Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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graduate and professional schools LAW, Elvin R. Lally, J.D.. J. Sc. I).. Dean. Duke University ' s Law School, on the basis of its record, ranks high amonu; the nation ' s best. Coupling physical with academic excel- lence, the Law School last year moved into its new building, erected and equipped at a cost of more than S2.000.000. The Duke Law School is a national school, and as national schools go, a small school. Its ratio of faculty to students is among the highest of the leading law schools. FORESTRY: Ellwood S. Harrar, Sc.D., Ph.D., Dean. Duke was the first institution to offer the Doctor of Forestry degree. The University maintains one of only two graduate schools of forestry in the nation, the other being at Yale. A 7,000-acre, self-supporting forest serves a three-fold purpose: to demonstrate methods of timber growing and forest manage- ment, to develop an experimental forest for research in forestry and related sciences, and to serve as an outdoor laboratory for instruc- tion in forestry. L MEDICINE: Barnes Wondhall. M.D., Dean. Thirty-seven years ago, the Duke Medical Center was merely a dream. There is nothing visionary, however, about the more than 700,000 patients who have received treat- ment there, or the 2,177 M.D. degrees that have been awarded since 1933. Further ex- pansion is now necessary. Ground will soon be broken for a S4,000.000 main entrance building and diagnostic and treatment center. The School of Medicine will also increase the size of its entering class from 80 to 100 — as soon as faculty and facilities arc available. An enrollment of 128 in each class is ultimately expected. 28

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libraries Benjamin E. Powell, Ph.D. Librarian The General Library, seen through the Union Arcade. The several collections which make up the Duke University Library form a firm foundation to support the edu- cational, research and scholarly ac- tivities at Duke. With approximately 1,600,000 volumes and a staff of 134, the Library is the largest university library in the South and the sixteenth largest in the nation. The Library has seen its most rapid development and expansion take place in the years since World War II. Since 1946, about 900,000 volumes have been added. In addition to the General Library on West Campus, distinguished collections are housed in the Woman ' s College Library, the Law School Library, the Medical School Library, the Divinity School Library, the College of Engineering Library, and in the areas of biology-forestry, chemistry, and physics-mathematics. Librarian Benjamin E. Powell is und erstandably proud of the special collections which have contributed to the Library ' s strength over the years. The leading collection of Methodist literature and Wesleyana, including roughly 1,500 editions of the writings of John and Charles Wesley, is part of the Library ' s collection. The Flowers 27 Collection of Southern Americana has been built up over the last forty years. It consists of books, manuscripts, music, photographs, and broadsides. The Walt Whitman Collection is the strongest of any such collection held by an aca- demic institution. The Library is also the respository of important source materials on Southern Asia, notably India and Pakistan, and Latin Amer- ica, with special emphasis given to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. The Library now looks forward to an era of expansion and consolidation. Construction will soon begin on a 15,000,000 addition, to be located adjacent to the present General Li- brary. The new structure will provide almost twice as much floor space as is currently available. There will also be open stacks and five times the study space for undergraduates. The Woman ' s College Library at night.

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NURSING: Ann M. Jacobansky, R.N., M.Ed., Dean. Some 275 students are enrolled in the School of Nursing. After graduation, some will begin careers in general nursing, while others will elect to specialize in fields such as psychiatric nursing, post-operative nursing, and nursing in clinical research units. Others will take graduate work to prepare for service in nursing education. Besides the bachelor ' s and master ' s degree curricula, the School of Nursing offers programs that enable nurses to advance professionally and to make special contributions as members of a health team. DIVINITT: Robert E. Cushman, B.D., Ph.D., Dean. Divinity School administrators are aware of the problem of a preacher shortage and are hoping to alleviate it — in the immedi- ate sense of preparing for greater numbers of students who will be studying to enter the ministry. The renovation of Divinity and Gray Buildings will begin next year. The work is the first step in a long-range plan for the ex- pansion of facilities. The most modern teach- ing accommodations, plus new areas for work, worship, library research, and Christian liv- ing will be included. ARTS AND SCIENCES: Richard L. Predmore. D.M.L., Dean. A student seeking admission to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences must have received an A.B. or B.S. degree (or its equivalent) from an accredited in- stitution. His imdergraduate program should be well-rounded and of such quality as to give positive evidence of a capacity for graduate study. The School now offers work leading to the following degrees: Master of .Arts, Master of Science, Master of Education, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Hos- pital Administration, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education. 29