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ALLAN K. NL XCHESTER, Ph.D. Dean of Freshmen V ADMINISTRATION FACULTY S T U D E N T G () E R N M E N T CLASSES
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN ' REVIEIV HUN. CLYDE R. HOEV STURDY ' HFRrr fTl There is scarcely a more interesting ex- ample of educational inheritance than that of Duke University — begin- ning a hundreci years ago, in a brave little school called Union Institute where a determined group of Methodists and Quakers imdertook to meet the vital need for the better education of their children. That ambition is Duke Uni ' ersity ' s heritage today. Just as the parent institution cndca ' ored to meet the educational neces- sities of the surrounding area, changed its name to Normal tollege and broadened its field in 1850 to include the training of teachers, so Trinit) ' Clollege — the name assumed on reincorporation in 1859 — continued with its growing power to fill a larger and more important place in the edu- cational world. Under the able guidance of such stalwart figures a.s Presidents Braxton Craven, John Franklin Clrowell, John C arlisle Kilgo, and William Preston Few, Trinity reached a place of eminence among Southern colleges. The institution, with veneration for the past and determination for the widening future, was therefore ready for the dra- matic development of 1924 when Mr. James B. Duke pro ided the generous endowment which enabled it at once to grasp its larger opportunities. With its immediate aid Trinity assumed its logical position as the undergraduate college for men. Eleven buildings were added to form the Woman ' s C ollegc unit. The original building program ended in 1932 with the completion of the University C iapel, towering dominantly over seventeen impressive Gothic structures on a heavily wooded campus extending five thousand acres away. Duke University thus became the guardian of a hundred years of educational tradition, and the unify- ing factor of the undergraduate colleges, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the professional schools of Law, Religion, Forestry, Medicine, and Duke Hospital. Here is something well worth commemorating — a Centennial that means much to all people every- where who believe in high educational standards. In each stage of growth Duke ' s forebears undertook to do the thing most needed. Duke University bears the same obligation with added responsibilities. The College has had an eventful history, and in recognition of a century of extraordinary development resulting in Duke University, a centennial celebration was held at the University, beginning in October, 1938- THf: C:ENTENNI; L YE. R is LAUN(::HED. The Duke Clenlennial Celebration representing a stir- ring event in the history of the University was the result of nearly two years of diligent planning and pre- paring. During this period committees and indi iduals were hard at vork under the direction and supervision of the Executive Secretary, Mr. A. S. Brower, on the prc-Centennial program and the formal Centennial Celebration with its important literary, academic and social events. In impressively fitting exercises October 6, in Page Auditorium, Duke University formally launched its Centennial Year. A large audience representing a cro.ss section of the University ' s varied constituency [20
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