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...house triangle, is the largest physically and is quite comfortable. The lighting--long a source of complaint--was improved two weeks ago. Also available are several piano rooms, one of them in the tower, a photo dark room, billiard and ping-pong tables, a record listening room, and a chapel...
...Enough." Preacher Cleland, 50. is a rugged, grizzle-headed Scot whose deep-set eyes seem to be laughing most of the time. When it is announced that he will be preaching at the Duke chapel, students, faculty members and townsfolk get there 30 minutes early. They come to hear a man who uses his high-pitched voice like a musical instrument, whose rhythm, range and change of pace are far beyond the capabilities of mine-run preachers. But even more, they come to hear a man who uses his head and heart...
...Davison was appointed conductor of the Chapel Choir and the reformation began. Some of the choir boys who were also in the Glee Club began to like "Doc" and asked him if he would also take over the "coaching duties" of the Club...
...early eighteen hundreds, College officials tried to salvage the Chapel. They divided it into two stories, put in skylights and enlarged the windows, but for the next fifty years, Holden rated nothing better than the smells of science. At one time it held the Medical School, the physics department and a chemistry laboratory, each science department adding its characteristic flavor. During one Chemistry lecture, "a mass of disagreeable smoke filled the building and the class threw themselves out of the windows." The Medical School specialized in corpses, and visitors to the College were always impressed by the rather gory displays...
...century, Holden Chapel started its second childhood. The University tore out all partitions and the second floor, leaving it much like the Chapel of 1744. Newly painted and stylish, Holden became a favorite club room. Its only flaw was an echo which muffled even the clearest lecture. Public speaking courses, however, turned echo to asset as students practiced under the worst possible conditions. But today, Holden has found congenial tenants. As home for the Glee Club, its resonant walls and battered floor perfectly contain both song and beer...