Originally Posted by
Reilly
In my era a few decades ago, sons (and daughters?) of Methodist ministers -- PKs, as we called them in the South at the time -- were not charged tuition but had to compete for admissions slots.
While the poster above is correct that the University board appointments are now all approved by the Methodist church, it used to be the case that the Eastern and Western Conferences of the Methodist Church originated at least some appointments to the Board. I don't know when that changed.
Toughest meeting ever at Duke? Long-time President William Preston Few back int he 1920's explaining to the Bishops of the Methodist Church that the athletic teams would no longer be the "Methodists" and that the nickname had literally gone to hell, now being the "Blue Devils," as chosen by the students.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013