Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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]

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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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»KI ilinMIEKT OP Ens iiiccrina; was iiUroduced into the cuiriciihirn ofTrinity Cdllcsjc ill 1887, and in its hall cfntury of existence the Dei)artment of Engineering has risen to the heights of national recognition. The Department of Civil and Me- chanical Engineering is under the direction of Harold C Bird, while Walter J. Seeley holds the reins of the Department of Electrical Engineering. The eciuipment of the school is located on the East Campus. Since its hunihle beginning fifty years ago, the school has added to its laboratories the most advanced apj)aratus, until at the present time it ranks among the leading schools in the count rv. i»ei aktaIiekt of POIM :SiTltY The Duki- I ' dicst occupies 4,700 acres of land adjacent to the West Campus. It con- tains over one iumdred species of trees which are typical of the Piedmont j-egion, and is admirably suited for field work in all divisions of forest study as well as the related subjects of Hoiany and Zoology. Forestry at Duke University began in 193 1 when the forest was ])laced luider intensive management for forestry ])ur|3ose, thus insuring a substaiuial begiiming for educational and research work. The Forestry Departmeni is now pre|5. r d lo oiler (iraduate Work in siKicultme and related subjects. The Forest and Forestry ])e[)artment are under liie Directorship of Clarence F. Korstian, one of the leading authorities on siK icultiue in the nation. KoRsri AN L J