Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Dean Josephine B. Meredith spoke at the first-year women's banquet held at Mrs. Brigg's after an introduction from Lucretia Heisey, president of the first year women class. Dean Meredith discussed her time as a student at Dickinson, including the social activities held by the YWCA and YMCA she...
Professor Ralph Schecter of the English Department delivered a lecture called, "Arthur Guiterman a Newspaper Poet." MSchecter discussed Guiterman's style of poetry and read some of Guiterman's animal and children poems.
Professor Allison Butts, head of the Metallurgy department of Lehigh University, delivered a lecture to the Mohler Scientific Club on the "Varieties of Steel." Professor Butts spoke about the chemical elements that make up steel and its impact on mankind.
Edward Newton, a Philadelphia manufacturer and book collector, delivered a lecture on the history of novels to a huge audience of students and townspeople. Newton traced the development of the novel from the beginning and importance of the English novel. Newton identified the first book labeled...
Reverend Ralph W. Sockman of New York City's Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church addressed the College as part of its 1930 Commencement exercises. Rev. Sockman also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dr. Robert S. Conway, classical scholar from the United Kingdom, gave a lecture on Caesar in Bosler Hall as part of the James Henry Morgan Lecture Series on Roman Builders of Europe. Dr. Conway focused on repudiating Theodor Mommsen's well-known account of Caesar and argued that Caesar was in...
As part of the James Henry Morgan lecture series on Roman Builders of Europe, Dr. Robert S. Conway gave a lecture on Cicero in Bosler Hall. He focused on Cicero's originality and versatility as an orator.
Major Herbert Taylor, of the Carlisle Medical Field Service School, spoke to the Mohler Scientific Club about scientific research performed in army medicine.
The YMCA Student-Faculty Conference was held at Dickinson College from December 5 to December 7, 1930.
Dr. Lee Driver, authority on the life and works of poet James Whitcomb Riley, gave a lecture on those subjects to the Belles Lettres Literary Society in the YMCA room of Old West. Dr. Driver worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction.
In the last installment of the James Henry Morgan lecture series on Roman Builders of Europe, Dr. Robert S. Conway gave a lecture on Virgil in Bosler Hall.
The Mohler Scientific Club, under the guidance of Howard Blair, '31, sponsored a demonstration of a television and a lecture about "this coming development of science" in the Tome Scientific Building.
Dr. A. Bruce Curry, professor at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City and guest lecturer for the 1931 Week of Prayer, spoke about modern youth in his first address in a series entitled "The Application of the Principles of Jesus to Modern Life." The topics of this first talk were "...
In his second talk in his 1931 Week of Prayer series "The Application of the Principles of Jesus to Modern Life", Dr. A. Bruce Curry spoke about "the life which attempts to express itself in our social institutions". He encouraged students to live with personality and with an objective in mind...
Dean Hoffman, '02, first recipient of the Class of 1902 Award and editor of the Harrisburg newspapers The Patriot and The Evening News, spoke at the annual banquet for the staff of The Dickinsonian held in the Molly Pitcher Hotel.
Dr. Bruce Curry, guest lecturer for the 1931 Week of Prayer, gave his third and final address of the week on the subject of the prevalence of primitive beliefs, superstitions, and "magical interpretations" in Protestant churches in the US.
Mr. Frank Wilson, National Student Secretary of a group of African-American colleges, addressed the combined YMCA and YWCA at their weekly meeting. He spoke about racial prejudice, specifically about its dual-sided nature and its folly.
United States Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts addressed the College as part of its 1931 Commencement exercises. Justice Owens also received an honorary degree from the College.
Professor E. Larkin of Gettysburg College, formerly of West China Union University, spoke at a Dickinson chapel service about the Dickinson in China movement.
Professor C. R. W. Thomas addressed the Belles Lettres Society on Tuesday, December 8th, at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. He argued that Germany and the U.S. were equally nationalistic in different ways and that "the present Hitlerite movement" in Germany, which he did not support, was...
Sponsored by the German Club, James Morgan Read, '29, addressed faculty, students, and townspeople in the YMCA room of Old West. He compared the cultural interests of German and American students, arguing that the two groups should know more about each other's activities. He also spoke of the...
Edwin Markham, author of the famous poem "The Man With the Hoe", addressed the student body in chapel on the subject of poetry before reciting his own works.
An Inter-Religious Harmony Seminar was held on the Dickinson campus on February 24, 1932. Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish representatives discussed their differences in a round-table discussion. According to The Dickinsonian, Dickinson was the first Pennsylvania college to hold such...
Major C. Douglass Booth, noted English writer, lecturer and authority on Balkan affairs, spoke during the chapel period on the possibility of disarmament. He argued that the League of Nations would only be successful if the U.S. and Russia joined it. The International Relations Club sponsored...
Dr. Guy Carlton Lee, Chinese graduate of Yale University, spoke in the March 31 chapel service about Christian education in China. His visit to campus marked the beginning of the annual Dickinson in China drive.
