Word: davidson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Other nearby women's colleges frequented by Davidson men are Sullins, Converse, and the Women's College of the University of North Carolina. But dates for the big weekends are generally imported from the North--mostly from the whole string of colleges and junior colleges in Virginia...
Social education at Davidson is provided through a unique system of fraternity system is an extreme emphasis ternity spirit generated by the closely-knit nature of the college community...
Like their country cousins at Dartmouth, Davidson men must rely on an abundance of spirit to tide them over the womanless days before each weekend. But unlike Dartmouth, Davidson generates its spirit from within, without any aid from Demon Rum, for the college rules state that "any student found guilty of drinking alcoholic liquors, having them in his possession, or being under their influence on the campus, is dismissed...
...nearest women's college is Queens-Chicora, located in Charlotte, an hour's drive from Davidson. But this short distance could just as well be hundreds of miles, for only seniors are allowed to possess cars on campus...
...letter day on any Davidson man's social calendar is the Homecoming football game, which this year was last Saturday's game with Furman. College officials proclaim the day a holiday; each fraternity strips off the air of conformity and puts on a papier-mache veneer of garlands and streamers in an attempt to out-decorate the other ten houses. Consisting of a formal dance on Friday and informal dances on Saturday, these weekends usually feature name bands...