The Bahá’í Faith at Duke University
The Bahá'í Faith at Duke University, Durham NC, via the Duke Chronicle.
A complement to The Bahá'í Faith at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1916–1917[edit]
A book was donated to the Duke Library in 1916-1917 out of the Washington DC Bahá'í community.[1]
1960s[edit]
Fall 1961[edit]
A front page picture and story reported on the efforts of Mrs. Marjorie McCormick who addressed Duke students through the Interfaith and Fellowship Committee of the University Religious Council in the Green Room.[2]
Fall 1962 - Spring 1963[edit]
A long advert with several prayers was published Sep 25 1962[3] which was followed a few days later.[4]
1970s[edit]
Spring 1974[edit]
A small blurb in February 1974 noted the Faith would be on the WDBS radio.[5]
Fall 1974 - Spring 1975[edit]
African American Mary Hill Maxwell spoke Sep 15, 1974 at the Town Girls Lounge.[6] In October announcements of meetings for the Bahai Club appeared for the first time - they were holding meetings in Flowers Lounge, rm 201.[7] The group activity was enough to be mentioned in a survey of activities students could be involved with.[8]
Fall 1975 - Spring 1976[edit]
That Fall the Baha'i Club was awarded a budget of $41.50.[9] In May it was announced that African-American Baha'i staff member, David Clayborne, was off to supervise a youth committee at the National Center.[10] While working at Duke he established the Committee for Racial Understanding and served on the Equal Opportunity Committee. These days he's on Facebook.
Summer 1976 - Spring 1977[edit]
The Summer of 1976 saw the first advertised fireside,[11] and the budget was being considered for the Baha'is.[12]
1980s[edit]
Fall 1979 - Spring 1980[edit]
"Bahai'ites"(sic) were among those worried over when things would go against them in Iran.[13]
Fall 1985 - Spring 1986[edit]
The Baha'i Club was next mentioned in January 1986 holding meetings in the Bryan Center Board rm.[14] There was also a mention of the religion in April when Dizzy Gillespie came to town.[15]
See also[edit]
- Bahá'í Period of Historical mentions
- Off to College!, by Dale E. Lehman, Appeared: 08/26/2000
- Teaching the Baha’i Faith on College Campuses: Part One, personal blog, 13 December 2009
References[edit]
- ↑ List of donors to Trinity Colloge Library - Oct 1, 1916 to Oct 1, 1917, The Trinity Chronicle, vol. 13, no. 4 (Wednesday, October 3, 1917), p. 1
- ↑ Bahai Faith seeks to establish peace by Universal Religion, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 57, no. 26 (Friday, December 15, 1961), p. 1
- ↑ Baha'u'llah…, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 58, no. 4 (Tuesday, September 25, 1962), p. 3
- ↑ Baha'u'llah…, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 58, no. 5 (Friday, September 28, 1962), p. 5
- ↑ WDBS 107.1 FM, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 69, no. 87 (Tuesday, February 5, 1974), p. 12
- ↑ World Peace Day Celebrary, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 70, no. 11 (Friday, September 13, 1974), p. 7
- ↑ * The Bahai Club…, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 70, no. 26 (Friday, October 4, 1974), p. 2
- The Bahai Club…, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 70, no. 36 (Friday, October 18, 1974), p. 2
- ↑ The world depends on you, by Liza Valenzuela, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 70, no. 80 (Friday, January 24, 1975), p. 7
- ↑ ASDU, (continued from page 1), The Duke Chronicle, vol. 71, no. 54 (Thursday, November 13, 1975), p. 3
- ↑ Clayborne and Emge accept jobs elsewhere, by Howard Goldberg, The Summer Chronicle, vol. 6, no. 3 (Thursday, May 27, 1976), p. 1
- ↑ First Baha'i Fireside…, The Summer Chronicle, vol. 6, no. 10 (Tuesday, July 20, 1976), p. 2
- ↑ ASDU Meeting, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 72, no. 53 (Tuesday, November 16, 1976), p. 2
- ↑ Legitimate, by Brad Torgan ('83), The Duke Chronicle, vol. 75, no. 30 (Thursday, October 11, 1979), p. 9
- ↑ Interested in learning about the Bahai Faith?…, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 81, no. 83 (Friday, January 24, 1986), p. 14
- ↑ Gillespie starts Festival off with a 'Be bop', by Jeffrey Rzepiela, The Duke Chronicle, vol. 82, no. 130 (Monday, April 6, 1987), p. 3
