Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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administration THE APPOINTED OVER-SEER of the various disclipinary discrepancies of the student, Dean Edward R. Durgin has car- ried his experience in the Navy to these hallowed halls of ivy. Although many have the image of him as a staunch proponent of the letter of the law, he often resorts to sending students to the Refectory to bus trays instead of placing them on col- lege discipline. During his spare time, he may be caught playing checkers, but usually there is a shuddering student awaiting one of his dissertations on the Brown gentleman. To quote Cicero: Truth is grevious, if indeed ill-will arises from it . . . but com- plaisance is much more grevious . . .

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the president

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SERVING in the capacity of both administrator and professor, Charles H. Watts, Dean of the College, queslions students about their various academic worries and social frivolities. Seldom is there a time when one of the undergraduates is not attempting to gain passage into his spacious office to gather hints for academic success. Or a fraternity presi- dent might be pleading the social cause wondering why his brothers will be limited to six parties for the oncoming semester. Also, a frequent speech by the dean at a convocation is worthy of note, For instance, he recently stated that the only real prob lem in education is that of 'too much new knowl- edge of ourselves and the world.! At ancther time, a key to the University's approach to education and to the bicentennial program was dropped by Dean Watts ot the Alumni Advisory Council meeting. He stressed the need for research af a university stating that it liberalizes both faculty and students and prepares them to deal with new idess. His ulti- mate aim was expressed in the need of research as the step fowards greatness for the University. This year, Watts received a well deserved grant from the Carnegie Foundation to study educational sys- tems In various universities during the vear's second semester. w N A N N e l