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Davidson College
Motto: Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas (Latin)
Motto in English: Let Learning Be Cherished Where Liberty Has Arisen
Established: 1837
Type: Private
Endowment: $489 million [1]
President: Thomas W. Ross
Undergraduates: 1,700
Location: Davidson, North Carolina, USA
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Colors: Red and Black          
Nickname: Wildcats
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Website: www.davidson.edu

Davidson College is a private liberal arts college for 1,700 students in Davidson, North Carolina, in the United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. For Davidson County North Carolina click here Davidson is a town in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties in the U North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Both the town and college were named for Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, a Revolutionary War commander. William Lee Davidson (1746&ndash1781 was a North Carolina militia general during the American Revolutionary War. The land for Davidson College came from General Davidson's estate, a large portion of which was donated by his son.

The College was established by Presbyterians in 1837. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity According to its Statement of Purpose, "the ties that bind the college to its Presbyterian heritage . . . have remained close and strong" but the dedication of the college "extends beyond the Christian community to the whole of humanity and necessarily includes openness to and respect for the world’s various religious traditions. "[2] Majors are offered in over twenty fields, as are several minors and self-designed interdisciplinary options. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine. Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D

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Institution

According to The Princeton Review, it is ranked in the top twenty colleges nationally for the following categories: "Best Overall Academic Experience For Undergraduates," "Professors Get High Marks," "Professors Make Themselves Accessible," and "Their Students Never Stop Studying. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company " [3] Davidson students once complained of a lack of name recognition among the American public, but recent national media coverage, including articles in the New York Times Education supplement and Time and Newsweek magazines, has heightened Davidson's national profile. [4] Newsweek named Davidson as one of twenty-five "New Ivies. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. " In 2007, Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked Davidson fourth in the list of liberal arts colleges. Kiplinger's Personal Finance ( KIP -lin-gerz is a Magazine that has been continuously published on a monthly basis from 1947 to the present On 19 March 2007, Davidson became the first liberal arts college in the country to eliminate the need for loans in financial aid packages. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. All demonstrated need is met through grants and student employment. [5]

The school became co-educational in 1973 and today maintains a 50/50 ratio of men to women. A high percentage of Davidson graduates enter the legal profession, medicine, or government service.

Academics

Admissions Profile

Chambers Building, Davidson College, NC
Chambers Building, Davidson College, NC

Admission to Davidson is highly selective.

The Davidson College Office of Admission & Financial Aid presents the college as one "dedicated to intellectual and cultural growth in the broadest sense. " Davidson prides itself on a student body chosen not only for their academic promise, but also for their character.

"Faculty and admission personnel work together to select students for admission. The selection process is composed of three major elements: 1) the evaluation of academic performance and potential; 2) the assessment of individual characteristics; and 3) the recognition of outstanding interests, achievements, and activities. These three elements are used to gain an understanding of each student's academic and personal strengths and, thus, give an overall evaluation of the individual's eligibility for admission. " [6]

Faculty

Davidson has a student-faculty ratio of 10-1, 89% of its classes are under 30 students, and no classes have more than 50 students. [7]

Davidson has 167 instructional faculty members, of whom 159 are full-time employees. Almost all faculty members have terminal degrees in their field, with 163 of the 167 faculty members holding a PhD or their field's terminal degree. [8]

Honor code

E. H. Little Library, Davidson College, NC
E. H. Little Library, Davidson College, NC

Davidson students are bound by a strict honor code, signed by each student at the start of their Freshman year.

