Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Karl Tinsley Waugh officially assumed his duties as Dickinson's President in January 1932.
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Anti-Saloon League of America.
  • Students organized the second inter-religious harmony seminar, which featured "frank discussions by Jews, Protestants, and Catholics."
  • Dr. George Gailey Chambers (class of 1902) and Dr. J. Horace MacFarland were elected to the Board of Trustees.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his experience as a United States delegate to the 15th International Navigation Conference in "Seeing Italy Officially."
  • James M. Franciscus, caretaker of Biddle Field since 1908, died at age 73.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President of the General Alumni Association, Lemuel Towers (class of 1882), asked Alumni to pledge money for the construction of a new gymnasium. 
  • George W. Pedlow (class of 1901) led a costume parade on Alumni Day dressed as a Roman gladiator in a horse-drawn cart.
  • The Board of Trustees increased professors' salaries and student charges. 
  • The Dickinsonian's poll found that an overwhelming majority of the student body was in favor of Prohibition.
  • The Class of 1906 presented the Gateway located at the corner of West High and North College streets.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The Faculty From 1889 to 1911," the seventh in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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