Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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

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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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Left to r ' tii ht: Dr. K. 1 ' ,. Gilbert, Aesthetics, Art and Music; Dr. H. L. Blomqlisi, Botany; Dr. P. AI. Gross, Cheinistrx, Dr. C. B. Hoover, Economics and Business Administration. department lieads Left to riiiht: Dr. W. A. Brown km., I ' .ditcalion; Dr. W. H. Irvinc, I-j ' Jish; Dr. I ' .. ' . I5i ukv, (, ' eolojiy; Dr. C. N ' ommir, Germanic Languages and Literature. Left to n Ait: Dr. j. N. Truesi). le, Creek; K. M. Cameron, Health and Physical Education; ]. R. (iuour, Health and Physical Education; Dr. W. I . I.M ' r i)k, Hislorv. 28