Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Dr. C. R. Walther Thomas delivered a lecture to the Union Philosophical Society entitled "The Austro-German Problem, Past and Present" on March 8, 1934. According to Dr. Walther, 'To understand the Austro-German problem of today it is necessary to understand the German problem first and then...
Professor Leon C. Prince spoke about "War and Peace-- The Way Out! Preparedness" to the Young People Fellowship on Sunday evening. Professor Prince first claimed that no American stands for militarism and "we never sought to intimidate or conquer our neighbors in order to acquire territory or...
Richard Wood, secretary of the Friends' Peace committee, responded to Professor Prince's support for "consecrated force" on International Peace Day. According to Wood, "there is no agreement among nations as to which national force is consecrated" due the nature of war. As a result, Wood claimed...
Economics and Political Science Professor Cornelius W. Fink spoke to the Young People's Fellowship about the "Old Ideals in a New Deal." Professor Fink argued that President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was based on Christian ideals, such as supporting one's neighborhood. In addition,...
After an introduction from Professor Cornelius W. Prettyman, Professor Beulter delivered a lecture titled, "Das Alte Frankfurt und Das Goethehaus" in Bosler Hall to almost 300 students. Beulter began his lecture with an overview of what the city of Frankfurt looks like. He then spoke about the...
Assistant Secretary of Commerce John Dickinson (not to be confused with the 18th century namesake of the College) addressed Dickinson as part of its 1934 Commencement exercises. Mr. Dickinson also received an honorary degree.
Josiah Oliver Wolcott, Attorney General, Senator, and Chancellor of the State of Delaware, addressed the College as part of its 1935 Commencement exercises. Senator Wolcott also received an honorary degree from the College.
Japanese pacifist Toyohiko Kagawa gives an address as part of the 1936 Founder's Day events.
Charles R. Gay, President of the New York Stock Exchange, addressed the College as part of its 1936 Commencement exercises. Mr. Gay also received an honorary degree from the College.
Walter Albert Jessup, President of the University of Iowa from 1916-34, addressed the College as part of its 1937 Commencement exercises.
George Frederick Zook, the President of the American Council on Education and former President of the University of Akron, addressed the College as part of its 1938 Commencement exercises.
Dixon Ryan Fox, President of Union College, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1939 Commencement exercises. Dr. Fox also received an honorary degree from the College.
Methodist bishop Edwin Holt Hughes addressed the College as part of its 1940 Commencement exercises. Rev. Hughes also received an honorary degree from the College.
Mr. Bernard O'Donnell, public relations manager for Harper's Magazine, spoke to two composition classes on Friday, November 8, 1940, about the publishing process.
Dr. Edgar J. Fisher, assistant director of the Institute of International Education, spoke to the International Relations Club about the necessity of creating a durable, negotiated peace after the end of the Second World War. He argued that no peace would be possible with a Nazi victory.
In the chapel period of April 22, travelling speaker Dr. Ting Su gave an address comparing education in China and the United States.
Arlo Ayres Brown, President of Drew University, gave a chapel address about "the road to peace", enumerating the requirements for an enduring peace.
Hu Shih, essayist, philosopher, Chinese ambassador to the United States, and nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, addressed the College as part of its 1941 Commencement exercises. Dr. Hu also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dr. Julia Morgan, '11, daughter of former Dickinson President James Henry Morgan, '78, gave a chapel address about her work as a medical missionary in Japanese-occupied China.
The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Kitto ('12) gave an address in Bosler Hall commemorating Founders' Day. He stressed the need for hardiness when facing the physical hardships of the war.
Harry Flood Byrd, politician and Governor of Virginia from 1926-30, addressed the College as part of its 1942 Commencement exercises. Governor Byrd also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dr. Harry N. Holmes, noted traveller and lecturer and native of Australia, gave a chapel address on the status of the war in Australia and the Far East.
Dr. Hosmer Johnson and his wife, missionaries to Japanese-occupied China, spoke to the Dickinson College Religious Association on the subject of interfaith relations on the evening of Sunday, October 18, 1942.
Dr. Gaither P. Warfield, '17, visited Carlisle with his wife and gave a chapel address about the conditions in countries occupied by the Nazis, the conditions in concentration camps, and his opinion that only an invasion of Germany would win the war for the Allies.
Dr. Edwin E. Willoughby, alumnus of Dickinson and chief bibliographer at the Folger Shakespeare Library, spoke in the Sharp Room of Bosler Library to a group of students and faculty on the topic of his paper, "Every Day Reading in the Time of Shakespeare". He argued that literature of the day...
