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In The Beginning . . . Ambitious Dream Haste Thee, Nymph, And Bring With Thee Jest And Youthful Jollity Quips And Cranks, And Wanton Wiles Nods And Becks, And Wreathed Smiles. In 1835, a few ambitious Presbyteri- ans had a dream. Tfiey envisioned a small, manual labor school, nestled in the Piedmont Carolinas, whose pur- pose was to direct the spiritual, intel- lectual, and physical training of youth. On August 25, after purchas- ing for their endeavor, four hundred and ninety-two acres, lying exactly on the crest of the watershed between the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers, the men of the Presbytery of Concord adopted the following resolution: Re- solved, that the manual labor institu- tion which we are about to build be called Davidson College, as a tribute to the memory of that distinguished and excellent man. General William Davidson, who in the ardor of patrio- tism, fearlessly contending for the li- berty of his country, fell, universally lamented, in the battle Cowans Ford. With such a resolution, Davidson Col- lege was founded, and on March 1, 1837, their dream came true; David- son opened its doors to its first sixty- six students. (Quips and Cranks, 1895) In 1895, a few Davidson students had a dream. Their school, which was now fifty-six years old, was building a heritage, and they sought some way to preserve it for themselves and for others to come. Working together, the Philanthropic and Eumenean soci- eties, the two well-respected literary societies of the college, compiled a history book which utilized photo- graphs, poetry, and prose to capture their present as well as their past. The editors of this first yearbook chose as their theme and inspiration the afore- mentioned verse from Milton ' s L ' Alle- gro, which has continued to serve as the invocation, even today. In 1980, a few Davidson students again had a dream. They sought to recapture, through words and pic- tures, the spirit of Milton ' s L ' Allegro — the same quips and cranks per- ceived by the first editors as the es- sence of Davidson College. Just as Milton invoked his nymph to be the bearer of jest and jollity, we, this year ' s yearbook staff, invoke this edi- tion of Quips and Cranks to bear the lighter, carefree side of Davidson life — the side we will all remember. After all, college life isn ' t all aca- demics. Remember Freshman year? When it was good, it was terrific. Soon those tearful, I ' m all alone days be- came fewer and fewer; and the calls to Mom and Dad became less frequent as we got into the swing of Davidson life. We could always find something to do, from checking out the Fresh- man Handbook, to penny-ing in the Hall Councelors, or having shaving cream fights with another hall (of the opposite sex of course). Oh, for the good ' ole days. But those days of fun — those quips and cranks — don ' t end with Fr eshman year. In spite of sporadic attacks of sophomore slump and transfer fever, life does go on, and better than ever. Even after one hundred and forty six years, Davidson continues to fulfill its original intent of providing an at-
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1981 aiPS CRANKS % , . Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina 28036 A MYRIAD OF ORANGES drench the Da vidson campus during the fall season The colors provide the focal point of the land scape during the October and Novennber months (Photo courtesy of Southern Liv- ing Magazine.)
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