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

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A rvjo „ QUIPS HR„CRANKS„ n S SLOW our ship her foamy track Against the wind was cleaving. Her trembhng pennant still looked back To that dear isle ' twas leaving. So do we part from all we love From all the joys that bind us — So turn our hearts, wheree ' er we rove, To those we ' ve left behind us. 5

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y=x r JO „ QUIPS filCRANKS ci cnjor L»lass rocm l ow the last slone is laid, and the builders |n silence look back on their work; 1 ow the sadness of parting comes o ' er us, [ re the contest of life is begun. T ' o the bravest, the truest, the strongest. Ever the victory shall belong; Even the weakest among us 1 eed feel not the breath of despair; For the stones that we laid up with toil Overbear any thought of dismay. Up the path. then, of life shall we labor. Rough and steep through the climbmg may be — T ake the lesson we learned in the quarries. F very one his own trials to meet, E very one with no fear of disaster — N ol a heart that shall fail to respond. Like brothers thai follow one calling. On the task we have worked toward this goal. Y outh ' s fire warmed our hearts toward each other A nd the slogan we learned was not vain. Let the gates of the future swing open. E ntreat not the Fates to delay. N ow the moment has come — we are ready. T o things that are new we press forward, O n the fields of the future recall. Until Death comes to claim us forever, T he days that we spent piling stones. ■ 5

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Vincent William Archer Montreal. N. C. Everyone lilacs to hear himself hrap The original and only genuine Donkey — a combination of the pecuhar and the odd. He won fame in his first year at Davidson by defeat- ing Doc Siler in a dual Track meet. Smce then, he has won fame in almost every con- ceivable way — on the Class gridiron, in the class- room, and in the dormitories. For several years, he has been the dependence of the Class fool- ball team by reaso n of that good right foot of his. which has sent many a punt sailing over the enemy ' s line. Donkey is a bright lad. and has a peculiarly fafcinating way of saying things backward that appeals to his hearers. We are not willing to believe that he has done his best in every way while in College, and are expecting to hear great things of him when he gets out :n the world. He can certainly make a name for himself if he will. Joseph Alle.v Avers Ca=s, W. Va. Btca in from other ficlh lo gel his final polish here Avers came to us from the broad fields of Mississippi, after absorbing all that the people of that State could teach him, to finish his edu- cation with us. While he has been with us only one year, we can truly say that he has won a place for himself by his sterling merit, and is sincerely liked by all who know h m. Neat, unobtrusive, good-natured, and gentlemanly, he is always welcomed in any gathering, yet he does not spend his time in loafing. Had he roomed on the campus instead of in the village, we feel sure that A ' ERS would have made even more of his one year among us, for we would all have known him better. Our only regret is that he came to us in our Senior year instead of in our Freshman.