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

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Eugene Spencer Clark, B. S. Phi Clarkton, N. C. Of manners gentle, of uu: Doc. was bom down horn?. where they still have log-rollin ' s and fish fries and pretty girls; perhaps these have influ- enced his temperament somewhat, but re- gardless of these, he is a fellow of few words. His dreaming capacity is equal to that of any one, his dreams will, no doubt, some day reach fruition. Through- out his course. Doc has. little by little, achieved much — he doesn ' t believe in do- ing all at one sitting. Vie made the Class baseball team one year. The greatest success that has come his way is the satisfaction that there is one who helps him to view life ' s possibilities with broader vision. College life has put into the boy the manhood that will meet and successfully combat barriers as he has fought those Math, problems. Samuel Henry Cook, A. B., Eu Davidson, N. C. love the man ihat is moderaleh val- ient; that stirs not fill he most needs ami then lo purpose. Cook began talcing prizes at the baby shows about twenty-one years ago. Bruns- wick, Ga., being the town honored as his birthplace. He early saw the advantage of the higher education, and went to the Presbyterian Institute of Blackshear. Ga. He worried the teachers at that institution until they became sufficiently tired of him. and graduated him in 1905. He came to Davidson, where he was numbered the ' 09 ' s seventeenth red-headed Fresh. You can ' t keep a good man down ; Cook has been a member of his Class track team leader of a class in the Gym., and Review er of the Eu. Society. His watchword is I ' ve never flunked. He will, therefore be very much in evidence when those de grees are handed out.

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Joseph Hollingsworth Carter Mt. Airy, N. C. B. S., Phi. For manners are noi idle, hut the fruit Of lo )al nature and of nohlc minJ. Joe began te brealhe the pure mountain ail In 1886, and it is said that at three days of age he was seen on the streets with his fellow townsmen, telling and listening to the mo5t humorous jokes. But. being born under a lucky slar, he was led to D. C. where he entered ' 09. when we were all alike Freshmen. But still he was lucky, and by some manaeuver, managed to dodge the Sophs, throughout his Fresh, year. He was elected Marshal, 06-07. He was Secretary of Phi Society, ' 07; Vice- President of Class, ' 07-08; won Declaim- cr ' s Medal, ' 07; Vice-President of stu- dent body. 07-08; Assis:ant Baseball Manager, 08; elected Baseball Manager, ' 09; on intersociety debate, ' 09; Class football team, ' 08; track team. ' 06-07-08; Secretary of Y. M. C. A., ' 07-08; Li- brary Committee, ' 07-08-09; Executive Committe of Athletic Association, ' 07-08; and (inally. Marshal a second time in his Senior year. But who can say that all these honors have made him different from what we first found him? Clarence Stewart Clark. . . B. S., Phi., .Clarkton, N. C. ■The College the athlete Clark was not born to study — so he thinks. The first we heard of him was in the Phi. hall crying, A Daniel come to ludgment. On he yelled, and as a Fresh- man, won the Declaimer ' s Medal. It is not known whether he deprived some peb- bles of their winsomeness, as the old Gre- cians, or whether he came natural by it. When a Junior, he went for the pigskin and has appeared on the Varsity two years. In track athletics he plays an Im- portant part for College and Class, having made the team four years. He has a rec- ord as a ball pitcher. He has gone up by steps — Class team one year, scrubs one. Varsity two, and is a member of the Greenville League Club. Clarence is ont of the best all-round athletes. He served as Secretary of Society. Executive Committee of Athletic Association, and Baseball Captain, 09.

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Thomas Holden Daffin B. S., Eu., H II Mc 1, Flc A proper man as anp one shall see in a summer ' s Jap. Daf.. il is said, used to sit and think how he might discover some new way of doing those things that didn ' t come so easily, but he found out thai there was too much mental anguish attending the waitmg process; so, relinquishing his for- mer plans, he began lo ascend the ladder aright. Davidson has a warm place in his heart. Such is his fondness for learning that he is here both in and out of season. His candle power is hard lo estimate. He is sufficiently strong wherever you put him. He made Class football team. Some one says he has read every book in the library and sighs for more. His sturdy zeal will make way against obstacles. Robert Evans Denny Greensboro, N. C. B. S., Phi., K B ; nalure honest, fcij experience n i5e, Healih fcp temperance and fcl) exercise. In taking in the historic places in the old town of Reidsville, N. C, the natives will point out to you the birthplace of Robert Evans D nny. After a year at Guilford College. Bob decided to take an all-round course at Davidson, which ha? fully been realized: Sub. Varsity football team. 05; Varsity football team. 06-07-08: Coach Class football team, ' 08-09; Class track team four years; Captain Class track team, 06; Captain and Manager College track team. ' 07-08; Class baseball team four years; President Sophomore Class; President Ministerial Band; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; Staff Quips and Cranks; Member Ex- ecutive Committee Athletic Association; Glee Club four years, leader. 07-08; Sec- retary Society. ' 07; intersociety debating team; chosen alternate debater on inter- collegiate debating team.