Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

Page 26 text:

CAMPUS SCENES DEDICATION DUKE 1956- 1957 CLASSES ADMINISTRATION President Board of Trustees Deans James B. Duke Professors Department Heads Alumni Department House Counselors Sophomores mm ' )) -i 1 ki ' ' 1 ORGANIZATIONS 156 | - ' 1 Student Government 1 R ] | Religious U Kf A l Publications } Bl l R Engineering ' i9 ' B ' ' iUV H Student Activities 4 Militnrv ? ' L ' lK B 1 1

Page 25 text:

HK University community was saddened in the summer of 1956 by the death of a most popuhir and prominent member — Dean Lanier W. Pratt. After a hngering illness, Dean Pratt passed aw a ' June 4, 1956, leaving to the University the memory of high ideals coupled with warm friendship and subtle humor. Dean Pratt received his Bachelor of Arts degree C um Laude from Davidson College in 1934. In 1936 he entered the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Duke, earning his Master of Arts degree in French. After a brief absence, he returned in 1940 to begin building a life which centered about the University until his death. World War II and the Korean conflict brought brief interruptions in his educational career with active duty in the United States Naval Reserve. His second military assignment ended in 1952, and he resumed duties as instructor of French in the Romance Languages Department. In addition, he became Assistant Dean of Trinity College. An active Durham citizen as well as a valuable part of the University, he was an F.ider in the First Presbyterian Church. Dean Pratt ' s personality pervaded the life of under- graduates, bringing aid and counsel born of religious prin- ciples and realistic understanding. As dean of freshmen and sophomores, he had the particular task of launching Duke men on their college careers. He possessed a rare talent in human relations that insured success. OfHcial status left him unafiected, and his keen wit transformed business into pleasure. Retaining his teaching activities along with his administrative position, he carried the same qualities into the classroom. Moulding lives and furthering knowledge were his life works. U E I I I Q gotten, for too many tributes to his ability remain; tributes no t ol words but of noble thoughts. To Dean Lanier W. Pratt the student body gratefully dedicates the nineteen hundred and fifty-seven Chanticleer.

Page 27 text:

H H IHI i H Beauty Queens Homecoming Shoe ' n ' Slipper Joe College i SPORTS 324 Major Sports Minor Sports Men ' s Intramural Sports Women ' s Sports Women ' s Intramural Sports HONORARIES All Campus Engineering Departmental