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

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CONTENTS THE COLLEGE THE CLASSES ACTIVITI ES AT H LETI C S FRATERNITIES

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THEME EXPLANATION IN SELECTING the theme for the 1935 Quips and ■ ■ Cranks, its authors have been guided by the desire to perpetuate in these pages — inter-twined with the personal story of our college years — that which seems to us Davidson ' s most valued contribution. We believe this is that by its activities, its ideals, and its personalities, it has been the medium through which those who have shared unstinttngly in its being have found reflected in their own lives the fundamental elements of genuine happiness. There has been much curiosity as to the signifi- cance of the name Quips and Cranks — perhaps even doubt as to whether or not such existed — but we be- lieve that its originators did have regard for its appro- priateness, and the theme of this book attempts its interpretation. The phrase Quips and Cranks is a quotation from Milton ' s poem, L ' Allegro, (The Happy Man) which describes the life of an English gentleman of the 16th century. We have followed L ' Allegro in tracing his activities through a complete day, and have paralleled it with the every-day life of the student at Davidson. K

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cr I y V LCM atLaHt Davidson College sustained a great loss when Dr. J. M. McConnell, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor for the past thirty- three years, died on May 16, 1935. Dr. McConnell ' s inestimable qualities of leadership, kindliness, and love for Davidson and her students, as well as his unusual ability as a scholar will long be remembered. Few students did not feel that in losing Dr. J. M. McConnell, they had lost a dear personal friend. It will be difficult to carry on in his absence, yet his life has been a challenge to strive for a better Davidson which cannot be neglected.