Academic Ceremonies

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Sun., May 23, 1943

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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Sun., May 23, 1943

Commencement exercises for the 1942-43 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jan. 30, 1944

The Midwinter Convocation Baccalaureate Service was held at the Allison Memorial Methodist Church at 10:45 am.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
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...

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Sun., May 28, 1944

Commencement exercises for the 1943-44 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Oct. 1, 1944

The Baccalaureate Service for the Convocation is held in Allison Memorial Methodist Church at 10:45 in the morning.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Sun., Jun. 3, 1945

Commencement exercises for the 1944-45 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Sun., Jun. 9, 1946

Commencement exercises for the 1945-46 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Mar. 11, 1947

Pierre Emile Benignus gave the address at this Convocation.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947

Commencement exercises for the 1946-47 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947

Professor, author, and biographer Alpheus Thomas Mason received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1947 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
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.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia

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