, Richard Rizer Walker Palm Beach, Fla. Wyatt, Herbert Gray Winston-Salem, N. C. Young, David Caldwell, Jr Des Arc, Ark.
JUNIORS
Entering September, 1945
CLASS OF 1947
Barr, James Franklin, Jr Concord, N. C. Berry, Robert Allen Belmont, N. C. Brooks, Robert Marshall Charlotte, N. C. Campbell, William Bruner Davidson, N. C. Carter, Numa Richardson, Jr Winston-Salem, N. C. Delp, Robert Worley Concord, N. C. Fulbright, John William, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Gunn, George Wilson Louisville, Ky. Haberyan, Henry Dailey, Jr Shreveport, La. Herion, John Carroll Mt. Pleasant, N. C. Higginbotham, Warren Banks Greenville, S. C. Jones, Willis Hobbs Mt. Mourne, N. C. Lasley, William Ward Burlington, N. C. Linton, Eugene Bell Nashville, Tenn. McAlister, John Worth, Jr Greensboro, N. C. McGehee, Vernon Brumfield Palacios, Texas McLean, Harry Herndon, III Washington, N. C. McLean, William Speight Lenior, N. C. Miller, Russell Start Davidson, N. C. Pollard, William Carter Farmville, N. C. Raynal, Henry Middleton Statesville, N. C. 118 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Ruehlen, Robert Nyal Larned, Kan. Sinclair, George Roland Wilmington, N. C. Smith, Ralph Wood, Jr Bluefield, W. Va. Smith, William Theodore, Jr Davidson, N. C. Stukes, Joseph Taylor Manning, S. C. Turner, Lonnie Gaither, Jr Statesville, N. C. Whitaker, William Orin, Jr St. Petersburg, Fla. White, Charles Ellis, Jr Wilmington, N. C. White, Henry Edmunds Raphine, Va. Wilkinson, Frank Calvin Mooresville, N. C. Young, Paul Donald Houston, Texas
SOPHOMORES
Entering September, 1945
CLASS OF 1948
Blackwell, Bryan Livingston Hartsville, N. C. Boyce, James Murritt Ansonville, N. C. Camper, Dudley Schultz Orange, Va. Coble, Robert Fulton, Jr Bessemer City, N. C. Cowan, James, Jr Burlington, N. C. Crawford, James Clifford, Jr Cheraw, S. C. Davis, Houston M Spartanburg, S. C. Davis, Thomas Gordon Greenville, S. C. Donald, Alexander Grant Society Hill, S. C. Drake, Dana Blackmar Macon, Ga. Edwards, Sterling Jackson, Jr Tampa, Fla. Engle, Russell Henry Charlotte, N. C. Ensign, Randolph Garland Charlotte, N. C. Farr, David Kemble Charlotte, N. C. Flanagan, William Wallace Clover, S. C. Gambrell, Robert Hagood Atlanta, Ga. Goeckeritz, Raymond William Charlotte, N. C. Harrison, David C San Antonio, Texas Harwood, Herbert Daniel San Antonio, Texas
Hevener, John William Upper Montclair, N. J. Hills, John Robert Jacksonville, Fla. Hitchcock, James Guy, Jr Atlanta, Ga. Johnston, Harold Reid Davidson, N. C. Lamar, Howard Henry, Jr Charleston, S. C. Larew, Robert Franklin Mocksville, N. C. Lineberger, Samuel Pinckney Belmont, N. C. McAIister, Fred Ranson, Jr Matthews, N. C. McLean, Joseph Davidson Lenior, N. C. Mahone, Earl Heflin, Jr Dunn, N. C. Markey, Charles Stiles Charlotte, N. C. Masters, Hilary Thomas Charlotte, N. C. Morton, Robert Wayne, Jr Burlington, N. C. Murray, Spencer Castles State College, Miss. Neill, David Moore Kings Mountain, N. C. Parrott, Mercer Cranor, Jr Kinston, N. C. CATALOG OF STUDENTS 119
Pittman, James Allen, Jr Orlando, Fla. Pitts, Martin Luther, Jr Elk Hill, Va. Pursifull, James Madison, Jr Pineville, Ky. Quinn, Joseph Edward Kenansville, N. C. Rapp, Robert Cullen, Jr Thomasville, N. C. Reaves, James Brown Alcolu, S. C. Roach, Arthur Wade Mooresville, N. C. Robertson, William Ellis Kannapolis, N. C. Schenck, Newlin Pyle Shelby, N. C. Shaw, Alexander Edwin, III Wagram, N. C. Sherrill, John Lawrence Cornelius, N. C. Smoak, Robert Riggs Wilkesboro, N. C. Strickland, Robert, Jr Atlanta, Ga. Thrower, Herbert Thacker, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Troutman, John Atwell Charlotte, N. C. Tyler, Daniel Wesley Florence, S. C. Wall, John Anderson High Point, N. C. Whittemore, Don Reese Rockingham, N. C. Willingham, Edward Lee, III Augusta, Ga. Woodson, Marshall Scott, Jr Thomasville, Ga.
