Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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OXCF, 1 HUNDREn YEARS. Somewhere in the hfe of every educational institution comes a dividing; year to serve as a milestone between past and future. If the past is right, the future glows with opportunities for growth, service, renown. As one stops to evaluate the Centenary of Duke University, to sum up its stages of growth and achievement, to observe the excellent status reached in a hundred years, the warm thought arising is that the University has proved its power to go on to always greater things. Thus, the Centennial Year was utilized to mark the opening of the University ' s largest era of ser ice to region and country. Duke ' s past represents a sound heritage grown into a broad founda- tion. Its present is a nationally known achievement. Essentially its future is assured. It will be either thoroughly adequate or notably great. Perhaps this is the most important moment in Duke ' s history, this divid- ing line that comes once in a hundred years. As never before the Uni- versity desires the inspirational observation of its alumni, alumnae, and friends everywhere ; and needs their concerted support in order to compass its fullest possibilides. No single achievement can further the Duke plan more effectively than an invigoration of its scholas- tic thought stream. The student body, as the most important part of a university, requires the whole- hearted attention and support of its administration, departments of instruction, and faculi ' to afford opportunities for research and expansion which will insure a sturdy growth of the institution. This year ' s celebration at Duke, with its many and aried programs of utmost educational importance, as appro- priately planned and carried out in conformity with this concept of student emphasis. Many minds, many objectives : a broadly purposeful design for living is a university ' s greatest possession. nh this as a theme, Duke Uni ' ersity celebrated its Centennial Year. ROBERT MOSES •-•9 I

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Dl Ki: UNIX I.KSl I CIATI.NNIAI, OCCASION, The concluding event on the years Clcntennial calendar was the formal celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the origins of Trinity College, April 21-23, 1939. Among the delegates who participated in the Centennial Occasion were the pres- idents of many of the institutions represented. In other cases distinguished members of the faculty and alumni represented universities and colleges of various sections. Some of the leaders in present-day educational thought had a prominent place on the program. The general theme of the Centennial Occasion was One Hundred Years of Southern Education in the Service of the Nation. Warious aspects of this and other subjects pertaining to American education, as well as the place of education in the modern world generally, was presented by authorities in their respective fields. The program officially began at nine in the morning on Friday, April 21, with the registration of dele- gates. During that day guides showed visitors the campus and other points of interest. The reception of delegates and welcome to visitors was held from three until five on Friday afternoon. The occasion was an impressive one, with the President, Governor, speakers, and delegates, in caps and gowns, walking in a procession down the walk by the library. President Few delivered the welcome, which was follov ed by responses and felicitations by Sir William Bragg, President of the Royal Society, Homer P. Rainey, President of the University of Texas, and Henry M. Wriston, President of Brown Uni ' ersity. There was a band concert that evening in the Sarah P. Duke Ciardens. Throughout the celebration several band, orchestra, organ and carillon recitals were oficred. After a banquet in honor of the delegates, which was held in the Union dining halls, the Mikado was presented by the Duke Uni ' ersity Glee Clubs. At ten thirty the next morning, Saturday, April 22, a meeting was held on the subject of Education and the Public. Edward Benes, former President of Czcchoslo ' akia, deli ' ered an address on Education and De- mocr acy, and John H. Finley, Editor of the .A ' ew York Times, spoke on Education and Public Opinion. An alumni meeting, The University and the Nation, was held in the afternoon. Speaking at this occasion were H. W. Dodds and President Few. One of the interesting events of this meeting was the delivery to the President by the Chairman of the Alumni Association of the package to be opened in 2038-39. On Sunday, April 23, Dean Willard T. Sperry, of the Harvard University School of Divinity, delivered the morning sermon in the Chapel service of Thanksgiving and Rededication. A suitable close to this significant and impressive Centennial Occasion program was the carillon recital by Anton Brees at four fifteen o ' clock in the afternoon. M. RJORIE HOPE NICOLSON .XNA DEL PULCi. ' R DE BURKE 28

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WILLIAM PRESTON FEW A.B., A.M.. Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., E.D. The absorbing interest of this year is the C: with tlie C elebration itself here at tlie L ' niver every available means eflbrts are bcins; mad for students, alumni, and the ,a;encral publ the L ' niversity and what it is undertaking to gifts to its causes, especially to endowed s welcome the participation of an increasing graduates in the great and permanent task ress, and the usefulness of the L ' niver itv. cause I hope the students of this year c peci i identifying their li ' es with a great and und good long after they ha ' e ceased to li e and For myself, and in behalf of the Universit are taking in the special e ents of this year sort of interest through the year and carrv life. Centennials come at long inter als bi hearty participation in them are good for n or William Preston Few has served as Prcsi i Lhii ' crsity since 1910. He recei ' ed his A 1889, hisA.NL and Ph.D. from Harvard holds LL.D. degrees from W ' offord, Southw L ' ni ersily, Ohio Wcsieyan, Uni ' ersity of lege. He holds a Litt.D. from Birmingha from Southern College. In 1933 he served elation of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, and Chi PI of the Southern Education Foundation. 30. eitennial, which will come to a close ity April 21, 22, and 23. Through this year to pro ide opportunities • to get a better understanding of do, and also opportunities to make holarship and research funds. I proportion of undergraduates and f promoting the growth, the prog- • or their sakes and the sake of the lly will appreciate the privilege of ng institution that will go on doing work. , I appreciate tlie interest students I hope they will go on with this omething of it w ith them through t enthusiasm for good causes and bodv and all the time. e er) W. P. Few, President. ent of Trinity College and Duke , degree from ' ofTord C College in 1893 and 189(3 rcspecti -ely. He tern, Allegheny C ollege. Syracuse th C arolina, and Davidson Col- Southcrn College, and an E.D. as President of the Southern A.sso- Dr. Few is a member of Omicron fraternities. He is also a trustee mm