Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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The Business Division has hern a vital factor in the history of Trinity College and Duke University. With the munificenl benefac- tion ol Mr. J. B. Duke and the consequent founding ol the University, its responsibilities have increased greatly. Although its pri- mary function is the handling of monetary affairs of the University, its duties are mul- tiple. The provision of rooming and board- ing facilities, the execution of loan and schol- arship funds, and the superintendence of buildings and rounds of both campuses are among the numerous duties of this depart- ment of the University Administration. Robert Lee Flowers is Nice President in the Business Division and Treasurer of the University. He came to Trinity College in Robert Lee Flowers DIVISION OF HU.SWSK 1B91 as instructor in Mathematics immediately following his res- ignation from the United States Navy after his graduation from the Naval Academy. He also holds the positions of Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and Trustee of the Duke Endowment. Frank C. Brown, who came to Trinity College in 1909 as a pro- fessor of English, holds the position of Comptroller. To this de- partment fell the duties of directing the building program for the Fast Campus, now occupied 1 the WOman ' s College, and for the newer West Campus, occupied by Trinity College and the vari- ous graduate units of the University. In addition to his position as Comptroller, Dr. Brown also heads the department of Fnglish. He has held the position of Comptroller since 1 9 1 8. Charles E.Jordan is Associate Secretary of the University. He is also Secretary of the Council on Admissions and Secretary of the Committee on Scholarships. Besides these positions he is in control ol all aid to students. Charles E. Markham, Assistant Treasurer, is Bursar of the University and has large responsibil- ities in the organization of the Treasurer ' s office and the direction of its affairs. M.-irkhani llniuii Jordan 12

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The Board of Trustees of Duke I Iniversity is composed of thirty- six members. The Duke Endowment has twelve trustees, and the immediate government of the University is in the hands of an Ex- ecutive Committee ol seven members who are appointed ! the Trustees. The duties of die Executive Committee are: to make the annual budget with the consent of die Endowment Trustees, to control the internal regulations ofthe University, to fix all sal- aries and emoluments, and to appoint all ollicers and teachers of the University upon the approval of the University Trustees. The members ofthe Board of Trustees an- : Colonel J. F. Bru- ton, Wilson, N. C. (Chairman); S. S. Alderman, Washington, D.C. ; G. G. Allen, New York City ; Dr. J. H. Barnhardt, Raleigh, X. C. ; James A. Bell, Charlotte, X. C. ; R. G. Cherry, Gastonia, X. C. ; H. R. Dwire, Durham, X. C. ; D. S. Elias, Asheville, X. ( :. ; Dr. R. L. Flowers, Durham, X. C. ; W. W. Flowers, Xew York City ;, )udt;e J. P. Frizzell, Snow Hill, X. C. ; Rev. T. M. Grant, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Greenville, N. C. ; P. H. Hanes, Winston-Salem, X. C. ; J. L. Home, Jr., Rocky Mount, X. C. ; Rev. J. B. Hurley, Goldsboro, X. C. ; J. A. Long, Roxboro, X. C. ; Dr. T. F. Marr, Brevard, X. C. ; R. A. Mayer, Charlotte, X. C. ; M. E. Xewsom, Durham, X. C. ; Bishop W. W. Peele, Richmond, Va. : W. R. Perkins, New York City ; Rev. C. K. Proctor, Oxford, X. C. ; W. X. Reynolds, Win- ston-Salem, X. C. ; Hon. D. C. Roper, Washington, D. C. ; J. H. Separk, Gastonia, X. C. ; Hon. F. M. Simmons, Xcw Bern, X. C. ; J. R. Smith, Mount Airy, X. C. ; Willis Smith, Raleigh, X. C. ; Dr. W. A. Stanbury, Asheville, X. C. ; J. A. Thomas, White Plains, X. Y. ; Dr. S. B. Turrentine, Greensboro, X. C. ; F. M. Weaver, Asheville, X. C. ; E. W. Webb, Xew York City ; R. S. Womble, Winston-Salem, X. C. 1 1

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The growth of Trinity College into Duke Uni- versity was accompanied by an expansion of tlie administrative department to such an ex- tent thai it was found necessary to separate the administration into tw groups the Business and the Education divisions. William II. Wannamaker. Nice President of the University in the Educational Division and Dean of the University, has been associated with Duke University for forty-one years; firsl The Deans .is Professor of German and later as Dean and Vice President. Dr. Wannamaker received his A.B. degree from Wofford College in 1895 and his M.A. degree from Trinity College in 1901. Wofford conferred the degree of Litt.D. upon him in 191 7. Dean of Undergraduate Instruction, Walter R. Greene, has been affiliated with Duke Uni- versity since 1928. Previously he was prom- inently connected with Southern preparatory schools and colleges. Dr. Greene, a graduate of Wofford College, received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard in 1921 and 1923 respectively. As Dean of Undergraduate In- struction Dr. Greene handles the problems of undergraduate teaching, curriculum planning, and administration of the college instructional program. Herbert J. Herring, a graduate of Trinity College in 1922, returned to Duke University William Ham; Wannamaker DJ VISION OF EDUCATION in 1924 to assume his duties as Ass istant Dean. In 1929 he received his M.A. in College Ad- ministration from Columbia, and became Dean of Men six years later. Along with his admin- istrative duties, Dean Herring also teaches and is an extracurricular adviser. Dean of Freshmen, Alan K. Manchester, came to Duke in 1929 as an instructor in his- tory. Dr. Manchester graduated from Van- derbilt in 1920, received his M.A. degree from Columbia, and his Ph.D. from Duke Univer- sity. In 1934 Dr. Manchester became Dean of Freshmen, and it was under his capable guid- ance that the system of House Masters of freshmen dormitories was inaugurated. I tei i 1 Mani hesler ' 3