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Nine-Hole Golf Course Proposed Dormitory Sprunt Athletic Field Proposed Georgia Dormitory Building Tennis Courts Presbyterian Church Propoaed Building Gymnasium Proposed Building Watts Dormitory Proposed Building Chambers Building Rumple Dormitory Outdoor Gymnasium Library Martin Chemical Laboratory Philanthropic Society Hall Shearer Biblical Hall Eumenean Society Hall DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, N. C. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/davidsoncollegeb19191920 VOL. XIX FEBRUARY, 1920 Number 1 DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN CATALOGUE NUMBER EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION 1919-1920 FOUNDED 1836-37 DAVIDSON, N. C. From 1902 to 1909, the Bulletin Was Published as a Quarterlg Now Published Februarp, March, Map, June, August, September, November and December Entered as Second-Class Matter, March 1, 1909, at the Postoffice at Davidson, N C, Under Act of Congress, July 16, 1894 . CALENDAR, 1920 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL S M TW T F S S M TW T F S S M T W T F S S M TW T F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 ..123456 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2? 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 .. MAT JUNE JULY AUGUST S M T W T F S S M TW T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S ] .... 1 2 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 1? 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 .. 12 3 4 5 6 E 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30.. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 SO 31 . 31 CALENDAR, 1921 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL S M T W T F S S 11 T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 .... 1 2 3 4 5 .... 1 2 3 4 5 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 ... 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST S M T W T F S S 11 T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1 2 ..123456 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 . 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 31 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 .... 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 . 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 —— COLLEGE CALENDAR 1919 September 2 and 3—Tuesday and Wednesday Registration of Students. September 4—Thursday Fall Term Began September 8—Monday (8:45 a.m.), Annual Address to the Students October 23—Thursday Davidson College Day November 27—Thursday Thanksgiving November 29—Saturday. .Maxwell Chambers Day, Senior Orations December 9—Tuesday Intermediate Examinations Begin December 19—Friday Fall Term Closed Christmas Vacation—1919-1920 January 2—Tuesday Spring Term Began February 9, 14, 16, 21 Re-examinations February 22—Sunday Day of Prayer for Colleges February 28—Saturday Junior Orations April 10—Saturday Athletic Day May 23—Sunday (11 a.m.) Baccalaureate Sermon May 23—Sunday (8 p.m.) Annual Sermon before Y. M. C. A. May 24—Monday (8:30 p.m.) — Exercises of Literary Societies, Contest for Junior Oratorical Medal, and Award of Medals and Trophies. May 25—Tuesday (9 a.m.) . .Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees May 25—Tuesday (4 p.m.) Senior Class Exercises May 25—Tuesday (5 p.m.) — Reception by President and Faculty to Alumni, Trustees and Visiting Friends. May 25—Tuesday (6 p.m.) — Alumni Luncheon and Annual Meeting of Alumni Association. May 25—Tuesday (9 p.m.) Annual Literary Address May 26—Wednesday (11 a.m.) — Senior Oratorical Contest, Graduation Exercises, Announce- ments. Summer Vacation September 7 and 8—Tuesday and Wednesday Registration of Students. September 9—Thursday (8:30 a.m.) Fall Term Begins 13 September —Monday (8:30 a.m.) . .Annual Address to Students October 11, 18 Re-examinations October 21—Thursday Davidson College Day November 25—Thursday Thanksgiving December 16—Friday Intermediate Examinations Begin December 22—Tuesday Fall Term Closes Christmas Vacation—1920-1921 January 5—Wednesday Spring Term Begins February 7, 12, 14, 19 Re-examinations February 27—Sunday Day of Prayer for Colleges April 9—Saturday Athletic Day HOW TO REACH DAVIDSON From the South, Eastern North Carolina, and the North pas- sengers will come to Charlotte. There are three passenger trains each day over the Southern (A. T. and O. Division) from Char- lotte 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 0. 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. DAVIDSON COLLEGE HISTORICAL SKETCH The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, who settled Piedmont Carolina, 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 pa- triotism, religion, and love of learning are blended in every word of the motto on the college seal, Alenda lux ubi orta libertas (Let learning be cherished where liberty has arisen). The originator of the movement was Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, 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 selection of a site for an institution of learning. At the fall meeting this committee reported and the Presbytery thereupon passed a resolution stipu- lating that the institution should be called "Davidson College," "as a tribute to the memory of that distin- guished and excellent man, Gen.