Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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|]()AR1) OF IRL ' Sri ' .l ' -S: I- ' iist mii left to ni; ; Flowers, R. F., Smith, W., CkuniuiK Allen, C; CIkitn, R. (,., Fiias, I). S.; Alderman, S. S.; New some, i F F. (deceased); Bowling, F. S.; ' Fiirrenrine, S. B. Second roiv: Sands, A. H., Jr.; Cocke, N. A.; Doss, H. C; Wbmble, B. S.; Few, B. F.; Hanes, P. H.; Webb, i ' .. W.; Sidbury, J. B. Thini roii-: Ivev, G. . F; Florne, |. L., Jr.; Jordan, B. F.; Separk, J. H.; Mayer, R. A.; Porter, H. B.; |ones, I ' .. F.; (irant, T. . F; Smith. I. R. Fourth ' roiv: Kcarns, A. R.; Fdecrton, N. I ' ,.; Frizzclle, ]. P.; Stanburv, V. A.; Peek-, W. W.; Harriss, |. W.; Hobbs, W. J. Not Pictured: Bell, J. A.; Xalle, B. C; Reynolds, W. N.; 1 lanes, P. F. I trintt K eollesle L.T IS THE administration which helps us mold our aims in the best possible channels. It not onlv holds the goal ot the sheepskin be- fore us; it also takes active measures to help us attain that goal. It has secured tor the students a faculty which is the envy ot other southern schools; it has aided in the collection of one of the finest university libraries in the United Stares, and at the same time it has kept the cost ot tuition remarkably low. On November 19, 1948, Arthur Mollis Edens became the third president ot Duke Univcrsitv. Dr. Kdens is one ot the South ' s most distinguished educators. Alter studying at Kmor -, Harvard, and the L ' niversit - ot (Chicago, he taught in the public schools ot Cllay (bounty in his native state ot Tennessee. Subsequently, Dr. Kdens was named director of the C ' umberland .Mountain School, and in 1937 was elected President of the aldosta Junior ( oUege of Emor - Universit ' . live years later Dr. Edens, a political scientist, became Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Division of l ' .mor -. B - 1947 he was both Dean ot Ad- ministration of Emory and Vice-(]hancellor of the University System of Georgia. In 194S he was chosen Associate Director ot the Rockefeller Foundation ' s (ieneral i ' ,dueation Board. The board of trustees which chf)se Dr. Edens for the presidency also named Dr. Rol)ert Lee {• lowers the firsr chancellor ot Duke Univer- sity, and made Dr. William I I. W ' annamaker, dean and vice-president, the vice-chancellor. Dr. Robert Lee Mowers, tormer president and present chancellor ot Duke University, has spent 5 7 years in the field of education. .■ fter graduation from the United States Naval .Acadenn- in 1S91, Dr. Flowers came to TrinitN ' (College as a mathematics instructor. ' Ehe next year he was appointed heail of that department. Trinity College awarded him the honorar - degree of Master of Arts in 1900. 1 le has tw o honorary Doctorates of Law, conterred in 1927 and 1942 by Davidson College and the University of North Carolina, respectiveh . Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, are other organi .ati(«is ot which Dr. Mowers is a member. Lie capabK tilled the office ot pres- 23