Lectures and Symposia

Two Dickinson students were chosen to represent Dickinson College as delegates at the Second West Point West Point Student Conference on Student Affairs to discuss The Far East Policy of the United States. Lawrence J. Lichtenstein and Moorad G. Mooradian were the students designated by Dr. Charles B. Kepner, the head of the Political Science and Sociology department, to attend the conference. The conference took place from December 6-9th at the Military Academy.

Elizabeth Bowen was coming to speak about her book titled The Novel on Noth Sides of the Atlantic and other literary figures importance. She was coming to the United States to speak to civic and college groups. The Dickinsonian noted some her notable works such as The Death of the Heart, The Heat of Fat, Collected Impressions and other works.

Sigmund Spaeth, a noted music critic of New York City, gave a lecture called the "Common Sense of Music." This lecture was the third event of the chapel entertainment program series.

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.

Professor Leon C. Prince delivered an address entitled "The Value of a College Course" during a joint YWCA and YMCA meeting.

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 performed a dramatic reading of the play.  

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.

The director spoke to the freshman and sophomore class during chapel the previous week about “An American Tradition Comes into being”. She emphasized and stated students must realize that the United States has inherited world leadership, but the majority of the citizens do not want it. Woods discussed the Marshall Plan was based on mutual aid and in response to the Russians refusing enter the war. Also, she discussed the United States use of the Marshall Plan.

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 part of the entertainment committee's program series. 

Dr. Richard Burton, a former English professor at the University of Minnesota, delivered a lecture called "Modern Tendency in Drama" during chapel.

Rev. George H. Spells, the African American reverend from the White Hill Institution, discussed racial issues to interested students of the Christian Association in Memorial Hall. Another meeting was scheduled for April 24, 1960 to discuss these issues further.  

Over thirty students attended the annual Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership conference in Memorial Hall, where four faculty members discussed different aspects of leadership. Professor Robert Andrews spoke on "The Sources of Authority in Leadership," Professor Dr. Horace Rogers spoke on "The Training of Leaders in a Liberal arts College," and Professor James Leslie commented on "The Responsibility of Leaders." Professor Frank Warlow served as the moderator and summarized the discussion.

Alistaire Cooke delivered a lecture on British-U.S. relations called "Pleasure and Pains of Anglo-American Understanding" in Bosler Hall as part of the second Cultural Affair event of the semester.

The Public Affairs Symposium, entitled "Sport: Its Place in Society", was held February 15-18th. The symposium featured keynote speaker Howard Cosell, host of Monday Night Football for 13 years. Cosell was followed by Dr. Donna Lopiano, a former All-American athlete and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women at the University of Texas. The next night featured Dr. George Sheehan, a leading cardiologist, speaking on the necessities of physical activity. The final evening session featured Dr.

Patrick Brady, professor at Rice University, gave a lecture entitled "Impressionism and the Return to the Rococo", comparing the two art forms. Brady noted that even though the societies differed, the artists had the same goal in mind, to create a "sequence of affinities- a natural personal attraction plus a unity between contrasting subjects".

Dickinson featured four returning alumnae for the annual Metzger Series, which took place from October 21-24.The women, Mary Douglass Glasspool, Anne Hollister, Gina Weiner, and Joanne Wisor, spoke to various classes, attended a dinner with different campus organizations, and gave a panel discussion in Denny Hall about their careers and how the liberal arts and Dickinson contributed to that. Mary Glasspool graduated magna cum laude as a music major with membership in Omicron Delta Kappa and Wheel and Chain.

Celebrated theoretical physicist and futurist Fritjof Capra delivered a lecture on "Crisis and Transformation in Science and Society" relating to Capra's physical theories and political questions. Capra, with a PhD. in theoretical physics at the University of Vienna, focused his research on astrophysics and the nature of fundamental particles while being a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and authoring multiple books. The goal of the lecture was to interest a wide range of scholars, both in and out of the sciences.

Stuart Merl, physician at the Carlisle Hospital, discussed "The Ethical Implications of AIDS". During the late 1970s, Merl worked with a group that discovered the AIDS virus. Merl "denied the idea that it is the curse of the homosexual saying , "It is not only a gay disease". He then moved on to discuss the fear surrounding the disease, how to appropriately deal with carriers in a general and confidential setting, and looking for a cure.

Sexuality Resource Group organized Sexuality Education Week. The week, filled with education movies, discussions, and debates, was topped by keynote speaker Mary Koss, with her lecture "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Seductions", based on her research with campus violence. Koss is a professor of psychology at Kent State University and head researcher for Ms. magazine on the topic of campus violence.

Dr. Oscar Cargill, chairman of the English department at New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, gave an informal lecture in Memorial Hall on "Ernest Hemingway's Small Circle" on April 30, 1959. Cargill's lecture was part of the Founder's Day Program.

A dinner for pre-medical students was held in Morgan Hall in co-operation with the Mohler Scientific Club. The dinner included speakers from the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a screening of the film Monganga.