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.

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jForetoorb Without any desire to pat ourselves on the back, nor any danger of suffering from swelled heads, we, the staff of this 1952 Chanticleer, feel that you, the rest of students, have taken more interest in this book this year than in the past. We do not suffer from the delusion that your attitude is one of eager anticipation, but that it is rather one of curiosity. You have seen us running around taking pictures of you, compiling information about you, and generally getting the lowdown on you, for more than one semester. With some of the things we have done with you and to you, you shared little sympathy. But in general you have gone along with us, either out of blind faith, or more probably because there wasn ' t anything else you could do. But these changes that have aroused your curiosity during the year, and the many others of which you are just now learning — these changes have been brought about for a very definite purpose. We feel that the Chanticleer should tell a story — a story of you and of Duke during one year. There are many ways of going about this, but few of them would result in anything but a mere pictorial directory. We therefore approached the problem with the idea of setting up a relationship between the school and its students, between the place and the people, between Duke and you. This we continued throughout every phase J v ) of campus life, attempting always to show just what you did and where you did it. We want this 1952 Chanticleer to be a book that you will read and look at from cover to cover, not merely refer to from time to time. We want you to read it from page one, and what ' s more important, we want you to enjoy it, because it is completely and wholeheartedly for and about you.