Academic Ceremonies

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Wed., Jun. 5, 1895

Jurist John Mitchell Robinson (Class of 1847) received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1895 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 7, 1896

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1895-1896 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 7 at the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

Degrees were awarded to more than 50 students during the annual Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

Charles Francis Himes (Class of 1855), professor, amateur photographer, and Dickinson College administrator, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858), author, lawyer, and recipient of the Medal of Honor for service in the Civil War, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

John Howard Harris, President of Bucknell University from 1889-1919, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

William Jacob Holland, minister, zoologist, paleontologist, museum administrator, and Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh from 1891-1901, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 6, 1897

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1896-1897 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 6 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 9, 1897

Commencement exercises for the 1896-97 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 9, 1897

Elijah Barrett Prettyman (Class of 1848), educator and early administrator at what later became Towson University, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1897 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 5, 1898

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1897-1898 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 5 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 8, 1898

Commencement exercises for the 1897-98 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 8, 1898

Louis Emory McComas (Class of 1866), politician and judge, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1898 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 8, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt, Army Lieutenant and founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1898 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 4, 1899

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1898-1899 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 4 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 7, 1899

Commencement exercises for the 1898-99 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 7, 1899

John Franklin Goucher (Class of 1868), minister, missionary, educator, and namesake of what would become Goucher College, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (his second honorary degree from the College) as part of Dickinson's 1899 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 7, 1899

Educator, lawyer, and journalist Samuel Cushman Caldwell (Class of 1858) received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1899 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 3, 1900

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1899-1900 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 3 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 6, 1900

Commencement exercises for the 1899-1900 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 6, 1900

Lawyer and political humorist Rufus Edmonds Shapley (Class of 1860) receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1900 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 2, 1901

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1900-1901 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 2 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 5, 1901

Commencement exercises for the 1900-01 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 5, 1901

Francis Dunlap Gamewell (Class of 1881), Methodist missionary and hero of the Boxer Rebellion, receives an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree as part of Dickinson's 1901 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 5, 1901

Author and journalist Willis Fletcher Johnson receives an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of Dickinson's 1901 Commencement exercises, his second honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies

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