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

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MRS. N. T. SMITH Supervisor of Dormitories

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OF 1943 ...WE GRADUATE Then suddenly we were Seniors. The war had changed things for us. Many of our classmates went to Summer School to speed up their education to the tempo of the times. We tried hard to make this like any other Senior year, but It was impossible to shut out the headlines. The old idea of dealing lost its taste as we received news of old classmates killed in action. The rumors of ERC being called out became a joke as time and time again it would revive only to be cleared up by a few sane words spoken by Dr. Cunningham in Chapel. Mid-term saw .some of our classmates graduate to don the khaki instead of the sport coat, and at last the long awaited happened as the Air Corps and the ERC went out. As our friends left and the time approached for our departure, there came the feeling of a check-up on ourselves. For many it meant realization that four years had actually passed and we stood on the threshold of graduation. We all realized what we were going into. We were leaving the peace and quiet of Davidson for the hell that is war. We left with a fixed determination to do our part, and a prayer that after the war the old Davidson may be here staunch in her principles and her ideals.

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It is with rTiuch pleasure that we sin- cerely dedicate this volurrfe of QuiPS AND Cranks to Mrs. Smith, who has proved herself to be a true friend and mother to every Davidson student . . . loved and admired by all. t Davidson