Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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WILLIAM PRESTON FEW 1910 Trinity College thus became a unit of Duke University and an integral part of the program of humanitarian eflFort outlined in the indenture of Mr. Duke, and it re- mains the undergraduate college for men. Mr. Duke worked feverishly in an effort to see his dream as a reality, and at his death on Octo- ber 10, 1925, many of the plans for a greater Duke University were already complete. These plans provided not only for the new plant to be located on the West Campus, but also for the eleven buildings which were added from 1925 through 1927 to the East Campus. In 1930 the new West Campus was occupied. Two years later the orig- inal building program ended with the completion of the beautiful Duke University Chapel. During the period since 1924, the institution has also witnessed an unprecedented enlargement of its facilities for instruction and research. Now, in 1938, the University finds itself confronted with certain urgent needs which are being called to the attention of friends of the University and friends of American education. The aim of the centennial celebration is, for this reason, directed at two things: the strengthening of the College and the providing of enlarged facilities for advanced studies in the graduate and professional schools. Under these two aims are set out several specific needs: (i) additional dormitories, (2) completion of the University Li- DUKE ANNOUNCES HIS ENDOWMENT PLAN, DEC. II, 1924

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BASSETT AFFAIR IN THE COLUMNS OF THE RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Endowed with brilliant intellect and with a desire to search for the truth in all things, President Few took up where Doctor Kilgo had left off. In 191 1 he announced the completion of the movement, initiated by Dr. Kilgo, to increase the endowment to one million four hundred thousand dollars. Doctor Few was also successful in capturing and holding the interest of the Duke family in the school. He impressed James B. Duke with the need for a great university in North Carolina. His hope was that some day the educational interests of the South might center around such an institution. Mr. Duke became convinced that Trinity would be an ideal nucleus about which to build. It is now known that the idea had its birth long before, but not until December 11, 1924, did Mr. Duke complete his plans and sign the inden- ture creating The Duke Endowment. In addition to turning over to the Trustees securities valued at forty million dollars, this indenture empowered them to expend in addition a large sum for the purpose of acquiring land, erecting buildings, and equipping DUKE UNIVERSITY, which name was suggested by President Few as a tribute to James Buch- anan Duke ' s father, Washington Duke. For the purpose of increasing the principal of the trust estate, the Trustees were directed to withhold twenty percent of the annual in- come and add it to the principal of the trust until such additions should aggregate forty million dollars. Thirty-two percent was made available for all purposes of Duke University, and the remainder of the annual income was designated for other charitable purposes. KILGO DEFENDS . BASSETT BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Duke Chapel