Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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general administration G. C. HENRICKSEN, M.A.. C.P.A. Business Manager and Comptroller JOHN M. DOZIER, A.B Secretary of the Universit I RICHARD L. TUTHILL, Ed.D University Registrar BROWER, A.B. e University Within the ranks of the Administration, 1958-59 was a year of change. William Wannamaker, vice-chancellor of the University and one of its ablest leaders during the transition from Trinity College to Duke University, died on August 2, 1958. He v as one of the great planners. Several new faces make their appearance in this section this year. Among th em is Marcus Hobbs, new Dean of the University. Dean Hobbs obtained all three of his degrees from Duke and returned to his Alma Mater as an instructor in the Chemistry Department in 1935. Since that time he has held the position of Department Chair- man ( I 95 I -54) and, most recently, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Another new face is that of Charles E. Ward, Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Ward is also a former Duke student, and having served as Chairman of the English Department prior to his new appointment, is no stranger to administrative duties within the University. John M. Dozier has for a number of years been familiar to students as Executive Sec- retary of the Scholarship Committee. In addition to his present office of Secretary, Mr. Dozier acts as Assistant Busines ' Manager of the University — a versatile record of service. CHARLES E. WARD. Ph.D. Dean of Undergraduate Instructi

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HERBERT JAMES HERRING, M.A., LL.D. :e President in the Division of Student Life MARCUS E. HOBBS, Ph.D. Dean of the University The year?— 1958-59. The setting?— Allen Building, West Campus. The people?— Administrators. To the students of Duke University, 1958-59 meant one year more subtracted from the date of graduation. To the men in Allen Building, it meant something quite dif- ferent — another rung in the ladder, another step along the way in raising Duke to the foremost ranks of American universities. Any move upward is a difficult one. Disagreement is inevitable, but farsighted planning and strong leadership must be exerted by someone. And, as the continuing core of the University, the Administration must necessarily be that someone. As one Duke professor remarked this year, Long-range planning is a license to dream, and 1958-59 was milestoned by much of this sort of administrative dreaming, underlain by concrete plans. The stiffening of admission requirements, the addition of new schools within the University, and even the suggestion of a Duke University abroad were among those dreams for the future envisioned by the Administration in planning sessions during the course of the year. Who are these Administrators? Portraits mean little; long lists of accomplishments are soon forgotten; but personalities leave a lasting imprint. So in these pages of the CHANTICLEER we present the Administrators through a glance at that part of the University upon which they have placed the marks of their personalities. CHARLES E.JORDAN, A.B., LL.D. President in the Division of Publi PAUL MAGNUS GROSS. Ph.D. President in the Division of Educ general administration

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trinity college ALAN K. MANCHESTER, Ph.D. Dean of Trinity College (I request) that great care and discrimination be exercised in admitting as students only those whose previous records show a character, determination, and application evincing a wholesome and real ambition for life. Such were the wishes of the University ' s founder. In order that these standards might be met, the administrative machinery of Trinity Col- lege, the heart of the University, was set up. Today those wishes of James B. Duke are still the goals of the men in Allen Building. E. B. Weatherspoon, as Director of Admissions for both Trinity College and the College of Engineering, each year initiates the creation of a new class of undergraduate men possessed of the required qualities of character, determination, and application. This year the Class of 1962, composed of 708 entering freshman men, was one of the largest which Duke University has had since World War II. Evidence of the ability of this group was indicated from Their college board tests and placemen I- tests results and from the fact that they were picked from the largest number of applicants in the history of the University. Geographically, they were a representative class: 52% came from the southeastern states, 30% from the Northeast, 4% from New England, 27% from the Southwest, 2.5% from the Far West, and 1.5% from foreign countries. Translating these statistics into different terms and including the fresh- man women, a survey showed that the Class of 1962 repre- sented 41 states, nine foreign countries, two U. S. territorial possessions (Hawaii and Puerto Rico), and the District of Columbia. Of those 708 freshmen who entered Tri nity College last fall, estimates show that 450, or approximately sixty per cent,