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 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees authorized an increase in enrollment to 600 students.
  • Commander William W. Edel (class of 1915), a Navy Chaplain, helped sponsor the construction of a non-sectarian memorial chapel at a US Naval Air Station in New Jersey. 
  • Rev. W. Galloway Tyson (class of 1915) was appointed superintendent of the West District of Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal church. 
  • Howard W. Selby (class of 1913) was nominated for the office of Director of Rotary International. 
  • Dr. Earl S. Johnston (class of 1913), an associate at the Smithsonian Institute, succeeded in growing tomatoes without soil in a laboratory. 
  • Reverend Ralph L. Minker (class of 1920) officiated Delaware's first airplane wedding, with the couple saying their vows at 3,000 feet.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1930
Year
1930
Volume
7
People
Edel, William Wilcox
Tyson, W. Galloway
Selby, Howard W.
Johnston, Earl S.
Minker, Ralph L.
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Other Topics
Enrollment
Science