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

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DEDICATION ry HE Class of ' 35 respectfully dedicates this Quips and Cranks to Dr. Caleb Richmond Harding. Throughout his forty- seven years as a professor, Dr. Harding has served Davidson men zealously and ably. In his classroom, they have come to have a genuine appreciation for and love of the classics and beauty. Personal contact with him has ever been a source of inspiration to higher purposes and purer motives, and he will long be remem- bered by the Class of ' 35 as an example of how much learning can be made both useful and graceful.

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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