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

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AS A ,MM j The big day at last, after four years more for some, less for others . . . Now that we ' re at the end, there is a feeling of mixed emotions ... joy for the diploma, sorrow for leaving the school and so many friends. It ' s been a great last year: a Rush Week of smiles and a Day of Silence filled with anxiety ... the William and Mary robbery ... the Sunday night feeds ... the ' sure ' game we lost at State . . . visits with the faculty . . . Thursday night harangues ... a soggy Home- coming game and another Knauff dance . . . the laying of the gym cornerstone at long last . . . Converse-Davidson day with the game of the year against W. L. . . . sixteen class and six vesper cuts . . . C. K. ' s Money and Banking . . . long afternoons in the lab . . . the interfrat football and basketball ... the fraternity Christmas dances . . . the party for

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Polit ' s not the crip . . . maybe Ksvch Christmas hop . Hand Messiah . . . Ah ' Christmas ' . A-a-ah! Exam£ . . . Psych ' s not the crip either History . . . Parallel- like the poor — always with us coming up . Hoif d I manage to get TWO dates? Arsenic a And back . maybe Spring hop More quizzel J isM search no crip courses ottered Spring vacati | . late this year . Campus even prettier than last tall . . . Old Tempus up to his | tricks and the year almost c n Move over Slior . . big Whe-e -e -el coming up . . . leaving the ( south section. rxr i i i - v ' l r J Thjnt you, thjnk fou. A L. R. Redfearn Vbss of la leaving i 50 Ws A HAZARDOUS task - U ' J t T : £

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irium Springs . . . Christmas holidays followed by exams . . . the switch to Satterfield for Mid-Winters . . . the T. D. concert and Lucy Ann Polk . . . the Development program ... a winning basketball team and a great tournament . . . Senior-Faculty day . . . the dance to end all dances with Beneke . . . back bracing on 0. D. K. Tap Day . . . the final exams and graduation exercises. No more will we check the P. 0. . . . browse around Copeland ' s emporium . . . bum to Charlotte . . . have coffee at the Creasy Spoon . . . ride up to the roadhouse for a midnight snack . . . beat our way through the weeds on the golf course . . . check out the new gym . . . hear the inevitable Otts lectures . . . endure a movie at the local ' garage ' . . . enjoy the bull sessions at the stud. We ' re taking much with us . . . leaving all too little in return . . . but hope our efforts will eventually grow to sufficient size to be a credit to the Seniors of 1949. Ernest Hunter Class of 1949