Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Miss Alice Mary Baldwin WOMAN ' S COLLEGE DR. ALICE MARY BALDWIN has been Dean of Woman ' s College since 1 930, when it was established. Originally a New Englander, she came to Trinity College in the summer of 1 923 as the Acting Dean of Women for Summer School. Six years later she received her appointment as head of the Woman ' s College. Dean Baldwin received her A.B. and M.A. degrees from Cornell University. Later she received her Ph.D. from the L-nivcrsitv of Chicago. Dean Baldwin taught history until four years ago when increased duties as Dean forced her to stop teaching. She has been very prominent in various educational helds throughout the country. Dean Baldwin has encouraged students to come to her for advice and counsel. As well as being an administrator, she has shown herself to be a true friend, and the close contact she has tried to keep ith all of the girls has endeared her to the student body. She acts, when the need arises, as mediator between professors and students, and also backs the Student Government Association in its under- takings. Washington Duke first encouraged the ad- mittance of women into Trinity College. Since then, the Woman ' s College has made many strides forward. New courses are being added to the curriculum every year, and women are entering into fields formerly labeled For Men Only. The recognition of the value of education for girls is proved by the increasing numbers of applicants of excep- tional calibre. Each year hundreds of girls have to be refused admittance to the college because of lac k of space. The war has proved the ability of women to excel in many fields of endeavor. On the campus, Duke co-eds ha e taken over positions previously held by men, particularly in the field of publication. Competition will grow stronger with each passing year, and a young Lppcrclassincn wait outside .Mrs. .Smitli ' s ollicc to confer with her on schedule changes, courses, and other matters relating to studies. The treasury office window is an annual must in every student ' s career, when pay day in the month of November brings with it the long lines of waiting. 22

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II. J. Herring A. K. Manchester C. E. Jordan after ha ing rccci cd his A.B. from WofTord College, and his M.A. from both Harxard University and Trinity College. Herbert James Herring, Dean of Trinity College, received his A.B. from Duke and his M.A. from Columbia. Formerly Dean of Freshmen, he was appointed Dean of Trinity College four years ago. Robert B. Cox has served as Assistant to the Dean since March, 1946. He received his A.B. degree from the University of Tenn- essee and his M.A. from Peabody. He was working on his Ph.D. when he came to Duke last fall as an instructor in English. His duties now include the handling of the socia l calendar, cuts, fraternity discipline, and personal prob- lems. The Secretary of the University is Mr. Charles Edward Jordan, a Duke alumnus ' He is connected with the administration of the Student Loan and Scholarship Fund, and ser es on the committee of Religious Activity. In 1 94 1, Mr. Charles Blackwell Markham was elected treasurer of the University. Mr. Markham received both his A.B. and his M.A. from Duke. Charles Aubrey Dukes has been Director of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs since 1944. He served as Assistant Director in this licld from 1929 to 1944. Dr. Alan Krebs Manchester, Dean of Fresh- men, acts as adviser-in-general for all new boys. He holds an A.B. from X ' anderbilt, M.A. from Columbia, and Ph.D. from Duke. DUKE ENDOWMENT THE PURPOSE oj the trust is . . . to make provision in some measure Jor the needs of mankind along physical, mental and spiritual lines. . . . The endowment provides appropriations Jor operating, building and equipping hospitals, orphanages, rural churches, and aiding superannuated Methodist preach- ers. The trust is denominated The Duke Endow- ment, and shall have perpetual existence. Mr. James B. Duke said that the proper tools to use for a successful organization were men of such out- standing character, ability and vision ' Jor ojficers, trustees and Jaculty as will insure the University oJ attaining and maintaining a place oJ real leader- ship in the educational zvorld. THE PUKE ENDOWMENT STATEMENT OF INCOME DEC. 11,1924 -► DEC.3I, 1945 DIVIDENDS AND INTERESTS ON SECURITIES ETC. MINUS EXPENSES, INCLUDING COMPENSATIOM Of TRUSTEES LEAVE UDOITION TO CORPUS OF THE TRUST IN ACCORDANCE WITH INDENTURE RESERVE EONO m INCOME BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION DUKE UNIVERSiry H OSPITALS, DAVIDSON COLLEOE, FURMAN UNIVERSiry, JOHNSON C.SMITH UNIVERSITy, ORPHANAGES, SUPER- ANNUATED METHODIST PREACHERS OPERATING RURAL CHURCHES. BALANCE RETAINED FOR I9i»5 HOSPITAL AND ORPHAN CfRE 21

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Miss Ellen Huckabee Mrs. W. S. Persons Mrs. Hazen Smith Miss Mar Grace N ilson woman must be armed with a good education to hold a job. The Woman ' s College prox ' ides such an education; it is here for the taking. Aiding Dean Baldw in in the direction of the Woman ' s College ai ' e Mrs. Hazen Smith, Mrs. Walter Scott Persons. Miss Mary Grace Wilson, and Miss Ellen Huckabee. Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Agnes Scott College. After receiving her M.A. from Columbia University in 1927, she came to Duke to take up the position of Assistant Dean of Women, and adviser to junior and senior women. She isitcd schools in the Orient, Russia, and England. This study enabled her to ha e a clearer understanding of how to go about creating a close relationship betw een faculty and students. Mrs. Persons, Assistant Dean in charge of Freshmen, graduated from Duke in 1922. After receiving her LA. in 1928, .she studied specialized subjects at the University of Penn- sylvania. In 1930, she returned to Duke to become Secretary of the Committee on Admis- sions, a position which she still liolds as well as her present job. Dean Wilson, a graduate of Winthrop College, first came to Duke as Acting Dean of Women during the Summer Session. When the Woman ' s College was organized, Miss Wilson became the Social Director. In 1937, she was appointed Dean of Residence, and is now also Clounselor for Social Standards. She also plans and approves the social program for Duke University vomen. Miss Huckabee is the adviser to freshmen women. She received her A.B. and M.A. de- grees from Duke University, and, after her departure, became a member of the Dean of Women ' s staff at New Jersey College for Women. Returning to Duke, she was made Counselor of Pcgram House and gi en her present job. Miss Huckabee just recently returned to Duke again, after serving in the Waves durin the war. Miss I.yilia llijliop, Rctoixlci of the Woman ' s t.ollct;L, is assisted by Dorothy Hubble W ' ise. They have charge of all grades, cuts, and class standings. 23