Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1 The origins of the university idea at trinity college 1
5. 2 Building on two campuses: "the most ... beautiful educational plant in America" 27
6. 3 Crisis in university governance 49
7. 4 Strengthening the arts and sciences: the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering 66
8. 5 Strengthening the arts and sciences: the social sciences and the humanities 112
9. 6 The graduate school of arts and sciences and other essentials for mind and spirit 156
10. 7 Duke students at work and play in the jazz and big band era 198
11. 8 The woman's college, 1925-1947: could separate be truly equal? 252
12. 9 One recumbent too many: duke university and the Ackland museum of art 287
13. 10 Theological education at duke university, 1925-1950 302
14. 11 Building a medical center from scratch 347
15. 12 The rebuilding of duke university's school of law, 1925-1947 380
16. 13 The serendipitous acquisition of assets: the duke forest and school of forestry 420
17. 14 From few to flowers, world war ii, and the leadership crisis of the late 1940s 432
18. 15 The resolution of the leadership crisis and the finding of a new president 482
19. Appendix 1. Original faculty of the schools of medicine, nursing, and health services 503
20. Appendix 2. A note on the sources 505
21. Notes 509
22. Index 557