Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1901-1902 academic year was held at 10:30am during the 119th commencement on Sunday, June 1 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.
Commencement exercises for the 1901-02 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Senator from Ohio from 1897-1904 and political manager for William McKinley, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1902 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1902-03 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1903-1904 academic year was held at 10:30am during the 121st commencement on Sunday, June 5 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.
Commencement exercises for the 1903-04 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Educator Nathan C. Schaeffer received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1904 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1904-05 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Lawyer and politician David Kemper Watson (Class of 1871), receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1905 Commencement exercises.
Edward C. Stokes, politician and Governor of New Jersey from 1905-08, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1905 Commencement exercises.
Composer Harry Rowe Shelley receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree as part of Dickinson's 1905 Commencement exercises.
Marlin Edgar Olmstead, Pennsylvania Congressman from 1897-1913, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1905 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1905-06 academic year are held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Eugene Allen Noble, educational administrator and President of Dickinson College from 1911-1914, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1906 Commencement exercises.
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1906-1907 academic year was held at 10:30am during the 124th commencement on Sunday, June 2 in the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.
Commencement exercises for the 1906-07 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Jacob Banks Kurtz (Class of 1893), lawyer, politician, and Congressman for Pennsylvania from 1922-34, receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of the College's 1907 Commencement exercises.
James Henry Darling, public servant, lecturer, and first bishop of what later became the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1907 Commencement exercises.
Jesse Bowman Young (Class of 1868), Civil War veteran, minister, author, editor, and lecturer, receives an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of the College's 1907 Commencement exercises.
William Perry Eveland (Class of 1892), Methodist Episcopal bishop and president of Williamsport-Dickinson Seminary (which later became Lycoming College) from 1905-1912, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of the College's 1907 Commencement exercises.
The Baccalaureate Service for the 1907-1908 academic year was held at 10:30am during the 125th commencement on Sunday, June 7.
Commencement exercises for the 1907-08 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with orations from students and guests.
Bradford P. Raymond, president of Wesleyan University from 1889-1908, addressed the College as part of its 1908 Commencement exercises.
Edwin Sydney Stuart, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907-11, addressed the College as part of its 1908 Commencement exercises.
Harry Bixler Stock (Class of 1891), educator and pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Carlisle, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1908 Commencement exercises.
