Davidson College - Quips and Cranks Yearbook (Davidson, NC)

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Entrance Examinations Wednesday Fall Term Began Thursday Thanksgiving Exercises Thursday • Intermediate Examinations Began Tuesday . Fall Term Closed Friday . . Spring Term Opened Tuesday . Sophomore Banquet Friday . . Junior Orations Friday • • Day of Prayer for Schools and Col- leges Thursday ■ Eumenean Declaimers ' Contest . . . Saturday . Maxwell Chambers Day (Senior Ora- tions) Saturday . . April 13th Junior Entertainment Monday ■ ■ April 15th Eumenean Prize Debate Saturday . . April 20th Philanthropic Declaimers ' Contest . Friday . . . April 26th Athletic Day Saturday . . April 27th Philanthropic Prize Debate Saturday . . May 4th Senior Examinations Began - . . Tuesday . . May I4 tn Final Examinations Began . . . .Monday- • . May 27th Baccalaureate Sermon . II A. M. Sunday . . June 9th Sermon Before Y. M. C. A. . 8 P. M. Sunday . . . June 9U1 Class Tree Planting Monday . . June 10th Senior Dramatics 8:30 p. M. Monday . . . June 10th Annual Meeting of Trustees, n A. M. Reunion of Literary Societies. S p. M. Address Before Literary Societies, 11 A. M. Alumni Oration n A. M. Meeting of Alumni Association, 4 P. M. Alumni Banquet Anniversary of Literary Societies, 5 P. M. Oratorical Contest 8 p. m. Actaeon Banquet . . . 10 p.m. Commencement Day Tuesday- Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday June nth . June 1 ith . June 1 2th . June 1 2th Wednesday . June 12th Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday . . June 12II1 . June 12th . June 12th June 13th

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improved, and a quarter-mile running track con- structed. A bicycle club has been organized, and the large drives of the campus have been connected by curved paths. This gives a roughly circular track for bicycle racing or practice nearly a half mile in length. A roller-skating club and a gun club have also been added to the list of athletic organizations. The latter has five traps located on college land not far from the campus. There are also eleven tennis courts in active operation on the college grounds. The location of the college is midway between Charlotte and Statesville, on the A. , T. O. R. R. It has four trains a day, connecting at Charlotte with the Southern, the C. C. and the C. C. A., and at Statesville with the W. N. C. R. R. The village has about eight hundred inhabitants, a handsome church and mission chapel, a flourishing classical academy of high grade, and no barrooms.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES. W. J. McKay, D. D President J. Rumple, D. D Secretary O. D. Davis, Esq Treasurer George E. Wilson, Esq Attorney EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. W. J. McKay, D. D O.D. Davis J. Rumple, D. D George E. Wilson Col. A. R. Banks. C. M. Payne, D. D.. Col. J. E Dunn. F. H.Johnston, D. D., Elizabeth City, N Rev. Charles G. Vardell, Newbern, N. C Hon. A. Leazar, Raleigh, N. C . . . Rev. C. A. Monroe, Lenoir. N. C . . J. Rumple, D. D., Salisbury, N. C . . W. A Wood, D. D., Statesville, N. C Rev. J. A. Ramsey, Hickory, N. C . . O. D. Davis, Esq., Salisbury, N. C . . Rev. P. R. Law, Lumber Bridge, N. C Capt.S. C Rankin, Fayetteville, N. C Rev. D D McBryde, Little River Acade J. A. McAllister, Esq., Lumberton, N. C Col. John E. Brown, Charlotte, N. C . Dr. J. F. P. Robinson, Lowell, N. C . . Rev. J. L. Williamson, Derita, N. C . . Robert A. Dunn, Esq., Charlotte, N. C Dr. E. Nye Huchinson, Charlotte, N. C Prof. Hugh A. Gray, Huntersville, N. C George W. Watts, Esq., Durham, N. C J. H. Smith, D. D., Greensboro, N. C . J. L. Scott, Esq., Graham, N. C . . . . . . Chairman . . Treasurer . . Clerk . . Attorney Brown, R. A. 1895 1S96 1895 1895 1897 189S 1898 1S95 1896 1899 1898 1895 1898 1898 1 95 1897 1S9S J. H. Sprunt, Esq., Wilmington, N. C [895 James H. Moore, Esq., Burgaw, N. C ' . . 1S96 Rev. George W. McMillan, Burgaw, N. C 1.S97 Rev. B. P. Reid, Kershaw, S. C 1895 D. E- Jordan, D. D., Winnsboro, S. C 1896 II. n. W. H. Stewart, Rock Hill, S. C 1896 Rev. D. N. McLaughlin, Chester, S. C 1897 Col. A. R. Banks, Yorkville, S. C 1S97 Hon D. C. Henderson, Aiken, S. C 1S95 Rev. J. C. Oehler, Aiken, S. C 1S96 Rev. B. G.Clifford, Union, S. C 1895 W. B. Nisbet, Esq., Piedmont, S. C 1896 W.J. McKay, D. D., Maysville, S. C 1895 A. White, Esq., Sumter, S. C [896 W. F. Stevenson, Esq., Chesterfield, S. C J895 Rev. John Jordan Law, Darlington, S. C 1896 J. R. Riley, D. D., Easley, S. C 1895 J. Lowrie Wilson, D. D., Abbeville, S. C 1S96 Rev. L- A. Simpson, Toccoa, Ga 1896 Henry Quigg, D. D.,Conyers, Ga 1896 J. B. Mack, D. D., Fort Mill, S. C 1896 Rev. E. G. Smith, Washington, Ga 1895 Rev. J. W. Quaterman, Wayeross, Ga 1895 L. C. Vass, D. D., Savannah, Ga 1S96 B. W. Johnson, Esq., Monticello, Fla 1895 Rev. L. H. Wilson, Davidson, N. C 1S95 W. H. Dodge, D. D , Jacksonville, Fla 1S96 ALUMNI TRUSTEES. B. F. Hall, Esq., Wilmington, N. C 1895 W. B. Thompson, Esq., Chester, S. C 1896 J. M. P. Otts, D. D., LL. D., Greensboro, Ala 1S97 Major M. McR. McLaughlin, Cheraw, S. C 1S98 13