The Baccalaureate Service for the 1942-1943 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, May 23 at the Allison Methodist Church.
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Sun., May 23, 1943
Commencement exercises for the 1942-43 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.
Sun., May 23, 1943
Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord (Class of 1927) received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1943 Commencement exercises.
Sun., May 23, 1943
Bishop Olvier James Hart addressed the College as part of its 1943 Commencement exercises. Rev. Hart also received an honorary degree from the College.
Sun., Jan. 30, 1944
In this Convocation ceremony, an address is given by historian and author Douglass Southall Freeman and students are awarded degrees in Arts, Philosophy, Science, and Law.
Sun., Jan. 30, 1944
The Midwinter Convocation Baccalaureate Service was held at the Allison Memorial Methodist Church at 10:45 am.
Tue, Feb. 29, 1944
On Tuesday, February 29th, 1944, President Boyd Lee Spahr, the then current President of Dickinson College, conferred Dickinson College degrees to four Dickinson College students studying at Franklin and Marshall College.
The four students, George Benedict Jr., William Henry Keen, Robert...
Sun., May 28, 1944
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1943-1944 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, May 28 in the Allison Methodist Church.
Sun., May 28, 1944
Commencement exercises for the 1943-44 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.
Sun., May 28, 1944
Fred Pierce Corson, pastor and President of Dickinson College from 1934-44, addressed the College during its 1944 Commencement exercises and received his second honorary degree.
Sun., Oct. 1, 1944
The Baccalaureate Service for the Convocation is held in Allison Memorial Methodist Church at 10:45 in the morning.
Sun., Jun. 3, 1945
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1944-1945 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 3 in the Allison Methodist Church.
Sun., Jun. 3, 1945
Commencement exercises for the 1944-45 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.
Sun., Jun. 3, 1945
Howard Lane Rubendall (Class of 1931), President of Dickinson College from 1961-75 and namesake of Rubendall Recital Hall, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1945 Commencement exercises.
Sun., Jun. 3, 1945
William Harvey Perkins addressed the College as part of its 1945 Commencement exercises. Dr. Perkins also received an honorary degree from the College.
Sun., Jun. 9, 1946
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1945-1946 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 9 in the Allison Methodist Church.
Sun., Jun. 9, 1946
Commencement exercises for the 1945-46 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
Sun., Jun. 9, 1946
Paul Swain Havens, President of Wilson College, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1946 Commencement exercises. Dr. Havens also received an honorary degree from the College.
Sat., Oct. 26, 1946
Dr. William Wilcox Edel is inaugurated as the 22nd president of Dickinson College in the Alumni Gymnasium after an academic procession from Bosler Hall. The new President Edel then confers four honorary degrees.
Thu., Mar. 6, 1947
Monsieur Pierre Emile Benignus received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of a special convocation. It was awarded in honor of his missionary service with Melanesian tribes.
Tue., Mar. 11, 1947
Pierre Emile Benignus gave the address at this Convocation.
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1946-1947 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 8 at the Allison Methodist Church.
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947
Commencement exercises for the 1946-47 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947
Professor, author, and biographer Alpheus Thomas Mason received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1947 Commencement exercises.
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, President of the University of Virginia, and Governor of Virginia from 1942-46, addressed the College as part of its 1947 Commencement exercises. Governor Darden also received an honorary degree from the College.
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