Dickinson Alumnus, December 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After 29 years on the bench, Hammond Urner (class of 1890) retired as head of the Sixth Judaical Circuit of Maryland. 
  • Trustee S. Walter Stauffer (class of 1912) and George H. Hummel, a trustee at Gettysburg College, donated a trophy that would be awarded to the winner of the annual Dickinson-Gettysburg football game. 
  • Dickinson held the 30th anniversary Doll Show.
  • Princeton University Professor Alpheus Thomas Mason (class of 1920) published a new book, The Brandeis Way: A Case Study in the Workings of Democracy. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1938
Year
1938
Volume
16
People
Morford, James R.
Williams, George S.
Flannery, J. Harold
Rich, Robert F.
Stevenson, George B.
Moser, Frank S.
Auker, Charles A.
Achterman, Leo A.
Urner, Hammond
Hollinger, D. Wilson
Corson, Fred Pierce
Trayer, John K.
Kahler, Arthur D.
Wickert, Erwin
Craver, Forrest E.
Mason, Alpheus T.
McComas, Joseph P.
Eddy, Milton W.
Herber, Elmer C.
Miller, Harold L.
Davidson, Robert
Nisbet, Charles
Harris, Lynn Harold
Organizations
Alumni Council
Dickinson Football
Board of Trustees
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Basketball
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Dickinsonians in Government
Athletics

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 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, 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 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Gymnasium was expected to open to the public in early January 1929.
  • Dr. Edmund D. Soper (class of 1898) was elected President of Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • Several Dickinson graduates won November elections, including three to Congress, seven to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and one to the New York legislature.
  • Statues of President James Buchanan (class of 1809) were erected in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and in Washington DC. 
  • William M. Beard (class of 1912) was elected as president of the Westfield Trust Company
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1928
Year
1928
Volume
6
People
Nunemaker, Leroy M.
Buchanan, James
Beard, William M.
Soper, Edmund D.
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Alumni Constitution
Campus Improvements
Athletics

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Athletics Committee appointed B. Russell Murphy as football coach and physical director.
  • Robert Y. Stuart (class of 1903) was named State Forestry Commissioner of Pennsylvania.
  • Chemistry Professor Ernest Vuilleumier invented a device to measure the alcoholic content of any liquid, which he named the Dickinson Alchometer.
  • Dickinson launched the Endowment Campaign to help answer the school's debt.
  • History Professor Leon C. Prince (class of 1898) discussed key moments in Dickinson College's history.
  • Trickett Hall, the home of the Dickinson School of Law, opened in 1917 after years of planning and construction.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Stuart, Robert Y.
Morgan, James Henry
Trickett, William
Craver, Forrest E.
King, Horace B.
Prince, Leon Cushing
Murphy, B. Russell
Organizations
Phi Kappa Sigma
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Athletics Committee
Student Senate
Places
Phi Kappa Sigma house
Sigma Alpha Epsilon house
Trickett Hall
Other Topics
Endowment Campaign
Fraternity Houses
Athletics
Summer School
Greek Life
Dickinson History