Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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SEITEMHEH F I JH (IS where we .in- proud to be found. Perhaps we don ' t know why ii is we have grown to love our University btll we do love it. Some of us stalled our final year this past September, and a I read we were beginning to feel touches ol regrel that this four-year era was nearing its end. Duke students, like college students all over America, returned to school war-conscious; and President few, with this in mind, opened the academic year with a talk in Page Auditorium on ' A Word About Democracy. We started in this unusual atmosphere, but the Inst lew days of •I

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TO THE FACULTY I request that this institution secure for its officers, trus- tees, and faculty, men of such outstanding character, ability, and vision as will insure its attaining and maintaining a place of real leadership in the educational world. — James Buchanan Duke. To these members of the university community, the master craftsmen who mold our ideals, build our characters, and shape our destinies, the patient individuals who work with us unself- ishly and sympathetically in success or failure, we, the students of Duke University, are proud to dedicate this 1940 Chanticleer. 23

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the first semester quickly indicated that it was to be just another good college year. Normalcy began when the freshmen purchased their dinks, and continued as B. O. S. men in particular and upper-classmen generally practiced traditional influence over the frosh. It continued as we cheered for the Blue Devil eleven at weekly games. A million-dollar construction program was an impor- tant part of the 1939-40 history. Some 500 graduate students took up new quarters in immense Few Quad- rangle, our fourth West campus living section, which was appropriately named after the fourth president of Trinity. In January the new indoor stadium was chris- tened by a basketball game with Princeton. And in June a five-story hospital wing has scheduled completion. Also significant was the creation of a third college. Duke formerly had been Trinity College and the Wom- an ' s College. This year it was divided further with the creation of the Engineering College, of which Dr. W. H. Hall was appointed dean. Twelve per cent of all the University students are enrolled in the new unit. The familiar grind . . . . Between classes on the Chapel steps. To cheer the boys in blue MMi AT DUKE A much-discussed Recreation Center took several steps toward actual existence after a student-faculty commit- tee met and discussed plans. They announced that the Center would be possible if the students could raise §20, 000. The Co-eds went to work with an I want a recre- ation center drive, and the men followed their inspira- tion. Within a week $2,500 were contributed. - ' ,