by Nancy Griffith | Aug 31, 2022 | Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Personal Reflection on Sports in Davidson I may seem an unlikely person to be a sports commentator, but a recent conversation started my mind going. And having been tangential to both college and youth sports for 45 years, and to high school sports...
by Press Release | Jul 18, 2022 | Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Foundation Makes Grant for Historic Lingle Hut The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission recently shared the following: We have good news to share! The Marion Stedman Covington Foundation has awarded $10k to the Reeves Temple AME...
by Nancy Griffith | Jul 17, 2022 | Davidson History, Local, News, Top Left Box
Search for: NEWS The Great Depression in Davidson We usually think of the Great Depression as beginning with the stock market crash in 1929, but its roots go further back in rural agricultural areas, especially in the South. During World War I, when demand for...
by Nancy Griffith | Jun 27, 2022 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Davidson History: Caleb Richmond Harding In 1888 Davidson College hired a new classics professor. Caleb Richmond Harding, born in 1861, graduated from Davidson in 1880 and received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1887. Over the years, he...
by Nancy Griffith | May 18, 2022 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Dogs of Davidson Dogs have long been a feature of town and campus life in Davidson. Times were different in earlier years. Until the early 1980s, dogs were allowed to run free, in town and on the campus — no leashes, no dog parks, no...
by Bill DuBose | Apr 15, 2022 | Davidson History, Local, News, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS Recollections of Davidson College, 1946-1950 (For this column the editors are happy to share some reminiscences by a guest columnist, Bill DuBose, Davidson class of 1950.) Freshman orientation marks the first vivid recollection I associate with...
