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

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dear old Alma Mater I A new year with new faces for Davidson College began as two hundred sixty confused freshmen, comprising the largest class in history, arrived on campus early in September to start their orientation period. Optimism reigned as the majority of the neophytes understood little of what was in store for them. However, student advisers attempted to be helpful in introducing freshmen to the campus and in lending scholarly advice. Despair crept in very early after the battery of placement tests caught many a former high school vale- dictorian off guard. Other new faces were seen as nine European students were added to our international set. Old, familiar faces, too, graced the scene with the return of the upperclass- men. Spirits soared as the old gang found a brand new fraternity court await- ing their approval. Hand-shaking and back-slapping were the order of the day either in the long registration lines or in celebration festivities in neighboring Iredell County.

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Trustees gathered for the February meeting of the Board. I Wherever the September reunions occurred, conversational topics revolved around the new fraternity court and how the Davidson crew captured top honors at Fort Bragg. Others re- ported tales of the West while some boasted of (or confessed about) the courses they got off (or repeated) in summer school. Before one could say I ' m going to ball that guy, Rush Week was at hand. Practically all of the Greeks had long been on campus help- ing with the new houses and lining up strategy before the first freshman set foot. This time the maze of names, faces, and shrimp did not con- flict with class assignments, but the freshmen were still bewildered by it all, and after a week- long trial Patterson Court awaited the verdict of the 260-man jury. Our fathers gave their best to thee