Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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

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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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admissions In a recent issue of the Alumni Register, Mr. Brinkley outlined the policies governing undergraduate ad- missions: The history of admissions at Duke and other institutions is one composed of stages. At first, or in stage one, an institution is seeking desirable students and is concerned with filling its beds. In stage two, the institution is able to fill its beds and also to select its students as to those who are judged most likely to succeed. The third stage is reached when the institution has many more candidates who are qualified to do its academic work than it can admit. This last stage is one in which Duke now finds itself. For a number of years, the average scores of the entering freshman classes have been rising along with a corre- sponding increase in the quality of the school records. On the basis o f these objective measurements, it can be said that Duke enrolls a freshman class which ranks favorably with col- leges and universities commonly re- garded as the best. . . . Duke faces the following dilemma in its deep concern with and for its policy on admissions: (1) it recognizes the limitations involved in drawing fine lines on the basis of objective measurements; (2) it has decided to limit its undergraduate enrollment for the express purpose of maintaining and enhancing a quality program in ed- ucation for its students and also in recognition that this is the best use of its resources because it cannot be all things to all men; and (3) the large Elizabeth A. Persons, A.M. Director of Admissions, Woman ' s College number of candidates presenting them- selves for admission are more and more clustered at a high level of academic achievement and aptitude. . . . The Office of Admissions has an aggressive program to search out and seek to enroll talented, intellectually curious, hard working, and dedicated students. With the assistance of ap- proximately thirty faculty and staff members, plus its own staff, the Office visits over 300 secondary schools each year in some twenty-five states. In addition to this, it runs a Counselor Conference Program for three days each October, at which time it brings to the Duke Campus secondary school officials from all over the United States for on the spot orientation about Duke Uni- versity. William L. Brinkley, Jr., M.P.S. Director of Undergraduate Admissions Everett B. Weatherspoon, A.B. Director of Admissions, Trinity College and the College of Engineering 30 t I