Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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. - ' ,

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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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Thai was the year. Add five concerts starring the Don Cossack Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Law- rence Tibbettj Axtur Rubinstein, and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra; then remember the usual Rush Week periods for fraternities and sororities, and the usual spring elections, then you will remember the year. We went to football games, we danced and dated, we weathered numerous hull sessions, and we studied. The ordeal of final exams was not too much, and the Spring found us hack cm the merry-go- round with slight touches of the oft-mentioned Spring lexer. We anticipated and were not dis- appointed in the many Spring sports. Baseball, lacrosse, track, and tennis kept our school spirit going strong for 1). U. Through the- lovely gar- dens and on the downy 1 a w n s we promenaded arm in arm. exhuherant in spirit and w ilh love for the world in our hearts. We live in the present, this ear fo r m i n g the hack-drop for what will always he one of the most memorable periods of our young lives. As the setting sun of an- other school year starts to cast its beautifully sad ra- diance over our campus, some of us look forward to life beyond this small world that has been our home for four years, oth- ers anticipate fu rthe r preparation for the event that is the consummation of all our school dreams — graduation. Pre- liminary to all this is the gala May Day celebration, and then — final exams of the year. Our hearts are filled with a mixture of sorrow and happiness, but no matter what the future portends, we shall always have with us the knowledge of the most pleasant associations and experiences that spell another year at Duke. Through the years Duke University has advanced steadily. This advancement did not take place in piece meal or haphazard fashion. Each new part of the Uni- versity was finished capably and completely, without a halt in the advancement. Unlike some of the visitors, the people who know the college and its leaders do not expect contributions which will astound the world from the relatively new Duke University. They are pleased and amazed, however, at the amount of progress made in such a short time. The University boasts world au- thorities on many subjects and is continuing to put onK the hest instructors on its faculty. Duke students arc- proud of their hideous green statues. Those statues are of the men who made our school possible. The stu- dents are proud of their faculty, their campus, and their school. Eugene Wilson, Set relay y; fhomas Hanlon, President; Jack Palmer, Vice ' resident. 26