FRESHMEN
Entering September, 1945
CLASS OF 1949
Ahlstrand, Robert Dave Atlanta, Ga. Albright, Harold, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Alexander, Ralph Houston Marion, N. C. Azpurua, Manuel Vincente New York, N. Y. Bailey, Herbert Carter Wheeling, W. Va. Baker, Malcolm Davis Draper, N. C. Barksdale, George D Waynesboro, Va. Baxter, William Bostwick Dothan, Ala. Beal, Giles D., Jr Gastonia, N. C. Beall, William Davis Hogansville, Ga. Beam, Charles Shelby, N. C. Bennett, William Henry Wainwright Park, Fla. Boren, Gurney Simpson, III Greensboro, N. C. Boyce, David Gaillard Edwards, Miss. Boyce, William Moore, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Brandon, Ralph Jamison Kannapolis, N. C. Brenner, Howard Horton Fort Pierce, Fla. Bridgman, Albert Henry Sumter, S. C. Brothers, John Theodore Ware Neck, Va. Brown, Joseph George Belmont, N. C. Brown, James Preston, Jr Kannapolis, N. C. Brownson, William C, Jr Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. Bruce, Sydney, Jr Greenville, S. C. Caldwell, Ralph Martin, Jr Spartanburg, S. C. Calhoun, William W Clinton, N. C. Cameron, Alan Garner Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 120 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Cameron, Charles Donald Lancaster, S. C. Campbell, Robert Alexander Charlotte, N. C. Campbell, William Egbert Shelby, N. C. Carpenter, Clayton Calvin, Jr Gastonia, N. C. Cathey, Henry M Davidson, N. C. Charles, Carlyle Hyatt Winston-Salem, N. C. Childers, Charles Norvel Lenoir, N. C. Chisholm, L. Moody Kannapolis, N. C. Choate, Joseph Leightin, III Charlotte, N. C. Clapp, Paul Bradley Plumtree, N. C. Clark, John James Archibald, II Elkton, N. C. Clark, Thomas Conner Clarkton, N. C. Clark, Thomas Fetzer Elizabethtown, N. C. Clinkscales, Charles Wesley Belton, S. C. Coates, Edwin S. Farmville, N. C. Coffey, Charles McDonald North Wilkesboro, N. C. Coffin, Harold Edward, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Cook, William Franklin Miami, Fla. Cooke, William Robert, Jr Asheville, N. C. Correll, Albert Twichell Spartanburg, S. C. Courson, Edwin Butler Dallas, Texas Cowan, John Columbus Greensboro, N. C. Crosland, William Alexander, Jr Atlanta, Ga. Cunningham, Charles Scarsdale, N. Y. Current, Alfred Cornelius, Jr Gastonia, N. C. Davis, John William Alice, Texas Davis, Jefferson Lee Atlanta, Ga. Davison, Meredith Verne Spartanburg, S. C. Deaton, Pleasant Paul Statesville, N. C. Deviney, George Louie Spindale, N. C. Dickey, James Edward Atlanta, Ga. Dickson, Clarence Harley, Jr Asheville, N. C. Dockery, Charles Samuel Elkin, N. C. Duck, John Charles Wesson, Mass. Dunbar, John Floyd Spartanburg, S. C. Dunlap, Mason Morris Charlotte, N. C. Edwards, James Murray Hickory, N. C. Eldridge, George Lee Glade Valley, N. C. Fesperman, William Boyden Kannapolis, N. C. Floyd, Samuel Henry Woodruff, S. C. Frazer, Joseph Jackson La Fayette, Ala. Fulton, Samuel Hewitt, Jr Laurinburg, N. C. Furr, Walter Floyd Concord, N. C, Gamble, William Arnett, III Charlotte, N. Cj Gambrell, David Henry Atlanta, Ga. Gladden, Herbert Queen Rock Hill, S. C. Gladden, Robert Jackson Marion, N. C. Godwin, Stanley Benoy Four Oaks, N. C. Goodrum, William D Cornelius, N. C. Graham, Edgar Whitfield Mt. Ulla, N. C. Gray, John Kirkland, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Greer, Russell Payne Lone Mountain, Tenn. Gregory, John R Charlotte, N. C. CATALOG OF STUDENTS 121
