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

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S. C. Hart Mt. Ulla, N. C. A.B.. Phi. Age, 21; height, 5 ft. 10 in.; weight, 181. Class Football Team; Scrub Football Team Avuf(c him not. Surely he ta es his fill Of Jeep and liquid rest, forgetful of all ill. Sam l 1 one of the original seven sleepers; combs his hair regularly every Sunday morning; gets boxes of home-made candy from girls; was a tower of strength in clars football as long as he remained awake, and sho ok off Morpheus long enough to make the second team last fall. He could make all sorts of marks if they would hitch a dynamo to him from seven till ten p. m., Sam ' s greatest troubles are: his feet, his blushing cheeks, and his wastline. He has a philosophic turn of mind and blushes so badly when his poetry is made public that he has desisted as a writer. He likes his zip and his ease, and will represent Mt. Ulla in the State legislature some of these days — Socrates too, was fat. Walter Slagle Henderson Davidson, N. C. B.S., Phi. Age, 24; height, 5 ft. 10 in.; weight. 155. We grant that though he had much n it. He T»as very shy of using it. Behold the monstrous monitor. For two years he has lyranized over us at chapel and church, but his days are numbered. We have decided to raise our insurrection about June 1st, 1912, and never go to chapel again unless it is of our own free will and accord. For any one who could escape his vigilance, Sing Sing should hold no terrors. We greatly fear that since Walter has been engaged in the jewelry business in Dav:dson he has corrupted the natives and marred their simple tastes by the display of his glittering wares.

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N. N. Fleming Woodleaf, N. C. A.B., Phi. Age, 22; height. 5 ft. 10 in.; weight, 160. Honor Roll, 4 years; Class Monitor; Physics Instructor, 2 years; First Superintendent Society; Vice-President Society; Critic and President Society; Debating Council; First Alternate 2 years; Class Football; Class Baseball. This boy is forest born, and hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies Here is a lar heel for you. A progidy when it comes to learning; a court plaster for sticking to it; a failure for loafing; a wonder as an economizer, yet not a tightwad; a sponge for absorbing formulae; and withal the pride of the Phi Society. Ncely has horse sense mixed in with book sense. He believes in 98 per cent, perspiration and 2 per cent, sweat, as the secret of getting to the top. He got into the hftbil ol making honor marks as a freshman and rannot shake it off. John Witherson Frierson Columbia, Tenn. B.S., Eu., B. ©. II. Age. 20; height 5 ft. 7 in.; weight. 115. He hath an oar in every man ' s boat, a finger in every pie. He is from Tennessee, and he ' s proud of it. Constitutionally opposed to the strenuous life, he is continually showing that it isn ' t necessary by making good grades with an incredible amount of work. He is said to be a confirmed cigarette fiend who smokes once every week without fail. You will find him a perfect store house of advice with which he is as generous as he is with every- thing else. What Frierson hasn ' t tried is not worth trying, and his exploits vary from catlleship excursions to spieling for socialism.

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Clifford Ernest Herrick Crystal River, Fla. A.B., Eu. Age, 21 ; height, 5 ft. 7 in.; weight, 160. Class Football; Scrub Football. With mirlh and laughter let old wn ' nfc es come. Fiendish, fictitious, frivolous, fandangerous, fiddler. Loud laughing, ludicrous lad, is this semi-aligalorous specimen from the Swanee River Swamps. If you are ever in Davidson and look- ing for accommodations you may find Iwo rooms and a balh in his fountain pen. Old Walls has squirmed and wriggled under the piercing shrieks and heavy tread of this good-hearted, hail fellow well met. George Howard Tarboro, N. C. A.B., Phi.. II. K. ' l . Age, 18; height. 5 fl. 8 in.; weight, 130. Supervisor Socety; Member German Club; Member Orchestra 3 years; Manager Tennis Asiociation; Class Baseball; President Warren- ton High School Club; President Kodak Club; Manager Class Football ; Staff Quips and Cranks. He draweth unl the thread of Ids verbosity finei than the staple of lis argument George rejoices in the cognomen Dog-Eye, which, though not given in his babyhood sticketh closer than a brother, being varied only by the more gentile term. Puppy Optics. Wh le not rejoicing he plays the fiddle. Sometime he talks. In spite however, of musical proclivities and his maidenly handwriting he swats the tennis ball with such precision that he writes his name high among the officials of the Tennis Association. To predict less than success for him after graduation were to prophesy falsely; therefore let him fiddle and prosper.