Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Duke Chapel

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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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brary, (3) art galleries, (4) scholarship funds, and (5) research funds. What part of the plans will be fulfilled in the near future can not accurately be foretold. However, as the present academic year draws to a close, ground is being cleared for the erec- tion of a new dormitory group directly across the main quadrangle from the West Campus Union building. This group will be built around three quadrangle courts and will house more than five hundred and fifty students in the lavv, medical, theological, and graduate schools. One of the features of the new dormitory group will be five common rooms set aside for reception rooms and recreational purposes. Designed by Horace Trumbauer, the architect for the original buildings and the Duke Chapel, the new buildings, by maintaining the present archi- tectural unity of the University, should enhance greatly its Gothic splendor. It is hoped that this project will be completed by April, 1939, in order that it may be dedicated as a part of the centennial program. This year as Duke University pauses in its centennial celebration to consider its rise from the obscurity of its humble beginnings, it need have no fear of the future, fo r Duke University continues to foster the high aims cherished by the founders of Trinity College. JAMES B. DUKE BUILDING THE NEW DUKE CAMPUS