Gullick, John Andrew Belmont, N. C. Gunn, James Woodside Louisville, Ky. Hadley, Charles Owen, Jr Statesville, N. C. Hair, Robert Hampton Gastonia, N. C. Hardin, Edwin Garrett Shelby, N. C. Harrison, 'William Frank Charlotte, N. C. Hart, Abel Mclver Atlanta, Ga. Hart, Louie Flow, Jr Monroe, N. C. Henderson, Robert Thornton West Palm Beach, Fla. Herndon, James Edward, Jr Kings Mountain, N. C. Heustess, Roland Faison, Jr Winston-Salem, N. C. Higgins, Avery Walter, Jr Greensboro, N. C. Hipp, David Elliott, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Hodges, Thomas Lawson, III China Grove, N. C. Hogewood, Douglas Frederick Charlotte, N. C. Holler, Zeb North, Jr Greensboro, N. C. Honeycutt, Moff att Brown, Jr Monroe, N. C. Hopkins, Walter Anderson Waycross, Ga. Hopper, Edward Louis Meridian, Miss. Husted, Paul Wesley Lexington, N. C. Iverson, William Thorpe Miami, Fla. Jackson, Jeane Machias Swansea, S. C. Jackson, James Page Gastonia, N. C. Jackson, James Roger Charlotte, N. C. Jenkins, Arthur Simons Fayetteville, N.C. Jennings, John Stokes Charlotte, N. C. Johnson, William Douglas Raleigh, N. C. Jung, Robert Moser Kannapolis, N. C. Keith, William Harvey Greenwood, S. C. Kirk, Terrell Thomas Columbus, Ga. Kirkpatrick, Andrew Booth, Jr Raleigh, N. C. Knight, Robert Vernon, Jr Tarboro, N. C. Lacy, Robert Burwell Richmond, Va. Lafferty, James Stewart Concord, N. C. Lawrence, William Henry, Jr Anderson, S. C. Lemmon, Frank Tremaine, Jr. Marion, Va. Leonard, Joseph Cain Lincolnton, N. C. Little, Thomas Allen, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Llewellyn, Clement Manly, Jr. Concord, N. C. Lloyd, Winfield Scott Fair Bluff, N. C. Long, Flynn Vincent, Jr Austin, Texas Lowe, Frank Radford, Jr Greenville, S. C. Lyday, William Davie Gastonia, N. C. McCain, Carl Ray Monroe, N. C. McConnell, Harvey Russell, Jr Gastonia, N. C. McDaniel, Samuel Davis, Jr Atlanta, Ga. McDonald, John Caldwell, Jr Charlotte, N. C. McDowell, John Lester, Jr Traveler's Rest, S. C. McGlamery, Merrill Hart Tampa, Fla. McKee, Nash Daring Charlotte, N. C. McLaney, Joseph Wheeler, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Maner, Bobby Frank Wilmington, N. C. Mann, John Walter, Jr Red Springs, N. C. 122 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Martin, John Floyd Smkhfield, N. C. Matthews, Frank Gastonia, N. C. Matthis, Joseph Adolphus, Jr Wilmington, N. C. Mead, Allen Walter Florence, S. C. Millar, Robert Cameron, Jr Jacksonville, Fla. Miller, Herbert Alexander Hapeville, Ga. Miller, John Neel Charlotte, N. C. Miller, Charles John, Jr Sarasota, Fla. Mitchell, McLean Winston-Salem, N. C. Montgomery, Edwin Fleming, Jr Lake City, Fla. Montgomery, William DeVere Greenville, Miss. Moore, Thomas Bryan Winston-Salem, N. C. Moorefield, Laurimer John, Jr Mt. Airy, N. C. Morgan, Marcus Morrison Laurinburg, N. C. Morrison, Vernon Marshall Wilmington, N. C. Murphy, Robert James, Jr Tomahawk, N. C. Murray, Marion Julian, Jr Wallace, N. C. Myers, Winfred Earle Kings Mountain, N. C.
