Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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A Progressive Outlook The year 1954 lias had. as any other year, the hi events and the small ones, the had ones and the jiood ones, hnt it has heen different from those other years heeaiise the events that sou ex- perienced and the emotions that acconijianied them never occnr in the same light ajjain. Ha|)|)iness — peaie in Korea, pride — thirteen new professorships, and a new administration bnilding. disgnst — the Rosenherg and Greenlease cases, sorrow — the deaths of Mr. Fearing, Dr. Sydnor. and Dr. London, pleasure — Joe Col- lege, humor — big oranges, worry — exams. In all these thoughts, the common factor is change — some of it lor the worse, hut ihc ast majority of it for our improvement. The progress and development of this outstanding university which has heen |»hysically exemplified in the completion of the new administialion liuilding and ediicationalU liy the establish- ment of thirteen James B. Duke chairs for outstanding pro- fessors, is not some brand new. forwaid looking nu vemeiit. but just a continuation of a progressive attitude begun in J 838 with the establishment of Union Institute and then carried on l)y the men of ision who led this ( ducational comnuinity through the various moves and heightening of goals. Duke would neither have nor deserve the position of leadershiji it has today if it were not tor this ]iiogress. Neither could these men have succeeded it they had not Ijeen able to instill this same consiiousness in their students. Because of the importance it has jjlayed in the life of this relatively young institution, we dedicate the (Ihanticleer of Nineteen Hundred Fifty-four to the progressive outlook taken by the leaders and graduates of Duke University with the hope llial it mav contiiuie forever. y t ffiaa ::a ■•■ si ui r- 7=t ■ ■■ R! ■i ■II ■■i ■It Bu La i» III

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the Chanticleer rublished by THE STUDENT BODY DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

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Blue Print for a Book riif chickinj; oi ty|i( ' « iit( ' i . tlu ' Marine ladio. llic coiislaiit ring- ing of the telephone. l)al)bling voices trying to make a|)i)oinlinents for ])ictures or iiKiiiiring as to the whereal)outs of lost copy — I lulorlying all this is one driving force for the ' entire -laff — to present to the Duke University faniil ihc licst possil)le account of their life during 1954. The overall plan is through the arluork and la oiil to give the feeling of niodenusni with the emphasis centering on the construction oi the universitv buildings which are the outward svnd)ols of the progressive outlook to which this hook is dedi- cated. We have attempted to attract the viewers of tiiis hook to the articles hy utilizing a more informal style, which mav per- haps he more readable and which we ho|)e will create a mood within the reader to better enable him to understand the .roiip concerned. There are a great many variations in the 1954 Chani k i.kkk from those which have been considered the norm for yearbooks. Improvement does not necessarily follow from change. i)ut we. naturally, feel that there has been a positive contribution made by our alterations. Already you are probably questioning, Why the frontispiece? We just liked it and felt that it wananted a place in our story. To attempt to exj)lain all the changes would take more space than we have, and even then we might not succeed. I think that anyone on the staff will tell you that we have greatly enjt)yed putting out the book this year. It is now up to you. the critics, to pass judgment. ■n ::s ::a IM III Ill ■ •• Ul u ill ■ ■■ ■H ■■ b: ■■ 111