Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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v.. (i. MuclliT, . i-.ili( III , An, and Music r»CTOovti- ' C B. Hoover, Economics V. H. Irvin. , r,n-;lisl, Each One Leads AT the head of each of the academic depart- ments of Duke ma)- he found a person who is always searching for new fields of cndea ' or. Earl (;. Mueller, Clhairman of Aesthetics, Art, and Music, won a Belgian-.Xmerican Scholarship for study abroad. C ' ol. Robert J. Knight, Clhairman of Air Science, newly appointed this year, was awarded the Legion of Merit dining the jjast war. Dr. Hugo L. Filomquist, Chairman of Botany, was recently elected C hairman of the .Southeastern Section of the Botanical Society of America. Dr. Marcus E. Hobbs, Chairman of Chemistry, has been conducting research on explosives for the government. Dr. Cahin B. Hoover, Chairman of Economics, was co-author of the book Economic Resources and Policies of the South. Dr. William H. Cartwright, Chairman of Education, was among eight historians to present papers at the First Congress of Historians of Mexico and the United States. Dr. William H. Irving, Chairman of English, recently returned from England where he completed research for his forthcoming book. Dr. Edward W. Berry, Chairman of Geology, re]jresenled Duke and the . nu-rican .Association of Petroleum at the Intciiiational ( ieologicai Congress in .Xlgiers. Capl. J. . Ockcr. Naval .Science H. E. Jensen, Sociology 21

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Mainsprings of the University To manage the financial afTairs of a uni ' ersity as large as Duke requires the lime and scr ices of a group of men who are both qualified and eager to do their job well. Such a grou[) is the Board of Trustees. The Trustees consist of thirty-six members. many of whom are prominent North C arolinians. Each is elected for a term of six years as pro ided for muler ihc L ' nixcrsitN ' charier. Ihe Executive Committee From left to right: CI. E. Jordan A. R. Kearns A. H. Sands, Jr. A. H. Edens A. S. Brewer P. M. Gross G. G. Allen B. ,S. Womble They have complete discretion in controlling the funds left to the University by James B. Duke. In addition to this, the Board makes any rules, regulations, and bylaws which they deem necessary for the good government of the University. AH degrees and marks of honor are conferred by the Trustees in conjiiiuiion wilh the faculty members. All Look to Trustees to An integral part oi the Form Fundamental Policy Board of Trustees is the seven-member Executive Oommittee which ctjn- trols the internal regulations of the University and fixes all salaries and emoluments. The President of the University serves as an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees. This body has all the [jowers of the Board in the interim between Board meetings, and it appoints and designates the powers of the investment committee. President Edens presides o er the Exe iili e Gominiltee of the Board of Trustee ' as they rnici in ih - board room of the . dminis- iration Building to discuss, among other things, the control of salaries and ilie inlernal regulations of ihc iwo L ' rii%crsities. 23

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His Special Field Dr. Clement ' ollmer, CUiairnian of Ciennan, recently worked on a revision of the constitution of Delta Phi Alpha, national Cierman iionorary. Dr. James N. Truesdale, Clhairman of Greek, .served as Lt. Commander in the Air Comjjat Intelligence during the last war. Julia R. (irout. Chairman of Health and Physical Education, Woman ' s College, is a past officer of the National Association for Physical Education of Cbllege Women. Thomas M. Aycock, Chairman of Physical Education for Trinity and Engineering Colleges, joined the Duke staff in 1937. Dr. Charles S. Sydnor, Chairman of History, was elected chair- man of the Institute of Early American History and Culture in 1952. Dr. Robert S. Rogers, Chair- man of Latin, has studied at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, and the American Acad- emy in Rome. Dr. John J. Gergen, Chairman of Mathematics, served as a Research Fellow at Princeton, Oxford, University of Paris and other universities. Capt. John M. Ockcr, Chairman of Naval Science, recently served as a member of a scholarship board at a West Virginia recruiting station. Dr. CJlenn R. Negley, Chairman of Phi- losophy, was co-author in 1952 of a book entitled The ihit ' st for Llo Jia. Top: E. W. Berry, Geology; Middle: T. G. Wiener, Ru«.sian Lans uaeie; Bottom: R, .S. Rankin, Political Science. R. S. Rogers, Latin B. R. Jordan, Romance Lnnsjuages r -. E. H. Rodnick, Psychology 25