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

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BUSINESS ECONOMICS Kiist, whiit I commiii ' s riiiiiinl do: it rHtiMot ti ' iic-h om- how to bulunrr his liud)ri ' t or how to makv a fast buck ! Kconomii-s is a social scienci ' . To understand what economics cmi do, it is necessary to distinguish the social sciences from the physical (and natural) sciences. The latter can only teach one to understand the laws of nature. The formei teach one both tti niHlirstaiKt and to chtniyv the laws of society. They must show not only what is, liut also what ought to be. Economics can give one an under- standinir of hew the capitalist economy currently functions and an intellectual and philosophical basis for deciding what institu- tional changes should be made. Ernest F . I ' atterson PSYCHOLOGY The program in psychology is designed to confront the student in three areas, listed here in order of increasing importance. First, there is the effort to equip the student for greater self-control and personal and social efficiency. Second, there is the attempt to broaden and deepen culture by ac- quainting the student with a body of knowledge. Third, and most important, there is the objective of inculcating a de- sire and an ability to examine hu- man nature by the methods of natural science. This last is stressed as the surest foundation for con- tinuing increase in psychological understanding after college courses have been completed. W. ;. Workniiiii U iibhcn. Kalliff. I ' alKTMi (.riffiii. l.iiidvcN. OsHall, orkman. Hurl [19]

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Seated: Lester, McGeachy, Labanov-Rostovsky ; standing: Reike, Thompson, Johnston, Davidson. Drake, Burley, Minter, Reid. HISTORY He who is ignorant of history is doomed to repeat it. No more valid testimony to the essentiality of his- tory has ever been penned. Wrecked empires and superseded civiliza- tions bear witness, from the dawn of recorded time to the present day, to the folly of ignoring the lessons of the past. The Italian sociologist Pareto, whose homeland suffered the clas- sic decline and fall, concluded from years of investigation and study that what we learn from his- tory and experience is more useful to the human race for survival than all the impertinent logic of the reformers. Chalmers G. Davidson SOCIAL SCIENCES Beginning in the fall of 1962, four departments in the Division of So- cial Science are combining to offer an interdepartmental major. The program is designed with the idea that students who wish to, will be able to enter graduate work in either sociology, social work, economics, political science, law, or geography. A wise choice of courses for the major will make this pos- sible and will, at the same time, give the students a broad back- ground in j ' elated social science sub- jects. Students who do not plan to go into graduate work will find in the Social Science Major the kind of program which should enable them to take an active, intelligent ap- proach to problems involved in leadership in the economic, political and social life of the community. Joseph T. Drake

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Biology seeks to increase man ' s understanding of man and of other forms of life about him and, there- by, possibly to enhance his chance of survival in an environment that tends to offer few second oppor- tunities. E. E. Brown BIOLOGY Daggy, Puckett, Brown. Lammers. Martin, Fredericksen. Bryan, Logan, Gable, Gallent. CHEMISTRY A truly educated person should be able to appreciate creativity whenever he finds it whether it be in science or in the arts. Just as the musician creates a melody with sound or as the artist creates a painting from color and lines, the chemist enjoys this same sense of creativity using only a few ele- mentary building stones. Millions of substances have been prepared and the utimate number are limited only by his imagination. His ulti- mate creative goal has been the synthesis of something worthwhile. So successful have been his efforts a new synthtic kingdom has joined those of the animal, vegetable and mineral. J. M. Fredericksen [20]