Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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BOOK I THE UNIVERSITY

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THE UNIVERSITY INALLY, THE END OF THE WAR HAS COME. To most people this phrase means the return to prewar jobs, the release of precious articles, and the return of husbands and sweethearts. The tenseness has been lifted, the strain has decreased. However, to col- lege students it means a greater demand to stick to the job. The need for education is now all the greater, and Duke University students realize this fact. There is no let-down in the schedules, nor is there a tendency to slacken scholastically. The school has now become a united body instead of a group of individuals, and the spirit that now pre- vails is proof of the fact. To set forth the purpose of a university is a rela- tively simple proposition. However, the proper execution of such a plan is not an easy accomplish- ment. This year the undertaking of this task was all the more difficult, since the university had a reconversion problem on its hands. New courses had to be established, and research programs had to be expanded still more. The change has come, and from this year forward Duke students will sec a definite reawakening in the policy of the Uni- versity. 11