Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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in 92 ). AiiKing- these were Irinit) ' Park Sehool, the University of Oklahoma, and W ' al- laee L iii ersity School. 1 ie also tautjht in several South Aiiieriean universities. Dean .Manchester has traveled ijuite e, tensivel ui foreign countries, being taniiliar with those ot I ' .urope and South America. (Charles Kdward Jordan is ' iee-president ni the Division of Public Relations and Sccretar ' ot the L ' niversit -. . North ( arolinian, he re- eei ed his A.H. degree from lrinit ' (j)llege in l 2 and in l 25 was graduated from the Duke Law School. In the latter ear he came to Duke as Assistant Secretary, and was ap- pointed Secretarx in I H1. Air. Jordan was made ' ice-President m i ' H6. The ex- chairman of the Duke L ' ni ersit ' (Ihurch Board, .Mr. Jordan has been a member and chairman of the Publications Board, faculty adviser of the Ch. nticleer tor twenty years, and chairman of the Y.Al.C.A. Board. In 194. ' he was awarded the honorary degree ot Doctor of Laws by Elon College. ' ice-president and Dean ot Duke University ' is Dr. W illiam Ilane Wannamaker. Dr. Wanna- maker received his A.B. degree from W ' ot- tord College and was there awarded the honor- ary degree of Doctor of Literature. He re- ceived his .M.A. at Trinity ( ollege. Atter study at Harvard, and at German Universities, he came to Duke in 1902 as a Professor of Ger- man. 1917 saw his appointment as Dean ot Iruiit} ' (College. He was elected ice- President ot Duke in 1926 and continued in this position until 194S when he resigned to become ' ice-( Chancellor. VV ' u.iiwi H. Wann AMAKi K, Vice-ClhVKrIlor Robert B. ( o. , Assistant Dean ot Innit) ' College, was graduated from the University of Tennessee in 192. . He received his A.M. degree at Peabody in 1929, after which he did graduate work at the University of North Carolina and at Duke. For several vears he taught in the Johnson ( )unt - I ligh School in Tennessee and in Last lennessee State College. He came to Duke in 1945 and became Assistant Dean ot Undergraduate Men in 1947. The Assistant Dean ot Irinit ' (College is James . Sla . Air. Sla - has held his present position since the tall ot 1947. He is an alumnus of Duke and received his A.B. degree and his ALA. here. Previous to his arrival at Duke and his acceptance ot the position of Assistant Dean of Trinity College, he was an instructor of Romance Languages at the Randolph-Alacon Alilitar - Academy. Following this he served in the United States Alarine Corps for tour years and then did graduate work at I Iar ard. Jamks . 1. Si.A-i ' , Assistant Dean of Trinity College RoHKRC B. Cox, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Men. 25

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Charles I . Jordan, ' ice-Pres ' idein in the Division of Public Relations ami Secretary of the University. idcnt of the University from 1941 until 1948, when he resigned to take the post of chancellor. Herbert James Herring, a native of North Carolina and X ice-president of Duke Uni- versity since 1946, received his A.B. degree from Duke in 1922, his A.M. degree from Co- lumbia in 1929 and his Doctor of Laws at Juniata College HI 1948. He came to Duke in 1924 as Assistant Dean, later becoming Dean ol Trinity College. In addition to his administrative duties, he is active in organizations such as the Rotar ' C ' lub, and is in much demand as a public speaker. Charles B. Markham, Treasurer ol Duke, is a native ol Durham and a graduate ot Trinity ( )llege. He received his A.B. degree in 1906 and his ATA. degree in 1907, after which he did graduate work at (x)lumbia University. He came to Duke in 1908 as Assistant Professor of Engineering, was Protessor ol Alathematics from 1909 to 1929, was Assistant Treasurer from 1911 to 1941, and has been Treasurer since 1941. 1 he Dean of Freshman ol Trinity College is Alan Krebs ATuichester. I le received his A.B. degree at ' anderl)i t Uni ersit - in Ten- nessee and did gratiuate work at (olumbia University, acquiring his ATA. there. 1 le completed his work at Duke, where he re- ceived his Ph.D. Dean ATuichester was an in- structor at several schools in the United Stares before he jouied the taenlr ol Duke University IliuiiiRi J, 1 lii niN(;, I ' ice-President in the Division of Slndrnl Life and Dean of Trinity (. ' olle e. ( ' iixuiis I?. . l Ki ii M, ireasnrer of the L ' l iversity. i K. ! ( III Ml R, Dean of I ' reshnien, I ' rinity C.ollej e.

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A i oniao s collest .NK ' woman to our campus last year, Dean Roberta Florence Brinkle ' has not only proved herself to be an excellent adminis- trator, but has also earned the admiration and respect both of students and faculty. Dean Brinklcy is a nati ve ot Georgia and a graduate of Agnes Scott (College. She re- ceived her A I. A. from George Peabody Col- lege for Teachers and her Ph.D. from Yale. Before coming to Duke last year Dean Brinkley spent fourteen months in l igland do- ing research while on sabbatical leave from Goucher College. A few of the many books to her credit are Ninlhvi Field, The Actor Playziri{;,lit, The Ar- thurian Epic ill the 17th Century, and her latest, Seventeenth Century as Interpreted by Coleridge. She is also editor of English Poetry of the Seven- teenth Century. The Dean of Undergraduate Wbmen is Mrs. Hazen Smith. A native of La Grange, Ga., Mrs. Smith holds her B.A. from Agnes Smith ( )llege, and her M.A. from Columbia. Visits to schools in the Orient, Russia, and England, and work with the Y.W.C.A. and personnel work in college helped prepare her tor the position she now holds. The rirst dean w ith whom freshmen become ac(]uainted is Mrs. W. S. Persons, Director of the ( )mmittee on Admissions. Mrs. Persons is well iiualihed for this position, having gradu- RoBiiKTA F. Brinkley, Dean oj ' i Collf l.ffl to riiilit: Mrs. I ' .lizabcrh . Persons, Draii of .Li ziissioi s; Aliss 1 lliii 1 1. I lucU;il)(. -, Assisuuil IMri of L ' lnUrgradiiate hislnnlion; .Miss Mary (iracc Wilson, .iw of Residence; . lr.s. Rutli S. Snutli, Dean oJ i ' lhlrrjiiaii ia e Inslriiclwn. 26