Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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■ »- .• . :■» Mam CM. T W+ tS After visiting the best-known schools in the U.S. and Europe, Mr. Trumbauer designed Duke. His object was to combine in Duke the most desirable features of the world ' s greatest institutions. Preface to the Present i yne mott aenetati Y. =UJukt aenetalion aao- lamei- m ulJLea. utile J-tinitu alleae Lnta lite beainntna or a ateat new IL Lvet£it t

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T Administration pp. 18-39 Classes pp. 42-123 Organizations pp. 126-185 Fraternities pp. 188-257 Athletics pp. 260-313 — V till A c JJite ST tin onoranes pp. 316-341 Chanticleer 1951 -£v. 1 Student Life pp. 344-385 m-

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Above: In 1926, two years after the announcement of the endow- ment, the construction crew broke ground for the building of West. Left: This maze of engine smoke, pine trees, and construction shacks was replaced by 1932 with the majestic spires of the Duke Chapel. AT one o ' clock on the morning of December 8, 1924, William Preston Few, president of Trinity College, awoke to the sounds of frenzied pounding on his door. Upon opening it, he was confronted by one of his students, who blurted out the momentous news that James B. Duke had finally announced the settlement of the bulk of his fortune on the small and little-known school. It wasn ' t long before the whole student body had been aroused, and a mass demonstration took place on campus. Three days later, on December 11th, the wealthy industrialist signed the Duke Inden- ture, which was to provide the foundations for one of the nation ' s greatest educational institu- tions. - 1 Mr. Duke purchased this deposit of volcanic granite in Hills- boro, providing a permanent source of building materials. Today James B. Duke ' s cherished dream is a reality. The University which had its beginning on that December day a generation ago has taken its place high on the list of American schools. At a time when Duke is in the midst of a huge ex- pansion program, it is only natural that its students and! alumni look back on their alma mater ' s first and most difficult years, when its buildings were under construction and its stu- dent body was laying the basis of what we today know as life at Duke. - Above: The Woman ' s College Library was one of the last additions to th. East Campus and, in contrast to West, is done in Georgian architecture Left: At the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the Unioi Building on West, Miss Doris Duke was the representative of the family