Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Anne Louise Reisi- Chairriiaii The Soci;il Standards is not primarily a dance fommittcc. The Co-cd Balls arc incidental to the real work of the com- mittee, and are a means for a girl to pay back her social obligations. The real business centers aroimd creating and niaiiUaining the social standards for the ' East Clainjjusites. I ' o begin at the beginning, it is necessary to shil ' t the scene back to Se]:)lcmber to that fine institution on East Campus known as The Ark. Every fall the committee sponsors a scries of tea dances for the freshmen and transfers in a frenzied attempt to start the year ' s acti ilies and to gi c the new girls a chance to look the men o er. This year a new system was worked out enabling e eryone to meet the greatest number S(M:iilL KTilKIMKIIK COiUiUITTEE of people |)ossible. It turned into a numbers game and was quite com])licated. but most oi the guests soon learned the new method and girl met tioy in a most interesting manner. Then there is the Union jMoject Anne Louise i ailetl in an interior decorator who made some super sketches of what an ideal college Union lobby should look like. We saved our pennies, went to see the administration; the work was soon begun. Of course, it isn ' t complete yet, and it won ' t be for several years, but there is some fine new furniture sprinkled hither and yon and the place looks fjuite attracti e. The idea is to convert this into a social room. The little work that has been done has brought forth admirable results. The committee has also rejmenatcd the formal dinners in the Union. Under this new plan the girls can sign up ahead of time to bring their dates. After dinner there are girl-break dances in the Ark, which are always most enjoyable. Tiiey have been a tremendous success so far and the committee hopes to continue them in the future. The activities of the Social Standards members range far and wide. This year they have also gone in for journalism. One of the more talented members has been drawing a series of cartoons called The Goon Girl for the Weekly Post. The season was brought to a close with the Mystery Party which went over well. There was a shortage of girls, but then there always has been a shortage of the fair se.x at Duke. It was a lot of fun and here is hoping that there will be many more of such parties in the futiue. ' I ' he Social Standards Committee has always been one of the most important organizations on the East Campus — with such progressive ftmctions as those enumerated, it becomes yearly more important. HVK.N Zl-.GIIIR I,i;niz Smale Aui.i) Wagner IJiDDEE KoEllIER Warkkn Beebe I.OVE Mn.EiR Hughes Diamond . I. . |)AMS Haiin .Sti.nk D. .Adams (Jarmcin li. SrrNE Boyn Ki ni.w M. Warri.n Antirus Rogers W IIIIMORI. Kocii Dele Sew ALL PlNNELL CoCKRELL BDVJ i [28]

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When York resigned in 1842, the Union Society appointed Braxton Ciraven principal on the recommendation of his predecessor. It was a wise choice. Craven came fresh from the New Garden School, now Guilford College. An omniverous reader, he was intellectually superior to the average teacher of North Carolina. Craven soon cn isioned an extensive system of schools for the training of efficient teachers in North Carohna. He read widely in the literature of elementary education, and in 1850 he started editing the Southern Index, the first periodical in the South devoted to the cause of elementary education. Conscientious in all things, Craven kept ahead of his students by burning the midnight oil. As he worked he planned ; and in 1851 his dream of a teachers ' college became a reality with the establishment of Normal College, the first training school for teachers in the South and one of the first in the nation. The establishment of Normal College was the most important event in the brilliant career of Craven ; and, when the General Assembly of North Carolina m 1852 granted the College the right to give degrees and marks of honor as those given by colleges and uni- versities generally, Normal College became one of the most important institutions in North Carolina. Under this amended charter, two students were graduated in 1853 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1854 the General Assembly lent the College $10,000 for the building fund, and a new building was completed. However, Craven ' s dreams of a permanent normal college were contra cncd by some of the North Carolina political leaders and the State Superintendent of Common Schools, who were averse to subsidizing other than the University of North Carolina and dubious of the practical value of the normal college idea. Thus, to relieve the financial troubles that beset the college. Craven, in 1856, approached the North Carolina Methodist Episcopal Conference for support. The North Carolina Conference was interested in supporting a North Carolina institution after it had split with the Virginia Conference over differences of policy in the direction of Randolph-Macon College. In a brilliant speech. Craven proved the merits of Normal College and induced the Conference to sponsor the school. The name Trinity College was suggested by Charles Force Deems, one of the leaders in the move to have the Conference support the school and later widely known as the founder of the Church of the Strangers in New York City. In 1859 the Methodist Conference secured the charter and retained Craven as President. No Administrator of Trinity College was more esteemed tiian Braxton Craven— the man who made the strugghng College grow, who served the College longer than any other man, who led it through its hardest years. He was an inspiring leader, one who brought out the best in every student. Underlying his many years of service was his oft-expressed creed : I have but one ambition ; and that was and is to make men. Today, Craven Quadrangle stands as a memorial to his name and work.