Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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WiLBURT C. Davison MEDICAL SCHOOL Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, Dean of the School of Medicine, has held this position since 1927. Having graduated from Princeton in 191 3, he attended Oxford for the next three years, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. There he received a B.A. in 191 5, a B.Sc. in 1916, and an M. A in 1 9 1 9. Upon returning, he obtained his M.D. at Johns Hopkins. In 1932 he received his D.Sc. from Wake Forest and his LL.D. in 1944 at the University of North Carolina. From 1 91 9 to 1927, Dr. Daxison held several positions at Johns Hopkins Unixersity Medical School, including posts first as in- structor, associate professor, and acting head of the Department of Pediatrics, and, later, as Assistant Dean at Johns Hopkins Uni versity Medical School. During these years, he also served as editor of the Bulletin of Jolms Hop- kins Hospital. In 1927, he assumed the posi- tion of Dean of the Duke University Medical School as well as that of professor of pediatrics, positions he is still holding. Dean Davison is a member of the dixision of medical sciences of the National Research Council, and served as vice chairman in 1942- 43. Among other positions, he acted as Con- sultant to the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, and also as Consultant in the Insti- tute of Inter-American Army Affairs. He also is a member of the maternal and child health services in the Children ' s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor. Senior Med Students woik on the wards, treating patients, writing case histories, conducting experiments, and assisting operations, before receiving their degree. 24

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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

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SCHOOL OF NURSING THIS YEAR the Nursing School is under the very capable leadership of Miss Florence Wilson. Miss Wilson acquired her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 191 3, and her M.A. from Western Reserve University in 1928. In the summer of 191 8, Miss Wilson practised at the ' assar Training Camp for Nurses, and, in 1920, graduated from the City Hospital School of Nursing in New York City. Dean Wilson had a great deal of experience prior to her appointment this year at Duke. In 1923, she became medical supervisor at the Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland. At the same time, she was an instructor of medical nursing at Western Reserve University. From 1932 to 1934, Dean Wilson was instructor and super- visor of medical nursing at the University of Nebraska, and from 1934 to 1937, she worked in the same capacity at New York Hospital ' s School of Nv irsing. In 1937, Miss Wilson became director of the School of Nursing and Nursing Service at Syracuse Memorial Hos- pital, and Syracuse University ' s Nursing School appointed her associate professor of nursing- education in 1943. From January 1946, to September 1946 Miss Wilson was executive Miss Florence Wilson secretarv of the New York State Nursinsj Council for War Service. Dean Wilson published Ward ' s Study Units in Medical Nursing, and collaborated in writing Smith ' s Principles of Nursing Care. She has also liad several articles published in the American Journal of Nursing. Dean Wilson is planning programs for gradu- ate nurses, to be held in the education depart- ment in West Duke on East Campus, the nurses to use Duke Hospital as a practice field. Nurses arc instructed in tlu- classrooms during the first two years. The second year, in- struction and duty are com- bined, and the third year is spent in working on the wards. 25