Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Professor Hutton of the Law School gave an address on the aftermath of the First World War. Hutton makes several points, including the supremacy of democracy and the importance of religion.
Rev. Sumwalk of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church have a talk on the Centenary Movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The movement focuses on the evangelization of the entire world and transcends denominational boundaries in Christianity. He gave another speech on Christ's Temptation....
Sergeant Sheaffer of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania addressed a large crown while relating tales of his time serving in the French air service and subsequent capture by the Germans.
Dr. Clark B. Lamberton, professor at Western Reserve University and a Dickinson graduate, delivered a lecture on early Christian art. After leaving Dickinson, he attended Princeton University to study Early Christian Art, and had traveled to Italy to research the catacombs of Rome.
Rev. James Yard of the West China University gave a speech to the student body about China's massive population and a prediction of their future influence in world affairs. It was Yard's view that the US had a duty to Christianize China and steer them on the path of democracy.
Dickinson hosted a YMCA officer's convention. Events included chapel speeches, socials, the Northfield Conference, and an address on the "Problem of the Near East." Representatives from all major Pennsylvania colleges and universities were in attendance.
The YMCA organizations of Pennsylvania colleges convene at Dickinson on this date. The topic of conversation was "the problems of the near-east".
Dr. Edmund D. Soper, Professor of Missions and Comparative Religion at Drew Theological Seminary, addressed the student body with a speech on the conditions of China and Japan.
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.
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.
Professor Bruno Roselli was a native of Florence, Italy and a professor at Vassar College. He gave a lecture that discussed "Italy's Industrial Revolution," in which he traced the genesis, development, and present condition of of the recent so-called bloodless war between Italian capital and...
George Edward Reed, President of Dickinson from 1889-1911, addressed the College as part of its 1921 Commencement exercises.
Dr. Ira Landrith was the head of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, and was a former candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket. He delivered a sermon designed for college students at the college church.
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.
William Wistar Comfort, President of Haverford College from 1917-40, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1923 Commencement exercises.
Edmund Davison Soper (Class of 1898), theologian and professor at Northwestern University, addressed the College as part of its 1924 Commencement exercises.
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.
Dr. Richard Burton, a former English professor at the University of Minnesota, delivered a lecture called "Modern Tendency in Drama" during chapel.
President James H. Morgan delivered an address at the Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church conference held at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Morgan's speech was entitled "What Standards Shall Govern the Admission of Freshmen?"
W. W. Ellsworth, formerly associated with the Century Publishing Company, delivered a lecture called, "Moliere and the Paris of His Time" in Bosler Hall. This lecture was connected to Ellsworth's lecture the previous year, entitled, "Shakespeare and the London of His Day." These lectures were a...
Professor Leon C. Prince delivered the main address during the Belles Lettres Literary Society 140th anniversary celebration. Dr. Prince's address was about Presidencies of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
As part of the faculty entertainment committee's program series, Dr. Frederick D. Losey gave two lectures on the same day about Shakespeare's "King Lear." The first lecture focused on debunking and explaining the incorrect popular beliefs about the play. For the second lecture, Dr. Frederick...
Simeon Davison Fess, politician and Senator from Ohio, addressed the College as part of its 1926 Commencement exercises.
Professor Leon C. Prince delivered an address entitled "The Value of a College Course" during a joint YWCA and YMCA meeting.
Charles Crawford Borst, a "bird imitator," gave a lecture on birds during chapel. This was the first event of the chapel entertainment program series organized by the Faculty Committee on Chapel Entertainments.
