Academic Ceremonies

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Mon., May 13, 1918

Commencement exercises for the 1917-18 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Mon., May 13, 1918

Eben Swift (Class of 1873), Major General in the United States Army and director of the US Army War College, receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree as part of Dickinson's 1918 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Mon., May 13, 1918

Stanley Dunbar Embick (Class of 1897), Lieutenant General in the United States Army, receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1918 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Fri., Jun. 20, 1919

Commencement exercises for the 1918-19 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall. Speakers included Bishop Luther B. Wilson, Bishop Rogers Israel, and the Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. Fifty-two students were graduated, a number much smaller than usual because of World War...

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Mon., Jun. 23, 1919

Josephus Daniels, editor, publisher, and Secretary of the United States Navy from 1913-1921, addressed the College as part of its 1919 Commencement exercises. Secretary Daniels also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Mon., Jun. 14, 1920

Commencement exercises for the 1919-20 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Mon., Jun. 14, 1920

Abram Winegardner Harris, President of the University of Maine from 1896-1906 and of Northwestern University from 1906-16, addressed the College as part of its 1920 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Mon., Jun. 14, 1920

Sylvester Baker Sadler, administrator at the Dickinson School of Law and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1920 to 1931, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1920 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 5, 1921

Commencement exercises for the 1920-21 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall. Bishop Charles Wesley Burns gave the Baccalaureate Services Sermon, Bishop Ernest G. Richardson gave Vesper Services at which Bosler Memorial hall was dedicated, and Dr. George Reed was the orator fo the...

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Mon., Jun. 6, 1921

George Edward Reed, President of Dickinson from 1889-1911, addressed the College as part of its 1921 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Jun. 6, 1922

Commencement exercises for the 1921-22 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 6, 1922

Robert von Moschzisker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, addressed the College as part of its 1922 Commencement exercises. Justice von Monschzisker also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Jun. 5, 1923

Commencement exercises for the 1922-23 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 5, 1923

Educator and librarian Bernard Christian Steiner received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of the College's 1923 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 5, 1923

William Wistar Comfort, President of Haverford College from 1917-40, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1923 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Jun. 3, 1924

Commencement exercises for the 1923-24 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 3, 1924

Edmund Davison Soper (Class of 1898), theologian and professor at Northwestern University, addressed the College as part of its 1924 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Jun. 3, 1924

Frederick Brown Harris (Class of 1909), Methodist clergyman and Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1942-47 and 1949-69, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of the College's 1924 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 3, 1924

J. Horace McFarland, civic planner and early environmentalist, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1924 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 9, 1925

Commencement exercises for the 1924-25 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 9, 1925

Sculptor Augustus Lukeman received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1925 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 9, 1925

Edgar Fahs Smith, science historian and Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1911-20, addressed the College as part of its 1925 Commencement exercises. Dr. Smith also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Mon., Jun. 7, 1926

Commencement exercises for the 1925-26 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Mon., Jun. 7, 1926

Herbert N. Shenton, Drew University professor and executive secretary of the International Auxiliary Language Association from 1924-37, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1926 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Mon., Jun. 7, 1926

Samuel Parkes Cadman, clergyman and pioneer of Christian radio, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1926 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies

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