Neal, George Glenn Spartanburg, S. C. Neal, William W Charlotte, N. C. Neisler, Charles Andrew Kings Mountain, N. C. Neisler, Henry Parks Kings Mountain, N. C. Nichols, Homer Price, Jr Washington, D. C. Owen, Allan Kent, Jr Winston-Salem, N. C. Owen, Charles Cowan Clarkton, N. C. Owens, Charles Haynes Avondale, N. C. Palles, Louis Michael, Jr Florence, S. C. Patterson, Thomas Henry, Jr Greensboro, N. C. Payne, John Lewis, Jr Davidson, N. C. Pierce, James Edgar, Jr Whiteville, N. C. Plaster, Larry Egbert Winston-Salem, N. C. Poole, Robert Howard, Jr Elizabeth town, N. C. Price, Albert Zeanes, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Puett, William Austin Hickory, N. C. Purvis, Gene Ashton Belhaven, N. C. Rabb, Billy Ray Cramerton, N. C. Rainero, James E Bristol, Va. Rapp, Walter Jerome Thomasville, N. C. Rast, Jim Fort Swansea, S. C. Raymond, George Barr Lakeland, Fla. Richardson, Barrett Rives Portsmouth, Va. Richardson, Robert Stanley Decatur, Ga. Richert, Joe Charles, Jr Asheville, N. C. Schmidt, Calvin TaCel Shelbyville, Ky. Scott, Littleton Boys, Jr Winston-Salem, N. C. Seville, James William, Jr Statesville, N. C. Sigmon, James Monroe Lincolnton, N. C. Sink, Charles Keith Lexington, N. C. Smith, Harris Page Easley, S. C. Smith, Oliver Mitchell Decatur, Ga. Spilman, Robert Henkel Statesville, N. C. Sprunt, Alexander 4th Charleston, S. C. Statler, David Clark, Jr Kirkwood, Mo. CATALOG OF STUDENTS 123
Steagall, William Ernest, Jr Morven, N. C. Strickland, Ralph W Cerro Gordo, N. C. Strong, Dennis John Greensboro, N. C. Stubbs, Claude Mallory, Jr Waycross, Ga. Sumner, Theodore Bynum, Jr Asheville, N. C. Talbert, William Francis Allendale, S. C. Todd, Richards Lexington, N. C. Turner, Charles Cason Winnsboro, S. C. Turner, Thomas Burnett Miami, Fla. Vinson, William Littleberry Cramerton, N. C. Waldrop, John Herbert, Jr Greenville, N. C. Walker, Walter Proctor Colliersville, Tenn. Wall, John William, Jr Aspen, Va. Wilkins, Robert James Gastonia, N. C. Williams, William Brown Charlotte, N. C. Wilson, Parks Hand Lowell, N. C. Witherspoon, John Beckley, W. Va. Wood, John David West Palm Beach, Fla. Wood, Thomas Jeff Asheville, N. C. Woodbridge, Ben Wilson Midlesboro, Ky. Zum Brunnen, Richard Irvin Salisbury, N. C. SENIORS Entering January, 1946 CLASS OF 1946 Carson, McAlister, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Freeman, Robert Orr Black Mountain, N. C. Graves, Robert Wyatt, Jr Toccoa, Ga. Hill, Dumond Peck Richmond, Va. Houston, James Lafayette, Jr York, S. C. King, Curtis Howard Greensboro, N. C. Lee, William Frank, Jr Washington, Ga. McAfee, Stanley Ketron, Jr Charlotte, N. C. McCormack, George Edward Davidson, N. C. McKee, Charles Theodore Newellton, La. Maloney, David Thomas, Jr Washington, D. C. Murray, Edward, Jr Raleigh, N. C. Patrick, Henry Lawrence Kings Mountain, N. C. Scott, Charles Wesley Bluefield, W. Va. Sengel, William Randolph Fort Smith, Ark. Spratt, William Campbell, Jr Fredericksburg, Va. Stroup, Clyde Spurgeon Wilmington, N. C. Withers, Walter Lucius Davidson, N. C. Yarborough, Thomas Stokes Albany, Ga. JUNIORS Entering January, 1946 CLASS OF 1947 Archer, Archibald W Shelby, N. C. Bethea, James Earle, Jr Dillon, S. C. Browne, Clyde Gerrall Cherryville, N. C. 124 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Campbell, Joseph E., Jr Winchester, Va. Church, Morton Lebaron, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Clark, Rosser Lee, Jr Greensboro, N. C. Dowd, William Carey, III Charlotte, N. C. Ellis, James Shelton Statesville, N. C. Ennett, George Noble, Jr Montreat, N. C. Everett, Ned P Robersonville, N. C. Fesperman, Jack Delmar Albemarle, N. C. Goode, Thomas Jackson Charlotte, N. C. Helms, Ula Boyce, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Jackson, James Wyly, Jr Columbia, S. C. Johnston, William Lea Mooresville, N. C. Macy, William Hall Davidson, N. C. Moore, Carlisle Clarke, Jr Rock Hill, S. C. Moore, William Sadler, Jr York, S. C. Northcutt, Grover Frank McFarlan, N. C. Page, John, Jr New York, N. Y. Patrick, George Richard Belmont, N. C. Peters, George Belk Kingsport, Tenn. Powell, Fred James, Jr Chester, S. C. Powell, Thomas Levin, Jr San Antonio, Texas Ragan, Amos Homer, Jr Thomasville, N. C. Read, Fitzhugh Trezuant, Jr Warrenton, N. C. Robinson, Jerrold S Wilmington, N. C. Shaw, Charles Lemmon Sumter, S. C. Spencer, Carl Haskell Gastonia, N. C. Swink, Douglas Wallace Richmond, Va. Stroup, Robert Warren New Orleans, La. Sutton, Edward Colmery Charlotte, N. C. Whiteley, Gurney Pritchett Davidson, N. C. Williamson, Lamar, Jr Monticello, Ark. Wilson, George William, Jr Gastonia, N. C. Wood, Miles Costin, Jr Statesville, N. C.
