Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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I J ' ' !.;? ' =: The massive addition to Duke Hospital in its temporary steel cage. The impressive new University Room — a West Campus dining hall, well disguised. The massive physical changes, however, are only one phase of Duke in Transition. Other things have been, are being, and will be altered and improved in order to enhance Duke ' s standing among Amer- ican universities. A gift from the Duke Endowment promises the needed increase in salaries which will enable the University to attract and hold a dis- tinguished faculty. With financial assistance from the Mary Biddle Duke Foundation, Doris Duke, and others, fourteen new distinguished professorships have been established. Other changes made by the administration have received wide publicity. The first Negroes to enter Duke enrolled this fall in the schools of Divinity and Law, as a result of last year ' s decision to integrate the graduate colleges. IBM entrenched itself as an unseen ally in the eternal battle for courses, and, for the first time, freshman registration and course card writing was completed in one day. The corps of campus law-enforcers — the invigorated, swift- footed, sharp-eyed Security Force — was enlarged and modernized. The present enrollment at Duke has responded to the challenge of growth. Dynamic movements origi- nating in the student body have culminated in the achievement of far-reaching goals. The success and import of student-motivated campaigns depend greatly on the character and capacity of the students involved, and Duke may take pride in the ever-rising caliber of its undergraduates. Each incoming fresh- man class rises a rung above its predecessor on the intelligence ladder. The class of ' 65 boasted fifteenth place nationally in the number of Merit Scholars enrolled. On both East and West, many of the trivial freshman duties were discarded, with the hope of incorporating this class more quickly into the flow of student life. A long, wide stretch of asphalt now connects Duke Uni- versity and Erwin Roads.

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PROGRESS 1 l FEELING of activity and rejuvenation has been in Duke ' s tobacco-scented air for several years, as thoughts and ideas have gradually emerged as tangi- ble plans. Then progress suddenly became visible: ground was broken and buildings began to rise, brick on brick. Khaki-clad workmen were as numerous as khaki-clad undergraduates, and the noise of ce- ment-mixers droned above the unmistakable sound of Student Studying. Announced changes in policy affected both students and faculty, and new trends accompanied the freshness of attitude and outlook. Progress was the keynote of it all, a transition, a second generation for Duke University — and it is cnly a beginning. In the life of any institution a complete change- over must periodically occur, when the outdated and useless give way to the modern and vigorous. The past year witnessed the birth of a new era for our comparatively young school; few facets of uni- versity life escaped examination and evaluation. Last fall, the campus populace returned to find Myrtle Drive still faithfully linking the worlds of East and West, but in other respects the physical plant had been expanded and improved. A $2,000,- 000 Law School Building was under construction, the new Biological Sciences Building was nearing completion, and the Woman ' s College Infirmary was preparing for occupancy. An addition to the Medical Center had been constructed during the summer, and the Presyterian Student Center was almost finished. Connecting Duke and Erwin Roads was a new roadway, built to alleviate any traffic problems which might arise in connection with the new law building and the proposed units for married graduate students. One of the cafeterias on West Campus had been redecorated, emerging as the at- tractive University Room, and Aycock Hous was painted and refurbished. If some plans had been realized, others were yet to be fulfilled. A $4,500,000 addition to the main library and a new Fine Arts Building will eventually grace the campuses. This is the largest building program undertaken by the University since West Campus opened thirty-two years ago. 5 • M ' ' ' -- ' L Tiled walls brighten a zoology lab in the new Biology Building. The Biological Sciences Building is prepared for spring semester occupancy.

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Construction advances gradually on the expansive Law School Building. The Experimental Dorms, proposed last year, be- came a reality on East and on West. Special housing was provided for those students who were selected for the trial. These dorms were intended to give their members the opportunity of living in a more ex- clusively intellectual atmosphere, and of sharing in the development of mutual cultural interests. On West Campus, fraternity pre-rush regulations were relaxed to allow open relations between fraternity men and freshmen. Moreover, Formal Rush was held during the semester break, as a solu- tion to the problem of 4 A.M. nights running into first-period classes the next morning. East Seniors became a distinguished group when a list of Senior Privileges materialized this year. Seniors were al- lowed midnight permission during the week, and assumed responsibility for special leaves. Perhaps the most revolutionary event of the past year was the revision of the drinking rule. Agitation began last year, and by mid -fall of ' 61 the Adminis- tration had approved the change. The rule was passed by a campus-wide vote, and a troublesome regulation died overnight. Consumption of alcoholic beverages at off-campus functions became legal. In an age of symbolism, the revamped University Seal, officially adopted this year, may be said to represent the forward-looking attitude of Duke and the vast expansion of its physical plant. The motto is still Eruditio et Religio but its context is dif- ferent. The new seal speaks for a transition which affects those who are presently experiencing or di- recting the changes, and which will affect, in time, the alumni, the future classes, and the name and reputation of the University. It is with this realiza- tion of the broad impact that change brings now and later that the 1962 Chanticleer is dedicated to the Idea of Progress. The fresh new waiting room of the Women ' s Campus Infirmary. The Presbyterian Student center — Westminster Fellowship ' s new pride and joy.