Homecoming Festivities to Begin Tonight Beaver Club Givesofficers Tapped SWING MAESTRO Dances In
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HOLIDAY WELCOME TOMORROW W$t Batoiteoman ALUMNI AkENDA LUX UBI ORTA LIBERTAS Volume XXXV DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON^**. C FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946 No. S Homecoming Festivities To Begin Tonight Beaver Club GivesOfficers Tapped SWING MAESTRO Dances In ' "* * v # 1''' ■ -...■ . '■.'■[.;^"l ■ l n , Bids To New MenBy Military Frat . "^fl^^3fl|JB^$ i !'v~ Charlotte Honorary Underclass Frat Scabbard and Hlade Chooses Pretty "I'at" Connor Will Be Takes Eleven FEATURED Eleven Members Start Made On Ky Dave Richardson Vocalist With Kutterfield On Thursday, October 24, David- Orchestra son's Beaver Club held its annual Amassing a display of military splendor unequalled on the David- tap day, bidding new men from the New Magazine son campus since the Enlisted Re- "What's New?" is not only Billy Sophomore and Junior classes. The Scripts 'n Pranks, the revived serve Corps saved countless num- Butterfield's theme song but he is organization, an honorary frater- college magazine, willhave its first bers of students from the draft in also what is news today. Billy nity for underclassmen, judges pro- edition this year in December, ap- 1943. the R. 0. T. ('. battalion held Butterfield is the young master of parade of year spective candidates for membership proximately one week before the its first the Tues- the trumpet who has blown his Christmas Successive is- day as part of the ceremony of -on leadership, scholarship, and ath- vacation. horn straight sues will appear in February, April, tapping new members for Scabbard to the top and, as ability. result, letic New members from and May of next year. Copies for and Blade, honorary military fra- a in all trade paper polls the Junior class include Dave Blev- the students have been paid for by ternity. held in the country, Billy has fin- Robinson, ins, Jerry Bill Robert- the student activity fee but a com- New .MembiTs ished among the top five on trum- son, Charlie Patterson, and Sam plete year's subscription to be sent Cited for outstanding leadership pet. Sophomores receiving bids home canbe had for one dollar. A and valor in all fields of R. O. T. Tate. of The Cheek, large number students have al- ('. work seven cadet officers of "Butterfield treatment" is were Buddy Mike Williams. ready purchased these send-home the battalion were tapped by Cadet something that is now at its peak, Doug Rice, Carl Pahl, Henry Neis- subscriptions. Major Carl Pahl in the climax of polished through yrrrrs being Walker, Gray, of ler, Bob Jack Bill As announced in the last issue impressive ceremony Davidsonian, an which em- featured on commercial radio coast Brownson, J. D. Ashmore, and of the the editorial phasized the efficient dignity of Pat O'Comer to coast and with such top ranking Gene Bingham. staff will be headed by Doug Swink. military service. They included Billy managing Butterficld baii(\s as Shaw, Crosby, The editors are Frank Cadet Captain ,1. M, Bailey, Jr.; Artie Bob membership Gunn, Inpast years, in the Hair. George Ralph Alexan- Cadet First Lieutenant John Benny Goodman, Harry James and de,r, Jimmy Gribben, Bobby Phil- Beaver Club has been restricted to Boys !Adams; Cadet First Lieutenant many others. The "Butterfield lips, Buck Troutman. In charge Welcome Many Activities twenty, ten men coming from the |Arthur D. Plowden; Cadet First Some Like treatment" means melody; the of, the Art Department is Orin Varborough; Sophomore class each year, and the 'Lieutenant John "Butterfield treatment" Whitaker. I Cadet First Lieutenant E. T. Ed- means. ten rising Seniors retiring. This man- Salem Beauties rhythm; Jim Love is the business wards; Cadet First Lieutenant (). Spark Weekend the "Butterfield treat- year, in student ager, Army Life with the increase and the business staff will By Bernard Oliver F. Dobson; and Cadet second Lieu- ment" means listenability and Lenoir Keesler, Morris College Declares Holiday on — body, the total authorized member- consist of tenant. Joe Bell. The tapping cere- (lanceal)ility music that is palata- MMrsU, PhU JSMward* titan Ken- As your typical Dnidaonian Saturday Men On-Jt.O.T.