Dickinson Alumnus, September 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Railroad tracks on High Street in Carlisle were removed and rerouted north of town. 
  • Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882)  bequeathed one-half of his estate to Dickinson, which was the largest in the College's history. 
  • Dean M. Hoffman (class of 1902) was elected Phi Delta Theta national president. 
  • Whitfield J. Bell (class of 1935) discussed the Belles Lettres Literary Society's 150 year history. 
  • Delaware Republicans nominated Harry L. Cannon (class of 1899) and George C. Hering Jr. (class of 1917) for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, respectively. 
  • King Edward VIII honored Dr. J. Roy Strock (class of 1903), Head of the Andhra Christian College in India, with the Kaiser-i-Hind medal, first class.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • All of the District Attorneys of Dauphin Country were Dickinson alumni, including Carl B. Shelley (class of 1917), David S. Kohn (class of 1930), and E. LeRoy Keen (class of 1907).
  • Elisha Conover (class of 1884), Professor of classical languages at the University of Delaware, retired after half a century of uninterrupted absences.
  • Reviewers praised Lloyd W. Eshelman’s (class of 1923) new book on the Renaissance (Moulders of Destiny: Renaissance Lives and Times).
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) preached at the Harvard Memorial Church.
  • The Alumnus published additional diary entries from a student at Dickinson during the 1849-1850 academic year.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a proposal to publish a new Dickinson Song Book. Dickinson's chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa sponsored the publication. 
  • Retired Professor Ovando B. Super (class of 1873) died at age 88. 
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) Homecoming address. 
  • Dr. Fred W. Mohler (class of 1914) featured in an article about his recent "stratosphere flight" with the National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps. Mohler was head of the Atomic Section, US Bureau of Standards. 
  • Joseph Clemens (class of 1894) described a recent trip in "Finds Thrills and Pleasures in New Guinea." 
  • Clarence Shepherd (class of 1910) reviewed the Belles Lettres Society's 111 year history. 
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