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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 6
SEPTEMBER, 1968
DURHAM, N. C.
Freshman
Med Class
Totals 86
Thick textbooks, late hours and a fast
pace are the order of the day for Duke
Medical School's 86 freshmen. The class
of 1972 began course work September 5
after two days of orientation and testing.
The 78 men and eight women come to
Duke from 25 states and the British
crown colony of Hong Kong. North
Carolina had the greatest representation
with 14, while New York was second with
12.
This class brings the total medical
school enrollment to 338.
Orientation for the new students in
cluded talks by Dr. William G. Aniyan,
dean of the School of Medicine, and Dr.
E. Croft Long, associate dean for under
graduate medical education. Freshman
tests, tours of the medical center and a
students' convocation comprised the rest
of the orientation program. Dean and
Mrs. Aniyan held a reception for the
freshmen and their spouses September 5.
The 86 freshmen were chosen by the
Medical School Committee on Admis
sions from 1,436 applications received last
year. Students were judged on intel
ligence, character and integrity, using col
lege records, medical board examination
scores and personal interviews as some of
the criteria.
The freshman class is the third to take
part in a new curriculum designed to pro
vide medical students with a better back
ground for today's health problems. The
program consists of two core years, one
in basic sciences taught through lectures
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BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS - Six-
foot eight-inch freshman med student
Dick Weisiger contemplates a stack of
medical textbooks nearly as tall as he is.
The freshman class began hitting the
books September 5.
Employes
To Select
Delegates
Election of the 24 representatives to
the Duke University Nonacademic Em
ployes' Council is scheduled for October
15. Nonacademic employes other than
those holding staff or supervisory posi
tions are eligible to vote.
The council, a result of long weeks of
discussion among University administra
tors, faculty, students and employes this
spring and summer, will serve as a chan
nel for discussion and resolution between
nonacademic employes and the admin
istration in matters of wage scales, hiring,
seniority, terminations, promotions, the
grievance procedure and other job-related
items.
"It is extremely important for all non-
academic employes to participate in the
council program by voting, making rec
ommendations and giving the council
their support," Dr. John 0. Blackburn,
chairman of the temporary Duke Univ
ersity Employe Relations Advisory Com
mittee, said. "The council will provide
a method for any worker to reach the
highest levels of the administration to
resolve a problem."
Twelve members will be elected to the
technical and clerical division and twelve
to the service division. Within the tech
nical and clerical division, six represen
tatives will be elected from the Medical
Center and six from the rest of the
University. In the service division, the
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