The Davidson College Honor Code states: "Every student shall be honor bound to refrain from cheating (including plagiarism). Every student shall be honor bound to refrain from stealing. Every student shall be honor bound to refrain from lying about College business. Every student shall be honor bound to report immediately all violations of the Honor Code of which the student has first-hand knowledge; failure to do so shall be a violation of the Honor Code. Every student found guilty of a violation shall ordinarily be dismissed from the College. Every member of the College community is expected to be familiar with the operation of the Honor Code. "

Because of this Honor Code, Davidson students take self scheduled, un-proctored final exams. Many exams (known as "reviews" in Davidson vernacular) are take-home, timed, and closed book. Every assignment submitted at Davidson includes either an implicit or (more often) explicit pledge that the student neither gave nor received assistance on the assignment beyond the bounds of the Honor Code. The subscription of students to this Honor Code extends beyond 'reviews,' essays, or research papers. Notes around campus are commonly seen, whether on a bulletin board or taped to a brick walkway, describing an item found at the location and the finder's contact information so that the property may be recovered. [9]

Majors and minors

Davidson offers majors in 20 subject areas, which include Anthropology, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English, French, German, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, and Theater. Students can also design their own major through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. In addition to the one major required for graduation, students may pursue a second major, a minor, or a concentration. Interdisciplinary concentrations are offered in Applied Mathematics, Asian Studies, Computer Science, Education, Ethnic Studies, Film and Media, Gender Studies, Genomics, International Studies, Medical Humanities, Neuroscience, and Southern Studies.

In February 2002, the Royal Shakespeare Company opened the Duke Family Performance Hall, one of the premier performance spaces in the Southeast. In 2007 and 2008, the Cunningham Fine Arts building, home to several smaller performance spaces, faculty offices, classrooms and set construction facilities, will be completely renovated.

Davidson President Tom Ross has repeatedly credited Davidson's Classics Abroad program with redirecting his life. Begun by Professor George Labban in the 1960s, the program has survived the retirement of Labban and his successor Dirk French. Presently, it is the most popular of the college’s study abroad programs, along with the Semester in India program. Davidson students may also take advantage of the wealth of outside study abroad programs available, applying their Davidson financial aid package to their program of choice.

Student life

Davidson Wildcats logo
Davidson Wildcats logo

Athletics

Davidson competes at the NCAA Division I level in 21 sports. Of these sports, 11 are men's and 10 are women's. Approximately 24% of the Davidson on-campus student body participates in varsity sports. [2] Davidson has the second smallest enrollment of any school in Division I football.

Davidson's sports teams are known as the Wildcats; their colors are red and black. The Wildcats participate as a member of the Southern Conference in most sports. The Southern Conference (or SoCon) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I The sports that compete in other conferences include football in the Division I-AA Pioneer Football League, men's and women's swimming and diving in the Colonial Athletic Association, Field Hockey in the Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference, and lacrosse in the American Lacrosse Conference. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The Pioneer Football League is a College athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States. The Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East The Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference (NorPac is an NCAA Division I conference that only sponsors women’s Field hockey. The American Lacrosse Conference, also known as the ALC, is a NCAA Division I women's lacrosse-only college athletic conference whose members are located [10]

Men's basketball

Main article: Davidson Wildcats men's basketball

Davidson's basketball team first reached considerable success in the 1960s under Coach Lefty Driesell, when Sports Illustrated ranked it No. The Davidson Wildcats basketball team is the basketball team that represent Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, in the NCAA Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Charles "Lefty" Driesell (born December 25, 1931) is a retired college Basketball coach Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. 1 in the country prior to the 1964-65 season[11].

The Wildcat men have competed in 10 NCAA tournaments (1966, 1968-70, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006-08). Their last tournament victory was in 2008 over University of Wisconsin in the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the The Wildcats moved on to the Elite Eight where they lost to the Kansas Jayhawks 59-57. The term Elite Eight refers to the final eight teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the The Wildcats' NCAA Tournament run came after finishing their regular season undefeated in conference play, at 20-0, and as the champions of the Southern Conference Tournament.

Under the guidance of Coach Bob McKillop, the Wildcats consistently posted winning seasons. Robert "Bob" McKillop (born July 13, 1950) is head coach of the men's Basketball team at the Davidson College. In 2006-07, they completed the regular-season conference schedule with only one loss and entered the conference tournament as a No. 1 seed, earning a first-round bye. On March 3, 2007, the Wildcats beat College of Charleston in the finals of the Southern Conference Tournament to become conference tournament champions for the second consecutive season. The College of Charleston (C of C is a public, Sea-grant, and Space-grant university located in historic downtown Charleston South Carolina The championship won the school an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where the Wildcats lost in the first round to Maryland, 82-70. The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research

In 2005-06, the Wildcats went 20-10 and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after winning the Southern Conference Tournament in Charleston, South Carolina. The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a Single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division The Southern Conference (or SoCon) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina.

