Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

Page 29 text:

Wilburt C. Davison, Dean Medical School JTaeh year the Duke Medical School receives between 1,100 and 1,500 applications for entrance from hopeful pre-med students. From these petitions seventy- six young men are chosen. The school is prepared to handle exactly this number of carefully selected men, so that most of these students complete the hard grind and are graduated at the end of the training period. The highlight of the twentieth anniversary of the Medical School was the start of the new graduate dormi- tory designed primarily for the medical students. After two decades of service and hard work under special grants for research and co-operation with the public health service, this school has gained the national recog- nition which it deserves. Its Class A rating by the American Medical Association is due largely to the continuous efforts of its dean, Dr. W. C. Davison. He has been connected with the Duke Medical School since 1 1927. and has studied at Princeton, Oxford, and John Hopkins University. Prior to coming to Duke, he was j Associate Dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School. Florence K. Wilson. Dean School of N ursing ' phe beginning of construction on the Elizabeth P. Hanes House, future residence of Duke ' s students of nursing, is a highwater mark in the growth and progress of the Nursing School. While the present en- rollment is 150, the new dormitory will provide living quarters, classrooms, and a library for 250 girls. The educational and training program of this school covers a three year period, at the end of which time a Diploma in Nursing is awarded. The curriculum of the school is designed to prepare nurses for general or private duty in hospitals and homes, and for first level positions in public health nursing agencies. Miss Florence K. Wilson came to Duke as Dean of the School of Nursing in 1946. Previously she was Director of the New York State Council of Nursing, Professor of Nursing Education and Director of Nurs- ing Service at Syracuse University, Instructor and Supervisor of Medical Nursing at the New York City Hospital and Dean of the School of Nursing at Western Reserve University. -r-ring is believing as these med students watch an instructor point out some ana- tomical areas of in- terest via the screen.

Page 28 text:

School of Forestry C. F. KORSTIAN, Dean r uke boasts one of the two graduate schools of For- estry to be found in the entire United States. The Duke Forest, a tract of 7,500 acres containing pine and hardwood trees typical of this region, provides a natural laboratory, while the excellent facilities of the Biology Department are available to forestry students for other types of research. The Southern Pine As- sociation has joined with the School of Forestry in placing graduate foresters in the Southern lumber in- dustry lor a period of a year to give them the practical experience necessary. Thus, Duke offers two degrees in the field — the Mas- ter of Forestry which requires two years for completion and the Doctor of Forestry which is based upon both advanced stud) and research. Dr. Clarence F. Korstian, Dean of the School of For- estry, came l Duke as Director of the Duke Forest and professor of silviculture. Upon the establishment of this school in I ' . ' ! ' !. he was named dean. He is known in the world of forestry lor his articles on silviculture. In 2 he was co-editor of The Naturalist ' s Guide to the tmericas. Dr. Korstian is active in Durham civic life as a member of the Rotarj Club, a Mason, and a member of the Duke Executive Council. Joseph A. McClain, Jr., Dean School of Law Established first in 1924, the School of Law was not installed in its present building on West Campus until 1930. This year the Law School has a new dean, twelve faculty members, and a total enrollment of 205 students who have completed their undergraduate train- ing at Duke and other accredited schools. After the resignation of Harold Shepherd in 1949, Charles L. B. Lowndes took the reins as acting dean until the appointment of J. A. McClain, Jr. to the posi- tion of Dean of the School of Law by the Board of Trustees in the fall of 1950. Dr. McClain is ideally suited for his position as Dean of the Law School due to his wealth of experience at leading universities and in the business world. He holds degrees from Yale University and Tulane I ni- versity. He served several years as counsel for the Wabash Railroad at St. Louis, Missouri. Immediately prior to assuming his duties at Duke he was Dean of the Washington University Law School. He has written many articles for legal periodicals and law reviews. Many of the special activities of the Law School ' s faculty and students bring this division of the University to the attention of the whole campus. The Duke Legal Clinic operates to help students, organizations, and citizens of Durham alike. The students have not onk managed to find time out from their studies to hold many dances and cabin parties, but the) also edit a vearbook especially for themselves. The Homburg hat, gold -headed cane, and dark-striped suit as symbols of Duke ' s future lawyers are very much in evidence on the two campuses. 26

Page 30 text:

■ School of Religion he Divinity School was opened in September, 1926, the first of the graduate professional schools to be established under terms of the Indenture set up by Mr. James B. Duke. A Department of Religious Training existed in Trinity College prior to the establishment of the Divinity School. The Department of Biblical Literature, which preceded the Department of Religious Training, was the first such department set up in a Methodist college in the southern states. The Divinity School at the present time enrolls 190 candidates for the B.D. and M.R.E. degrees. There is provision in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for earning the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. in the field of religion. Dr. H. Shelton Smith, professor of Ameri- can religious thought, is Director of Graduate Studies s ummer James Cannon, III. Dean in Religion. There arc twenty-five students enrolled for these degrees this year. Twenty persons comprise the faculty and staff of the Divinity School. The school is one of the ten ap- proved theological schools of the Methodist Church and is a hilly accredited member of the American As- sociation ol Theological Schools. Dr. James Cannon. III. served as Division Chaplain of the First Infantry Division, AFF, in World War I. and received the Croix de Guerre. 1 1 - joined the I am It of Trinity College in l ( )l ( ) and was named acting dean nl the Divinity, School in L950. He i- secretary of the Duke Chapter ol I ' M l!ela Kappa and a member ol the editorial stall ol The luslim II arid. School W ummer classes are held alternately on the East and West Campuses with the period being divided into three sessions — the second session overlapping for a time into the first and third sessions. At any one ses- sion, students from Duke University and other colleges may obtain a maximum of six semester hours, or a total of twelve hours for the entire semester. During the first six weeks, Spanish students are housed in Southgate Hall, and all conversations are carried on in that language. Though the emphasis of the entire summer curriculum is on liberal arts rather than scien- tific study, several three week lab courses in the natural sciences are offered. In addition to the academic opportunities, an in- clusive program of social activities, such as swimming, tennis, sings, open houses, and dances was included in the 1950 program. In February of 1950, Dr. Paul H. Clyde was named Director of the Summer School by the Board of Trustees to supersede Dr. A. M. Proctor who had acted in this capacity for the past three years. Dr. Clyde received his A.B. from the University of British Columbia and his A.M. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has served with the Histo ry Department at Duke since 1941 and is a member of the American Historical Associa- tion. During the last World War, Dr. Clyde was con- nected with the Bureau of Research and Analysis of the Office of War Information. Dr. Clyde is also the author of many books of which the best known are U. S. Policy Toward China, History of Modern and Contemporary Far East, and Inter- national Rivalries in Manchuria. He is also a contrib- utor ol numerous articles to various social journals. Paul H. Clyde. Director