Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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WOMAN ' S COLLEGE r 1 ) - » 1 1 1 • AJ 7 j t ' V » 9m ' •V i% ' tV ;»-= ► K ' ' • V • , B. ' vv ' ! ; ' .« flfr ' • ' ♦»- 1 m m u -,.v; ; ■1 ;.: . v » ' ' ■ ' ' !l 41 « ' -- t ' . . - ' - • ;„-,.:- IV Dean R. Florence Brinki.kv ' T ' HE iKw IXan of rhc Woman ' s (College, Roberta BrinklcN ' , came directly to Duke fol- lowing- a fourteen month period of research in l- ' ngland, w here she was on sabbatical leave from Cioucher Ojllege. I kr headquarters w ere in London, but she spent considerable time at the hbrary in Cambridge and at other hbraries, working on her book, Seventeenth (xntury iis Interpreted by Coleridge. Dean Brink ley is a nati e of Ck ' orgia and a graduate of Agnes Scott (College. She recei ed her M.A. from the George Peabody ( ' ollege for Teachers and her Ph.D. from Yale. V ' e find writing to f)e one of her many ac- complishments. She is the author ot Xtill iin Field, The Actor-phyivright , The Arthtman Epic in the Seventeenth Century, and the editor of English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century. In the ofHce ne.xt door to that of Dean Brink- Icy, we find Mrs. Ha en Smith, the Dean of Undergraduate Women. Twenty years of ex- perience working with Duke students as Social and Relieious . dviser, V.W .(].. . director, and director of F.A.C. well qualifx ' her for her present position. Mrs. Smith is a native of La Grange, Georgia and holds her B.A. from Agnes Scott College. She received her ALA. at Columbia, where she built up her background for personnel work through activity on publications, Y.W.C.A., and student government. I ' amiliar to all aspiring freshmen is the name of Mrs. W. S. Persons, Director of (ommittee on Admissions. A graduate herself of Duke, Class of 1922, Mrs. Persons holds both B.A. and I LA. degrees from this University. She did further academic work at the Universit) ' of Pennsylvania and returned to Duke in 19. 0. Miss Mary Grace Wilson, who was born in South Carolina, was graduated from W ' inthrop College for Women, and has done graduate work at Columbia. After teaching in several public schools. Miss Wilson came to Duke when the VVoman ' s (College opened in 1930, in the capacity of Social Director. In 1937 she was made Dean of Residence, a position w hich ga ' e her the opportunity to devote herself to the object of her greatest concern, that of see- ing the students combine a well balanced pro- l)i..iii hniikley ]s M-iii t.ilkin ' infi)rin.illy m irli Prt-siilint ;it tin- I ' nil ll.ij; r.ii.sing. Mrs. Hazcn .Siiiitli, in background, joins tlii; group, 24

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Du. A. K.. . lANc:nK.srER Lnivcrsir ' in 1929. Coming ro Duke as a mcnihcr ot rlic faculr ' in 1925, he was appointed viee president ol the University in 1946. C-harles I ' .dward Jordan, a native of North Carolina, is vice president and secretary of the University. He received his A.B. at Trinity (College in 1923, graduated from the Duke law school in 1925, and holds an honorary LL.D. which was conferred on him by Elon College in 1945. Mr. Jordan came to Duke as assistant secretary in 1925 and was appointed secretary oi the University in 1941. In June, 1946, he was made vice president of the Universit -. Mr. Jordan has been a member and chairman ot Publi- cations Board, chairman ot the Y.M.C.x . Board, and was faculty adviser to the Chanticleer for twenty years. He is now chairman of the Duke University Church Board. Treasurer of the University is Charles Black- well Markham, a native of Durham, who re- ceived his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Irinity ( ' ollege and also did graduate work at (Columbia University. He joined the Duke faculty in 19()H as professor of I ' .ngineering and Mathe- matics. Appointed Assistant Treasurer in 1911, he was appointed to his present position in 1941. Dr. Alan Krebs Manchester is Dean of Fresh- men of Trinity (lollege. He received his A.B. at X ' anderbilt University, his M.A. at ( )lum- bia University, and his Ph.D. at Duke. Before becoming a member of the Duke faculty in 1929, Dean Manchester taught at ' Trinity Park School, the University of Oklahoma, Wallace Univer- sity School, and several South American uni- versities. He has traveled extensively in Mex- ico, South xAimcrica, and Europe. Robert B. Cox, Assistant to the Dean of Trinity College, received his A.B. from the University of Tennessee and his M.A. in Eng- lish from Peabody College. He did further graduate work at V ' anderbilt University, the University of North Carolina, and Duke. Dean Cox came to Duke as an instructor of Eng lish in the fall of 1945. He was appointed to his present position in the spring of 1946. James M. Slay has held his position as As- sistant to the Dean of Trinity College since the fall of 1947. He is a Duke alumnus, having received both his A.B. and his M.A. here. Before coming to Duke, he was an instructor of romance languages at Randolph-Alacon Mili- tary Academy and served for four years in the United States Marine Corps as instructor and assistant operations officer. James M. Slav Robert B. Co. 23

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Miss I ' .i.i.kn I kcKAUiii: AIks. W. S. Piksons AIks. i I A ' i: Smm 11 Miss M r (iK (:i ' . n.soN gram ot cxmi-curncular acti in . s with tlicir academic inrcrcsrs. Miss I ' .llcii Huckahcc, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Instruction, received both her A.B. and A1.A. degrees from Duke. After being on the start of the Dean of Residence, as well as being counselor of Pegram House, Miss Huckabee assisted in the personnel work ot Navy Wbmen ' s Reserve. In the fall of 1947 she received a leave of absence from Duke to work on a training program for the Navy. Mrs. Louise Seabolt, Recorder of the Wom- an ' s College, has been maintaining records ot Duke students since 1925. The duties of her ortice include keeping attendance, academic, and statistical records, evaluating credits, and re- cording functions of the dean ' s office. Mrs. Seabolt earned her A.B. at Duke in 1925 and her M.A. at Columbia in 1929. She also works with the Committee on Admissions and in an advisory capacity with the Town Girls. Complementing the start of the Woman ' s College are the eight house counsellors, whose duties are to help provide a homelike atmos- phere in the dormitories and to act as advisers to the women. Lt t to nnht: Whitakcr, F.; (korsc, B., (irimslcv. A.; Heiscr, 1..; il.son, . 1. d., Barnes, .. DcArmond, (■.; lavlor, H.; Wclborn, M. 2$