Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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m TItlKITY €»LLE«E Trinity College is the undergraduate college of arts and sciences for the men of Duke University. Its interesting history is marked by several very definite phases of devel- opment. The precursor of Trinity, Union Insti- tute, - a s f o u n d e d i n 1838. In 1 85 1 Union became Normal C:onege and finally, in 1859, was named Trinity College. During this period of its metamorphosis, the college was situated |in Ran- dolph County, North Carolina. In 1892 the college was moved to Durham and continued in the location of the Woman ' s College for nearly forty years. With the signing of the indenture of trust by Mr. J. B. Duke, Trinity College became the nucleus about which the University was founded and was established in its present location in i(.y]o upon the completion of the West C ampus. . . . am. ki:r Smith Anderson Wilson THE IVOAIAK ' SS COLLEGE The Woman ' s College is designed as the counterpart of Trinity College and is its coordi- nate. ' The first provisions for women students in I ' rinity C ' ollege were made in i8()t). Since that time there has been rapid growth in co- education at Duke. With the c()ni|)leiion of the West Campus in 1930, the East Campus w-as given over almost entirely to women students. It was in this year that the Woman ' s College became a separate entity in the organization of the University. Miss Alice Mary Baldwin came to Trinity Col- lege in 1924, and with the establishmeiu of the Voman s C ollege of Duke University in 1930, she became its lirst Dean. Mrs. Ruth Black Smith came to Duke in 1927 as instructress in Hducation and became .Assistant Dean of Women in 1930. Miss Mary (irace Wilson performed the duties of Acting Dean of Women in 1929 and became Social Director in 1930. Miss Elizabeth Anderson is Assistant Dean in charge of the Freshmen. ■ 81

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iMvisioK nv EIMICATIOK William Hanr VVannamaker Gref.x Herrlng Manchester The adniinislratioii of Duke University is unique in its organization. Associated with the President are the Vice Presidents who are in charge of their several divi- sions of the University. One of the Vice Presidents directs the Education Division and has general supervision of its affairs. Connected with him are the deans, the C ouncil on Admissions, and the fac- ulties of instruction. William Hanc Wannamaker, ' ice President of the University in the Education Division, has been an integral part of Duke University for nearly forty years, first as Professor of German and later as Vice President and Dean. He received his A.B. degree from WofTord College in 1895. Upon the completion of work towards his A.M. at Harvard in 1902, he came to Trinity as Professor of German. The responsibility for the formation of academic policy rests in the hands of Dr. Wannamaker. Walter K. Greene, Dean of Undergraduate Instruction and Curricula, came to the University in 1928 as Professor of English. He assumed his present position in 1930. Dr. Greene was graduated from Wofford College in 1903 and received his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard in 192 i and 1923. Herbert J. Herring became Dean of men in 1935 after four years as Assistant DeaiL He is an alumnus of the class of 1922 of Trinity and of Columbia where he received the degree of Master of Arts in College Administration in 1929. Alan K. Manchester, Dean of Freshmen, received his A.B. from Vanderbilt and was awarded his Master ' s and Doctorate by Columbia. He came to Duke in 1929 as Instructor in History and was made Dean of Freshmen in 1934. ' 7]

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(k.ASSON rpKAIMIATI SCHOOL I HHK ' ' |H I lie first provision for the yflSaT . H promotion and organization d Bjt ' 4 A B9E3 1)1 ' graduate instruction in I ' riiiity College was made in 1 916. At the outset six stu- dents constituted the graduate enrollment of the College. After careful investigation by the Committee on Graduate Instruction provision M ' as made in 1923-24 for the granting of two advanced degrees, Master of Arts and Master of Education. During this year thirty-five students were enrolled in graduate courses. The Duko endowment made funds available for the establishment of the Grad- uate School of Arts and Sciences. In 1926 a Council on Graduate Instruction was appointed and Professor William K. Glasson was elected Dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Glasson has retained his position as Head of the Deparimcm of Economics which he held prior to his tenure of the office of Dean. SCHOOL OP LA IV The School of Law was founded in 1904 through an endowment established l)y James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke. .Samuel I ' o.K Mordecai organized the .School and served as its dean until his death in 1927. The 1 rinity Law School set a pre- cedent in southern legal education liy requiring college work as a prerequisite of admission to legal study. By the establishmeiU of the Duke Endowment in 1924 the Law School was enlarged and its scope of activity broadened. H. Claude Horack, a distinguished authority in the field of legal education, was appointed Dean in 1934. Dean Horack is also Professor of Law and has served in an executive capacity in many of the nation ' s prominent legal organizations. r 9]