Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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I li.NRV R. DwiRE IIEVA JJT7V1 EIST OF U(l Vll l Established ten yens ago, the Department of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs functions in two divisions, the Division of Public Rela- tions and the Division of Alumni Affairs. I ten- ry R. Dwire has been director of the depart- ment since its establishment, diaries A. Dukes is assistant director, and Miss Anne Garrard is assistant director of alumni affairs. Affiliated with the work of the department are the University News Service, of which Al- beit A. Wilkinson is director, with Ted Mann in charge of the sports news ; the Appointments Office, with James R. Simpson as director ; and the Duke University Press, with Dr. R. O. Ri- vera as executive secretary and D. K. Jackson in charge of editorial work. The Division of Public Relations is concerned particularly with contacts of various kinds for the University away from the campus, though there are features of its activities which concern both faculty and student body as well. Included in the work of the Division of Public Relations are the handling of various publications of the University, including the ten catalogue bulletins and the pictorial booklets; the Speakers ' Bureau ; the Information Service and the entertainment of visiting groups. The Division of Alumni Affairs is concerned with contacts with the nearly 13,000 former students of the institution, representing every state in the Union, every county in North Carolina, and twenty-nine foreign countries. There are three cards in the files for each alumnus— alphabetical, class, and geographical. In addition to keeping complete records of the alumni, the Alumni Office sponsors, in connec- tion with other groups, various occasions such as Homecoming in the fall, the Alumnae Home- coming in the spring, the Alumnae Week-End, and annual meetings of seventy-five local associa- tions. The mailing office handles, in addition to alumni matter, the distribution of the various bulletins of the University, approximately 750,000 pieces of mail being handled annuallv. The Appointments Office, which is affiliated with the Department of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs, is operated for the convenience of students and alumni, and is directed by James R. Simpson, ' 24. There are two divisions : the commercial and the teacher placement. The work of the Appointments Office embraces con- tacts with commercial enterprises and educational insti- tutions for the purpose of learning of opportunities for gainful employment for nearly 1,900 alumni whose rec- ords are on file. Emphasis is placed upon personal prob- lems of employment for those in the University and con- tacts lor and assistance to former students. Contact is maintained throughout the year with main of the large industrial and commercial organizations, and during the Christmas and Spring vacations appointments are arranged for interviews by these firms of students. James R. SlMPSOtv 21

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TO THE FACULTY I request that this institution secure for its officers, trus- tees, and faculty, men of such outstanding character, ability, and vision as will insure its attaining and maintaining a place of real leadership in the educational world. — James Buchanan Duke. To these members of the university community, the master craftsmen who mold our ideals, build our characters, and shape our destinies, the patient individuals who work with us unself- ishly and sympathetically in success or failure, we, the students of Duke University, are proud to dedicate this 1940 Chanticleer. 23