SOPHOMORES
Entering January, 1946
CLASS OF 1948
Allen, Robert Milton Charlotte, N. C. Blevins, David Garuin Spruce Pine, N. C. Bowman, William Hammond, Jr Clover, S. C. Briggs, James Alexander Greenville, S. C. Bryant, Donald G Charlotte, N. C. Cecil, Robert Miller Spartanburg, S. C. Cline, Robert E Hickory, N. C. Coker, John West Clinton, S. C. Cooper, Quentin Santurce, Puerto Rico Cutchin, Henry Wheless, Jr Rocky Mount, N. C. Davis, Samuel Franklin Concord, N. C. Davis, William Alexander, Jr. Charlotte, N. C. Dunlap, John McNeely, Jr Charlotte, N. C. CATALOG OF STUDENTS 12 5
Ellis, John Luther Andrews, N. C. Erb, Donald Shepherd Badin, N. C. Farr, George Harrell Paducah, Ky. French, James Allen, Jr Welch, W. Va. Gamble, Wayne Williamson Davidson, N. C Guy, Thomas Marion, Jr Norfolk, Va. Hamner, Roland Thornhill Gastonia, N. C. Hatch, Donald Charlotte, N. C. Helton, John Wilbur, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Hodgin, Willis Coite Charlotte, N. C. Hoey, Newton Park Mt. Holly, N. C. Home, Paul Adams Barium Springs, N. C. Kirkman, Everett Eugene Atlanta, Ga. Little, Ford D., Jr Greensboro, N. C. Long, Walter Thomas Laurens, S. C. McGeachy, Henry Newton Bessemer City, N. C. McCloy, Dixon Ross Monticello, Ark, McCullough, Paul Julian, Jr Jacksonville, Fla. McGoogan, Duncan Lee St. Pauls, N. C. McKeithan, Leighton Black, Jr Cameron, N. C. Maloney, Samuel Dow Knoxville, Tenn. Marshall, Harold Hatton Rock Hill, S. C. Neill, Robert Lee Statesville, N. C. Nuttall, Cameron Morrison Charlotte, N. C. Patterson, Charles Walter Charlotte, N. C. Pearson, Plato Poletus, Jr Gastonia, N. C. Powell, Charles Luke Rocky Mount, N. C. Roberts, Clarence Wilkerson Charlotte, N. C. Simmons, Guy Leroy, Jr Jacksonville, Fla. Tate, Samuel McDowell Morganton, N. C. Walker, Abraham David, Jr Chadbourn, N. C. Williams, Sumner McRee, Jr Greenville, S. C. FRESHMEN Entering January, 1946
CLASS OF 1949 Adams, John Bristol, Tenn. Adams, Charles Robert Statesville, N. C. Alexander, Felix Q Mooresville, N. C. Allen, Ellis Alexander Charlotte, N. C. Anderson, Frank Pearson, Jr Charleston, S. C. Anderton, Horace Bert Memphis, Tenn. Archibald, David Andrew Jacksonville, Fla.
Armour, David Beach Lake Bluff, 111. Armstrong, Hugh Watson Gastonia, N. C. Arnold, James Arthur Clinton, S. C. Auten, Charles Everette Charlotte, N. C. Bailey, John Milton, Jr Memphis, Term. Bangs, Lester Meredith, Jr Norfolk, Va. Barrier, Dan Charlotte, N. C. Beals, Daniel Franklin Jacksonville, Fla. Bell, Joseph Hyatt Statesville, N. C. 126 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Benfield, Robert Honey Mooresville, N. C. Boyd, William Everette Norfolk, Va. Brooks, James Sam Marshville, N. C. Butt, Robert E Norfolk, Va. Chandler, Edward Traylor Norfolk, Va. Churchill, Carl Cecil Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Clark, DeWitt Duncan, Jr Clarkton, N. C. Clary, Kenneth Beall Harlem, Ga. Dalton, Herbert L Asheville, N. C. Dickson, David Benjamin, III Lakeland, Fla. Dobson, Odell Franklin Charlotte, N. C. Duncan, Alfred Jackson Nathalie, Va. Edwards, Earl P., Jr Hickory, N. C. Elyea, Charles D., Jr Atlanta, Ga. Eskey, Eugene H., Jr Norfolk, Va. Farrior, Henry Davies Warsaw, N. C. Flowers, Harry Edward Paducah, Ky. Forzly, George Nacle Brooklyn, N. Y. Foster, Dwight Odell Statesville, N. C. Gibson, Bentley Gordon, Jr Bennettsville, S. C. Gibson, Thomas