Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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ALUMNI IN T H K S K R V I C E liininic W.ilkcr, 4J, forincr S.(J.. ice Prcsiclciil and xiiionnis cain- paitjiK ' r lor a |)la{ c lor llu iiuicjXMicl- (Mits in |)oliliis is now a I ' irsl 1 .iculcnaiU in the Marine Clor|)s sonicwhcrc in the l acilic. .Jini- niic has cariifcl his rciiarcl lor I )ukc wiiii him to Lt. Wili iam Ansboro 43 far South Pacific islands and wrote back of his first experience in combat: It ' s strange how three years can pass through one ' s mind in a few brief seconds, but somehow they do. I realize now just how many opportunities were presented to me at Duke University and the people there. Truly our fates have scattered us afar, and I am sure all of us turn often to our ' Alma Mater Dear. ' Joys of the past are reflected vividly during the excitement of action; and those of our college days give us moments of brief enjoy- ment. Even in the Pacific, the lighter side of college life is not forgotten, as Jimmie goes on to say: There are two Carolina men in this unit with me and I have really been in my glory over the double football victory. They hate to see me come around, they are so sore about the matter. Back in 1940 Ralph Smylc and Bernard Elias were fraternity brothers at Duke. Elias hobby had been photography and he had studied the subject in the physics department here and made Campus Eye shots for the Quadrangle pic- tures. Now Smyle and Elias have been to- gether on se eral photographic missions. All over the world, Duke men who were once stu- dents are now going into ser ice together, re- calling the old da s spent among the Ciothic building of their college campus. From London comes a hearty welcome to all Duke men arri ing in England. Jerry Bray, who graduated in ' 33 is now a Lieutenant C om- mander, Flag Secretary and aide to . dmiral Siark. Bray has had as llirilling a ca- reer as any Duke man in scivice. As aide to the Admiral he has met many of ihc ti ' uly great leaders of the Allied cause, among ihcni the King and Queen of England! . s more and more Duke men arri ' e in (ireat Britain, Bray looks forward to ihc day when it may be possible to establish an Alumni C hapter cj ' er there. In the meantime he ex|)resscs his wish to see Duke boys, assuring us that to all of them I will be most happy to extend a real ' southern ' welcome if they will just give me a ring at U. S. Naval Headcjuarters, London, England. Johnny and Martha Lane Forlincs are both in the service now. Johnny ' 39 is a Captain in the Finance Department of the Army while his sister is a gun toting communications officer at Charles- ton, S. C. Johnny was an A.F.S. instructor on the campus of his Alma Mater. When Duke University presented organizational colors to the A.F.S. Johnny acted as master of ceremonies while Don Perry, former Duke student then an Officer ' s Candidate in Finance accepted the Lr. JoH.N I ' ORI.INE S ' 39 AND E.NSICIS MaRTHA FoRl.INES ' 4I colors. Captain Forlines is stationed in Boston now lamenting the fact that the residents of that city — ha ing only seen such schools as Harvard — do not appreciate what a real college campus is like. 19

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The following year she l)C(amc the Dean of Women. Miss Halduin has been very active in the educational fields of the country. She is now serving in an advisory capacity to Miss Mc.Vfee. Clommandcr of the WAVES, as a in( ' ml)er of the Kdueational Advisory Council ui ' ilie Oflicc of National Personnel. Mrs. Schrakdkr, Mrs. VV. S. Persons, Uean . i.ice Baldwin, Mrs. Ruth Smith, Miss Marv G. Wilson .MRS. RL ' lll S. SMITH, A.B.. M.. . Assistant Dean of H ' orncn MRS. RUTH S. SMITH, Assistant Dean of Women, graduated from . gnes .Scott Col- lege in 1912. She received her Master of Arts degree at Columbia University in 1927. . ftcr her graduation from Columbia she came to Duke as the Assistant Dean of the Woman ' s College. She has had a very interesting back- ground for her present position, having visited schools in the Orient, Russia, and ILngland to stuch ihcir ineihotls. MRS. WALTER SCOTT PERSONS A.B., M.A. Assistant Dran in C iars e of Freslunen MRS. WALTER