Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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THROUGH THE OFFICE of Asscciate Dean of Students Wescott Moulton '31 passes most matters dealing with social and extracurricular life. DEAN OF STUDENTS, Dr. Edward R. Durgin, entered his office as a retired Admiral in the U. S. Navy. COORDINATING the vital offices of admissions and student aid, Lloyd W. Cornell '44 completed his first year in the combined office. Mr. Cornell re- placed Emory Walker as Dean of Ad- missions, retaining also his former of- fice of student aid. 11

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L. :H. ADMINISTRATION NEWLY APPOINTED as provost of the University, Dr. Zenas Bliss 'l8 succeeds the late Dr. Samuel Arnold. Dean Bliss came to University Hall from the Engineering Department. RESIGNATION of Dr. K. Roald Bergethon as Dean of the College ended an eventful five years of his determining the academic policy of Brown. He established a revised LC. program and the new fraternity scholastic requlations. Next Dean: Dr. Charles H. Watts II '47. 4

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12 PROFESSOR Robert W. Kenny, Ph.D., specializes in the eighteenth century English literature. He also works with individual students studying neo-classicism. BRONSON ENGLISH The -FEnglish Department began in 1804 with the establishment of a professorship of oratory and Belles- Lettres through the gift of Nicholas Brown. Tristam Burges of the class of 1796 was the first to hold the chair that the head of department still holds today.