Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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

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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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HOUSl ' . COL ' XSl ' .I.ORS. Fust mxi; left to riiilit: Whitakcr, V.- Bamwcll, P.; Holmn, B.; W ils,,n, 1. ( ,., li.iiiKs. 1,., Wellborn, M. Second roiv: Taylor, H.; Brackm.in, J.; Richards, Al. Lib Barrett and Nancy Robinson, officers of the senior class, re- ceive the flag from Dr. Flowers on Opening Day ceremonies. atcd from Duke herself in 1922 and having re- ceived both her B.. . and A I. A. decrees from this University. The main objective of Aliss Alary Grace AA ' ilson, Dean ot Residence, is that of seeintr that the students combine a well-balanced program ot e.xtra-curricular activities with their academic interests. Born in South Oarolina and graduated from W ' inthrop (College, Miss ilson has done graduate work at (. ' ohnubia and has taught in se eral public schools. An adviser and friend to freshmen women is Aliss I ' .llen 1 luckabee, Assistant Dean of Under- graduate Instruction. Aliss Huckabee is her- self an alumna of Duke Universit -, having re- ceived both her .A.B. and Al.A. degrees here. Once a member of Dean ' s stati at New Jersey (College for Women, she has recently returned to Duke after having served on the training program for the Navy. Alaintainer of Duke records since 192. is Airs. Louise Seabolt, recorder of the Women ' s (College. She was graduated from Duke in 1925 and received her Al.A. from (Columbia in 1929. Keeping attendance, academic and statis- tical records, and evaluating credits, are the duties of Airs. Seabolt and her staff. 27