Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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DIVISION OF EDUCA TION - he rapid development and expan- sion of the Division of Education of the Administration of Duke University has been under the capable guidance and supervision of Dr. William H. Wannamaker. As Vice President of the University in the Educational Division, Dr. Wannamaker, with the assistance of several other deans, the Council on Admissions, and the faculty, directs the program for Duke University. Dr. William Hane Wannamaker has been an educator at Duke University for forty-two years; first as a Professor of German and since 1926 as Dean and Vice President. Dr. Wannamaker was graduated fom Woflord College in 1895, receiving his A.B. degree, and from Trinity College in 1901, receiving his M.A. degree. In 1917, the degree of Litt.D. was conferred upon him by Wofford College. He also studied for two years in foreign universities. Dr. Walter K. Greene, affiliated with Duke University since 1928, is Dean of Undergraduate Instruction. A graduate of Wofford College, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard in 1921 and 192.3 respec- tively. Dr. Greene supervises the curriculum jilanning and the administration of the instructional program of the college. Dr. William H. Wannamaker Dean Waltkk K. Greene Dean Herbert J. Herring Dean Alan K. Manchester Greene Herrinp; Manchester Herbert J. Herring graduated from Trinity College in 1922, and he returned in 1924 to become Assistant Dean. He received his M.A. in College Administration from Columbia in 1929. Six years later he became Dean of Men. He now is an Assistant Professor of Public Speaking as well as extra-curricular adviser for men. Dr. Alan K. Manchester, Dean of Freshmen, has been associated with the education division of the Administra- tion since 1929 when he returned to Duke as an in- structor in liistory. He became Dean of Freshmen in 1934 and inaugurated the efficient and popular system of placing graduate House Masters in the freshman dormitories to aid first year men in orientation. Dr. Manchester graduated from Vanderbilt in 1920, re- ceived an M.A. degree from Columbia and his Ph.D. from Duke University. SI

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DIVISION OF BUSINESS Henry R. Dwirf. 1 he transition of Trinity into Duke University confronted the administration witli an ever- increasing number of problems. So great were these problems that the administration was divided into groups: the Division of Education and the Division of Business. The latter is responsible for the supervision of room- ing and board accomodations, loans and scholarship funds, the purchase of supplies, the collection of accounts, provisions for classrooms, and the superintendence of the buildings and grounds of the East and West campuses. Henry R. Dwire, at the death of President Few, became Vice President in the Business Division and Treasurer of the University. Previously, Mr. Dwire was head of the Alumni Office and in charge of all public relations of the University. Charles S. Markham, Assistant Treasurer and Bursar of the University is in charge of the business affairs of the University and the organization of assistants working in the Treasurer ' s office. Frank C. Brown, who first came to Duke in 1909 as a professor of English, has held since 1918 the position of Comptroller. The huge building program for the East and West campuses initiated by the Duke Indenture of 1924 fell under the supervision of this department. The most recent proposals put before the Comptroller have been for the erection of an art gallery on the campus and a huge recreation center to augument the facilities of the West Campus Union. Mr. Charles E. Jordan is Associate Secretary of the University. His position as Secretary of the Council on Admissions places him in direct supervision of the correspondence and personal contact with prospective students. He is also Secretary of tlie Committee on Scholarships, and is in control of all aid to students. Markham Brown Jordan 30

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Dr. William H. Wannamaker TRINITY COLLEGE 1, rinity College, the undergraduate college for the men of Duke University, alon g with the otlier colleges of Duke University, is administered ac- cording to a charter. The aims of the charter are to ad- vance learning in all lines of truth; to defend scholarship against all false notions and ideals; to discourage all partisan and sectarian strife; and to render the largest permanent service to the individual, the state, the nation, and the church. Trinity College in its origin goes back to 1838. In that year, the citizens of a rural community of Quakers and Methodists in Randolph County, North Carolina, estab- lished a school with Rev. Brantley York as Principal. Union Institute, as the school was named, was in- corporated in 1841 by the Legislature of North Carolina, and has for the past century steadily advanced to the point of recognition worthy of such a pioneer educational enterprise. The systematic rise of the school has largely been made constant due to the perseverance and vision of its leaders. In the year 1842 Braxton Craven became Principal and, in order to put the school in direct relation to the educational needs of the public schools, applied for a new charter whicli in 1851 incorporated Union Institute Academy as Normal College. Under the new charter. Normal College in 1853 conferred on its first two graduates the degree of Bachelor of Arts. With the same foresight that had been the source of the first great ex- pansion of the Institute, President Craven proposed to the Methodist Episcopal Church Conference that the institution be placed under the ownership and control of that body. The proposal was accepted, and in 1859 the name of the institution was changed to Trinity College. During the Civil War the College shared the common fate of Southern colleges, and the work of the College was suspended for almost a year. In 1866 President Craven reopened the school and led it until his death in 1882 after forty years of service to the advancement of educa- tion. John Franklin Crowell was chosen president of the college in 1887. President Crowell conceived the idea of enlarging the scope of college work and of re- moving Trinity College to a city in North Carolina. Inviting propositions were made to the Board of Trustees by Raleigh and Durham. Due to the generous offers of Washington Duke and Julian S. Carr, the college was moved to Durham. In September 1892, the college opened its first session in Durham. President Crowell resigned in 1894 and Rev. John C. Kilgo was elected his successor. Having been elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, President Kilgo resigned and was succeeded by William Preston Few in 1910. It was through Dr. Few ' s ceaseless and untiring efforts that James B. Duke be- came interested and later signed the indenture creating the forty million dollar Duke Endowment. Under Pres- ident Few ' s brilliant leadership Duke University avoided the usual criticism of heavily endowed youthful colleges and established itself as a leading university in the nation. S3