QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1913 . ors ages have sought to impress upon the reader the \irtuc. nay, thenecessity of blindness to imperfections, the hyper-critical persists in bobbing upand showing themselves callous and unsympathetic. \\ best our .nual is buta mirror, reflecting imperfectly College Life, and if you find the silvering toodefecti\e. if you find the reflections too li]liputi;ui or else too bi-obdingnagian—in short, if we have overdone the thing or failed to do it sufiiciently. rememberthat College Life has certain indefinable and transient elements to defy accurateportra
QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1913 . ors ages have sought to impress upon the reader the \irtuc. nay, thenecessity of blindness to imperfections, the hyper-critical persists in bobbing upand showing themselves callous and unsympathetic. \\ best our .nual is buta mirror, reflecting imperfectly College Life, and if you find the silvering toodefecti\e. if you find the reflections too li]liputi;ui or else too bi-obdingnagian—in short, if we have overdone the thing or failed to do it sufiiciently. rememberthat College Life has certain indefinable and transient elements to defy accurateportrayal—we either fall shoii or exceed. Lnderstand, we have not gone infor the soberer ]ilcasures of study, nor the more pnifound delights of scholarlymeditation, iail have restricted ourselves to the lighter side nf college existence,believing it more interesting to our fellow-partakers of l)a\idsomaii atmosphereas well as to not initiated into the joys of these classic scenes. in I ¥ qUIR5& CRANKS im^ElllM. This vcar has liccn one of transition ni our Instory. \\ c have come under1 new .ulininistration. Or. Smith has left us after twelve years of service, yearswhicli served \o form stronijer ties than we fully realized111! the time of severance. In his executive capacity, heeommanded otn admiration and respect. .\s a man andfriend, he won our esteem and honor. Without a ofolher-worldliness. he was of us and for us, and it is oursincerest sjood wish that his work with us may he hut thesmall ]ian of that which he is yet to do. We have lost , hut we have gained Dr. Martin; and the enrollmentof the largest Freshman Class in the liistory of the collegealready furnishes ample testimony as to the jjrospects ofthe new regime. In Dr. ., we have a high-tonedChristian gentleman, a tireless worker, and a believer in Davidson and its pos-siliilities. Little did the Class of jj dream that that pale and callow youth whoroomed in \o. — Chambers would ever sit
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