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friend of the College has furnished the means for the construction of a new athletic field and out-of-door gymnasium ; a need which has been felt for a long time, and the satisfaction of which will be of untold benefit to the students. This was one of the wants mentioned in the last College Bulletin, issued only a few months ago. Another among the number was the need of an electric lighting plant. This, too, is now an assured reality, and the new plant will be set up during the coming sum- mer. Quite a number of other improvements are being planned, and, from the success obtained thus far, we may be confident that they will materialize before many more classes leave the College walls. Looking forward to the years to come, the future seems bright with promise. Like a goodly vessel that has weathered many a storm and still right proudly holds on her course, the old College, though she has passed through some rough weather at times, is yet right seaworthy withal, and, with the promise of fair weather ahead, will, we doubt not, yet help many a voyager on life ' s broad ocean to his desired haven. Let those, then, whom she has helped in the past show their loyalty to the mother who nourished them so tenderly by clinging to her yet more affectionately in the future.
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cold showers at any time of the day; and the renovated church, with its handsome new pipe organ, offers quite a pleasing contrast to the old building from the point of view of additional comfort and increased seating capacity. These improvements, which only a few years ago were hardly more than dreams, are now among the most useful realities of the College equipment. A mere mention of the other recent improvements will be sufficient. Within the last few years the faculty has been enlarged to the extent of one Professor, an Associate Professor, a Gymnasium Director, and several assistants in various depart- ments. The library is steadily increasing in size and value by the additions which are being made from time to time. The efficiency of the work done by the students in the Chemical and Physical laboratories has been greatly augmented by the contin- uous-additions to their plants in the way of materials, apparatus, etc. Under these conditions, life is going forward at Davidson today. With a larger student body and a larger faculty than ever before in her history ; with better equip- ment in the way of buildings, libraries, laboratories, etc., it may be said that she is now doing more effective work and rendering more efficient service to the country than she has done in all the years that are gone, however glorious her past history may be. Life on the Davidson campus at the present day is far different from what it was when the fathers and grandfathers of the present students conned their text- books in Latin, Greek and Mathematics beneath these classic shades. The advan- tages of a more flexible curriculum have increased the number of electives, thus giving greater play of selection to the individual student. Although the part David- son has taken in intercollegiate athletics within late years has caused some of the older and, for aught we know, wiser alumni to shake their heads in disapproval, it can be said to the honor of Davidson College that her record on the gridiron, on the diamond, and in every other form of manly sport, has been as clean and irreproach- able as her standards of intellectual discipline have been high and unimpeachable. Standing as she does for the development of the whole man, Davidson has seen fit to endeavor to give her students every advantage available for the cultivation of bodily strength and activity. It is now becoming clear that in order for her sons to win in the battle of life, they must be equipped with bodies which can withstand the attacks of disease and sustain the fatigues of active life as well as with well-trained minds and clean moral characters with which to gain the love and respect of their fellowmen. It is a characteristic fact that one of the most note-worthy improvements to be made at Davidson in the near future is in pursuance of this very idea. A generous
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