Earle, Jr Greenville, S. C. Goodman, Buford Young, Jr Concord, N. C. Green, James Wesley Jackson Heights, N. Y. Grigg, Benjamin Fred, Jr Gastonia, N. C. Hendrick, Ted Holmes Monroe, N. C. Hodges, Julian Carr Raleigh, N. C. Honeycutt, James Davis Cornelius, N. C. Hunter, Ernest B., Jr Charlotte, N. C. Johnson, Emory Herbert Pittsboro, N. C. Kelton, John Dobbins Port Tampa City, Fla. Kerr, Robert Kenneth Mooresville, N. C. King, Henry Preston, III Bristol, Tenn. Korbel, William Andrew Kenosha, Wise. Lancaster, James Neal Spindale, N. C. Leonard, Taylor Charlotte, N. C. Long, Robert Edward Charlotte, N. C. McArn, Hugh Monroe, Jr Laurinburg, N. C. McLaurin, Joe Mack Rockingham, N. C. McNair, Champney A Sanford, N. C. Magness, Byron L Monticello, Ark. Manion, Benjamin Ambrose, Jr Winston-Salem, N. C. Mapes, Harold Edward Elmhurst, Long Island, N. Y. Masten, Robert S Mt. Airy, N. C. Mendler, John Lewis, Jr Charlotte, N. C. Meza, Herbert Tampa, Fla. Miller, Linley Roland Concord, N. C. Moneyham, Albert Edward Charlotte, N. C. Moore, Charles Dwight Charlotte, N. C. Morris, Charles Arthur Concord, N. C. Newton, Ernest Dudley, Jr Rock Hill, S. C. O'Leary, Joseph Aloysius, Jr Shelby, N. C. Pahl, Carl August Memphis, Tenn. Pharr, Samuel Laird, Jr Mooresville, N. C. CATALOG OF STUDENTS 1 27
Pino, Virgil Tampa, Fla. Plowden, Arthur Davis, Jr. Sumter, S. C. Pritchard, John Conrad Lothair, Ky. Rankin, Frank Alexander, Jr Concord, N. C. Rcid, Charles Henry Charlotte, N. C. Reid, Horace Gates, Jr Elizabeth City, N. C. Rice, Daniel Douglas Bennettsville, S. C. Riddervold, James Trygve, Jr Oakhiem, Conn. Satterfield, James Arthur, Jr Marion, N. C. Shepperson, David, Jr. El Dorado, Ark. Smith, Roddy Lee Concord, N. C. Spencer, William Chaplin Rock Hill, S. C. Stallings, Parks Johnson Charlotte, N. C. Thompson, James Hammond Waynesboro, Ga. Tilton, Edwin Charles Charlotte, N. C. Watts, Philip Campbell Taylorsville, N. C. Wayland, John Edwin, Jr Huntersville, N. C. Weaver, Wesley Maurice, Jr Wayne, Penn. West, James Thomas Winter Haven, Fla. Williford, James Bethune Lumber Bridge, N. C. Yarbrough, John DeWitt Tampa, Fla. Zedaker, Homer Burr Newell, N. C.
SPECIALS
Andrews, George Gordon, Jr Plainfield, N. J. Baker, Zeb Davis Cornelius, N. C. Beckman, William Henry Moorcsville, N. C. Brown, Harriett A Davidson, N. C. Brown, Mary Grace Davidson, N. C. Cathey, Albert Marcellus Davidson, N. C. Coleman, Mary Elizabeth Salisbury, N. C. Copeland, Henrietta Davidson, N. C. Copaland, Nancy Ann Davidson, N. C. Delinger, Barbara Anna Davidson, N. C. Ewart, James Ardric Cornelius, N. C. Flagg, Mrs. Margaret Davidson, N. C. Fulcher, Jean Stuart Davidson, N. C. Hearn, James Moton, Jr Montgomery, Ala. Jones, William Isaac Charlotte, N. C. Knox, Hilda Mitchell Davidson, N. C. Peters, Mrs. Emily Lof tis Davidson, N. C. Pettit, Joseph Phillips Davidson, N. C. Pharr, Mrs. Laura Gene Davidson, N. C. Price, Alice Daniel Davidson, N. C. Sample, James Raymond Ft. Pierce, Fla. SUMMARY Seniors 34 Juniors 66 Sophomores 97 Freshmen 297 Special Students 21 128 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
SUMMER SESSION, 1945
Alexander, H. C Charlotte, N. C.
Alexander, J. P Charlotte, N. C. Alexander, Ralph Marion, N. C. Apperson, G. M Mocksville, N. C.
Baker, D. W Fanwood, N. J. Barksdale, George Waynesboro, Va. Bauer, Alan Walterboro, S. C. Bigelow, R. C Arlington, Va.
