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

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I i i new Davidson generation has known Freshman Orientation as a period that linked previous experience with the unknown in student lite. During these brieF, bus days a new environment unfolded and the en- visioned became a reality. Bulging bags were unpacked, lees were paid, roommates replaced parents, and new friendships were formed. With painstaking dexterity the new student chose his Freshman hat, a symbol that soon lost its novelty and came to be worn with scar- let letter disdain. Insecurity and loneliness were relieved at the initial meeting of orien- tation groups, and the new constituent began to find his place in the College community. Page Twenty

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GItfntrntH . Orientation 20 Faculty 27 Student Activities 31 Social Fraternities 58 Athletics (fall) 110 Honorary Fraternities 125 Athletics (winter and spring) . . . 146 CI asses 170 -r yrf ineteen

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Student advisors found the period both enriching and informative. . grueling brain racking tests and pin sical examinations . . . Morning devotions, grueling brain-racking tests, and physical examinations .ill found their place in I955 ' s bus) orientation schedule. Lectures and informal discussions ex- plained Student Government, the YMCA, the Courl I Control, athletics, and the fraternit) system. t times, the bewildered were almost lost in the onrushing tide ol events; the perplexing was simplified In helplnl student advisors, who themselves discovered the period both enriching and informatn e. Wliilc new si iunds, C lhambers ' bell and the church chimes, and new laees quickh lost then quaintness, individual in- terests focused on the ' new life. I he ' success ol the football team, rush week. . m weekend plans readil) became topics ol contemplation . nA discussion. Saturday afternoon, with its intense heat, witnessed the Facultj reception, with its uncomfortable coal and tie foi mality; a formality relieved on occasions In reference to earlier student generations and contact with the ' professors whose elasses new students had been counseled to avoid, [n the Lite- afternoon, last minute preparation was made foi a second reception, a reception that has traditionall) been the subject | Campus speculation both a) Queens .md David mm Anticipation increased as the caravan ol buses arrived on the Queens ' ( ampus. Anxiousl) Miss Nanc) Rose and John Child, the respective Freshman Advisors, attempted to establish harmon) in the tumultuous discord. Confusion diminished as the evening progressed, and the skeptical all too snun found himsell indebted foi a ver) pleasant expe- rience, an indebtedness man) will repa) with recurrent 1 ISltv . . an indebtedness manj will repaj with recurrent visits. Pa«e Twenty-one