Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/quipscranks1934davi irJir QUIPS AND CRANKS ^fe 1934 PUBLISHED BY KRA THE SENIOR CLASS IHE OF nfiiF DAVIDSON COLLEGE DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA FOREWORD <^'HE inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt co- \ieIe incided with a time of unprecedented M economic emergency. Floiving out of this coincidence came the placing of an exceptional amount of power and au- NRA thority into his hands. President Roose- velt was regarded in the campaign pre- ceding the election as one outstanding in his love for all his fellow men and in his determination that no one. how- ever humble, should be overlooked in establishing the new order. It is a great tribute to the life, char- acter and personality of our President that he has continued to abide in the confidence of the people, which he does by his deep sympathy and interest in humanity. His addresses to the Ameri- can public have been made with sim- plicity, full-blooded yet temperate and FOREWORD poised—rooted in common sense but reaching upward to the nobilities of »=nl'=nl statesmanship. =nl-=nlcri| We have tried to show m the pages of this book something of the life and NRA character of this our greatest President. He IS pictured at momentous occasions in his life. Because of this study, it is hoped that you will see him as he is. a richly human personality. He seems to know everything. He is alert, alive and in love with life and people. No one knows what it is in him that captures the imagination: it is something we can neither define nor resist — something magnetic, mystical, marvelous. May we continue to trust him as he leads us for- ward. There is no name in all our country's history so loved as his today. All hail to Roosevelt, the man of the hour. To him be glory and honor! Frank Lee Jackson DEDICATION HE Senior Class of Davidson College in sincere appreciation, dedicate this, the thirty -seventh ^ volume of Quips and Cranks, (o Frank Lee Jackson, treasurer of the college. This appreciation has grown out ot the constant en- deavors of Mr. Jackson through the years for the develop- ment of Davidson: out of his admonitions to all of as students: out of his kindness, ihoughtfulness, consider- ation, f:ympathy and loyalty to the students m fulfilling the high aims and fine visions that brought them to Davidson. For twenty-one years Mr. Jackson has served David- son College as its treasurer and in this capacity he has proved faithful, efficient and capable m handling the financial affairs of this growing institution and has been largelif responsible tor bringing Davidson successfully through the trying period of a depression. By his loyalty and efficiency, he has earned the esteem and affection not alone of the students, but of his fellow members of the faculty, the alumni, and trustees. It IS therefore With appreciation ot a valuable service and with a genuine personal affection that we. the Senior Class of Davidson, dedicate this volume to Frank Lee Jackson, a real Davidsonian who completed his collegiate career to graduate into rich service to his Alma Mater. ^^ CONTENTS n^Tr^ jhI^ Book I THE COLLEGE NRA Book II THE CLASSES Book III ACTIVITIES Book IV ATHLETICS Book V FRATERNITIES IN MEMORIAM <^''O Davidson's oldest alumnus. w|i:nl'=nf General W. A. Smith, of IM the class of 1865. Commander of the North Carolina Department of NRA United Confederate Veterans icho died of a heart attack, April 16, at his home in Ansonville, North Caro- lina. He Lvas 92 years old. General Smith demonstrated a zeal and loy- alty which marks the faithful alum- nus. He deserves tribute because of his unstinted devotion to the college. We honor him because of his con- tinued loyalty to Davidson and its great traditions and for his deep interest throughout the years. Franklin Di-lano Roosevelt President of the United States ^UMi^jbtmsamKaoHimmxa €^^ lr=3inlr=.|fain^n^ NRA Woodrow Wilson [There are striking p.ir.illcl' in thf Presidential careers of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, both in the con- ditions that brought about their elections and in the characters and motivating principles of the two men. The quotation given below is taken from an address made by President Roosevelt on Woodrow Wilson and his efforts for peace, before the Wilson Foundation in Washington, December 29. Coming from the President of the United States, this is a significant gesture and should be a powerful instrument for the peace visioned by Woodrow Wilson—Davidson's greatest alumnus.] ary^HE imagination of the masses of world l<^ population was stirred, as never before, by President Wilson's gallant appeal to them— to those masses to — . banish future war. Through the League directly, or through its guiding motives indirectly, the states of the world have groped for- ward to find something better than the old way of composing their differences. "Through all the centuries and down to the world conflict of 1914 to 1918. wars were made by governments. Woodrow Wilson challenged that ne- cessity. That challenge made the people who create and who change government think. They wondered with Woodrow Wilson whether the people them- selves could not some day prevent governments from making war. "It is but an extension of the challenge of Wood- row Wilson for us to propose in this newer gen- eration that from now on war by governments shall be changed to peace by peoples." THE GOOD SAMARITAN Roosevelt has alivays manifested a strong love for humanity. This is shoivn in hts kmdhness of manner which is an essential part of true greatness. He abolished child labor forever ivtth a stroke of his pen and is the defender of "The Forgotten Man." I a BOOK ONE ACTION "This nation asks for action and action now. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the mo- ment . We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity . We aim at the assur- ance of a rounded and permanent na- tional life . The people of the United States have not failed . In their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action." —Inau- gural Address. March 4. 1^33. COLLEGE A History of Davidson College "^'ND some seed fell upon good ground that sprang up and increased." So goes the parable of the sower and the seed. Davidson is the fruition of a small seed, sown the spring of 1835 by the energetic, liberty-loving, Scotch-Irish members of Concord Presbytery. "A Manual Labor School" was established by laying the cornerstone on April 7, 18 36, named for General William Davidson, a Revolutionary hero, "for the encourage- ment of liberal knowledge in languages, arts and sciences, and for diffusing the great advantages of education upon more general terms." Prospects for the success of the school were not bright, but the founders cherished a great dream, and into its realization, they determinedly put their time and money and March 1, 1837, had the gratification of seeing their achievement begin its life as an active college. Sixty-five students were enrolled for the first term and the three professors engaged to n teach were well occupied. One of the three, Robert Hall Morrison, was selected to act as Presi- dent; and by his personal magnetism and excellence of oratory, contributed a great deal to the prestige of the young institution. Under his four years' administration, and the longer one which followed of Dr. Samuel Williamson, Davidson grew "in spirit" and the competence of its faculty and the remarkable scholastic work of its students began to win widespread recognition. Since making possible an economical education had been one of the school's original purposes, a "manual labor system " had been installed and was expected to yield the necessary income. However, this failed because of its unpopularity with the students, and as a result, the early 1850's found a comparatively large number of students at Davidson in search of learning and a faculty capable of imparting it, but a college weighted down in debt and one whose very existence was threatened. The year 185 6 marked the dawn of a new era for Davidson. Mr. Maxwell Chambers made a large bequest to the college and with part of it old "Chambers" was erected, the re- mainder being used as an endowment fund. New professors were added, more students arrived, I and depression disappeared from the campus. Through the efforts of Major D. H. Hill, later to become General Hill, an improved disciplinary system was established during this period and "a day of speaking" was inaugurated which is known today as "Junior Speaking." With the installation of the next President, Dr. John Lycan Kirkpatrick. there also came the Civil War, which brought the affairs of Davidson to the lowest ebb in its history. Interest in the political campaign of 1860 had run high on the campus, and with the election of Lincoln, the resulting "rumors of war" created great excitement. In vain the faculty urged a spirit of calmness, and by the end of 1861, the student body had almost completely dispersed. In the words of a member of the sophomore class, "Fast and furious the tocsin of war r^ i Old Chambers Page Sixteen sounded: fast and furious the students fled the college hall to stem the invader's march." Even some of the professors left, and in the fall of 1861, there were only twenty-nine students.