Scope and Contents This file consists of correspondence to and from the President (now the Chairman) of the Board of Trustees. The 19th century letters address topics such as presidential searches ( a letter of refusal from Aaron Whitney Leland, professor at Columbia Theological Seminary), Dr. Shearer's resignation, the evils of secret fraternities and the possibility of expanding the curriculum. The letters from 1963 concern the professorial oath (of Christianity) which was to be reaffirmed by members of the...

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Interview of Dr. Alexander J. McKelway by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. McKelway describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. McKelway discusses student-faculty relations, activism, the fraternity issue, civil rights, Spencer’s presidency, faculty oaths, conscientious objectors, and compulsory ROTC.

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Interview of Dr. Frontis W. Johnston ‘30 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Johnston describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Johnston discusses faculty-admin relations, activism, civil rights, the fraternity issue, and compulsory ROTC.

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Interview of Dr. William Holt Terry ‘54 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Terry describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Terry discusses student-faculty relations, activism, conscientious objectors, civil rights, fraternities, ROTC on campus, compulsory vespers and chapel attendance, faculty oaths, and his own shifting perspective regarding the war.