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VI 1 Ik Mi CRAFTS CENTER Four Million Visit Chapel Major Tourist Attraction Right on Campus Creativity at Work In Crafts Center For those who want something tangible to show for their leisure time activities, there is Duke's Crafts Center on East Campus behind Southgate residence hall. The Crafts Center offers a variety of classes each summer, fall and spring, as well as functioning as an open workshop. "The workshop is available for people to come in and work without being enrolled in a class," according to Krista Cipriano, coordinator. "We do this by selling a studio pass at a minimal cost which entitles one to use all the equipment and facilities," she explained. There is still time to enroll in some of the summer classes, Cipriano said, though she noted that they are being filled on a "first come, first served" basis. Fees for each class range from $15-$40, to cover tuition and supplies. The remaining summer schedule is as follows: Hammock Making; )une 15-)uly 13, Mon. & Wed., 3-5 p.m.; tuition, $15. Kids Clay: June 20-July 13, Mon. & Wed., 10 a.m.-rioon; tuition, $21, supply $8. (Ages 6-10) Family Clay: June 21-July 14, Tues. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-noon; tuition. $30 (covers parent and child); supply $8. Batik: June 21-July 14, Tues. & Thurs., 3-5 p.m.; tuition, $21, supply $5. Weaving: June 27-July 21, Mon. & Wed., 10 a.m.-noon; tuition, $21. Silkscieen on Fabric July 25-Aug. 4, Mon.-Thurs., 2-5 p.m.; tuition, $24, supply $6. For more information, call 684-6213. Entering Duke Chapel from a bright summer day is like stepping into the cool twilight. "Through the day there is an ever-changing, Hving pattern of tones and hues" through the 77 stained glass windows, a scholar has written. Some 9(X) figures made up of more than one million pieces of glass depict Old and New Testament figures and stories. Children may be especially interested in the Noah's Ark animals in the upper window left of the entry door. A subject-guide to the windows is available at the Chapel reception desk. The 1,900-seat Chapel, begun in 1930, symbolizes the importance attached by Duke's founders to the religious side of university life. Four Million Visitors More than four million persons from all over the world have visited the Chapel. Eleanor Roosevelt was photographed on the steps while she was First Lady, and opera star Marian Anderson received an honorary degree there. Preachers have included Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Tillich and Billy Graham. The 210-foot tower not only dominates West Campus but, in the manner of European cathedrals, is glimpsed from many unexpected spots in the surrounding town and countryside. Housed in the tower is the 50-bell carillon, one of the largest in America. It is played at the close of each Duke working day and for worship or musical events in the Chapel. During the regular academic year students operate an elevator to the tower, but it is closed now for repairs. Chapel Music Music is important to the Chapel. The original organ there is a four-manual Aeolian in the Franch romantic tradition. The console for its 120 ranks and nearly 7,800 pipes is located in the choir loft. A new five-manual, 5,000 pipe instrument built by the Flentrop organ company of Holland was installed in 1976 immediately above the iiave entrance to the Chapel. The instrument rises about 40 feet above the gaUery, especially designed to accomodate the organ, and stretches its solid mahogany, pastel and golden hued casework and pip>es to Ae archway ceiling. The Flentrop organ, which reflects Dutch-French organs of the early 18th century, is played at regular Sunday morning services as well as at special recitals. Duke Tombs An American-built Holtkamp organ is in the 50-seat Memorial Chapel. In this smaller chapel are three tombs carved from 30 tons of marble for Washington Duke and his sons Benjamin N. Duke and James B. Duke, founder of the university. Interdenominational services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m. The Chapel Choir provides music during worship and presents oratorios at Christmas and Easter. Frequent concerts are presented in the Chapel as well as special programs of religious drama and dance. The Chapel is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. For a guided tour call the Chapel Hostess at 684-2572. Let's Go to a Movie If you don't want to spend $3 at the local theaters and you don't want to wait to see it on television, you may be able to see your favorite movie on campus for $1. During the summer, Freewater, a division of the Duke University Union, will show movies on Tuesdays at 7 and 9:30 p.m. in Gross Chemistry Auditorium. Quadrangle Pictures, sponsored by the Office of Cultural Aifairs, will show films on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Gross Chemistry Auditorium. Schedules for both are available at the Flowers Lounge Information Desk, 684-2323. Titles for films during Summer Session I appeared in the "Events on Campus" calendar in Intercom, May 13. Those during Summer Session II will be listed in the June 10 issue. Both series offer more frequent showings during the regular academic year. Movies during the past year have included such current hits as "A Woman Under the Influence," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next," "Sleuth," and "Oaudine." FLENTROP ORGAN AT DUKE CHAPEL
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