This Day in Davidson – February 22

1837-2012 ◊◊ Celebrating Davidson’s 175th anniversary

1891 Catalog description of new laboratory

1889 – Faculty approved that Professor Henry Louis Smith be granted permission to fit up the old Latin Room as a Student’s laboratory

1912 – Faculty grant permission for students to run a special train to Rock Hill on the occasion of the Davidson- South Carolina University debate.

1950 -Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratories Dr. Alexander Hollander spoke on “The Biological Effects of Radiation”

1961 – Dean Rusk gives the Reynolds Lecture 1961 and Leon Uris visits Davidson for as part of the Book of the Year program

Lake Campus

1963 – Headlines from the Mecklenburg Gazette

Hikers Walk 50 miles in under 12 hours – The hikers included Eddie Beam, Tom McEver, and Bruce Parker who finished the trek in just under 12 hours. Three other hikers took a bit longer.

College Gets Lake Land from Duke – This marks the beginning of Lake Campus