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

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gallons of ice cream he sells each week, mostly in the form of milkshakes. And at the Buttery and Beanery, students satisfy their cravings in the form of over 200 cones, 125 milkshakes, and 50 ice cream sundaes every week. Ice cream opportunities also abound on campus. The Union Cafe sells about 24 gallons a week, and the Commons serves it up free several times each month. Patterson Court also provides its share of the frozen delight. Ice Cream Socials , open to the entire campus, are favorite traditions at both Emanon and ATO. At ATO, however, nuts, cherries, hot fudge, and whipped cream are considered mild fare; rumor has it that bird seed, bacon bits, and even half-frozen beef stew have appeared as toppings as part of their socials. There is no accounting for tastes, it seems. No matter what the flavor or combination, Davidson students do like their ice cream. Senior Richard Strader thinks ice cream relaxes a person because you can ' t eat it fast or else you get a headache. Lanny Smith, a freshman, went more for a gut response. I eat ice cream ' cause I ' m a pig. ■ From the topping grasped by Union leader Shaw Smith (opposite page left) to the final product held by Dennard Lindsey (middle page top), we try to satisfy our needs for ice cream. Freshmen Tony Holt and Rebecca Bates (middle left and right) are almost there. Finally Greg Thompson succeeds as he licks his chocolaty finger while Todd Thompson gets ready for that first taste of a sundae made by Ann Parker (below).

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o ne hundred three gallons of ice cream. That ' s 2,575 scoops, give or take a few, enough scoops to span almost two football fields (178.81 yards of scoops). Stack them up, and the Washington Monument would win but only by about ten feet (536.43 feet of scoops). Even Evel Knievel couldn ' t jump all that ice cream (2,575 scoops equals 67 bus widths), but Davidson students, in an average week, make short work of that 103 gallons of ice cream. To satisfy this considerable craving, students flock to area eateries. Murray Fleming, of the M M Soda Shop, estimates that Davidson students consume 90 percent of the 30 to 50

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s leep, by tradition, is a nocturnal function — the sun sets and so does the body. Not so at Davidson College. Papers, reviews, and parties have little respect for the setting of the sun; consequently the rigors of academia often unite to displace sleep from its normal time slot. A student ' s biological rhythms can get as out of sync as the clocks in Chambers. When I ' m on break I see my parents in the afternoons, explains one senior, too long under the influence of that peculiar entity called Davidson time. We take a meal together but call it by different names. I guess I should be glad our schedules overlap as much as they do. Although many students, especially freshmen, cling to a regular bedtime as a matter of self-preservation, others have come to a truly aesthetic understanding of the act. Junior Drew Davis has become quite a permanent fixture down at PAX. I ' ve made it into an art form, he says. Sleep is like a lot of other things, in that people ought to be more willing to break with normal societal standards in order to enrich themselves. Generally shunning his room in Sentelle, Drew often sleeps at PAX, but enjoys varying his routine from day to day. Favorite haunts include ATO and Perkins