Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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DR. A. IIOLLIS EDENS President of the University In the field of college yearbooks there is an unwritten law concerning Dedications. It advises that an annual never be dedicated to a new president until he has had time to prove himself. In its last two issues, the Chanticleer has respected this custom. And this 1952 edition is no exception. Dr. A. HoUis Edens came to Duke toward the end of the 1948-49 academic year, at a time when he was vitally needed. He came to us at the mid-point of his career — a career marked by success and characterized by a meteoric rise from the obscurity of the Tennessee moun- tains, through various positions in Emory University and the University System of Georgia, to a high place in the educational circles of the South and the nation. His first two years as President of Duke were spent largely in putting over the top the University Development Campaign, which sought $8,650,000 for Brains, Books — then Bricks. At the same time he was orientating himself in his new job and making new friends. Since the successful completion of this huge drive. Dr. Edens has this year turned his flill attentions to the pursuit of his primary interest, which has always been with the students and their faculty, and of his desire to know as many of them personally as possible. We dedicate this 1952 Chanticleer to President Edens in recognition of all that he has done and will continue to do in the best interests of the University. But more than that, we dedicate it to him with the knowledge that he is indeed a President for and of the students.