Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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SCHOOL OF lUEOICIKE Inchulcd in the plans of tht- late James B. D uke, Mliich made possible the cle ( ' l- opmem of Duke University, was a school of medicine and a hospital to provide facilities for the medical students. In 1925 the Duke University School of Medicine became a reality. Since its founding only twelve years ago, this school has made rapid progress to national recognition with Dean W. C. Davison and his staff making numerous contributions to the field of medicine in general. Besides having the most modern devices at the disposal of the students, the School of Medicine itself has a separate library of over 31,000 volumes of American and foreign medical literature and sul)scribes to over 300 current medical journals. In addition to confering the degree of Doctor of Medicine, the school is so arranged as to provide facilities for students ho are studying for other degrees. Davison SCHOOL OF KUItSilKO Kstablishcd in i ) ' - -, ' ' al the same lime as the School of Medicine, the School of Nins- ing, under Miss Bessie Baker, has progressed along the same lines of advancement. The first class was enrolled in nine- tcen-thirty. Throughout its relatively short period of existence the School lias had a steady increase in enroll Not only docs the School instruct young women in the care of ihc si( k in I and hospitals, but it also gives an introduction to the problems ol ( onui health and preventive medicine. The graduates are well prepared to eni( one of the various fields of ntusitig, siu h as Institutional, Pri ale DiUy. or Health Nursing. nienl. loines uuiity ■r any iblic Bakkr [20]

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(k.ASSON rpKAIMIATI SCHOOL I HHK ' ' |H I lie first provision for the yflSaT . H promotion and organization d Bjt ' 4 A B9E3 1)1 ' graduate instruction in I ' riiiity College was made in 1 916. At the outset six stu- dents constituted the graduate enrollment of the College. After careful investigation by the Committee on Graduate Instruction provision M ' as made in 1923-24 for the granting of two advanced degrees, Master of Arts and Master of Education. During this year thirty-five students were enrolled in graduate courses. The Duko endowment made funds available for the establishment of the Grad- uate School of Arts and Sciences. In 1926 a Council on Graduate Instruction was appointed and Professor William K. Glasson was elected Dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Glasson has retained his position as Head of the Deparimcm of Economics which he held prior to his tenure of the office of Dean. SCHOOL OP LA IV The School of Law was founded in 1904 through an endowment established l)y James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke. .Samuel I ' o.K Mordecai organized the .School and served as its dean until his death in 1927. The 1 rinity Law School set a pre- cedent in southern legal education liy requiring college work as a prerequisite of admission to legal study. By the establishmeiU of the Duke Endowment in 1924 the Law School was enlarged and its scope of activity broadened. H. Claude Horack, a distinguished authority in the field of legal education, was appointed Dean in 1934. Dean Horack is also Professor of Law and has served in an executive capacity in many of the nation ' s prominent legal organizations. r 9]

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Russell SCHOOL nV KELIUIOK since llic v ' ry liri inniiif; ' I ' ri n ily ( 1 If ' J, ' ' ■! nil Duke Uiiivcrsily li;uc been closely coiuu ' clctl with tlic Mclhodisl l ,|)isc(i|)ai (Miurcli, Sdulii. riuis it was lilting that Mr. Dnkc slionld givi ' first prcf- cicncf to religious study in his magnanimous benefaction. Training in religion has always Ijeeii an integral part of the curriculum of the University, but, through the gift of Mr. Duke, the School of Religion was enabled to become separated from the Department of Religion of Trinity College, thus affording additional opportunity for the training of young ministers. The formal opening exercises of the School were held on November 6, 1926, although actual work was begun at the outset of the academic year of 1926-27. Dr. Elbert Russell has served as Dean since the founding of the School and also as Professor of Biblical Interpretation. HOLTOX KIIAIAIEIt KCHOOli Ij HMH I HHI H I ' ' Summer School was H H .P I H founded in 1919. During the ' BH l A l l eighty-eight students BBS 1 B I H ' HK K Vi ll the expansion of Trinity Col- m f: a H H £r E M lege into Duke University the IKkL - aii K-a a M H facilities and faculty of the Summer School were greatly augmented. During the past term the enrollment increased to 3,000 students who represented nearly every state in the union and several foreign countries. Dr. Holland Holton has served as Director of the Summer School since the beginning and has been in large part responsible for its noteworthy progress. The Junaluska Summer School, which is located at Lake Junaluska, N. C, is affiliated with the Duke Suinmer School, but has its own faculty and administrative head. [21]