Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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SCHOOL OF NURSING THIS YEAR the Nursing School is under the very capable leadership of Miss Florence Wilson. Miss Wilson acquired her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 191 3, and her M.A. from Western Reserve University in 1928. In the summer of 191 8, Miss Wilson practised at the ' assar Training Camp for Nurses, and, in 1920, graduated from the City Hospital School of Nursing in New York City. Dean Wilson had a great deal of experience prior to her appointment this year at Duke. In 1923, she became medical supervisor at the Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland. At the same time, she was an instructor of medical nursing at Western Reserve University. From 1932 to 1934, Dean Wilson was instructor and super- visor of medical nursing at the University of Nebraska, and from 1934 to 1937, she worked in the same capacity at New York Hospital ' s School of Nv irsing. In 1937, Miss Wilson became director of the School of Nursing and Nursing Service at Syracuse Memorial Hos- pital, and Syracuse University ' s Nursing School appointed her associate professor of nursing- education in 1943. From January 1946, to September 1946 Miss Wilson was executive Miss Florence Wilson secretarv of the New York State Nursinsj Council for War Service. Dean Wilson published Ward ' s Study Units in Medical Nursing, and collaborated in writing Smith ' s Principles of Nursing Care. She has also liad several articles published in the American Journal of Nursing. Dean Wilson is planning programs for gradu- ate nurses, to be held in the education depart- ment in West Duke on East Campus, the nurses to use Duke Hospital as a practice field. Nurses arc instructed in tlu- classrooms during the first two years. The second year, in- struction and duty are com- bined, and the third year is spent in working on the wards. 25

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WiLBURT C. Davison MEDICAL SCHOOL Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, Dean of the School of Medicine, has held this position since 1927. Having graduated from Princeton in 191 3, he attended Oxford for the next three years, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. There he received a B.A. in 191 5, a B.Sc. in 1916, and an M. A in 1 9 1 9. Upon returning, he obtained his M.D. at Johns Hopkins. In 1932 he received his D.Sc. from Wake Forest and his LL.D. in 1944 at the University of North Carolina. From 1 91 9 to 1927, Dr. Daxison held several positions at Johns Hopkins Unixersity Medical School, including posts first as in- structor, associate professor, and acting head of the Department of Pediatrics, and, later, as Assistant Dean at Johns Hopkins Uni versity Medical School. During these years, he also served as editor of the Bulletin of Jolms Hop- kins Hospital. In 1927, he assumed the posi- tion of Dean of the Duke University Medical School as well as that of professor of pediatrics, positions he is still holding. Dean Davison is a member of the dixision of medical sciences of the National Research Council, and served as vice chairman in 1942- 43. Among other positions, he acted as Con- sultant to the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, and also as Consultant in the Insti- tute of Inter-American Army Affairs. He also is a member of the maternal and child health services in the Children ' s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor. Senior Med Students woik on the wards, treating patients, writing case histories, conducting experiments, and assisting operations, before receiving their degree. 24

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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING DEAN WILLIAM HOLLAND HALL has been on the staff of the Engineering School since igif). He attended the United States Naval Academy, and in 1914 he received l)oth his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Duke Unixer- sity. In 1 91 5 he obtained his B.C.E. degree from the University, and in 1927 he received a M.A. in Civil Engineering from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Dean Hall ' s first position in the faculty at Duke was as an instructor in Engineering. Dean Hall is relieved of some of his responsi- bility by the chairmen of the three departments of the Engineering School — the Departments of Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engi- neering. Dr. Harold Crusius Bird is Professor of Civil Engineering and Chairman of the Department. He received his Ph.D. in 1908, and his C.E. in 191 1 from Yale. He came to Duke twenty-one years ago as Professor of Civil Engineering. He is the editor of Engi- neering Journals and Bulletins. Professor Ralph Sidney Wilbur is Chairman of Mechanical Engineering. He received his B.S.M.E. and his M.A. degree from Tufts Col- lege. He was engaged in mechanical engineer- ing with commercial companies, and taught at the University of Iowa, the University of Pennsylvania, LaFayette College, and at the United States Postgraduate School at Annap- olis, before to Duke. He has also William H. Hall served as Chairman of the Raleigh Section of the North ' Carolina District of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Walter James Seeley has been head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Duke since 1929. Until 1925, he was an Ensign in the U. S. Navy, working on the Special Board of Anti-Submarine Devices. He also tauglit electrical engineering at the Unixx-rsily of Pennsyhania. Because of the intiux of eterans, the enroll- ment of the Engineering School has jumped to over 400. To remedy this situation, a greatly-needed class building is being erected on West Campus. It will be twice as large as the four present buildings combined. Hakold C. Bird Ralph .S. Wilbur Waiflr J. Seelev q6