In 2004-05, the Wildcats were undefeated in conference play at 16-0 and advanced to the third round of the NIT. The National Invitation Tournament (NIT is a men's college Basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

In 2001-02, the Wildcats won the Southern Conference Tournament and lost a close game to Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the

In addition to Driesell and McKillop, a number of notable NCAA men's basketball head coaches have coached at Davidson. Matt Doherty, current head coach at SMU and former head coach of Notre Dame, North Carolina and Florida Atlantic, experienced his first coaching job as an assistant under McKillop, who, not coincidentally, was Doherty's high school coach on Long Island. For the former Northern Irish footballer see Matt Doherty (footballer. Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the varsity sports teams of the University of Notre Dame. Former Virginia head coach and current East Carolina athletic director Terry Holland is a Davidson graduate (Class of 1964) and was Driesell's first recruit at Davidson, before advancing to assistant coaching, head coaching and athletic director duties at Davidson. See also Virginia Cavaliers The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball program represents the University of Virginia in the Atlantic Coast East Carolina University is a public, Coeducational, Doctoral / Research University located in Greenville, North Athletic director (commonly "athletics director" is a position at many American Colleges and universities, as well as in larger High schools Michael Terrence "Terry" Holland (born April 2, 1942 in Clinton North Carolina) is the Athletics Director and Executive Assistant Larry Brown, who would go on to win an NCAA championship with Kansas in 1988 and NBA championship with Detroit in 2004, began his nomadic head coaching career at Davidson, managing to depart before the start of his first season. Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is the head coach of the National Basketball Association Jim Larranaga, who took George Mason to the 2006 Final Four is a former Davidson assistant coach. James Larranaga (born October 2 1949 in The Bronx, New York) is an American College basketball coach and the head The George Mason Patriots are the athletic teams of George Mason University. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the

Men's soccer

The men's soccer team at Davidson was declared a varsity sport in 1956 and had their first All-American player, Claude Finney, just four years later in 1960.

The peak of the soccer program was in 1992 when the team made a magical run to the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament Final Four. Led by two-time All-American Rob Ukrop, Davidson finished the regular season 17-5-5, earning an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Three electrifying wins -- two on penalty kicks and one in sudden death overtime -- propelled Davidson into the Final Four, which miraculously was being hosted by Davidson on the school's campus. Davidson lost 3-2 in overtime against San Diego in the semifinal game, but the team received plenty of accolades. Ukrop led the nation with 31 goals and 72 points and was awarded the Adi Dassler Award, given to the nation's best player. Head coach Charlie Slagle was awarded NCAA Division I Coach of the Year for men's soccer. Remarkably, all of this was accomplished without the use of a single athletic scholarship on the 1992 team, leading The New York Times to herald the team as "22 educated feet. " [12]

Croquet

Davidson's two-man golf croquet team has won the National Collegiate Croquet Championship twice--back to back in 2007 & 2008. [13]

Student organizations

The main student newspaper on campus is the Davidsonian, which is published weekly. The Davidsonian was founded in 1914 and has published a volume every year since then. [14] In 2007, Davidson's Library completed a project to digitally archive all past issues of the Davidsonian. [15]

Davidson offers over 150 student organizations on campus, including arts & culture organizations, performance groups, sports groups, political organizations, health & sexuality groups, religious organizations, and social action groups. The Student Activities Office encourages and is available for students wishing to develop an organization not yet established at Davidson. [16]

Most student events are sponsored by the Union Board, the student organization in charge of the student union. In addition to hosting concerts throughout the Fall and Spring semesters, the Union Board organizes events such as pancake breakfasts at midnight, movies, and Freshmen welcome events.

