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

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(jtotpH unh (Eranks fast mb Jtosrnt EIGHT years ago the students of Davidson entered a new field of college enterprise by publishing the first volume of Quips and Cranks. Since that date every year, with the exception of ' 96 and ' 99 has seen another volume added to the list. Each annual, since the first owes a debt to the past, and is to a certain extent an outgrowth of its predecessors. It cannot be said, however, that there has been a constant development and improvement, for, on the contrary, the fortunes of Quips and Cranks have been somewhat varied. The editors of Volume I deserve especial credit not only for opening up the way, but also for giving their volume a degree of excellence which some of its successors have not succeeded in attaining. Space does not permit anything in the nature of a criticism of the five volumes which have followed this one. It may not be amiss to say that Volume III, of the year 1898, is probably the best published, either before or since that time, and that Volume V is second to this alone. Of course all of the annuals have had their defects, and in some these were much more noticeable than in others; but, taking Quips and Cranks as a whole, the career has thus far been one marked by success. The present volume has not been unique on account of the absence of misfortunes and difficulties, but in presenting it to the public, the editors have no desire to make excuses or apologies to show why it is not what it might have been. Certainly we are not blind to its imperfections, and we shall be sorely disappointed if it is not handled unmercifully by those men of words and not of deeds who can tell more in five minutes about how an annual should be gotten out than they can do in five years towards helping improve it in any way. In regard to our attempts at humor we wish to say that everything of this nature is intended as harmless fun, and is not expected to cause any one to feel offended. We assure the members of the faculty that nothing in this book is published through any disrespect towards them and their positions. We have attempted to include in these pages a mixture of the grave and the gay, of sense and nonsense, and as such we give it to our readers with the wish that they may find it an interesting picture of college life. To our friends, who have assisted us in the literary, and especially in the art department, we express our sincere thanks, hoping that they may not be disappointed in this volume upon which we have bestowed our labors.

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Completing the Doctor of Philosophy course, with the exception of his Thesis, he was elected Professor of Science in the Chatham Academy at Savannah, Georgia. In 1897 he was elected to the chair of Mathematics in Davidson College. james Mcdowell douglas, m. a., ph. d. Professor of Natural Philosophy. Dr. Douglas was born in Fairfield county, South Carolina, in 1867. He entered Davidson College in 1890, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1893, being one of the honor men of his class. During the following year he pursued his studies in Mathematics, and in 1894 received the degree of Master of Arts. The three years after graduation were spent in teaching at the Davidson High School, and as Super- intendent of the Gaston Institute, at Gastonia, North Carolina. He entered Johns Hopkins University in 1897, and in 1901 was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In the same year he was elected to the chair of Natural Philosophy at Davidson College. ARCHIBALD CURRIE, A. B. Adjunct Professor in Mathematics, Latin and Greek. Professor Currie was born at Hillsboro, North Carolina, in 1876. Entered Davidson College in 1893. In 1896 he received the Debater ' s medal, and in the following year was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After leaving College he taught one year at Coleman, Texas. From 1898 to 1901 he was principal of the Davidson High School. In 1901 he was elected to the position of Adjunct Professor of Mathe- matics, Latin and Greek at Davidson College.

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William Lee Davidson, Jr. Upon whose land Davidson College was located, and who wi liberal contributor towards the founding of the institution, and a member of its first Board of Trustees