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

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- ■ ' ■ - J5 .... 1 Wmr ' w • ' v • r i t 1 Sfcfr jS ( 1 ■ .■■ ■ 1 - ■■ v - 1 If . » . ,- ' . •. ...... J! ' ; « . are often not all they should be; one biology major claims, If I had it do over again, I ' d come back as philosophy major. One often hears the complaint that the students are passive, in spite of a high level of academic ability. Dean of Students Will Terry feels that a vital part of college experience lies in the exposure to new ideas, new thoughts, new feelings. But he observes that this is not as much a part of the Davidson Experience as it has been in years past. Dean Terry recognizes a need to challenge views which seem to be strongly entrenched in students before they even enter college, traditionally a time of questioning old values. To this end, the 1982 school year saw the implementation of the faculty ' s Task Force on Global Arrairs, a committee intended to enhance students ' understanding of world issues. Dan Harkins attributes the attitude not to the school, but to the mood, the generation we grew up in. He feels that, when one looks at the general picture of education in this country, Davidson does a reasonably good job of sticking to its philosophy. . . . Or Does It Really 6 Opening

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Davidson Experience? Does it even exist except in the imagination? Most students, although quite aware that what they are living is a singular and often harrowing experience, hold a conception of the D.E. that is nebulous at best. Senior premed Ellen Gyauch expresses the prevailing sentiment in saying I can ' t believe that we pay to do this. It would be one thing if somebody were paying us — I mean, the professors get paid. It really cracks me up. Senior Dan Harkins echoes that thought with I really don ' t enjoy working all that much, when asked why he transferred back to Davidson after only one year at Oklahoma State University. Even so, the strong academic program is precisely the reason why he returned. OSU was so slack; it K . A familiar scene in Chambers 102, Dean of Students Will Terry administers to hall counselors Tom Schember and John Mann. Dean since 1970, Will took the job over from Richard Burts, who now deals solely with academic headaches. was boring. The controversy rages on over the state of Davidson academics. Facilities Terry ' s Imagination . . . Opening 5

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(P K P : IF .. mmkjj 1 And what is this philosophy? Perhaps it is here, in a philosophy shared to some extent by all members of the Davidson community, that the Davidson Experience lies. Into any community, no matter how small, differences of opinion invariably enter. Catering to all the needs of even one individual becomes impossible. On the one hand, Dan Harkins enjoys the i. H o |m m ' fact that at Davidson they expect you to be more responsible, but in the same breath laments the fact that sometimes they treat us like little kids. Comments Dean Terry, I think a lot of agony goes on around here. Perhaps Melis Nicolaides ' approach strikes a viable note. It ' s easy for someone to hate Davidson. It ' s up to you to like it. H Davidson College enjoys a constant cycle of renovation. The Martin Science building (opposite) received a facelift in 1979. Once destroyed by fire. Chambers now affords a view (top) which in dry weather includes traces of the original foundations. DC PC (above left) has undergone little change, but this year saw an entirely new location for Bailey (above right) and Richards Houses. Exist? Opening 7