In 1977, the Rusk Eating House, the first female eating house was organized in the spring to open the following fall semester. The first all-female house on Patterson Court, Rusk Eating House helped pave the way for the modern court.
Dean Rusk (1909-1994), secretary of state under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, is the namesake of Davidson’s international studies program and was the school’s sixth Rhodes Scholar.
Rusk was born on a farm in Cherokee County, Georgia, the son of Davidson alumnus Robert Hugh Rusk, Class of 1894. At age four, his family moved to Atlanta, where Rusk spent his boyhood and attended high school.
Russian classes were first offered at Davidson in 1989 with classes in language, culture, and literature while Russian was offered as a self-instructional language since 1984.
Directed the Bonner Program for two years and was promoted to assistant dean for community service and international programs. Pittard had trained as a high school English teacher and had been with Davidson in a diverse series of roles for twenty years before her appointment. Additionally, the program hired a staff assistant, Linda Gurley, who continues to serve in this role as of May 2011 (About the Program).
Myron grew up in the small hamlet of Lowrys, South Carolina (population of about 100). He came to Davidson in the fall of 1939, after graduating from Chester High School. A chemistry major, he won the Alumni Scholarship Medal and the Hay Bible Medal in his freshman year. while also participating on the wrestling team. He was elected to the honorary societies Sigma Upsilon, Scabbard and Blade and Omicron Delta Kappa. The 1943 Quips and Cranks captioned a photo “Myron Sandifer . . . Served as capable Student Body President as well as being popular and influential in all campus activities.”
Great academic interest and legend surround the life of Omar Ibn Sayyid, a Muslim African slave who lived in the southern states in the early 1800s. He was likely the most educated slave in North Carolina, as well as the author of the only known slave autobiography written in a native language. Lastly, he is one of the best documented examples of a practicing-Muslim slave.
Page 13 in the Christmas edition of the 1952 Scripts 'N Pranks. This page is set up like a calendar and features "Miss March," "Miss April," "Miss July," and "Miss August."
Page 18 of the Wild One Handbook Edition of the 1958 Scripts 'N Pranks. This page features sketches of a "Queens [College] girl" and a "Davidson Gentleman."
Scripts N' Pranks was a literary humor publication that began production after the demise of the yowl. It ran for almost 30 years, releasing its last issue in 1965.
In 1907, three years before the move from the Union Library to the new Carnegie building, Davidson hired the college’s first full-time librarian, Cornelia Shaw. Shaw served as both librarian and registrar from 1907 until 1921, then remained exclusively as librarian until her retirement in 1936. As the head of the library, Miss Shaw worked towards producing several books about the history of Davidson College and student participation in World War I.
In 1901, President Shearer, known to the students as “Old
Puss” decided he wanted a building named for his wife. so he pulled down
an original professor’s house (known as Tammany Hall) and added the east wing
to the old chapel,
