Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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The Quaker Staff H. A. Carrdi.i. Editnr-in-Cliief . -, l [sn - Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS V. A. White, Ji Cathline Pike E. H. IMcBane Alma Crutclifield D. E. Henlev M. W. Perry Estelle Koenier Katheriiie Allen Helen East Eilene Lewis ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Olive Smith Ered M. Henlev Pri{ ( eiglit

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In later years Professor Davis has been an enthusiastic, and for him that means scholarly, Biblical student. He is an advanced thinker, head and shoulders above his generation in his communit -, in nil lines of Hihlicnl exegesis, and modern interpreta- tion. His stu(h ' ousness, ampled witli a naturally retiring and shrinking disposition, has made him less known than one could u isii, and at times also misunderstood. Hav- ing the courage of his convictions of truth, thoroughness and fair dealing, in his tienunciation of sham, hypocrisy and carelessness, he sometimes appears stern and severe. But to those who know inm his kindliness, courtesy, careful thoughtfulness, no less than gentleness have made him great. During all these years as a college man, he has never yielded his interest in farm life and lus cows ha e long been known as the cream of excellence as well as the pro- ducers of excellence of cream. One of his daughters laughingly calls herself Farmer Davis ' daughter, while she designates her sister as Professor Davis ' daughter. Professor Daxis has been twice married— his first wife and the mother of his three children was I.aura Mendenhali, tiie second daugiiter of Dr. Nereus Mendenhall. Delicate as a Hower and poetic and artistic as delicate, was her temperament. But in the prime of life siie dropped and faded. Some time later he sought and won another of the same name— a lady of rarely tine cliaracter and culture, Mary E. Mendenhall, the Miss Mary E. so well known to all ( juilfordians. That (luiiford College has had such a one as Professor Davis within its halls all the years of its existence is a fact which has given tone to its grade of scholarship and fostered a spirit of plain living and high thinking. Page seven

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Z N|i AlWfi t1i« Last t i ' i L,i=wis Associate Editors AND Assistant Business Managers Ptwc nine