Dr. Frederick D. Losey returned to Dickinson, after his successful presentation of "King Lear" the previous year, and delivered a lecture on 'Macbeth."

Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant United States Attorney General from 1921-29, addressed the College as part of its 1926 Commencement exercises. Mrs. Willebrandt also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.

Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman, president of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, delivered an address during chapel entitled "The Gift of the Imagination."  During this speech, Dr. Cadman urged the students to "dream on" and the importance of cultivating one's imagination in...

Cora Wilson Stewart, chairman of the International Society of Illiteracy, gave a speech about eliminating illiteracy in America. In addition, Stewart discussed helping establish the Moonlight Schools in the Kentucky mountains, which provided men and women of all ages with the opportunity to...

Mr. Samuel Grathwell presented his popular lecture,"Getting By Your Hoodoo," on how to overcome one's fears and self-doubt.  Mr. Samuel Grathwell was a renowned motivational speaker, who delivered speeches all around the United States.  

John James Tigert, university administrator and United States Commissioner of Education, addressed the College as part of its 1928 Commencement exercises. Dr. Tigert also received his second honorary degree from the College.

Dr. Maurice G. Hindu in his lecture on the Soviet Union discussed the general way of life there and explained what the future held for the nation. Throughtout the lecture, Dr. Hindus attempted to dismantle the negative stereotypes, created by travel narratives and geography books, of Siberia and...

Count Felix von Luckner, a lieutenant in the Imperial German Navy, spoke to the student body as the year's chapel entertainment. Count Felix von Luckner, recounted several of his life adventures, such as hitch hiking from California to New York and his brief career as a lighthouse keeper in...

Dr. W. E. P. Haas, district superintendent of the west district of the Philadelphia Methodist Church, gave two lectures to the student body one during chapel service and another at a Y.M.C.A meeting. In the first lecture Dr. Haas referenced Moses and discussed the necessity for Christian workers...

As part of the Armistice Day celebration,Captain Allen J. Stevens, commander of the local American Legion Post, discussed the significance of this anniversary during a special chapel service.

Professor Leon C. Prince, head of the history department and a Pennsylvania State Senator, delivered a lecture before the college chapel service about Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Professor Prince spoke  positively about both leaders claiming that both men, " stand and will...

During optional Monday  chapel service, Mr. A. H. Gerberich, an expert on genealogy and modern languages instructor, delivered a speech titled, "Why Bother about our Ancestors?" Gerberich argued that learning  about ones ancestors was important for personal growth because it can spark...