Blain, J. S Lexington, Va. Boyce, J. M Ansonville, N. C. Brame, Nancy Charlotte, N. C. Brooks, R. M Charlotte, N. C. Cameron, Alan New York, N. Y. Camper, D. S Orange, Va. Carter, N. R Winston-Salem, N. C. Cashion, Frances Davidson, N. C. Caudill, R. M Shelbyville, Ky. Childers, C. N Lenoir, N. C. Coleman, Mary Salisbury, N. C. Copeland, Henrietta Davidson, N. C. Courson, E. B Dallas, Texas
Crawford, J. C Cheraw, S. C. Cruse, B. W., Jr Concord, N. C.
Currie, C. J., Jr Atlanta, Ga. DeArmon, Lillian Charlotte, N. C. Delk, Rebecca Mooresville, N. C. Delp, R. W Concord, N. C. Dendy, J. S Weaverville, N. C. Dixon, W. A., Jr Belmont, N. C. Dockery, C. S Elkin, N. C. Donald, A. G Society Hill, S. C. Drake, D. B Macon, Ga. Dupre, W. E Atlanta, Ga. Edwards, Sterling Tampa, Fla. Ensign, R. G Charlotte, N. C. Ewart, Ruth Cornelius, N. C. Farr, D. K Charlotte, N. C. Finch, Helen Lynchburg, Va. Fink, Louise Mooresville, N. C. Fisher, H. B Clearwater, Fla. Fisher, Margaret Concord, N. C. Fox, S. H Oxford, N. C. Fulcher, Jean Davidson, N. C. Fulton, S. H Laurinburg, N. C. Gambrell, D. H Atlanta, Ga. Gambrell, R. H Atlanta, Ga. Garrou, Mary F Valdese, N. C. Gaston, Annie Sue Shelby, N. C. Golden, E. S Neptune, Fla.
Gray, J. K Charlotte, N. C. Haberyan, H. D Shreveport, La. CATALOGUE OF STUDENTS 129
Harrington, Virginia Charlotte, N. C. Harris, W. F Charlotte, N. C.
Herion, J. C Mt. Pleasant, N. C
Herndon, J. E., Jr Kings Mountain, N. C. Hevener, J. W Upper Montclair, N. J. Higginbotham, W. B Greenville, S. C. Highsmith, Louise Raleigh, N. C. Hipp, David E., Jr Charlotte, N. C.
Hitchcock, J. G Atlanta, Ga. Honeycutt, M Monroe, N. C. Hoskins, R. S Harlan, Ky.
Jackson, J. M Swansea, S. C. Javens, Charles Mt. Dora, Fla. Jennings, Stokes Charlotte, N. C. Johnson, W. D Raleigh, N. C. Johnson, W. R Asheville, N. C. Johnston, Mary Mooresville, N. C. Jones, W. H Mt. Mourne, N. C. Keith, W. H Greenwood, S. C. Larue, R. F Mocksville, N. C. Lasley, W. W Burlington, N. C. Lawrence, W. H Anderson, S. C. Lazenby, D. H Statesville, N. C. Lloyd, Scott Fair Bluff, N. C. Lyday, W. D Gastonia, N. C. McCain, Ray Monroe, N. C. MacDonald, R Rock Hill, S. C. McGill, Helen Louise Davidson, N. C. McLean, H. H Plymouth, N. C. McLean, W. S Lenoir, N. C. McLelland, Mary Mooresville, N. C.
Mann, J. W Red Springs, N. C. Markey, C. S Charlotte, N. C.
Martin, J. F Smithfield, N. C. Millar, R. C, Jr Jacksonville, Fla. Miller, H. A Atlanta, Ga. Miller, R. S Davidson, N. C.
Moorefield, L. J., Jr Mt. Airy, N. C.
Murphy, R. J., Jr Tomahawk, N. C. Myers, Earle Kings Mountain, N. C.
Neal, Wm. W. ' Charlotte, N. C.
Nisbet, J. A Sanford, N. C. O'Kelley, W. K Dallas, Texas Parks, Genevieve Kannapolis, N. C. Perkins, W. P Senatobia, Miss.
Pittman, J. A Orlando, Fla. Pollard, \V. C Farmville, N. C. Poole, R. H., Jr Elizabethtown, N. C. Potter, Helen Charlotte, N. C. Price, Alice Davidson, N. C. Price, Blair Mooresville, N. C. Query, Martha E Concord, N. C. Rapp, R. C. Thomasville, N. C 130 DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Rast, J. F Swansea, S. C. Reaves, J. B Charlotte, N. C. Richards, R. E Lancaster, S. C. Richardson, B. R Portsmouth, Va.
Richert, J. C. Ill Asheville, N. C. Riddle, T. W., Jr Greenville, S. C.
