Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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

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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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THAT BE hciiidle various administration willing to gradually surrender more when we have proven ourselves capable of accepting trust and carrying out obligations. The administration seeks to ac- quire better understanding between the three levels — administration, faculty, and students. Perhaps the only thing that increases the gap between us and the faculty is the fact that they have obtained an inestimable amount of knowl- edge in their individual fields. They are experts; we are only beginning to imperfectly grasp the whole situation. And yet they in- vite our friendship. They have many interests outside the confin- ing classroom and study; many interests that wc hold in common with them. A relationship is es- tablished that is mutual admiration and friendship. Our relations with the adminis- tration usually consist of many detailed duties that we think of as necessary red tape. We stand in long lines to register, to sign up for rooms, to pay our registration fees. These are just surface relations, however. They don ' t show the countless opportunities of estab- lishing close relationships with the administration. Encouraging better student-facul- ty relations, the administration approves the various committees set up to talk things out with faculty and administration. When the problems of the honor sys- tem and the cut system came up, the administration invited dis- cussion and examination of all sides of the questions. Students, faculty, and administration met on common ground and tried to reach some reasonable conclusion. Too often we think of the ad- ministration as the ruling, un- changing order of this community. True, they have the authority and the power, but they don ' t exhibit this autocratically. They respond to reason, to increased knowledge of a problem. The administration officials know that the secret of not breaking is to bend with the wind when it is found to be reason- able and right. CHARLES E. JORDAN is Vice-Presi- dent in the Public Relations Division and Secretary of the University. PAUL M. GROSS, Vice-President in the Educational Division, is well- known in the scientific world. WILLIAM H. WANNAMAKER, Vice- Chancellor, has been Dean of Trin- ity and University Vice-President. CHARLES B. MARKHAM, Treasurer of the University, works behind the scenes directing the finances. ALFRED S. BROWER, University Business Manager and Comptroller, supervises business organizations. 13