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

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T he Davidson Experience — The Davidson Experience: Is It Just A Figment Of the Dean of Students ' office fairly glows with it, pulsating like a fluorescent light with a pale, greenish tint. In the early morning hours it grows strong, and seeps cautiously between the door and its jambs, rears it head, and peers sharply down each end of the hall. As the coast is clear, one arm extends confidently toward the Southwest in search of Admissions. Another takes the well worn track to the sanctuary of alumni relations, glibbering all the while with excitement at the prospect of another day ' s living endowment. Meanwhile, the first arm has completed its circuit and returned to home base, leaving the admissions office newly charged and ready to face the morning ' s prospectives with cheery smiles and tales of freshman mixers. The clock on the first floor reads 7:45 — it ' s 7:50 on the second — as the alu mni branch of the D.E. returns down the hall, pausing in its journey only long enough to circle the unwary head of a student rushing early to the front row of Perkins. Collecting itself in front of the door, the Davidson Experience turns and knocks. The knob begins to turn and the door to open, revealing a figure which solidifies amidst the aether as it advances slowly toward the threshold. It is Will Terry, the Dean of Students. With a quiver of delight the Davidson Experience leaps to his breast and is held, meeping contentedly all the while. But what is this eerie scene, this thing that cavorts wildly in the hallways far beneath the chambermaids? What is this 4 Opening

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Russ Warren, called one of t, most promising young artists in America by Art News, stands by of his mythic paintings in . illery ' s fall exhibit. I Coach Estock maps game strategy for a young offensive line which returns nearly intact for 1982. Charlie Lovett plays the role of the entertainer as Carole Jolly relaxes against the piano during the Union ' s winter Love Boat Cruise, ' ' complete with sand, sun lamps, and a hot tub. Sports -|g4 Underclassmen 216 With a Mean Joe Green smile, football sensation Ray Sinclair recalls the highlights of the 1981 A prospective Davidson student watches the colorful commencement procession from his father ' s lap. Awards 29a Advertisements 29t lnde 30i Seniors 268 Closing 290

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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