Dickinson Alumnus, December 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Henry R. Isaacs (class of 1904) was appointed as a judge in Delaware and Earle D. Willey (class of 1911) was named Delaware Secretary of State.
  • The Annals of Medical History published an article about Dr. James Smith (class of 1792), a pioneer in vaccination.  
  • Dickinson opened a new dormitory located on Hanover Street, across from Metzger Hall, for up to 20 senior women. 
  • The Alumnus criticized the construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike through the Cumberland Valley. 
  • Reviewers acclaimed Lloyd W. Eshelman's (class of 1923) new book A Victorian Rebel.
  • Rev. Albert L. Baner (class of 1923) became superintendent of the New Brunswick district in the New Jersey Conference of the Methodist Church.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1940
Year
1940
Volume
18
People
Willey, Earle D.
Issacs, Henry R.
McIntosh, Joseph J.
Heller, Foster E.
Smith, James
Corson, Fred Pierce
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Parlin, W. A.
Eshelman, Lloyd W.
Kennedy, Howard E.
Baner, Albert L.
Rush, Benjamin
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Phi Kappa Psi
Football
Basketball
Other Topics
New Buildings
World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus reprinted President Fred P. Corson's (class of 1917) report to the Board of Trustees entitled "A Philosophy for the Liberal Arts Colleges."
  • A crowd of 6,000 watched Dickinson's football team defeat Gettysburg College, which marked the team's first undefeated season in 20 years. 
  • Thomas J. Towers (class of 1904) was elected a justice of the City Court of New York.
  • Howard E. Moses (class of 1898) was appointed chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
  • A Dickinson student's diary entries during the 1849-1850 academic year revealed student life in the period before the Civil War.
  • Dean Ernest A. Vuilleumier invented a vapor pressure apparatus to measure the vapor pressure of volatile liquids.
  • Christian Gauss, Dean of Princeton University, delivered an address to Dickinson's Phi Beta Kappa chapater entitled "The Standard of Living of The Education Man."
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1937
Year
1937
Volume
15
People
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Corson, Fred Pierce
Kahler, Arthur D.
Norcross, Wilbur Harrington
White, Mary R.
Lazenby, Chandler
Perry, Clayton C.
Richards, Karl E.
Towers, Thomas J.
Moses, Howard E.
Organizations
Alumni Council
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Phi Epsilon Pi
Board of Trustees
Committee of the Pennsylvania College Presidents' Association
Alumni Association
Football
Places
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Athletics

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) was a patient at the Carlisle Hospital for four weeks after several months of poor health.
  • Dr. Zatae Longsdorff Straw (class of 1887), the first woman to graduate from Dickinson College, announced her campaign for the New Hampshire State Senate.
  • Dickinson's basketball team celebrated its seventh year in a row without a loss.
  • The dedication ceremony for the corner stone of the new Alumni Gymnasium was set for Commencement in June 1928.
  • Major Robert Y. Stuart (class of 1903) was named chief of the United States Forest Service.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1928
Year
1928
Volume
5
People
Morgan, James Henry
Longsdorff, Zatae
Bonf, Franklin Fillmore
Duffy, Robert
Stuart, Robert Y.
Organizations
Basketball
Football
Places
Conway Hall
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Alumni Donations