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, September 1936
Year
1936
Volume
14
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Stauffer, S. Walter
Price, Harry Linwood
Hoffman, Dean M.
Cannon, Harry L.
Strock, J. Roy
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Hering, George C.
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Belles Lettres Society
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Dickinson Football
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Carlisle

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association framed new bylaws that involve the nomination and election of new members of the Alumni Council. 
  • Dickinson College asked alumni for donations to support the library, which was located in Bosler Hall.
  • The Dickinson faculty adopted seven new rules of eligibility for athletes.
  • Philip S. Moyer (class of 1906) was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.
  • William S. Snyder (class of 1894) was elected Right Worshipful Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Masonry in Pennsylvania- a distinguished position. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1924
Year
1924
Volume
1
People
Moyer, Philip S.
McAndrews, Richard H.
Lighter, Joseph K.
Prince, Leon Cushing
Snyder William S.
Davis, Thomas W.
Murphy, B. Russell
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Pi Beta Kappa
Places
Bosler Hall
Library
Other Topics
Athletics
Alumni Donations
Greek Life

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The General Alumni Association paid tribute to President Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882), who retired after six years.
  • Dickinson was acknowledged as one of two colleges in Pennsylvania that were "free from legal bonds to some church denomination."
  • The Athletic Committee elected Bob Duffy as the head football coach for the 1927 season.
  • The 114th Commencement was filmed for the first time with "recently developed amateur cameras."
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1927
Year
1927
Volume
5
People
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Ryan, Arthur Clayton
Post, Edwin
Soper, Edmund D.
Darlington, Bishop J.
Darlington, Henry
Willebrandt, Mabel Walker
Reiley, James M.
Duffy, Robert
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Athletic Committee
Dickinson Football
Places
The 1907 Gate
Other Topics
Class Donations

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association of Dickinson College reorganized and adopted a new constitution.
  • The College Band performed wearing new Dickinson uniforms for the first time at Island Park in Harrisburg in the game against Gettysburg.
  • Conway W. Hillman (class of 1873) shared his recollections of the Confederate bombardment of Carlisle and Dickinson College during the Civil War in 1863. 
  • J. Banks Kurtz (class of 1893) was elected to the House of Congress Representatives.
  • Joseph K. Lightner became the head Football coach after Athletic director B. Russell Murphy resigned.
  • The old College Chapel in Old West became Memorial Hall, which honored those Dickinsonians who served in World War I. 
  • Professor Franklin T. Baker (class of 1885) celebrated his thirty first year teaching English at the Teachers College at Columbia University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Lightner, Joseph K.
Murphy, B. Russell
Kurtz, Jacob Banks
Baker, Franklin T.
Harper, Ellahue Ansile
Phelps, Andrew H.
Hillman, Conway Wing
Meredith, Josephine Brunyate
Hillman, Samuel Dickinson
Pinkney, Noah
Redo, Claude T.
Meyers, John
Stine, Henry M.
Hoover, George V.
Moyer, Philip S.
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Schecter, Ralph N.
Events
Shelling of Carlisle
Organizations
General Alumni Association
College Band
American Association of University Women
Delta Theta Pi
Places
Old West
Memorial Hall
Delta Theta Pi House
Other Topics
Civil War at Dickinson
Fraternity Houses
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinsonians formed an Inter-Fraternity Alumni Council to co-operate with the student Inter-Fraternity Council. 
  • Architect William W. Emmert revealed plans for a new gymnasium.
  • Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882), President of the General Alumni Association, started remodeling the northeast corner room in the basement of Old West.
  • East College  reopened after renovations improved the entrances and interior spaces.
  • Four out of seven members of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania either graduated or received honorary degrees from Dickinson.
  • President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) appealed to alumni to donate documentation of the College's early history in order to preserve it.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1924
Year
1924
Volume
2
People
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Lightner, Joseph B.
Kurtz, J. Banks
Swartz, Joshua W.
Hering, George C.
Ganoe, William Adderman
Morgan, James Henry
Organizations
Inter-Fraternity Council
General Alumni Association
Zeta Eta Phi
Basketball
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Old West
East College
Other Topics
Elections
Campus Improvements
Dickinson History