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

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John Russell ] Iinter. Jr. Davidson, N. C. A.B., Ell. ; Age, 19 Class Football; Class Basket-ball; Gym. Team : Ass ' t Mgr. Tennis Associa- tion ; Art Editor Quips and Cr.axks, two years ; Manager Gym. Team. Thank God. I, too, am a painter Russell has two ambitions in life — to draw and to sport. To say that he suc- ceeds in doing both exceptionally well is only to repeat what has already been proved — the former by observing the pages of this Annual, tlie latter by observing Rnssell at Junior Speaking and Commencement. Good-looking, agreeable, and attractive, he is liked by everyone, young and old. He is one of the brightest members of our Class, and if lie makes liis talent his trade we feel sure that he will rank high among the artists of a future day. I oyalty is his chief characteristic, for he is loyal to ' 13, loj ' al to D. C, and loyal to his King. Clifton MuRriiY Georgetown, S. C. A.B., Eu. ; Age, 19 Honor Roll, four years ; Clas s His- torian ; Sec ' y. Vice-Pres.. Reviewer Eu. Society ; Magazine Staff, two years : Exchange Ed. Magacinc; Ed.-in-chief Quips and Cranks ; Commencement Marshal; Junior Commencement Orator; Valedictorian of Class; Annual Staff. Tlir Siholiir ' s learning, tvitlt the cour- tier ' s case Tlie gods were good to Madame at his birth : Jupiter gave him capacity for leadersliip ; Mercury, eloquence ; and Minerva crowned him with the gift of wisdom. Though so richly endowed, this favored individual has not buried his talents, but like him of Bililical fame lias .gained many more Versatile, he does whatever his hand finds to do ; enthu- siastic, he always suceeds ; tactful and cordial, he wins many friends; magnetic in personality, he keeps them. To argue is his special pleasure, and woe to him who is his opponent ! — for he takes a great delight in leading on his victim, and tantalizing him, and then in the end van(|uishing him by a single shaft of sarcasm. Tlis sense of humor is of the keenest, an l noibing ridiculous escapes his eye. But why write furlher? Only the half has yet been told, and our dclineative powers are almost exhausted. MatiamR— a brilliant compendium of attractive virtues and erpially allractive faults — to l)c fully appreciated only when fully known.

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Tarion Eugene Mattison Anderson, S. C. B.S, nKA. Age. 19 Class Football, Scrub I ' ootball. Silent in scfen languages BrN is a strange combination of dry wit and disgusted grunts. Although he gives one the impression of unparallelled taciturnity, when you get him started be has a nice little line in his assortment, which he hands out in his own peculiar, alirupt, and jerky fashion. There seems to have been some slight diiTerence between him and Soph. Physics, but matters were so well adjusted that he signed up for Junior and has been a wiser and sadder man ever since. Clarke Cothran Minter Davidson, N. C. B.S., Eu. Age, 20 Vice-President Chemical Society; Class Football. There is no great genius ivithout a tineture of madness When the potter shaped this lump of clay in mortal form, a strange mixture did he make. It takes a long time to know Clarke, but one must know him to admire him. Once you have attained this exclusive circle, you find him some- thing of an embryo philosopher, won- dering about the unsolved problem of the predestined preponderance of Life over Death, or some such subject. Quite a pessimist is he also, for he is an abso- lute atheist when it comes to the other insoluble problem — Woman. But aside from these, Cl. RIvE is a popular fellow on the campus, a good student, and loyal to his class.

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DniT.i.As Hkatii Xisincr Cliarlotte. X. C. B.S., Phi. Age, 19 t ' lu-niicil Society: C ' ass Football. His heart as far from fraud, as heaven from earth A sicmlcr lad, with a lofty ponipadoiir, a happy smile, and a nose that laughs all the time — that ' s Zip. He came to college at a tender age. but his head has always been as level as a judge ' s, and he proposes to show the medical students at H.arvard ne.xt year what it takes to learn medicine. Zip is bound to succeed. He doesn ' t make a display of himse ' f, so you may not notice him till you look for him, but when you find him you ' ll lind him there with tlic goods. He has worn ou ' half of the apparatus in the Chemical Lali, reduced the game of Forty-two to a science in the meantime, and made good all the way. RuFus M. RTix Phillips San ford. .X. C. B.S., Phi. Age, 28 Junior Orator ; Student Council ; Pres- ident Ministerial Band : Class Football ; Vale lictorian of Phi. Society. The silver Ik ' ery of advised age ye gods, behold 1 O mortal man, give ear ; for lo ! — the conquering hero comes, the mighty one draws nigh — the prince, the peer of orators ; he licside whom Cicero, Demosthenes, W J. Bryan, and the whole galaxy of speakers look dwarfed and stunted — mere pigmies beside a giant. From his lips pour words fraught with liquid eloquence — words now resounding like the rushing of a mighty torrent, now refreshing as a sum- mer breeze. From his eyes dart rays of i ' lre — now flashing like the thunderliolts from the hand of Jove, now gentle as the mellow moonbeams upon a southern stream. In a word, Gr.V-vdp-V is a cutter. .An irresistible combination of baldhead, ice-cream trousers, and almost super- human di.gnity : the pride of the .Alley, a remorseless flirt, a noted singer, and a candidate. Can his record be equaled? We think not. There has been, is, and will be only one GR. xnp. : but we wish there were more like him — a staunch, upright man.