Dickinson Alumnus, September 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson leased the William H. Parker home on North Hanover street as a women’s dorm. 
  • Five Dickinsonians were nominated for offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. 
  • The Faculty made a number of changes to the curriculum, including requiring that freshman and sophomores receive a broader background in English composition. 
  • The Alumnus published Professor Thomas Cooper's letter of resignation, which revealed difficulties at the college in the 1810s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1938
Year
1938
Volume
16
People
Warner, Wellman J.
Hartman, W. Emory
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Novak, John A.
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Parlin, W. A.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Ayres, Frank (Jr.)
Kahler, Arthur D.
Cooper, Thomas
Organizations
Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Trustees
Places
Denny Hall
Metzger Hall
Parker House
Biddle Field
Hotel James Wilson
Other Topics
Dickinson History
Curriculum Changes
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dean Josephine Meredith (class of 1901) discussed the Carnegie Foundation's valuable gift of "fine arts equipment," including 250 books and over 1000 pictures.
  • Bishop Luther Barton Wilson (class of 1875) retired after more than fifty years of service to the Methodist Church.
  • Seniors (class of 1928) took the Carnegie Foundation's Achievement Tests for the Advancement of Teaching instead of final exams.
  • The College announced "sweeping" changes to the curriculum and graduation requirements.
  • Chemistry Professor Herbert L. Davis (class of 1921) was elected to Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society at Cornell University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1928
Year
1928
Volume
5
People
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Wilson, Luther Barton
Mcconnell, John
Prince, Leon Cushing
Davis, Herbert L.
Taintor, Mary B.
Doney, Paul H.
Thomas, Walter
Thompson, Russel I.
Events
Achievement Tests
Organizations
Dickinson Football
Dickinson Track
Phi Beta Kappa
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Curriculum Changes

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Various classes returned to the college for reunions during the recent commencement weekend, and the Class of 1903 presented a plan for various campus improvements, such as planting a variety of trees and bushes, as a gift to the college. 
  • James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) became the first president of the Alaska Road Commission.
  • Noah Pinkney, a local food vendor who was a Dickinson fixture for generations of students, passed away at the age of 77.
  • Dean Mervin G. Filler (class of 1893) discussed changes in the curriculum and student class schedules over the past decade.
  • A "lost" portrait of John Dickinson by Charles Willson Peale was located in the possession of a descendant, and a copy was made by artist Horace T. Carpenter to hang in Memorial Hall in Old West. 
  • Theodore M. Johnson described the 1863 Confederate bombardment of Carlisle and Dickinson College during the Civil War. Johnson lived with his father, Dickinson's President Herman M. Johnson, in East College in the 1860s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Hull, George Ross
Murdock, William C.
Steese, James Gordon
Peale, Charles William
Carpenter, Horace T.
Dickinson, John
Prince, Leon Cushing
Pinkney, Noah
Johnson, Theodore M.
Murphy, B. Russell
Events
Shelling of Carlisle
Places
Class of 1902 Gateway
Other Topics
Civil War at Dickinson
Student Fees
Campus Improvements
Curriculum Changes
Dickinson History