School of Medicine students at the annual senior class picnic, held in June. (Left to right) Robert Biddle (house staff 1940-1942), Archie Eagles (house staff and fellow, 1946-1947), Ernest B. Dunlap, Jr. (house staff, 1939).
School of Medicine students performing the 1940 student-faculty show, from OPC to CPC. The annual show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke. From L-R: Bill Sellers, Kenneth Brown, Stephen...
The Beta Rho chapter of the Nu Sigma Nu fraternity was installed at Duke University on November 21, 1931. Nu Sigma Nu was founded in 1881 at the University of Michigan, making it the oldest medical fraternity in the nation. At least five fraternities...
Dr. Clarence Gardner sews up a patient in the Duke Hospital emergency room. He is assisted by Miss Antoinette Makeley, R.N. The group of young men observing the procedure is likely comprised of medical students or interns. Dr. Clarence Ellsworth...
The first class of graduating students, dressed in traditional caps and gowns, plant ivy to commemorate commencement ceremonies. The entrance to the original School of Medicine (completed in 1930) is now referred to as the Davison Building.
Members of Nu Sigma Nu students who were part of the School of Medicine's class of 1934 (the first graduating four-year class). At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu,...