Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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K O A K n OF T It II Si T K E S Diikr University has thirty-six Trustees, ' I ' he Duke Endownient has twelve. The immediate govern- ment of the University is in the iiands of the Kxecutivc Committee, appoinleri by the ' Iriislees under eharter provision and created h - a University statute as follows : The Kxecutive Committee consists of seven members, three of them from the University Trustees, including the chairmait ex ojl ' icii), three froin the Endo ment Trustees, and the I ' residenl of the University ex n ficio. It performs the duties set out for it in the charter — namely, controls the internal regulations of the University and fixes all salaries and emoluments. The Committee is furthermore authorized to appoint officers and teachers of the University subject to the approval of the University Trustees ; and the annual budget is made by the Executive Committee with the advire of the Endow- ment Trustees. ' The Clommittee is elected by the University Trustees, three of them nn iKimination of the I ' ndowment Trustees, and the Committee elects its own officers. It meets otice a month and oftener when necessary. The Committee through its chairman makes annually a report to the L ' ni ersit ' Irustees. The Membership of the Board of Trustees is as follows : C G. .Mien, President Duke Power Company, New York, N. Y. Vashington. D. C. ; J. H. Earnhardt, Minister, Raleigh, N. Sidney S. Alderman, Lawyer, C. ; James A. Bell, Lawyer, Charlotte, N. C. ; John F. Bruton, Chairman of the Board, Banker and Lawyer, Vilson, N. C. ; R. ( ' •. Cherry, Lawyer, Gastonia, N. C. ; H. R. Dwire, Director of Public Relations and Alumni AfTairs, Durham, N. C. : Don S. Elias. Publisher, .Asheville, N. C. ; R. L. Flowers, Recording Secretary, V ' ice President and Treasurer Duke University, Durham, N. C. ; W. W. Flowers, Chairman of the Board Liggett Myers Tobacco Company. New York, N. Y. ; Thomas M. Grant, Minister, (irecnville, N. C. ; P. H. Hanes. Manufacturer, Winston-Salem, N. C. ; J. L. Hor ne, Jr., Editor and Publisher, Rocky Mount, N. C. ; J. B. Hurlev, Minister, Lexington, N. C. ; C. F. Lambeth, Manufacturer, Thomasville, N. C. ; J. A. Long, Manufacturer, Roxboro, N. C. ; T. F. Marr, Minister, Brevard, N. C. ; R A. Mayer, Insurance Charlotte, N. C. ; M. E. Newsom, Banker and Merchant, Durham, N. C. ; W. R. Odell, Manufacturer, Concord, N. C ; V. W. Peele, Minister, Greensboro, N. C. ; W. R. Perkins, Lawyer, New York, N. Y. ; C. K. Proctor, Superintendent Oxford Orphanage, Oxford, N. t:. ; W. N. Reynolds, Chairman of Executive Committee R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. ; D. C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D. C. ; J. H. Separk, Manufacturer, Gastonia, N. C. : F. M. Simmons, Former U. S. Senator, IVew Bern, N. C. ; J. Raymond Smith, Manufacturer, Mount Airy, N. C. ; Willis Smith, Lawyer, Raleigh, N. C. ; W. A. Stanbury, Minister, Greensboro, N. C. ; S. B. Turrentine, President Emeritus, Greensboro College, Greensboro, N. C. ; James .• . Thomas, Business. Retired, White Plains, N. Y. ; F. M. Weaver, Business, Retired, .Vsheville, N. C. ; Earle W. Webb, President Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, New York, N. Y. ; B. S. Womble, Lawyer, Vinston-Salem, N. C. Bi).ARD OF Trlstees i. Sessio.n L ' 5]

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WILLIAM PRESTON FEW A.B., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., E.D. Williaiii Pifsion Few is serving his twenty-seventh year as President of Trinity College and Duke L niversity. He received his A.B. degree from Wofford College in 1899, his A.M. and Ph.D. front Harvard in 1893 and 1896 respectively. He holds LL.D. degrees from Southwestern, . llegheny College, Syracuse University, Ohio Wesleyan and the University of North Carolina. He holds a Liii.l). from Birmingham Southern, an LL.D. from I)a idson College and an E.D. from Southern College. In 1933 he served as President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dr. Few is also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, and CWi Phi fraternities. ■4]

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IHVISIOK OP IMISINENN Robert Lee Flowers The Business Division has been a vital factor in the history of Trinity Clollegc and DulsC University. With the mimificent liencfaction of Mr. J. B. Dtikc and the consequent foundini; of the University, its responsibilities have in- creased greatly. .Mihoiinh its primary function is the handling of monetary aflairs of the University, its duties M. RKH. .M Brown are multiple. The provision of rooming and boarding facilities, the execution of loan and scholarship lunds, and the su]jerinlendeiice of buildings and grotuids of both campuses are among the niunerous duties of this departmeiU of the University Administration. Robert Lee I ' lowers is Vice President in the Business Division and Treasurer of the University. He came to Trinity College in 1891 as instructor in Mathematics immcdiateh ' following his resignation from the L ' nited States Navy after his graduation from the Naval .Academy. He also holds the ])ositions of Secretary of the Executive Oommittee of the Board of Trustees and Trustee of the Duke Ijidow iiunt. Frank C. Brown, who came lo ' Trinity College in igog as a professor of English, holds llic posiiioii ol ' ( lunip- troller. To this department fell ihi- duties of directing the building program for the Ikist Cam|)us, now occupied by the Women ' s Oollege, and lor the newer W ' cst Campus, occupied by ' Trinity College and the various graduate units of the University. In additioti to his position as Comptroller, Dr. Hrowii also heads the depart- ment of English. He has held the position of Comptroller since 1918. Charles E.Jordan is Associate Secretary of the University. He is also Secretary of the C)ouncil on . dmis- sions and Secretary of the Committee on Scholarships. Besides these positions he is in control of all aid lo students. Charles B. Markham, Assistant Treasiuer, is Bursar of the University and has large res])onsil)ililirs in the organization of the ' Treasurer ' s office and the direction of its affairs. [16]