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FEBRUARY, 1918 SON l^ii ii^d JL-jf nVJ DAVIDSON, N. C. Published by the College, 1918 | DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN CATALOG NUMBER Eighty-Second Session 1917-18 FOUNDED 1836-37 DAVIDSON. N. C. FROM 1902 TO 1909. THE BULLETIN WAS PUBLISHED AS A QUARTERLY. NOW PUBLISHED FEBRUARY. MARCH. MAY. JUNE. AUGUST. SEPTEMBER. NOVEMBER. DECEMBER Vol, XVII. No. 1 February, 1918 ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. MARCH I, 1909. AT THE POSTOFFICE AT DAVIDSON. N. C. UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS JULY 16, 1694 1918 | | | | | | S | | T T F | | | F S H S iM| T| Wl T| F| 3 S M T W T 1 M W JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER 1 2 b 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 1? 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 n 14 15 1ft 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 2? ?,3 ?4 25 2ft 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 22 23 24 26 26 27 28 27 28 20 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER 1 2 1 1 2T 3 4 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 » 2 3 4 5 fi 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 h 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ifi 17 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 a 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 2 26 27 28 2 27 28 29 30 31 30 MARCH JULY NOVEMBER 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 1ft 17 18 19 20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 24 25 2fi 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL AUGUST DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1919 | | | | S S | | | | S S | M | T W T F S | M | T | W | T | K|S M T W T | F JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER 1 1 2 3 4 5 fi 7 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 2fi 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 MARCH JULY NOVEMBER 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 2ft 27 28 29 30 31 30 APRIL ! AUGUST DECEMBER 1 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 fi 6 7 8 y 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 COLLEGE CALENDAR 1916 September 11 and 12—Tuesday and Wednesday, Registration of Students September 13—Thursday _ - Fall Term Began September 17—Monday (8.45 a. m.) Annual Address to the Students October 25—Thursday _ Davidson College Day November 29—Thursday — _ Thanksgiving December 1 — Saturday....- Maxwell Chambers Day—Senior Orations DecemberlO—Monday Intermediate Examinations Began December 20—Thursday _ _ _ . Fall Term Closed CHRISTMAS VACATION 1918 January 2—Wednesday . _ Spring Term Began January 28—Monday • -..Re-examinations February 4—Monday..... _ _ . Re-examinations February 11 —Monday _ -..Re-examinations February 24—Sunday. Day of Prayer for Colleges March 2—Saturday - Junior Orations April 13—Saturday _ . - Athletic Day May 26—Sunday (11 a. m.) _ _ _ Baccalaureate Sermon May 26—Sunday (8 p. m.) Annual Sermon Before Y. M. C. A. May 27—Monday (4 p. m.) _ Gymnasium Exhibit May 27—Monday (8.30 p. m.) Exercises of Literary Societies and Contest for Junior Oratorical Medal May 28—Tuesday (9 a. m.) Annual Meeting Board of Trustees May 28—Tuesday (5 p. m.) _ Orchestra and Glee Club Concert May 28—Tuesday (6 p. m.) ...Alumni Luncheon and Annual Meeting of Alumni Association May 28—Tuesday (8.30 p. m.) _ _ Annual Literary Address May 28—Tuesday (10 p. m.) Reception by President and Faculty to the Alumni, Trustees and Visiting Friends May 29—Wednesday (11 a. m.) Senior Oratorical Contest, Award of Trophies and Medals-—Announcements May 29—Wednesday (4 p. m.) _ ...Senior Class Exercises May 29—Wednesday (8.30 p. m.) ^Graduation Exercises SUMMER VACATIONS September 3 and 4—Tuesday and Wednesday Registration of Students September 5—Thursday (7.40 a. m.) Fall Term Begins September 9—Monday (8.45 a. m.). Annual Address to Students October 24—Thursday -.Davidson College Day November 28—Thursday Thanksgiving November 30—Saturday Maxwell Chambers' Day—Senior Orations December 9—Saturday _.. Intermediate Examinations Begin December 19—Thursday Fall Term Closes CHRISTMAS VACATIONS 1919 January 2—Thursday Spring Term Begins January 27—Monday _ Re-examinations February 3—Monday „ _ Re-examinations February 10—Monday _. Re-examinations February 23—Sunday Day of Prayer for Colleges March 1 —Saturday Junior Orations April 12—Saturday _ Athletic Day HOW TO REACH DAVIDSON From the South, Eastern North Carolina, and the North passengers will come to Charlotte. There are four passenger trains each day over the Southern (A. T. and O. Division) from Charlotte to Davidson, just 22 miles due north. From the West, passengers come by the Asheville Division of the Southern, changing cars at Statesville, N. C, to A. T. and O. Division of Southern for Davidson, 22 miles due south. Passengers from Chattanooga, Tenn., and farther west, may find it to their advantage to come by Atlanta and Charlotte. HISTORICAL SKETCH The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, who settled Piedmont Caro- lina a quarter of a century before the Revolution, brought with them their love of liberty, of religion, and of learning. The first culminated in the Mecklenburg Declaration; the second bore fruit in scores of vigorous churches and generations of godly men and women; the third led to the establishment of numerous high-grade classical academies, and a half-century later burst into flower in the founding of Davidson College. Their patriotism, religion, and love of learning are blended in every word of the motto on the college seal, Alendo lux ubi orta libertas (Let learning be cherished where liberty has arisen). The originator of the movement was Rev. Robert Hall Mor- rison, D.D., who at the spring meeting of Concord Presbytery in 1835, secured the adoption of a resolution appointing a committee to take charge of the raising of funds and the selec- tion of a site for an institution of learning. At the fall meet- ing this committee reported and the presbytery thereupon passed a resolution stipulating that the institution should be called "Davidson College," "as a tribute to the memory of that distinguished and excellent man, Gen. William Davidson, who, in the ardor of patriotism, fearlessly contending for the liberty of his country, fell (universally lamented) in the battle of Cowan's Ford." The Presbyteries of Bethel and Morganton, a few months later, added their strength to that of Concord ; the churches, in their poverty, soon raised over thirty thousand dollars for the new institution, and on March 1, 1837, David- son College began its career, with sixty-six students in attend- ance, and Dr.