Robinson, J. M Decatur, Ga. Rogers, W. B El Dorado, Ark. Royster, S. S Oxford, N. C.
Sample, J. R Ft. Pierce, Fla. Saunders, Mack Rutherfordton, N. C. Scarborough, A., Jr Sumter, S. C. Schmidt, Calvin Shelbyville, Ky. Simpson, W. T Huntersville, N. C. Small, Suzanne Charlotte, N. C. Smith, W. R Chatham, Va. Smith, W. T Greer, S. C. Smoak, R. R Wilkesboro, N. C.
Spencer, H. N Plainfield, N. J. Steagall, Celeste Morven, N. C. Steagall, W. E., Jr Morven, N. C. Strickland, Ralph W Cerro Gordo, N. C. Stukes, J. T Manning, S. C. Thigpen, Harriett Charlotte, N. C. Thompson, Billie C Mooresville, N. C. Thompson, Gloria Wendell, N. C. Thorpe, Elaine Houstonville, N. C. Turner, Tommy B Miami, Fla. Tyler, D. W Florence, S. C. Underwood, M. P Bailey, N. C. Vickers, Margaret Charlotte, N. C.
Waldrop, J. H Greenville, N. C. Walker, W. P Colliersville, Tenn.
Wall, J. A. High Point, N. C. Wells, H. H Richmond, Va.
West, J. F., Jr Winston-Salem, N. C. Whitaker, W. O St. Petersburg, Fla.
White, J. M Winston-Salem, N. C. Whitney, Beatrice Charlotte, N. C. Whittier, P. C Alpharetta, Ga. Wilkins, R. J Gastonia, N. C. Williams, W. B Charlotte, N. C. Winstead, M. B., Jr Lincolnton, N. C. Withers, Kenney Jacksonville, Fla. Woodson, S. M Thomasville, Ga. Yongue, R. E Laurinburg, N. C. Youngblood, Jean Concord, N. C. INDEX PAGE Absences 91 Administration 6 Admission 27 Advanced Standing 28 Alumni 15, 106 Applied Mathematics 42 Association of American Universities 21 Astronomy, Meteorology 42 Athletics, (See also Physical Education) 13, 22, 96, 101
Band 74 Bequests 2 Bible and Religion 43 Biology 45 Buildings 22ff Bulletin 99 Business *6
Calendar 5 Campus 22 Catalog of Students 1 17ff Chambers Building 19, 23 Chemistry 47 Church 34, 95 Classical Languages 50 Greek 50
Latin 5 3 Committees:
Trustees . . .» 14 Faculty 12,13 Courses of Instruction 42ff Courses, Changes of 42; Selection of 29, 3 8
Degrees 32, 116 Donors of Scholarships 109ff Dormitories 25, 26 Duke Endowment 20
Economics and Business 54 Education: (See also Physical Education) 82 English 41, 57
Examinations 5, 28 Expenses 103; Summary of 105 INDEX {Continued) page
Faculty 7-13, Fees 103 Financial Assistance 107 Fine Arts 61 Fraternities 26, 96 Freshmen 119, 125
Gamma Sigma Epsilon 96 Geography 61 Geology 61 German 63 Glee Club 74 Grades 90 Graduate Work, Preparation for 30 Graduation, Requirements for 32 Grounds and Buildings 22ff Group Honors 39
Historical Sketch (17-21) 17ff History 64
Holidays 5 Honors 100 Hours, semester, etc 32
Infirmary 2 5
Juniors 117, 123
Laboratories 24, 104 Laundry 26 Lectures ^ 98 Library 23 Literary Societies 27, 95 Loan Funds 108 Location of College 22
Mathematics 68 Matriculation 29 Medals 100, 120 Museum 2 5 Music 72 Military Science and Tactics 70
Omicron Delta Kappa 95 Orchestra 74 INDEX {Continued) page
Organizations 94 Otts Lectures 98
Phi Beta Kappa 95 Philosophy 75 Physical Education (See also Athletics) 13, 77, 96 Physical Examinations t 77 Points (for graduation) 33 Physics 78 Political Science 80 Presidents 18 Psychology 82 Publications 98
Registration 29 Regulations 90 Reports 90
Requirements: Admission 27; Graduation 3 2 Rhodes Scholarships 115
Romance Languages 8 5
French 8 5 Spanish 87 Rooms (in Dormitories) 92 R. O. T. C 70
Scholarship 90 Scholarships 107, 109 Self-Help 107 Seniors 117, 123 Sigma Pi Sigma 96 Sociology 89 Sophomores 118, 124 Student Government 94 Student Publications 99
Students, Catalog of, 122ff ; Summary 127 Summary of Enrollment 127 Summer Session 31, 128
Tuition 103 Trophies 102 Trustees 14, 15, 16
Y. M. C. A. 94, 97