DAVIDSON COLLEGE II5U, YEAR ti Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/davidsoncollegec19511952 DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY DAVIDSON COLLEGE Entered as Second-Class Matter. April 12, 1922. at the Post Office at Davidson, N. C, Under Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. VOL. 50 NO. A APRIL. 19(1 THE LEGAL TITLE OF THE INSTITUTION IS "THE TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE" THIS TITLE SHOULD BE USED WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE COLLEGE AS A BENEFICIARY IN YOUR WILL DAVIDSON COLLEGE BULLETIN Catalog Number ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH SESSION 1950-1951 WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1951-1952 Founded 1836-37 DAVIDSON, N. C. APRIL, 19 5 1 VOL. 50 NO. 4 1951 1952 JANUARY JULY JANUARY JULY SMTWTFS SMTWTFS S M TWT F S S M TWT F S .... 3 4 3 4 7 12 5 6 12 5 6 12 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 U 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 2c 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST FEBRUARY AUGUST FEBRUARY S M TWT F S SMTWTFS SMTWTFS S M TWT F S 1 2 1 2 3 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 26 27 28 29 30 31 .... 24 25 26 27 28 29 .... 31 MARCH SEPTEMBER MARCH SEPTEMBER SMTWTFS SMTWTFS S M TWT F S S M TWT F S 1 2 3 1 1 ... 12 3 4 5 6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26' 27 28 29 28 29 30 30 30 31 APRIL OCTOBER APRIL OCTOBER SMTWTFS SMTWTFS S M TWT F S S M TWT F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 .... 12 3 4 5 6 12 3 4 5 12 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 30 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 .... MAY NOVEMBER MAY NOVEMBER S M T W T F S SMTWTFS SMTWTFS S M TWT F S 1 12 3 4 5 1 2 3 12 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "4 "<5 9 10 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26' 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 .... 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 JUNE DECEMBER JUNE DECEMBER SMTWTFS SMTWTFS S M TWT F S S M TWT F S 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 ... 12 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 29 30 28 29 30 31 COLLEGE CALENDAR* SESSION 1951 May 28 Monday Commencement June I, 2 Friday and Saturday Re-examinations June 4-July 20 First Term—Summer Session July 2 3 -Aug. 28 Second Term—Summer Session Sept. 14-18 Friday through Tuesday Orientation Period Sept. 17-18 Monday and Tuesday Re-examinations Sept. 17 Monday, 4:00 p.m Faculty Meeting Sept. 17 Monday Registration of Sophomores Sept. 18 ... Tuesday Registration of Juniors and Seniors Sept. 19 Wednesday Classes Begin October 13 Saturday Homecoming, a Holiday November 22 Thursday Thanksgiving Holiday December 19 Wednesday, after close of College Exercises Christmas Recess Begins 19 5 2 January 3 Thursday, 8:25 a.m. Christmas Recess Ends January 21 Monday Mid-year Examinations Begin January 30 Wednesday Mid-year Examinations End January 31 Thursday 8:2 5 a.m. Second Semester Begins February 20 Wednesday Meeting of Trustees March 21-25 Friday through Wednesday . Spring Recess March 21 Friday, 2:00 p.m. Re-examinations May 21 Wednesday Second Semester Examinations Begin May 30 Friday Second Semester Examinations End May 3 1 -June 1,2 Saturday through Monday Commencement June 6,7 Friday and Saturday Re-examinations "'"This calendar subject to change by action of the faculty. davidson college Charles Malone Richards (1915) A.B. (Davidson), D.D., LL.D. (Hampden-Sydney) Professor of Bible, Church History and Government and Christian Evidences, Emeritus Guy Richard Vowles (1925) A.B. (Yankton), B.A., M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Chicago), Litc.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 Fred Leroy Blythe (1923) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (North Carolina), M.A. (The ?\liddlebury 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 FACULTY y 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) /. W. Cannon Professor of Bible Henry Emmett Fulcher (1925) B.S., M.S. (Virginia) fames Buchanan Duke Professor of Physics and Astrono-my James Walker Reid (1942) B.S. (Davidson), M.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Peabody) Professor of Geography and Geology Fred William Hengeveld (1920) B.S. (Davidson) (University of Chicago) Director of Admissions George Lawrence Abernethy (1946) A.B. (Bucknell), M.A. (Oberlin), Ph.D. (Michigan) Professor of Philosophy William Nelson Mebane, Jr. (1923) B.S. (Davidson), M.A. (Cornell) Professor of Mathematics 10 davidson college John Thomas Kimbrough (1928) B.S. (Davidson), M.S. (Chicago) 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 Professor of History Thomas Swindall Logan (1937) B.S.. M.S. (Emory), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) Professor of Chemistry James Christian Pfohl (1933) (North Carolina), B.M., M.M. (Michigan) Professor and Director of Music John Bryant Gallent (1942) B.S. (Davidson), M.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina) Professor of Chemistry Clarence John Pietenpol (1946) B.S. (Pittsburgh), M.S. (Colorado), Ph.D. (New York) Professor of Physics William Olin Puckett (1946) A.B. (Davidson), M.A. (North Carolina), Ph.D. (Princeton) R. J. Reynolds Professor of Biology Charles Augustus Godcharles (1948) A.B.