Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Sandwiched between the West Campus Union and Page Auditorium is the center of the University Administration. C ommonly and erroneously called the Administration Building, it is actually a part of the two buildings that enclose it, a connecting link be- tween them. Compactness does not infer inadequacy of organization or action, however. This three story corridor houses much of Duke ' s internal workings. It is the supreme headquarters of the University. Within its walls sit the rulers, the planners of Duke, the power and the mind of this community. When the new Administration Building is completed, there will be ample room to spread out and increase the mechanism of administration. The deans and University officials will claim a building and offices equal to their importance. Into the discarded step- child will move the publications, student offices, and recreation facilities. It will go back to the students. The new building therefore enlists the interest of all. DESK OF Vice-President Charles Jordan is evidence of complex work involved in University administration. ADMINISTRATION, ADJOINING WEST CAMPUS UNION, IS HEART OF UNIVERSITY MACHINERY.

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bministration East Duke is rhc nerve center of the Womenj, College. Here the Administration wheels effective and efficiently operate a complex machine. The work is accomplished by a scaled divisn of labor. The deans, the staff , the college officials each have a job to do. From their offic come contributions, parts to the whole. The offices, the files, the records in this c regulated workshop are all tools to create the mechanism. The people at the master contn ! see that the various parts gear in together, act in harmony with the whole. It is a conif • cated nerve center, but an ordered one. Every activity on East Campus stimulates it a I brings forth a response. It is above, into, and encircling every phase of the Women ' s Colic;

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timintsitratton iBuilbing PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY Dr. A. Hollis Edens has directed much time and effort to successful completion of development campaign. POWERS University heads complexities of The Duke student is held in the powerful hand of the administra- tion. He must go to it to pay his bills, to register activities, to obtain sanction for his acts, to learn whether he is passing or failing. The administration is the authority in all matters. It seeks and wel- comes our suggestions, our ideas, but in the final analysis, it passes the judgment and the student must accept it and submit to it. The administration realizes we are mature individuals, however. It has encouraged the development of student government. It has eased a lot of the responsibility and initi- ative onto our shoulders, and is UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES, MANY OF THEM INFLUENTIAL NORTH CAROLINIANS, GATHER IN BOARD ROOM ' sssr i B V