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

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friendships were made, and college life began o: more normal pattern. We enjoyed witnessing and playing with the Wildcats iii athletic contests, and thrilled to the old spirit of Fight Idson, Fight . We danced at the Pan-Hel sets, we studied, ed, planned for the future. The presence of a student body older in years and in ex- perience, and for the first time the arrival of many married students with their wives reminded us that these were not normal times, but aside from these things college life was normal and Davidson was the same and filled with memories that we will always cherish. As the members of ' 46 leave college and enter their differ- ent pursuits, and the college of Davidson continues to produce those students who will contribute toward the building of an ideal Davidson, may this graduating class of ' 46 and succeed- ing classes not forget the absence of many of their classmates, men who should have stepped with them from the platform in cap and gown, and as we strive to build an ideal Davidson, may we also seek to find the secrets to the making of an ideal world. —

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HIS college possesses a heritage of which we can justly be proud. Through the years it has meant more to students than mere knowledge acquired in the classroom, or learning em- bodied in the pages of books. The associations that we have en- joyed with fellow students, with cultured professors, all form a part of the atmosphere and spirit that is Davidson and is rather hard to define. It is for these things that we love David- son, and it is these things that have survived years which have been frought with tragedy, by the horrors of war. This year has witnessed Davidson ' s return to normal college life — to a student body of greater size, to the reactivation of the organizations which contribute much to the richness of life at Davidson. The editors of this, the first post-war QUIPS AND CRANKS, hope that this volume has been useful in help- ing this to come about. A more ideal Davidson is our goal as it should be the goal of every member of the Student Body. During the first semester our student body was small, the college not having yet recovered from the blow dealt her by the war. February witnessed the return of many old Davidson men from overseas. Old friends were welcomed and new

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To Professor [dward Jones [rwin To a worthy teacher, a genuine and un- derstanding friend, a man of indomitable courage and strength of character, loved and respected by students and faculty, we sincere- ly and with great pleasure dedicate this 1946 Quips and Cranks Teacher, Counselo