Religious Activities

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline


Choir Gives Lenten Concert
Wed., Mar. 29, 1950

The College Choir presented a program of Lenten music at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. Under the direction of Professor John Steckbeck, the choir performed The Seven Last Words of Christ, edited with English translation by Nicholas Douty.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits, Religious Activities

1950 Baccalaureate

Sun., Jun. 4, 1950

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1949-1950 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 4 in the Alumni Gymnasium. Honorary degree recipient Captain Francis Lee Albert gave the Baccalaureate sermon.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Dean Discusses Red Problem at Student Christian Association

Sun., Oct. 01, 1950

Dean Amos B. Horalacher spoke to Student Christian Association (SCA) about ‘Christian Alternatives to Communism’. Dean Horalacher commented on that assumption that Communism was an ideology that claims complete allegiance and loyalty of mean he stated that the conflict was based on religious...

Event Type: Community Events, Religious Activities

1951 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 3, 1951

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1950-1951 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 3 in the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Choir Presents Musical Vesper Service

Sun., Nov. 11, 1951

The College Choir, under the direction of Professor John Steckbeck, performed a musical vesper service called "A Journey with the Saints" at 4:30pm in the Allison Memorial Methodist Church.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits, Religious Activities

1952 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 8, 1952

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1951-1952 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 8 in the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1953 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 7, 1953

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1952-1953 academic year  was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 7 in the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1954 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 13, 1954

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1953-1954 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 13 on Benjamin Rush Campus.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1955 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 12, 1955

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1954-1955 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 12 on the Benjamin Rush Campus.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1956 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 3, 1956

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1955-1956 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 3 in the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Matriculation Service 1955
Sun., Sep. 23, 1956

A church service was held in Bosler Hall. As part of the service, the entire freshman class walked in a procession into the ceremony.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1957 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 2, 1957

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1956-1957 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 2 in the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Special Convocation of Church-Related Higher Education
Thu., Oct. 3, 1957

A church service was held for those involved in church related higher education. A luncheon and several discussion sessions were also included in the day's events.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1958 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1957-1958 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 1 in the Allison Methodist Church and the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Matriculation Service 1958
Sun., Sep. 21, 1958

As part of the ceremony, the freshman class formed a procession into the hall. The sermon given discussed "Today's World and Tomorrow's Hope."

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1959 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 7, 1959

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1958- 1959 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 7 in the Allison Methodist Church and the Dickinson College Chapel. A hymn, "The Chapel" ("Dickinson College"), by Lee Hastings Bristol Jr. was written for the college this...

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1960 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 5, 1960

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1959-1960 academic year was held at 10:45am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 5 at the Allison Methodist Church and the Dicksinon College Chapel.

 

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1961 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 4, 1961

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1960-1961 academic year was held at 10:45am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 4 in the Allison Methodist Church and the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1962 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 3, 1962

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1961-1962 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 3 at the Allison Methodist Church and the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1963 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 2, 1963

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1962-1963 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 2 in the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

1964 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 7, 1964

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1963-1964 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 7 in the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Beauty for Ashes Food Drive Successful
Tue., Mar. 23, 1965

Approximately 800 students voluntarily gave up their dinners in order to raise money to rebuild 33 places of worship in Mississippi that arsonists had destroyed. The Beauty for Ashes program, which was sponsored by the Fair and Society group, used the raw food costs of the skipped meals for...

Event Type: Religious Activities

1965 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 6, 1965

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1964-1965 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 6 in the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

Chapel Choir Performs

Sun., May 1, 1966

The College Chapel Choir sang at a church service at the First Reformed Church in Carlisle at 10:45am. 

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits, Religious Activities

1966 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 5, 1966

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1965-1966 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 5 at the Dickinson College Chapel.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities

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