Excerpt from The Duke School of Religion Bulletin, 1936, Vol. 1 It is with great satisfaction that we issue the first number of The School of Religion Bulletin. It marks the realization of a long desired means of communication between the School of Religion and its alumni and friends. The definite beginning of the project was a request from the members of the Class of 1929 which was presented to the School of Religion faculty on May 10, 1932, that some steps be taken in order to have a closer contact between the faculty of the School of Religion and its alumni. It was suggested that a monthly communication be sent from the faculty to the graduates of the School of Religion. The faculty asked the dean to confer with Mr. Henry R. Dwire, director of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs, regarding the feasibility of such a publication, after making investigations as to the practices of other seminaries. On January 11, 1933, the dean reported that he had corresponded with various theological schools on the subject but that, on account of the lack of funds for carrying out the suggestions offered, he was unable to report any progress. The faculty asked that further investigations be made. At the next meeting of the faculty on February 8, 1933, the dean reported that Mr. Dwire had placed at the disposal of the School of Religion space in the Alumni Register which the faculty might use for the purpose of informing the alumni of the School of Religion, as well as other alumni of the University, concerning the School of Religion. In accordance with this offer at times during the next two years several articles about the School of Religion were printed in the Alumni Register. In the fall of 1934 the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of the School of Religion planned for the publication of a bulletin of the Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.