The Launching of Duke University 1924-1949

by Durden, Robert F.

• ISBN13: 9780822313021
• ISBN10: 0822313022
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-04-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"Robert Durden's "The Launching of Duke University" is a meticulously clear feat of scholarship, it is also a compelling story of the founding and rapid growth of the newest of the world's extraordinary educational institutions."--Reynolds Price, James B. Duke Professor of English, Duke University

Table of Contents

Preface
The Origins of the University Idea at Trinity College	p. 1
Building on Two Campuses: The Most...Beautiful Educational Plant in America"	p. 27
Crisis in University Governance	p. 49
Strengthening the Arts and Sciences: The Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering	p. 66
Strengthening the Arts and Sciences: The Social Sciences and the Humanities	p. 112
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Other Essentials for Mind and Spirit	p. 156
Duke Students at Work and Play in the Jazz and Big Band Era	p. 198
The Woman's College, 1925-1947: Could Separate Be Truly Equal?	p. 252
One Recumbent Too Many: Duke University and the Ackland Museum of Art	p. 287
Theological Education at Duke University, 1925-1950	p. 302
Building a Medical Center from Scratch	p. 347
The Rebuilding of Duke University's School of Law, 1925-1947	p. 380
The Serendipitous Acquisition of Assets: The Duke Forest and School of Forestry	p. 420
From Few to Flowers, World War II, and the Leadership Crisis of the Late 1940s	p. 432
The Resolution of the Leadership Crisis and the Finding of a New President	p. 482
Appendix 1. Original Faculty of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Services	p. 503
Appendix 2. A Note on the Sources	p. 505
Notes	p. 509
Index	p. 557
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