Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Julian Bond, the first African American member of the Georgia legislature since Reconstruction and founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), headlined the Public Affairs Symposium, "Dissent in a Free Society."
Robert Young ('56) spoke to Dickinson students in the social hall on March 6th about lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. Young was the State Senator George Wade's administrative assistant and Senator Wade was originally planned to speak but couldn't attend because of committee hearings.
Kingman Brewster, Jr., President of Yale University from 1963-77, addressed the College as part of its 1969 Commencement exercises. Dr. Brewster also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dr. Arthur L. Bacon, chairman of the biology department at Talladega College in Georgia, delivered a lecture entitled "The Loricate Peritichs" in Dana Hall on Thursday, October 16. After the lecture, attendees were invited to attend an informal tea held in the Baird Library in Dana. Dr. Bacon...
A workshop, one in a series concerning African Studies studies at the College, was held on December 10 in Morgan Hall. This workshop, as well as the others in the series, grew out of a three-week symposium held the previous summer.
Rhody McCoy, administrator in the Oceanhill-Brownsville demonstration school district in New York, discussed the Brownsville Crisis during a lecture in Dana Hall on Friday, January 30. The Crisis involved a teacher strike and the lack of funding for school districts.
A slide lecture for students interested in applying to Operation Crossroads for the summer 1971 was held in Dana Hall. The program, as the Dickinsonian reported, "provides the opportunity for students to travel to Africa... and perform a variety of voluntary work projects."
Professor Bernard S. Morris of Indiana University gave a lecture on imperialism sponsored by the Russian Studies Program and the Political Science department.
Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the Jewish Defense League, spoke to a packed audience in the Social Hall about the need for American Jews to resort to violence to gain freedom for Soviet Jews. He stayed late into the night to answer questions from remaining audience members.
Andrew Young, Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was the guest speaker at College Church held in Mathers Theatre on Sunday February 7. Young's sermon was part of the 1971 Public Affairs Symposium on privacy.
Opening the 1971 Public Affairs Symposium, Ralph Nader gave a lecture on the prevalence and nature of computer-enabled corporate invasions of privacy.
As part of the 1971 Public Affairs Symposium, a panel composed of Jerry M. Rosenberg, Lawrence Speiser, John Kyl, Harold Fitzkee, and Marx Leopold discussed "the use and misuse of informational systems."
US Senator Samuel J. Ervin spoke on the subject of "Privacy and the Constitution" as part of the 1971 Public Affairs Symposium.
In the final address of the 1971 Public Affairs Symposium, Professor Alan Westin of Columbia University spoke on "Ways to Protect Privacy in the Technological Age".
Dr. Eric Lincoln, a professor of sociology and religion at Union Theological Seminary, delivered a lecture on the history of Black Muslims in America.
The Congress of African Students Conference was held at Dickinson beginning on Friday, February 19, 1971. Three hundred African American students from twenty Pennsylvania colleges attended the conference and voted to make Dickinson the seat of the organization. This conference took place during...
Poet Don. L Lee opened the Congress of African Students Conference with a lecture, in which he stressed the need for African American students to be active on campus. Lee also read from some of his works, including Think Black, We Walk The Way of the New World, and Black...
Dr. Arthur N. Eastman, a Shakespearean scholar, gave a lecture entitled "Hamlet, More Things" in Memorial Hall on Thursday, February 25, 1971.
Student Senate and the Department of Political Science hosted a visit to campus by three people involved in the Harrisburg Six trials: Thomas Davidson, William Davidon, and Leonard Weinglass. The three spoke in the Dining Hall about their predicament as "victims of justice".
Harold Howe II, Vice President of the Ford Foundation and United States Commissioner of Education from 1965-68, addressed the College as part of its 1971 Commencement exercises.
Dr. Froelich Rainey spoke to the college about the ancient Greek city of Sybaris. Founded in 750 BC, it became one of the richest cities of the Archaic Period, until its descent into corruption and debauchery. Aided with new scientific technologies, archaeologists were able to uncover the...
Professor Rito Llerena, the College's program consultant for Latin American Studies, gave a lecture on "Politics and the Spanish-American University." The political situation in Columbia was discussed at length.
The topic of this year's Public Affairs Symposium is "Issues in Education: Seventy-Two." The keynote speaker was Dr. John R. Silber, President of Boston University. The closing speech was given by Senator Birch Bayh. Other activities included workshop discussions, focus sessions, and the closing...
The Mock Convention opened its platform hearings on foreign and domestic affairs and other current issues. The purpose of this convention was to educate the College about current events. The hearings opened on April 4 and continued on April 5, 6, 10, 11, and 12 in the Social Hall. All members of...
Jacob K. Javits, United States Senator from 1957-81, addressed the College as part of its 1972 Commencement exercises. Senator Javits also received Doctor of Laws an honorary degree from the College. In his speech, Javits called for a reordering of national priorities.