SCOTT PERSONS, As- sistant Dean in charge of Eresiimen, grad- uated from Duke University in 1922 with a Bachelor of . rts degree. She received her Mas- ter of . rts degree, also from Duke University in 1928. For the next two years she studied specialized sub)eets at the University of Penn- sylvania. She returned lo Duke in 19: 1 lo lie Secretary of the Commiiice on Admissions, and continues to hold this post, even after being ap- pointed Assistant Dean in charge of Freshmen. MISS M. RV CRAC:E WIL.SON A.H.. M.A. Dean of Residence MISS MAR ' CRACE WILSON. Dean of R(-siclcn(i-. graduate of Winthrop, lirst came lo Duke in 1929 as the .Acting Dean of Women during llie simimer session. W ' hen the Women ' s College was organized. Miss Wilson i)ecame the social director. In 19: 7. she was a|)pointed Dean of Residence and is Councilor for Brown House; dining the time she h;is been on the I ' ' acu]l ' . she has done mucii lo elaborate Duke ' s social program with originalily. MRS. ALINE SCHRAEDER, A.H., M.. . Assistant Dean nf Residence RS. ALINE SCHRAEDER, tiu- former -Miss DilieNson, came to Duke as House Councilor of Aycock in the fall of 1941. Siie received her A.B. at Carleton College in Xor- lield. Minnesota, and for a short time taugiit in Minnesota, returning then to school for her M.A. This she received at the Lhii crsiiy of Syracuse in 1941. In the fall of 1942, she was made Assistant Dean of Residence. M! MISS MARGARET PINKERTON, Dean of the School of Nursing H.S. Mif the School of Nursing, graduated I ' rom Columbia University with a B.S. degree in nurs- MlSS M. PlNKERTON ing. Before she assumed her present position in i9 ' 9, she .served in the University of West irginia. Our Sehool of Nursing was estai)- lished in 192-, at the same time as the School of Medicine. 18

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Peg Forsbcrtj 42 was commissioned an cnsitjn in tlic W.W ' IIS at the same time that Martha Lane Foriines be- came an officer. Peg, who will always be re- membered for her rendition of I ' m Ready. Freddie in the 1940 Hoof and Horn show is applying the Admirai s AiDi 1,1. (aidk ). K. liuw ' ;j3 same enthusiasm u her work uitli ilic War Department in asliintrton. Her former room mate Dot Me(iunley is also a WAVE in Wash- ington. Ensign William . nsbro is a Naval flying officer who left Duke at the end of his soph(jmore year to enter the air corps. Lt. Eeo Roberts has been outside the Conti- nental Eimits of U.S.Ci. for a year a Supi ly, Disbursing, Clommissary and Accounting Ofliet-r of Advance Base activities of the Xa y. When the war is over, Et. Roberts looks forward to returning to Duke Eaw School. Ll. Todd Moore ' 43 went through the inten- sive training course at The West Point of the . ir. Randolph Meld. He is now a [■ irst Eieutenant in the .- rmy .Air C orps. stationed somewhere near Hon- olulu. C apt. Tom Morrow was on an island in the Pacific within spitting distance of the Japs and industriously spending his spare moments tc.uhing his men trigonometry to prepare them for officers training school. Tom says that only soldiers and one lone pine tree populate his island so that e en with rationing he would revel at being back in the .States. Bob Perdue 40, once a great football pla er at Duke is now engaged in athletics with a more serious purpose. He is now in charge of athletic activities at an . ir Base in Hawaii, putting forth a winning team. Lt. Ed. W ilson ' 43 has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and is credited with sinking two Jap destroyers. He was decorated in San Francisco by Rear . dmiral W. K. Har- rall and after a brief isit to the campus this winter was sent again to the Pacific. F.XSION I ' kc roKSlU.RG ' 42 Two Duke ahunni have been decorated for gallantry in action. Major Dan Edwards, class of ' 35, an aide-de-camp to General Eichel- berger, has received three awards. In Dec- ember, 1942, he received the Purple Heart citation as a result of his solicitude for his com- manding general during action in the New Guinea Battle Area. He neglected his own person for the benefit of his superior officer. On December 5, 1942, Major Edwards won the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Buna Village. He won the 20