( Staff ship has beenraiseflfftlweiljfcfouiv mony w ajheU»t 2:80 p. m., after . Have ble both to those who want to nett, Dave GarabveU, Bob K«Uy, - This W««k end is to see the long of the club include ' looks b*ek osMtm D»r it to,this which tiw battalion was nvtowed Traveled ExIenaively dance Activities ex- endJohn.Wttwspcon. awaited advent of the home-coming as wHl as to those who wish . writ it fml* nrt*))!, with a feeling by the newly Mlettedmember* ol- tending an invitation to tome girls' , Kvrtnk wishes to endorse, e»pe- plus all to sit it out. The "Butterfield Was, S< »bb*rd oidBlacU. its concomitants. Besidos .A small search into tho lives ol to Cam- regard ma|;a4ne. of nostalgia. The day in bis i Washington college visit the Davidson cially in to the tin- game itself with purl treatment" means music that an unqualified iracce*s, Pour honorary membffg of the- of the R. O. T. C. staff brought pus each year. Aside from th£ the editorial in the October 254>- opinion, - tnil fiM, the d>n<'e set is a majOT- ~the Davidson cliapt*i, all memlii 'm of fcith some very interesting toifor- create* mood that the song- field, Sj«p sue of the Davidsonian concerning from the point of view of the p.C.~ feature. The foini.-il dance, whicjl social they J)lajf an im- " ■the loud U...O. 1". C. staff, wire- writer intended and as such has thelact that the fraternities TStF lads. It may be, course, will be notit in tin1 Charlofic armory "nation concerning Major- C. C portant role in the athletic life of of that tapped at tho same time. They in- the greatest appeal to diversified not urging members and pledges he is prejudiced, and it is unde- Friday night, will stot at nine p. Acher, Mast. Sgl. John D. Bowles campus, acting as host to pro- cluded Lt. Col. William P. Grace, tastes. the to go out for extra curricula]; ac- niable that his enthusiasm springs m. and will last until one o'clock. 1st Sgl. ('has. I). Webster, 1st Sgt spective Wildcat athletes. The old Only four freshmen have Jr., professor of military uciencu tivities. very largely froni the fact thathe and tactics; Lt. Col. O. C. Mtrtin, The informal dance of Saturday Blanton Burton] and 1st Sgt. Ray- Born in Middletown, Ohio, Billy Bobby Phillips, at this date come out for Scripts night will eight. I Beavers include was exceptionally lucky in the! Jr.; Major Acher; Cap- last from ill I). Zerby. During was Many more contributors C. C. and mond their aim.v interested in music as a child Bill Hodgin,Hugh Hill, Dave Neill, 'n Pranks. "blind date" shuffle. However, he' Kennedy. twelve and will be in the Youth are needed and are urged to use tain H. Armory. Billy careers, most of these men hav< and when he attended high school Don Bryant, Bob Strickland, Hay- has talked with a fairly large.por- Center of the But- Scripts 'n Pranks, as well as the Old Members terfield and his orchestra will play traveled extensively throughout in Cincinnati he was already play- wood Brinegar, Hugh McArn, and tion of the student body, Socialites term paper, as an outlet for their in particular, and ho has found the Officiating in the initiation cere- for both datotvs. the United States and served over- ing with local bands. He started Ed Manget. literary genius. monyandincommand of thereview Another activity re; opinion general. The girls. Wcte. which has Teas dining the war. Their job.1 studying to be a doctor and al- simph lovely! exceptional wereCadetMajor Pahl; Cadet Cap- ceived the interest of the campus — An :>t Davidson- Tiro numerous am ready had two years of pre-med croup in every rtispflet, their coin- tain Quentiu Cooper; Cadet Cap- and the community in the past is varied. ill college at Lexington, Kentucky, ing ha served torttevfre .$>e~ClOEe tain Hoddy L. Smith; Cadet Cap- the decorating of the fraternity % Anderton; bund ili.it i'xist>>d*.-|>s£Arp thfl war. tain 23<H't and .Cadet houses. The last time the cup, Major C. f. Acher, born in Port when he found that he was more Holds fraternity Redhead Captain Freeman. Dr. R. 0. which the with interested in At lea- I we hope it^ak poes in Dodge, Iowa,received his educatioT playing for the col- Honorary members of Scabbard the best doeiirated house wa: pre- lege The M. ('. finiii .Missouri Military bands and "jamming" after V. A.*ad tfie Beaver and Blade who took part inreview- sented, was in 11M1, when it was Aca'dem> flub, who jointlyfiMtSIfeir fingers' For classes than he was in a career in iD|f the troops and in welcoming won by I'i Kappa Alpha fra- and Iowa University, a whili til- !■',"-. feel ' the addition, Y. MXXA. Services i! thatorbhidt uhould the newly initiated officersinto the ternity. Th» judging of the Inn; vs before the war he worked will medicine. And. in there : .Mi- president' was, l'ranc(»Csir, ' ranks of Davidson's military im- will take place on Saturday which Swift ,& Company in Sioux (it\ a girl, Margaret., vjho was Preacher (Jives of the Vt.Ji.jL, Greensboro Salmi V. mortals included Dr. John &, Cun- has been declared an official h"li- previous singing ham! bi-lpi-i'-. who Wither to entering the Army ol with the and he Inspiring Talks i SPEAKER made? (jhe.TrtioU thinjr ningham, president of tho college; dfty by the committee.