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

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New acquisitions beef up math, biology departments 20 Academics

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Independent research is a crucial part of every college professor ' s struggle to survive Research also represents to the students how much a professor respects and enjoys his or her subiect. Herb Jackson (top left), is one of Davidson ' s artists-m- residence. Here Herb suggests possible changes to Carol Impara. a member of Advanced Painting Having spent the summer concertizing in Hong Kong. Professor William Lawing (bottom center), can better clarify the finer points of conducting. Linda Cruciani and Barbara Kelley (bottom left), go over notes from English Colloquium in an attempt to pass comprehensives Thurston Hatcher (top center), concentrates on foreign language tapes before a review All the studying and lectures come together tor Eric Sanner (left), as he prepares his own talk for art history class Professors Mark Davies and Cynthia Lewis (below), spend summers studying their specialities, ancient Greek and Elizabethan and Restoration drama. Students and professors constantly interact in lively and informative discussions. Academics 19

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Davidson College, welcome to the modern age! This year the school acquired two Prime computers. The first, a Prime 450, is marked for administrative use; the second, a Prime 750, for academic use. During its first two weeks in operation the system recorded 1300 logins, attesting to its rapid acceptance by the college community. Students (top center), may use one of 32 video terminals scattered throughout the campus, and may speak to the 750 in several computer languages, including BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, and PASCAL. The system also offers a statistical package and word processing capabilities. Demand for the computer facilities has been sufficient to ruffle a few feathers near exam time, as students avail themselves of the computer ' s programs for editing and printing out term papers. For those who can ' t wait in line, Dr. Bernard (top left) reminds Rod Holman that sometimes a pencil and paper will suffice. The biology department, as well, benefited from new equipment this year. A rather large, anonymous donation enabled the department to purchase new microscopes. Rumor has it that the old scopes have joined the passenger pigeons in Dr. Putnam ' s museum. From far left, students explore biology beyond the classroom. Claire Groves and Betsy Johnson dissect a crayfish; Keith Martin uses one of the new scopes; and Dr. Lammers points out some local flora. The physics and chemistry departments (above), made do with the same old equipment. Brian Brost and Thomas Grimes (top) complete a Physics 36 lab. as Ron Emerson reads over a chem lab. Academics 21