Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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irilli rr.i xinsihi ilirs In our rniinliy ihrnutili (iiirschrs — as fri-r ico i iiol as siairs led hy blind and injksihli ' dogmas. I i us liofif that Duke is a samfdr of l ic rrsi (if America. UV know il i.s. MV know thai w ni irr !(r III- in Duke or Oklahoma. .Maitir or California, ive can look uf) iiilo a clear blue sky Willi a free s ilril. I) V know loo ihal we can whislle a li ne and laugh ivhen we feel like il. I his is our riglil. .[niericans. We have a name for il freedom. The word has come down lo us from the tears and laughter and speeches of .Imcrican feofile. It icas this word Ihal set the course of our scvenlecnth-century sail boats towards the ]Vest. Il was this word that we felt in the wind as il blew across our faces there on the descried Plymouth shore. Liberty. ' Patrick Henry knew the full force (if its meaning, and a hundred voices caught it up, making the mountains and fields echo with the jiower of il. We molded it into a cast iron bell and hung il in Philadelphia: we sang il in our anthems; we watched it grow in our wheal fields and our forests. This free- dom is all ours, .[mericans — every criticism, every idea. Il (■ (ire a part of it because we have breathed il every moment of our lives. Created by time and the wind- swept universe, this freedom has centered upon the individual with an intangible surging that echoes in thunder and vibrates as hammer hits steel. Let us not forget that this Jreedom is created thiough- oiit the sunlit streets of . merica, in our children s play, through the sound of church bells, and in the right lo stand up in an assembly and say the truth as we know it. — .So hi us remember all this, and hope that some- day fieople all over the wmid will also know the mean- ing oj this word Freedom.

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fefl DEDICATION TO AN IDEAL 1 1 ERE (). CE I HERE was brown and grey tweed, there now is khaki and navy blue. The steady hum oj convertibles, jammed with noisy voices, used to keep company with the road stretching between East and West Campus — now otdy an occasional bus breaks the silence and emptiness. Al one time the professors carried only notebooks to class, but now their brie cases bulge with official reports from JVashington, D. C. There ' s a hurried rush to the dope shop as soon as word has spread that chocolate ice cream is being sold there. Bugles have mnrr than taken the place of alarm clocks on West ill iiiiiiouncing another grey dawn of a busy day. Longer union lines, posters and speeches, new cut sys- lems and busier hours — all have been indications of a change from peace to war here at Duke in the past two years. But still the same buildings overlook the same walks, the same trees — their concreteness has had no mark of the ivar-time Duke scratched on their surfaces, Still from the chapel comes the unforgettable singing of lite choir. The carillon rings from the lop of the grey stone tower. Our books are not on the verboten list. Our actions, our thoughts are our own, not governed by a supreme power. As individuals we function,

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Mi CONTENTS PRKl ' ACE 7 IN MEMORIAM 8 ADMINISTRATION 9 DUKE SERVICE AEUMNI 19 SCENES II, I- ' . I -,, i(). 21 , 22 COMPREHENSION STUDENT GOVERNMEN ' l S 28 SOCIAL STANDARDS 32 SENIOR CLASS 3,3 JUNIOR CLASS 55 SOPHOMORE CLASS 69 ERESHMAN CLASS 77 STUDENT LIFE 8(5 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 88 N. R. O. T. C 91 NAVY V-12 97 MARINES 119 ACHIEVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS 129 STUDENT LIFE 1 50 SPONSORS 164 STAFF FAVORITES 166 PUBLICATIONS 168 LIEE AND LAUGHTER MEN ' S PAN-HEL i 78 I-RA ' IERNI ' IIES I 79 V(;MEN ' S PAN-MEL 195 SORORIIIES 196 PLEDGE PICTURES 209 BEAUTY SEC ' IK N 210 DANCES 222 STAMINA I ' OOTBALL 230 INFORMAL SHOTS 237 FOOTBALL GAMES 240 VI n IE SQUAD 244 BASKETBALL 246 CHEER LEADERS 250 MINOR SPOR ' IS BASEBALL WOMAN ' S ATHLETICS. AERIAL SCENES STUDENT LIFE ALPHA SIGMA SIGMA. ■25 ' • 2.5,5 .258 .262 .264 .266 M