Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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S T A. HoUis Edens, President of the University, pauses briefly before attending; to his manv administrative duties. 13

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A )! chief ambition ffii lids college i lo keep among tlie teachers . . . rrallv great men, who have a gift for teaching and genuine in lei est in young men. — William Pklsion Few

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Paul M. (iiijss, ' irc-Picsidcnt in the Division of Edu- cation, was formcrlv President of the Oak Ridsre Institute; Men Who Turn Ar ilir hraci of any educational unixcrsity such as Duke, it is inevitable that the task of acliiiiiiisiiaiion should be entrusted to only a few iiicii. each one being capable of understanding personally the problems confronting each new and old student during his years on the Duke campus. Duke University is well able to pride itself in its administrative group. Each man seems interested in activity at Duke and through pre ious ex- perience and training is able to handle each new situation with the best interest of the student in mind. Dr. . rihur HoUis Edens was inaugurated as President of Duke University in October, 1947. He recei -ed his B.Ph. and M.A. degrees from Emory University; M.P.A. and Ph.D. from Har ' ard University; and LL.D. from Davidson, U.N.C., Emory, and Wake Forest. Since his coming to the Duke campus. Dr. Edens has won the admiration of all for his great dignity and the warmth with which he handles his every contact with the student body. Paul M. Gross, dean of the University and ice-President in the Di ision of Education, studied at the Oity Clollege of New ' ork, Oolumbia University, and the University of Leipzig. He was present at the General UNESCO Conference in 1949 and was also elected president of tlie Oak Ridge Institute in Nuclear .Studies. V. II. W .1 n n a- ni.ikci, I ni ersity ' ice-(;haneel lui . Charles E. Jordan is the .Secretary of llic University and the Vice - l ' rcsid -nt in the Pnhlic Relations Division. 14