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

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ANNIVERSARY

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DAVID son ctm ' EnniAL 1 ADMINISTMATIVE ASSISTANTS 111 tile ii-tainiiKiit cif I ' vciv large organization tlierc is a vast ainnnnt of drtaiU-d work to be t-xeciUed. The majoritv of this painstaking and highly iiii|ioi-iaiit work falls to the adiuinistrativo assistants. This d( ' ] arlii)i-iit n.-ndcrs cxrelk-iit assistaiici ' to the a ' l- iiiinistratioii in tlir niainteiiaiK-e of the iiifirmarv and lihrary. the supervision of the luiild.iiigs and grounds, the eare of dormitories and acconipaining housing facilities, and the perforniruice of sec- retarial work. . Mk.s. Ai.ici- r.. Roiisox. R.N.T. Supcrinloulciit oi I iifinir.irv . ll S. h ' NoXTIS Joll NSTO.N Sccrcfarx [ livsicul I ' .diicutiou I - part incut .Miss ( )KKii-; Att, i.i:xi-: ,Sti-;ki.f: Secretary to tlic ' resident .Mks. X. T. Smith Siiperxisitr cf Lhiriniturics Miss 1 Iattie TiioMi ' Sox . ' Issistant to the Treasurer Miss Ifl.IA l ' SMOKE .Issistant Librarian .Miss . iiKi.i-; AKi;rc ' KLK Secretary to the ' I ' reas-nrer .M ISS DoRoTllN ' l ' ' lXl, SOX Secretary to the Peaii of Stnd ' iits Miss t ' . l(oi,lXK 1,1X(U,K .Assistant to the .Ihnnni Secretary Arbickle Johnston

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DAVID son ctnTEnniAL ANNIVEKSAHY YEAH The Newlv Organized Allmm Chapter at Columbia, S. C. During the past year we have become more intimately acquainted with the history of Davidson College through the I ' ageant, speeches, and various publications. In reflecting on the history of any institution, and especially that of Davidson, one is impressed by the effect of personalities upon the up-building or destruction of the college. From General ' illiam Lee Davidson, for whom the college was named, to the present, our reputation has been made by those men whose names are synonymous with that of Davidson. Rev. Robert Hall Morrison was the first President of Davidson, and it was he who really pushed the project of founding a college to its actual fulfillment. Under Reverend Morrison the old Manual Labor school was opened and was given an enthusiastic and highly successful start. The late Maxwell Chambers, an alert and crafty cotton merchant of Salisbury, indeliiily impressed his name on the hearts of Davidson men through his donation of several hundred thousand dol- lars, bv means of which the college was taken out of the red ' and the old Chambers building was erected. During the Reconstruction period, Davidson upheld its former reputation and gained an enviable position among Southern and national colleges which she still holds today. I ' nder the leadershi]! of such men as Rev. George . McPhail, Prof. John R. P.lake, and Rev. Andrew D. Heiiburn the college gained rather than lost prestige during the terrible davs following the ' ar Between the States. In more recent years, the late President W ' oodrow Wilson has brought a real honor to this college. Though he was not here long, as a student, President ' ilson is readily claimed as a real example of the influence that Davidson exerts on all its students, . t present, Mr. S. Clav Wil- liams and other of Davidson Alumni have received nation-wide recognition as leaders in all lines of human endeavor. Through their personal achievements, these men have made and are making Davidson the top-ranking liberal college, not only in the South, but in the nation. Page Tueiily-eight