Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Dr. E. W. Berry, Geology Dr. R. S. Rankin, Political Science Dr. J. J. Gergen, Mathematics And now, therefore, it can be told — the stark results of this amazing survey — the true story of this carefully cribbed report — a document com- piled only after long, arduous months of intensive research and investi- gation. In fact, the investigation was so long and so arduous that only a small part of its contents is herewith revealed. The rest can only be whispered of. But nevertheless, statistics show that be they short or tall, young or old, gay or grumpy, hard or — harder, the average head of a department here at Duke, somewhere, deep down in his innermost soul, is almost sure to be a pretty good joe. For conclusive proof, we offer two who could easily stand as examples of just what we mean. Professor Walter J. Seeley, head of the Electrical Engineering Depart- ment, was born November 30, 1894, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Several Ions later Professor Seeley, having graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (E.E.) in 1917, and the University of Pennsylvania Capt. R. Earle, Naval Science I r. X. G. Wiener, Bus«lan Pr. I. E. Gray, Zoology

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Dr. J. N. Truesdale, Greek Dr. D. K. Adams, Psychology Dr. D. M. Nielsen, Physics DEPAHTMENT HEADS THERE are department heads and then again there are depart- ment heads. Twenty-seven of them, in fact. We know. We counted them. It was one bright summer afternoon, with the sky as blue as a Junior taking his first Remedial English Exam, and the grass as green as a freshman signing up for his first semester. We looked our- selves square in the face and we said to ourselves, said we, Such a lovely summer ' s afternoon as this, and we don ' t know how many heads there are in the departments here at Duke University. The very idea was ap- palling. Think of it! One head more or less and the possibilities art positively unthinkable. So we decided right then and there that some- thing had to be done — a detailed survey of the entire set-up was eminently necessary. We were eminently eager for the job. Dr. C. B. Hoover, Economics Dr. H. L. Blomquist, Botany E. M. Cameron, Health and Physical Education

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Dr. A. M. Proctor, Education Dr. K. E. Gilbert, Aesthetics, Art and Music (M.S., Physics) in 1924, joined the electrical engineering staff at Towne Scientific School, University of Pennsylvania, as an instructor. He re- mained there for six years. During this time he also did some work on (and hold onto your hats ' cause here ' s where we get technical) the de- signing of variable condensers with semi-circular, straight line wave length and straight line frequency plates for use in receivers and wave meters. He also designed inductances to be used with the condensers in neutrodyne circuits. And yet we wonder how our profs, can ever be so smart as to keep track of all our cuts. Why, man, compared with the semi-circular straight line wave length and the neutrodyne circuits, we are but mere few(ses) that have blown and we take no ingenuity at all. Professor Seeley worked part time for four years on street lighting problems in Trenton, New Jersey. This fact may explain the simultaneous Dr. C. Vollmer, German Dr. R. B. Jordan, Romance Languages Dr. W. T. Laprade, History J. R. Grout, Health and Physical Education