Fraternities and eating houses

The fraternity and eating house system at Davidson is known as Patterson Court and is governed by the Patterson Court Council. The houses included on Patterson Court are as follows: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Alpha Order, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, Connor House, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Warner Hall, Kappa Sigma, Black Student Coalition, Rusk House, Turner House, and Alpha Phi Alpha. ΣΦΕ ( Sigma Phi Epsilon) commonly Nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social fraternity for male College students in the History Kappa Alpha Order was originally founded as Phi Kappa Chi on December 21 1865, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia. History Pi Kappa Alpha is an international brotherhood composed of 210 student chapters 9 colonies and 120 alumni associations Origins of Phi Gamma Delta Historical sketch of Jefferson College In 1803 only a small percentage of Americans attended college History Founding Phi Beta Kappa was the first Greek letter organization founded in the United States when it was created on December 5 1776 at the College Sigma Alpha Epsilon (also known as SΑΕ) is a secret letter social college fraternity Traditional founding The Kappa Sigma Fraternity claims that its origins can be traced back to Bologna, Italy in 1400. Alpha Phi Alpha ( ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans Founded on December 4 1906 on the campus of

In total, there are eight national fraternities and five local eating houses on campus. Approximately 65% of the female students and 38% of male students belong to a fraternity or an eating house. [17]

Royal Shakespeare Company Residencies

In 2002, the Royal Shakespeare Company performed William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in residency at Davidson College, the RSC's second residency at a US college or university. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company William Shakespeare ( baptised The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598 The performance inaugurated the Duke Family Performance Hall. [18] In March 2005, the RSC returned to Davidson and was in residency for most of the month, performing The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, as well as numerous educational activities, many of which were open to the general public. See also Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a Comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599 William Shakespeare ( baptised In February 2006, their artists directed scenes from Shakespeare's plays and other theatric materials inspired by Shakespeare, entitled For Every Passion, Something, with Davidson students as actors. The productions Infinite Variety and For Every Passion Something were presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. In February 2007, the Royal Shakespeare Company performed Shakespeare's Pericles and The Winter's Tale, as well as Roy Williams's Days of Significance, in the Duke Family Performance Hall. Pericles Prince of Tyre is a play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623 Roy Samuel Williams, OBE (born 1968 is an English Playwright. [19] In 2008, the RSC is to conduct educational programs, similar to those they presented in 2006. [20]

Financial Aid

On 19 March 2007, Davidson College announced that all students would have their demonstrated financial need met by grants and student employment; loans would no longer be a component of any Davidson financial aid package. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [21] Davidson became the first liberal arts college in the country to do so. On 7 June 2007, the Duke Endowment pledged $15,000,000 to support the initiative. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Duke Endowment is a private foundation established in 1924 by Industrialist and Philanthropist James B [22]

In addition to not including loans in their financial aid packages, Davidson recently completed a capital campaign adding 156 new scholarships funded with $88 million. [23] Davidson states that they are committed to providing 100% of demonstrated need of all students, with 33% of students receiving need-based aid and over 50% receiving some form of financial aid. [24]

Notable alumni

See also Davidson College alumni category

Arts, film, theatre, and broadcasting

Athletics

Business

Education

Law

Politics (Elected Office)

Politics and Activism (Non-Elected Office)

Religion

Writers, Journalists, & Publishers

History

Davidson College was founded in 1837 by The Concord Presbytery after purchasing 469 acres (1. William Wyche Fowler Jr (born October 6, 1940) is an American politician and ambassador Leonidas Lafayette Polk ( April 24, 1837 - June 11, 1892) or L David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 &ndash December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs Robert Anthony Snow ( June 1 1955 – July 12 2008) was an American Political commentator, Television news The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues Anne Stanback is an out Lesbian LGBT rights activist and the founder and Executive Director of Love Makes a Family (LMF which is a statewide Paul Butterfield Freeland ( September 15, 1904 &ndash November 1, 1976) was a Presbyterian minister Historian, Philanthropist Genealogy (from Greek: el γενεά el-Latn genea, "descent" and el λόγος el-Latn logos, "knowledge" is the study of See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material Vereen Bell ( 5 October 1911 - 25 October 1944) was an American Novelist Born in Cairo Georgia, he Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American Crime writer. McKendree Long (1888-1976 was an American minister and painter. Sheri Reynolds is an author of contemporary Southern fiction She was born and raised in rural South Carolina and lives on Virginia 's eastern shore. William Clark Styron Jr ( June 11 1925 &ndash November 1 2006) was an American Novelist and Essayist. Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American Poet. Life Wright was born in Pickwick Dam Tennessee, The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author 90 km²) of land from William Lee Davidson II. The first students graduated from Davidson in 1840 and received diplomas with the newly created college seal designed by Peter Stuart Ney, who is believed by some to be Napoleon's Marshal Ney. [28]

