Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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j I SI as clashes were carried on un- interrupted by the work of construc- tion, so did the many campus activities continue to function as before. The Student Government enforced the rules and regulations drawn up by itself and the administration, especially the ban on music alter nine in the evening and during classes and religious ceremonies. His Satanic Majesty, head of the Hade- Club, reigned over the member imps and impesses. all sons and daughters of ministers. ■•Jelly Leftwich and his Blue Devil Jazz Orchestra gave out with the hot licks of the era. while the Duke Uni- versity Musical Club specialized in black face numbers. 9019, a local scholarship and patriotic society, initiated new mem- bers by making them crawl through trenches amid cries of Peanut butter. hit me harder. and Hesperia debated the high cost of courting and the out- come of the World Series. Top: small combo of stringed instruments accompanied (he forty-five members of the Girls Glee Club of 1 )2. in their musical endeavors. Upper middle: The imps and impesses of the Hades Clul . an organization for the sons and daughters of ministers, pose symbolically in the lowest spot of ground found on campus. Lower middle: Jelly Leftwich and his Duke University Blue Devils of 1°27 were famed for their rendi- tion of the popular soup. Who. ' Bottom: The Biologj Department and students, shown gathered with a specimen or two, were the last members of the Biolog) Club, which disintegrated at the time of the indenture.

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Dr. William P. Few was in his fifteenth year as presi- dent of the school when it became a university. Right: In 1926, Mr. Charles Dukes (shown second from left) had already be- gun his service. Below: In 1900, there had been only sixty fresh- men enrolled, but by 1926, this number was 600. f ALVIN COOLIDGE was enforcing his conservative and puritanical views on the country, and the American citizen was enjoying unprecedented prosperity, when William Preston Few became the first presi- dent of Duke University. Relations be- tween a faculty of seventy-seven professors and a student body of 1,164 reached an all-time high. A strike among the students over the length of a holiday period was the only serious breach to mar the har- mony. One of the hazards of a professor ' s life was the continual possibility of falling into the wide construction ditches on his way to and from classes in East and West Duke Buildings. The former also contained the administrative offices, while the students were housed in Jarvis, Aycock, and South- gate. However, Southgate was better known to the students by the name of Fraushack, learned from their German lessons. The campus maintenance department consisted of one man, who mowed the lawns and performed the odd jobs, while the duties of head electrician devolved upon Professor Edwards of the Physics Department. This panel appeared in the student life section of the 1926 Chanticleer. Although the Dude and Twenty- three Skidoo have long since gone out, there have been no changes in the fine art of wasting time and film.

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I W7HKN such sport greats its Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Bobby Jones captured the hearts ol the American public and made them suddenly -pmis conscious, Duke students were by no means the last to be swept up in the tide. The sports in which Duke already fielded teams took on new emphasis. The football crowds increased to near capacity of Hanes Field, although the records ol Duke gridiron teams failed to improve correspond- ngly. Enjoying a rank equal to football, the great American pastime, base- ball, brought fame to the University in the world of sports. The popularity of wrestling is attested by the great number spectators that witnessed each meet. The best record in the history of the University was compiled by the 1 ( )25 cross-country squad, which boasted three victories in four starts and placed second behind UNC in the state meet. Stewart Rogers and Red Whitener, opponents in the state singles tennis championship, led the net team to three victories and two defeats. With the arrival of Miss Julia Grout as women ' s athletic director, sports among the fair sex took on new importance. Decked out in middy blouses, black serge bloomers, and long stockings, the coeds partici- pated in field hockey, archery, basketball, and base- ball and also held mixed swimming meets. In 1929, the Duke Stadium was opened and offi- cially dedicated, although the Blue Devils ' severe trouncing at the hands of the Pitt Panthers slightly marred the occasion. In the same year, Duke was invited into the Southern Conference, and the sports program became more unified, despite the fact that the teams continued to be outfitted in a variety of shirts and sweaters, some bearing the old T and others the new D. Above: The 1927 Duke-UNC football game was one of the earl) battles in a rivalry that has grown into a traditional gridiron classic. Killing Hanes Field to its capacit) for the first time, a crowd of I D.Hi ID saw might) Carolina defeat the Blue Devils h a lop-sided 41-0 score. Riiihl: Despite crouching, waving their arms, and shouting their cry, Forward with the banner of the victorious Blue Devil-. the 1926 Cheerleaders were able to spin their team on to only four victories in a nine-game season. Below: The major required sport for the co-eds dressed in middy blouses and bloomers was gymnastic and apparatus work, although the Chronicle reports this spmt was often replaced h) violet picking along the hank of the creek. , ipurr rK r ■ ■ . ' •- . ' . •Ja. ' V ' ! ■■ ' -• i ..: ' -■•■ ' •. ' ■ ■•.• ■ 1. ■ ■-■ ,-. :■ • ' » ...■■•• • ' A Jf- • ' .., .■ It •■ ' ■ • ' y M TiM T v 1 . A % r « ,4 1 V M f V , f WiJSw A ■ ifi