Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed expanding campus with the purchase of the Mooreland Track.
  • Harry L. Price (class of 1896), president of the Alumni Association, suggested moving John Dickinson's grave from Wilmington, Delaware, to Carlisle.
  • President Karl Waugh's inauguration took place during Commencement in June 1932.
  • The Tome Scientific Building's basement became a special laboratory for physical chemistry.
  • Rev. John J. Snavely (class of 1904) became a district superintendent for the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. 
  • Kappa Sigma moved out of East College and into a new fraternity house, which was located at the northeast corner of College and Louther Streets. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932
Year
1932
Volume
10
People
Price, Harry Linwood
Snavely, John J.
Feroe, Robvert A.
Duke, Charles B.
Post, Edwin
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Dickinson, John
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Kappa Sigma
Varsity Football
Board of Trustees
Places
Tome
Mooreland Park
East College
Other Topics
John Dickinson
Enrollment
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • James J. Patterson (class of 1859), the oldest living alumni in 1931, returned to Dickinson for the 148th Commencement.
  • Albert M. Witwer (class of 1900) was appointed as District Superintendent of the North District of Philadelphia Conference.
  • Joseph McCormick appointed head football coach. 
  • Charles P. Addams (class of 1884) was made a Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. 
  • The Special Committee on Athletics issued a lengthy report that recommended changes to Dickinson's athletic program. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1931
Year
1931
Volume
8
People
Patterson, James J.
Burns, Joseph M.
McCormick, Joseph H.
Witwer, Albert M.
Addams, Charles P.
Organizations
Varsity Football
Other Topics
Athletics

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Alumni were invited to donate any of their Dickinson material for display in new museum located in Old West.
  • The Alumnus published photographs of the renovated Executive offices in Old West
  • The varsity football team suffered one of its worst seasons, with a total of two wins, two ties, and seven losses.
  • The college purchased land located next to Biddle field, which allowed for "the enlargement of the athletic field at any time." Seven tennis courts were also built behind the new Alumni Gymnasium.
  • Pennsylvania Governor John Fisher appointed History Professor Leon C. Prince, also a State Senator, to represent the state at the National Council of State Legislatures.
  • Dr. Paul R. Burkholder (class of 1924) started a two year cruise around the world with other scientists to study the food pollution in fish production.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1929
Year
1929
Volume
7
People
Hoffman, Bertha
Malcolm, Gilbert
Black, Sara
Burns, Joseph M.
Filler, Mervin Grant
Sellers, Montgomery Porter
Organizations
Varsity Football
Varsity Track
Alumni Council
Basketball
Places
Biddle Field
Old West
Memorial Hall
Tennis Courts
Other Topics
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees invited alumni to attend Dr. Mervin Grant Filler's (class of 1893) inauguration as the eighteenth president in April 1929.
  • The Alumni Gymnasium opened in early January with a basketball game against the University of Pennsylvania.
  • An infirmary, consisting of four rooms, opened in the rear of Conway Hall. 
  • Administrative offices, including the president's office, moved to the second floor of Old West.
  • P. W. "Red" Griffith was appointed head football coach.
  • James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) was featured in a Spanish language publication, The International Journal of Road Building.
  • William D. Angle (class of 1930) won the 1902 Award, honoring him for being the "best all around Dickinsonian" by judgement of his classmates.
  • Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, delivered a speech on former Smithsonian Secretary and former Dickinson Professor Spencer Fullerton Baird (class of 1840).
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1929
Year
1929
Volume
6
People
Griffith, Percy Wilfred
Valentine, William Alfred
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Angle, William D.
Steese, James Gordon
Events
Wilkes-Barre Dinner
Organizations
Varsity Football
Board of Trustees
Basketball
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Old West
Conway Hall
Other Topics
Infirmary
Campus Improvements