In the 1850s, Davidson overcame financial difficulty by instituting "The Scholarship Plan," a program that allowed Davidson hopefuls to purchase a scholarship for $100, which could be redeemed in exchange for full tuition to Davidson until the 1870s. The college's financial situation improved dramatically in 1856 with a $250,000 donation by Maxwell Chambers, making Davidson the wealthiest college south of Princeton. The Chambers Building was built to commemorate this gift. On November 28, 1921, the Chambers Building was destroyed in a fire but was rebuilt 8 years later with funds provided by a generous gift from the Rockefeller family. [29] The Chambers Building continues to be the primary academic building on campus.

In 1923, the Gamma chapter in North Carolina of Phi Beta Kappa was established at Davidson. Over 1500 men and 500 women have been initiated into Davidson's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. [30]

In 1924, James Duke formed the Duke Endowment, which has provided millions of dollars to the college, including a $15 million dollar pledge in 2007 to assist with the elimination of student loans.

On May 5, 1972 the trustees voted to allow women to enroll at Davidson as degree students for the first time (women had attended classes as early as the 1860s but did not enjoy degree privileges). The first women to attend classes at Davidson were then-President Kirkpatrick's five daughters, who attended classes to increase the size of the student body during the Civil War. Art major Marianna "Missy" Woodward ‘73, the only woman in a class of 217, was the first woman to graduate from Davidson. [31]

In early 2005, the College's Board of Trustees voted in a 31-5 decision to allow 20% of the board to be non-Christian. John Belk, the former mayor of Charlotte and one of the heirs of Belk Department Store, was a casualty of this decision, resigning in protest after more than six decades of affiliation with the college. John Montgomery Belk ( March 29, 1920 &ndash August 17, 2007) was head of the Belk Inc Stephen Smith also resigned. Belk, however, continued his strong relationship with his alma mater and was honored in March 2006 at the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Belk Scholarship.

Presidents

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Davidson College Factfile
  2. ^ Davidson College Statement of Purpose
  3. ^ Davidson College
  4. ^ Who Needs Harvard? - TIME
  5. ^ http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x24693.xml
  6. ^ Davidson College Admission - Incoming Class Profile
  7. ^ Davidson College administrative documents
  8. ^ Davidson College administrative documents
  9. ^ http://www.davidson.edu/administrative/admission/whydav/honor.html
  10. ^ Davidson Athletics
  11. ^ Press and Highlights from Davidson Basketball
  12. ^ New York Times, November 28, 1992
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ The Davidsonian
  15. ^ http://library.davidson.edu/archives/davidsonian/davidsonian_collection.asp
  16. ^ Davidson College - Student Activities
  17. ^ http://www2.davidson.edu/studentlife/involved/pcourt/pcourt_home.asp
  18. ^ The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
  19. ^ Davidson College - 2008 RSC Residency
  20. ^ Davidson College News Archives
  21. ^ E-mail from Bobby Vagt to all Davidson College students, 19 March 2007
  22. ^ http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x24693.xml
  23. ^ http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x7249.xml
  24. ^ http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x7249.xml
  25. ^ Davidson College News Archives
  26. ^ George Osborne MP - Profile - Conservative Party
  27. ^ Charlotte Observer | Entertainment
  28. ^ Ney
  29. ^ Davidson College Timeline
  30. ^ Davidson College
  31. ^ Coeducation
Davidson College Arboretum (100 acres is an Arboretum located across the main campus of Davidson College in Davidson North Carolina.
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