Centennial Year, 1938-1939

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16mm, black-and-white and color, silent; 0:29:26
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From an Initial Appraisal of this film, a copy of which is in Folder 13, Box 17: Events during the Fall Semester (about 10 minutes); Homecoming parade in Durham; Alumni Reunion and Barbecue; Residential quads with homecoming signs and displays; Duke-Georgia Tech football game; Boxing match; Duke-NCSU baseball game; Spring on the campus (lead-in to Centennial); The Centennial Weekend, Apr. 21-23, 1939 (about 15 minutes); Friday:; Reception of delegates, H. M. Wriston speaks; Dedication of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, band concert; Saturday a.m.: Education and the public; Trustees of Duke University and Duke Endowment; President Few introduces J. M. Finley (?); Speech by Edouard Benes; Saturday p.m.: The University and the Nation; Speakers; Dean Wannamaker introduces P. H. Hanes; P. F. Hanes hands packet to President Few to be opened in 100 years; Sunday a.m.:; Chapel Service; Portrait of the celebrants; Audience for Carillon concert by Anton Brees; Year-end ceremonies (about 5 minutes); May Day Pageant, The Woman's College; The 87th Commencement:; Representatives of orphanages preparing to lay wreath on JBD's tomb; Alumni registration and luncheon; Commencement ceremony; Family groups receiving degrees (twins, mother-daughter); Honorary degree recipients; Lowering of the flag; Reference Copy: VHS. UA88-57-14; Reference Copy: DVD. UA88-57-14

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