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

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Two major dramas highlighted the spring. An artistic troupe presented THE RIVER NIGER, winner of the 1974 Tony Award for Best Play, recreating the comic but dramatic story of a mod- ern black family in Harlem. Not to be outdone, the Davidson drama department presented ANYTHING GOES (below right), a Cole Porter musical comedy. This great experiment, carried off to near perfection, brought back the song, tap dance, madcap gangsters and giggly chorines that was truly delightful, delicious . . . evendelovely. The Fourth Annual Davidson National Print and Draw ing show brought to campus representation of the fines graphic works currently being produced in the U.S. Gen erally acclaimed by artists across the country as the bes of its kind in the U. S., the 161 piece show, featuring pur chase award winners such as Gordon Mortenson ' s Lat Afternoon (bottom right), focused a national fine art spotlight on the campus for six weeks during the spring S x T .01 t Imm

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Several prominent speakers visited the campus during the winter. Kenneth Boulding (below), the director of research on General and Economic Dynamics at the Institute of Behavioral Science, drew a large audience to hear about modern economic problems. Fred Harris (left), candidate for the Democratic party presidential nomination, spent a week guffawing, slapping his side, shaking hands, and giving coffee table previews of his populism while his wife Ladonna brought campus attention to the rights of the American Indian. Then the campus became quiet. Bare trees, dead grass, blustering winds, grey skies, all added to the winter doldroms and thoughts of transfers. Even in the gym, only the occasional tap of a roundball in the finals of an intramural basketball game could be heard. Exams came; and quickly as possible, they went. Students scattered, many to the South to see if the sun still did shine, others to extern programs with the hopes of getting a taste of some life-work possibilities and others just to a quiet place to lick the wounds inflicted by Winter Term. When they returned, it was spring. And things always happen at Davidson in the spring. Speakers included Otts lecturer Robert McAfee Brown (above) on Theology as Narrative, Piedmont Lecturer Francis L.K. Hsy on Under- standing China and the U.S., and John Marks on The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. Especially notable was Leon Jaworski (below), special Watergate prosecutor who delivered the major address at Spring Convocation and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

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Simultaneous with spring leaves came several campus issues. Students fared very well this time. Slight modifications were made in PE department requirements so that it was much easier and more enjoyable to get one ' s body in good enough shape to face the world. The psychological counseling service expanded from four to five days a week to handle the cares of the rising cases of battle fatigue. ARA Slater agreed to adopt a new meal ticket plan to take into account appetite size. Finally, the College ' s proposal to play post office was rejected, much to the pleasure of the student body and the Davidson postmaster. Spring Frolics was highlighted with a mellow concert by Don McLean and a spacy performance from Richie Havens, not to mention the annual beer bash on Saturday afternoon at the baseball field. A few weeks later at Alumni Weekend, the alumni roasted the Moses (having gotten the children into the promised building) of the E.H. Little Temple of Learning, Chalmers Gaston Davidson, esquire. Musical highlight of the weekend was provided at the post-roast alumni-student dance, featuring the big-band sound of Deez Boys Band, an all- student group under the baton of junior Dea Booth. The Goals Committee met and determined a theme for the college in setting and meeting goals for Davidson ' s develop- ment during the next twelve years. The committee emphasized the need for more endowment for faculty salaries and student scholarships, the need for funds for special academic facilities, and the need to improve eating and housing facilities for stu- dents. A recommendation to set up a permanent committee o f this sort was left in limbo.