Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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by rival Georgia Tccli, and the season closed with Duke bringing home in its poclcet something less than the expected winnings. However, taunts painted across the bridge and accusations that l)ui e had no spirit were soon erased as basketball time, the team and the crowd seemed to disregard the national rankings of first and fifth that Sports Illustrated haii given Michigan and Duke. Spirit was sustained through the moments of a tied score and until the last basket of the game. Through subsequent losses came to the tore. Though the days of the one-man hero seemed to be past, Duke swept mto the season with the cheers of a packed Indoor Stadium. Although the Michigan game brought Duke ' s first home- same loss in a lonsi and winnings, students, faculty, and Durhamites kept their support of the team at a high pitch. Competition across the campus also found a rambunctious spirit of support. Displays and the Homecoming Show of the tall put i ' .ast and West imagination to work. The Greek Follies were revived, this time held in the Indoor Stadium. It the traternities and sorori- ties could not all claim concert voices for a Sing, the Follies offered a multitude 17

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outside factors, the student govern- ments took steps in the evaluation of their membership in the National Stu- dent Association. West Campus dropped out of NSA, and after a decisive referendum East Campus also with- drew. Though there were some politi- cal overtones, the main opposition was based on the opinion that Duke did not actually profit substantially from membership in NSA. On a more regional basis, the Stu- dent Union sponsored a February seminar on The South in Continuity and Change. Dr. John Franklin, of Chicago, spoke on the role of the Negro in the South while Dr. Allen Cartter, of the American Council on Education, spoke on Southern higher education. Professors Knight, Sindler, Spengler, and Thompson also took part in the symposium. Political rallies, study abroad, student government policies, and seminars — these are only a few of the University activities in which the student partici- pated in organizations and interests which extend over the campuses, across the nation, and even further. Though the activities mentioned above did not directly involve every student, in the mass of flyers across the campus, each student could find countless activi- ties which directed his attention to out- side interests. Days of the college ear seem to be so hlled with meetings, in fact, that one sometimes wonders it he is majoring in extra-curricular activities. Yet in all these activities opinions were chal- lenged, ideas exchanged, and the results were inherent in a new development and growth. But the change could not come about without challenge and counter- challenge, debate and competition. The Forum, various media, and dialogue between faculty and student all provided one area for countering opinions. In another area, the competition of University sports revealed something of the year ' s direction at Duke. Even the rare sunny days of the fall could not seem to muster the spirit of the students in the football stadium. Yet the try one more time gumption of the cheer- leaders was given a boost by a rousing freshman group who came bearing Duke sweatshirts, devil caps, and enthusiastic posters. Homecoming brought defeat 16

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' ill HI ( Wrecks! ® of ways for entertainment and satire. ZBTs in their campus parody of West Side Story brought dow n the house and won first place tor the fraternities, w hiie the KD skit on the fate of the East Beast captured the sorority trophy. ariety seemed to be the watch-word, et behind it all, the Greeks were busy with planning, organization, and weeks-long effort to come up with a polished show. This was the spirit of competition, the urge to be best, the identification cation brought another link between the University and the freshman, sopho- more, junior, and senior. This identity of Duke student brings back the idea of the label or sign one wears during his college years. But the labels are perhaps indicative of just that search for an identity, signs pointing to the what and how and who one is and might be. If one is a Greek he or she is identi- fied with a particular group of per- sonalities and activities on campus. Through the loosely knit Greek system with one ' s own team. Granted that the sports, the follies, and the pig-chase are relegated to college days and col- lege years. Yet the contact across the campus in such events seemed to be enlivened this year. Collectively, the whole University felt the disappoint- ment of not living up to potential in one field, and the same fans vicariously struggled with the team to push the national ranking in another held. As the individual gave his best in skill or support, the sense of idcnti fi- at Duke, the fraternity and sorority students have an added opportunity for contributing to the integral life of the University across the campuses. In the fall, nurses and East campus freshmen went through rush together for the first time. Two hundred and fifteen pledged at the end of rush, of which 32 were Hanes girls. The nurses joined ten of the twelve sororities, and the tenuous bond between East and Hanes became a definite one in this area of campus lite. 18