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

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Class History To record the activities of a class for the entire four years of its existence in college is no easy task. The history of ' 24 in detail could only Iic written in volumes of great magnanimity, but here we shall only mention Ihf nuist iiutstanding facts concerning our class. Ill .Stiainihcr, 1920. we gathered from the four comers of the globe 188 •itruiig. As Freshmen we underwent the usual period of storm and stress. We were apt in learning what it mean to horse ' ' an upper-classman. In laiiuary a meeting was called for the purpose of electing officers. The ' result of the final ballot was as follows: Mason D. Field, of Atlanta, fresident; A. M. Hillhouse, of Waynesboro, Ga.. Vice-President; George R. Dupuy, of Red Springs, N. C. Secretary -Treasurer; and O ' Key J. Allison, of Winston-Salem, N. C. Historian. Under the leadership of President Field the class soon took up its part life of the college. Mason proved of the class splendidly. close of the Freshman year we elected offi( . M. Hillhouse was elected as President; E W. De. rmon, Secretary and Treasurer; Walthall, Poet. September, 1921, the CI; proper instruct ' the iiig year. President Historian At the opening of college that the Fresh excellent president and directed W. Z. Bradford, nd D. the college. Through the instrumentalit iiig was brought about, although th; across. Hillhouse proved an exceptional lead Soph Banquet. The success of this was largely r president. Beginning our Junior year with a class greatly diminished in numbers, we began to realize some of the responsibilities resting on our shoulders. Although small in number, we found that the spirit of the class had increased. Elias Faison was elected to direct the activities of the class for this year, with ,T. I. Smith, Vice-President; R. R. Jones, Secretary-Tr. urer; D. S. Phlegar, Historian; W. F. Gallaway, Poet. of th of Two things are outstanding in our Junior year. The abolition of hazing and Junior Speaking. To those who follow us we oiifer the warning that they ' ll have to go some to beat the Black Cat Cabaret. For a leader of the activities of the e been chosen than Randolph R. Jom ar proved himself a marvelous e.xecui Cla uld person Alkr- hai the job wher as follows: O. J of El Paso, Tex e, and is always ( other officers tor the Senior year L. D. Elkins. Vice-President; J. L. McLean, Secretary-Tr Allison, Historian; W. F. Gallaway, Poet. With but half of the year gone, there would seem to be many tons things to yet be recorded in the history of ' 24. That which will be most outstanding in our memory would seem to be the winning of the Class Basketball Championship, and then the feeds which we have held A. M. HILLHOUSE As to achievements in athletics, ' 24 has taken a place in the front rank. In football. Faison, Moore, Davis, Clarke. Field, Cox. Hodgin. DeArmon and Long have won the coveted D. In baseball Earl Boushee has been our only representative. On the track we are represented by McBryde, Striebich and Gallaway. In basketball. Nappy Davis and Spec McConnell are repre- sentatives of ' 24. In -Mo ' In scholastic lii es ' 24 hi s not been lacking by making the Hon Dr Roll ii his Freshman vea Inw in bis footsteps namely. E. D. Brown, H. 1). B. Wallhall, W. M. Cox, A. M. Hillhouse, that she has , Faison .- R. R. Jo fur nd- Da shed thr E. S. FAISON broke the ice quick to fol- F. Gallaway, Not only along these two lines has ' 24 been active. In every phase of liege life and all the activities of the campus ' 24 has been well repre- nted, furnishing excellent leaders in the literary societies, etc. A note of sadness creeps in as we chronicle these events, for we realize ere has been so much left undone. We have done our best as a class e here under the direction of fine examples of Christian manhood, and 1 we shall have passed through the portals of our Alma Mater into real we feel a. surety that we shall l e capable of representing Davidson in lives and by our example always. O. J. ALLISON. ,vhir