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

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Chairman Sam Smili i in turning out li. lett to right: Bill Hull, . . .; ;■. ..; ; y :■■ i : .•.:. . • Clair, Doug Stewart. ' : ::. :.:;.• :.. ti. ' . John Caldwell. )ulian Aldridge, Jim Overall, Joe Cllne. Not pictured: Richie King and Don Byrd. lit years. Oi:. ' ' Jiju:;tain, Dee Lide, John Kimfcirl, The DAVIDSONIAN provides training in technical aspect of journalism as well as in writing. Stat: members work with printer in setting up typ. for Friday edition. Through group discussion. Freshman Council this year expressed its inieresi m camr-us issues. iViemters: BacK rev. ' : iom ou::ir.q. Advisor, Ed Grimsley. Wyndell Merritt, Jim Jamison, Jim Alexander, Bob Stone, Sandy Newland, Arthur Booth, Vice-President. Front row: Bob Rea. Bill Forbis, Pat Currie, Bob McFarland, John Chiles, Harrison Wellford, President, Bob Hord, Worth Williamson, Joe Robinson, Secretary. 29

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f Masquers rehearse comedy Room Service, hit of the Midwinters weekend w hich proved a re- warding experience for both audience and par- ticipants. Campus Organizations Provided Outlets For Individual Interests When will I have a minute to . . . This expression is as common to the Davidson campus as are tweed coats and crew- cuts. Students here have more time than they ore likely to admit, because they usually spend their free hours drinking coffee at the stud or in those enlightening discussion circles, important elements in a liberal education. The remainder of their moments are filled with remembering past high school accomplishments and in planning to work for some campus activity . . . next year. But the relative lack of student interest is in no way pro- portional to the effectiveness of the organizations portrayed here. Even with limited support, they continue to provide the campus with capable leadership, with informative and enter- taining publications, and with groups organized purely for en- joyment. But with its effectiveness, the activity desires, rather than criticism, more student support. The purpose of this section, then, is to present to the student body these organizations as they function in campus life. The long nights spent by the publications, the hours of practice used by the performing groups, the hours of decision and change contributed by the leadership organizations, and the development of programs which take the time of the students in activities of interest only to themselves, help to create an atmosphere of enjoyable participation on the campus. Appreciation is hardly a word for what is felt for extracur- riculars at Davidson, but a note of gratitude is certainly in order. On the following pages are found many areas where there is a true outlet of student expression. A year of re-evaluation for the Court of Control finds justice meted out in the traditional manner. Director Donald Plott leads the Male Chorus in practice during another successful year of choral presentations. 28

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Verner Stanley Secretary -Treasurer Second Vice-President Dave Robinson First Vice-President Student Government Nineteen fifty-eight was a year of judicial and legislative change for the Davidson College Student Government. With each member of this body striving objectively to investigate the Constitution, the Coun- cil presented several major amendments to the stu- dent body. This group strove to achieve a unity throughout the entire campus that would create a spirit conducive to upholding the Honor System. With this spirit also came a critical interest in student government that led numerous individuals to par- ticipate in the governmental machinery of Davidson College. Receiving most attention from the Council was the newly devised Honor Court. Under a Constitutional change, the judicial mechanics of government are given to this body while the legislative duties fall to the Student Council. Much deliberation and dis- cussion revolved around this separation of functions; but after it solved numerous problems regarding the manner of election of the proposed court and of its trial procedure, the Student Council presented to the school a plan that was acceptable. Several groups within the Council strove arduously to guide the student body through trouble areas of Cutting 30