This Day In Davidson – January 18

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

1905 – Faculty deny request of Sophomore Class to hold their banquet in Charlotte but agree to give the class a holiday from classes the day after the banquet. (Pdf of the full booklet  Sophomore_banquet_05 [In the early 1900s, class banquets were elaborate affairs underscoring class affiliations and often celebrating triumphs of one class over others in sports and debating contests.]
1912 – Faculty temporarily grants Pi Kappa Phi rooms in the Philanthropic Hall noting that only the Trustees have the right to grant the right of permanent occupation

1940 – Davidsonian Headlines –Library is Increased by Three New Books
Former Paper Editors Make Names in World: Several Davidsonian Editors Are at Work on Foreign Assignments.

[We are hoping that it was just a slow week at the Davidsonian and the library for the arrival of Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina,Prints and Impressions of Charleston and  Black, Bay and Chestnut to warrant a headline.  More impressive to read about is the work of  former Davidsonian editors Dick Vowles, Witt Hancock, Boyce Martin, Don Wharton and Duncan McBride.]

 

1952 – Davidsonian Headlines – NCAA Limits T-V, Spring Practices

D. C. Stalwarts Pitch Tent at Salem, Spend Night as 300 Girls Stare Wide-Eyed
Service Frat Has Book Bar

European Travel Offered in Autos at Student Rate
Editorial – Intellectual Laziness: the Enemy of Davidson Education

[It should be noted that that article on the camping adventures of Johannes Miedema and John Lindmarker was written by Mike Myers, class of 1953 and creator of the infamous Bill Edwards.]

 

2010 – Davidson students organized a “Unity Walk for Change” to promote diversity awareness for MLK day.