Excerpt from The Chanticleer, 1941 Dr. Robert Lee Flowers, newly elected president of Trinity College and Duke University, has a long record of competent service behind him. Coming to Trinity College as an instructor in mathematics in 1891 after graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Dr. Flowers was soon given a professorship and made head of the mathematics department. In 1910 he was elected Secretary of Trinity College, and upon the establish ment of Duke University, secretary-treasurer, and later Vice President. Upon the death of Dr. W. P. Few in 1940, Dr. Flowers was elected President of the Uni versity. Although his tenure of this office has been brief to date, the ability and foresight he has shown in his previous positions have made every person in the Uni versity confident that be will aid in the expansion and betterment of Duke. Dr. Flowers received his m.a. Degree from Trinity Col lege and his LL.D. From Davidson College. He is a member of Phi 'beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.