The Zimmer Harp Trio performed their critically-acclaimed concert at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.
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Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Wed., Dec. 7, 1932
The Mohler Scientific Society and the German Club jointly presented a showing of the film The Building of the Bremen in the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, December 7, 1932. The Bremen was a famous German ocean liner.
Sun., Dec. 11, 1932
The Girl's Glee Club and the Choir performed the 1932 Christmas Musicale in Allison Memorial Church at 11:00am. They sang Borowski's "Adoration", Bach's "Beside Thy Cradle", an Austrian folk song entitled "Shepherd's Christmas Song", Adam's "O Holy Night", Day's "Arise, Shine: For Thy Light is...
Wed., Jan. 11, 1933
The Gift of Montezuma was shown at a meeting of the Mohler Scientific Society through the generosity of the Hershey company. The film showed the cultivation, harvesting, shipping, and processing of cocoa beans, the methods of manufacture of Hershey candies, and the town of Hershey. It...
Wed., Jan. 18, 1933
The German Club presented the film A Waltz by Strauss in the Strand Theatre on Wednesday, January 18, 1933. The film was an all-sound German musical. It was preceded by clips of German scenery and folk music. Proceeds from the screening were devoted to the German Scholarship Fund.
Thu., Jan. 19, 1933
The Dramatic Club, under the direction of Wilbur Norcross, performed The Haunted House at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall.
Thu., Jan. 19, 1933
Laurance H. Hart, professional impersonator of George Washington, performed at the chapel service of Thursday, January 19, 1933. His wife acted as a modern reporter and questioned Hart, who responded using only quotes from Washington. The interview covered Washington's life and career and his...
Sun., Feb. 26, 1933
The Men's Glee Club performed a concert of sacred music at Allison Memorial church. The event was sponsored by Allison's Young People's Fellowship and was attended by parishioners and Dickinsonians.
Fri., Mar. 24, 1933
The Orchestra performed a spring concert consisting mainly of works by Haydn under the direction of Mr. Ralph Schecter. Ralph Thompson, the orchestra's secretary, provided explanatory notes.
Fri., Mar. 24, 1933
The College Orchestra presented its tenth-annual spring concert at 8:00pm in Bosler Memorial Hall. For the first half of the program, they played Haydn's "Symphony No. 6", "Des Geistes Gesang", "She Never Told Her Love", and "In Native Worth, Aria, from Creation". After the intermission the...
Wed., May 10, 1933
The Dramatic Club performed Cappy Ricks, as adapted by Edward E. Rose from the story by Peter B. Kyne, in Bosler Hall on May 10, 1933.
Thu., Jun. 8, 1933
The Combined Glee Clubs performed a program of seventeen songs for the 1933 commencement concert at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. The Men's Glee Club opened the show with Coleridge-Taylor's "Viking Song" and Reichardt's "In the Time of Roses". Then the Women's Glee Club sang Wilson's "Carmena". The Men...
Sat., Jun. 10, 1933
The Sequi-Centennial Pageant by Josephine B. Meredith, '01, a show outlining the history of the college, was performed in the Alumni Gymnasium.
Fri., Oct. 20, 1933
The Sequi-Centennial Pageant: Scenes from Dickinson's First Fifty Years by Josephine B. Meredith, '01 was performed in the Alumni Gymnasium.
Sat., Oct. 21, 1933
At the sesquicentennial dinner, nine portraits of prominent Dickinsonians were presented to the college. The portraits presented were of Benjamin Rush, Matthew Brown, William Henry Denny, William Henry Allen, Robert Alexander Lamberton, Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, John Hays, Edward...
Thu., Dec. 7, 1933
Directed by W. H. Henderson and written by Pultizer price winner Owen Davis, Dickinson players performed the three-act drama, "Icebound" in Bosler Hall. The play was positively received by an audition of 250 people. The cast included : Eleanor Waugh, Elizabeth Ralston, Don Rust, Olive...
Fri., Apr. 20, 1934
The Dickinson Players' presentation of "The Dover Road" at the Carlisle High School auditorium was well received by students, faculty, and Carlisle residents. The lead role of Mr. Latimer was interpreted by James W. Nelson. Helen Baker played Anne and Robert Miller played Leonard. In addition,...
Tue., May 22, 1934
Through a combined effort of Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies, "Honorable Men" was performed in Bosler Hall to an "enthusiastic" crowd. This play was a satiric production written by Dickinsonians Martin O. Kahn and William R. Woodward. The satire was about a Dickinson faculty...
Sat., Jun. 9, 1934
The Men's Glee Club performed a program of fourteen songs for the 1934 commencement concert at 8:30pm in Bosler Hall. The concert featured the reunion of the famed 1914 Glee Club. The men sang pieces such as an old English hunting song called "John Peel", Protheroe's "De Sandman", Wolfe's "Short...
Thu., Nov. 14, 1935
The Westminster Chorus, conducted by John Finley Williamson, performed a program of thirteen songs. Presented by Dickinson College, the show was at 8:15pm in Lamberton Auditorium.
Sun., Jun. 7, 1936
The Women's Choral Club performed A Musical Vesper Service at 8:15pm in the Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church during commencement weekend. For the first part of the program, they sang Rosselli's "Adoramus Te", Thompson's "A Ballad of the Stork", Bach's "My Heart Ever Faithful...
Sun., Jun. 6, 1937
The Women's Choral Club performed A Musical Vesper Service at 8:30pm in the Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church during commencement weekend. Their program included such pieces as St. Abrose's "Te Deum"; Pope Gregory's "Magnificat"; Rosseli's "Adoramus Te"; Palestrina's "O Bone...
Sun., Dec. 4, 1938
The Women's Choral Club joined the Allison Memorial Church Choir in a performance of George Frederick Handel's The Messiah at 3:30pm in the Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church.
Fri., Mar. 24, 1939
The Dickinson Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ralph Schecter, performed a program of seven pieces for their spring concert at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. The featured attraction of the show was flautist Harry Houdeshell playing Bizet's "Minuet" from L'Arlesienne. In addition to...
Sun., Jun. 4, 1939
The Women's Choral Club performed A Musical Vesper Service at 8:30pm in the Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church during commencement weekend.
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