Dickinson Alumnus, February 1946

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Secretary of State James F. Byrnes requested that Dickinsonians, especially honorably discharged veterans, join the Department of Foreign Service.
  • Rev. M. Mosser Smyser (class of 1900), an independent missionary who remained in Japan throughout the war, resumed his work. 
  • Dr. Lewis H. Chrisman (class of 1908) referenced several Dickinson professors in "Master Teachers I have Met," which the Alumnus reprinted from the Journal of Education.
  • Four former members of the College staff returned to work at Dickinson, including George Shuman Jr. (class of 1937) and Benjamin D. James (class of 1934). 
  • Lt. Joseph Sansone (class of 1939) received two Bronze Star Medals and Capt. George Winfield Yarnall (class of 1938) was awarded the Silver Star. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees started planning for a new women's dormitory and authorized improvements in other areas of campus, including repairs to East College and renovations to chemical laboratories. 
  • The Faculty approved plans that allowed World War II veterans to enroll every eight weeks throughout the school year.
  • Donald E. Austin (class of 1938) was freed from a Japanese prisoner of war camp at Batvia, Dutch East Indies, after three years.
  • Robert M. Fortney (class of 1920) was elected president judge of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. His opponent was John L. Pipa (class of 1922). 
  • Major Frederick B. Schaeffer (class of 1942) piloted one of the B-29s that made aviation history with their non-stop flight from Chicago to Tokyo, Japan. 
  • Colonel James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) received the Legion of Merit for his work in the Panama Canal zone during the war. 
  • A number of Dickinsonians were involved in the Manhattan Project, including Ray Henry Crist (class of 1920) and Fred L. Mohler (class of 1914).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a recommendation for the construction of a new women's dormitory on the Mooreland campus. 
  • Dr. George H. Armacost (class of 1926) was elected president of the University of Redlands in California. 
  • Lieutenant J. E. Kennedy (class of 1942) sunk five ships of a Japanese convoy in a single night.
  • Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917) and his wife published their eye-witness account of the Nazi occupation in Poland in Call Us to Witness
  • Sgt. Charles Walter Benner Jr. (class of 1944), along with 32 other soldiers, escaped from a prison camp in Germany with 32 other soldiers and walked 500 miles to safety. 
  • Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935) became associate Professor of History at Dickinson.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War, Chaplain Alfred Cookman Oliver Jr. (class of 1907) was rescued and met with his old friend, General Douglas MacArthur, in the Philippines.
  • Several alumni were killed in action, including Lt. Peter Marco (class of 1932), Capt. William P. Reckeweg (class of 1937), Lt. Val D. Sheafer Jr. (class of 1943), Lt. Thomas Lloyd Rockwell (class of 1945), and PFC Samuel T. Harvey (class of 1946).
  • The General Alumni Association donated 140 books for a library on the SS Dickinson Victory
  • Clara J. Leaman (class of 1913) sailed from Philadelphia to start her missionary work in India.
  • The Alumnus published "Conway: Humanitarian, Critic, and Man of Letters," Dr. Frank Gees Black's (class of 1921) paper on Moncure Conway (class of 1849).
  • Rev. W. Lynn Crowding (class of 1925) was appointed a District Superintendent in Central Pennsylvania.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as the 21st President.
  • Fighter pilot Capt. Samuel F. Hepford (class of 1940) returned home to Pennsylvania on leave after 150 mission against Japan.
  • Several alumni were killed in action, including Major John Owing Cockey Jr. (class of 1940), Lt. Norman C. Watkins Jr. (class of 1944), and First Lieutenant John W. Ell (class of 1940).
  • Clayton G. Going (class of 1937) published Dogs at War, which described the activities of "America's first war dog army. "
  • Thelma M. Smith (class of 1935), a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, published "Feminism in Philadelphia, 1790-1850" in the July issue of Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as Acting President after President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) resigned following his election as a Bishop of the Methodist Church.
  • The College rented the new Phi Delta Theta fraternity house for use as an additional dormitory for women.
  • Corporal Walter H. Marshal (class of 1943) died after the USS Hamilton, a transport ship, was sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean. Lt. Jack Bright Spangenburg (class of 1939) was killed in action in Italy.
  • Staff sergeant Charles Walter Benner (class of 1944), who had been reported as missing in action, was actually a prisoner of war in Germany.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Ellis (class of 1941) honored after completing 150 combat missions in the South Pacific. The Alumnus reprinted an article from Cosmopolitan that focused on Lt. Col. Ellis ("No Peace in These Skies" by Lee Van Atta).
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Lieutenant Harry Rees Jones (Class of 1941) was killed when his plane crashed in Alaska.
  • Lieutenant Calvin S. Dopp (class of 1945) received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Lieutenant John E. Dale Jr. (class of 1940) was awarded a Presidential citation posthumously.
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) reviewed the past ten years of President Fred P. Corson's (class of 1917) administration in "A Review of Ten Years (1934-1944)."
  • Alumni who were members of the Delaware Club announced plans to donate a portrait of Delaware Chief Justice Charles B. Lore (class of 1852).
  • The Alumnus published excerpts of letters from several alumni serving overseas, including one from Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935).
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus published photographs of the Army aviation students studying in Tome Hall and their barracks in East College and Conway Hall. Campus had changed "as attention was divided between the 32nd College Training Detachment and the liberal arts college."
  • The US Army Air Corps announced that the training of cadets at Dickinson would end by June 1.
  • Reverend Bishop Francis John McConnell delivered three addresses on the subject of "The Ancient Greeks and Their Modern Messages" as part of the James Henry Morgan Lecture series.
  • The body of Lieutenant Robert A. Walsh (class of 1941), who had been reported missing since a flight from India to China in May 1943, was found in Burma. 
  • The Alumnus published excerpts of letters from several alumni serving overseas.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Henry R. Isaacs (class of 1904) was appointed as a judge in Delaware and Earle D. Willey (class of 1911) was named Delaware Secretary of State.
  • The Annals of Medical History published an article about Dr. James Smith (class of 1792), a pioneer in vaccination.  
  • Dickinson opened a new dormitory located on Hanover Street, across from Metzger Hall, for up to 20 senior women. 
  • The Alumnus criticized the construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike through the Cumberland Valley. 
  • Reviewers acclaimed Lloyd W. Eshelman's (class of 1923) new book A Victorian Rebel.
  • Rev. Albert L. Baner (class of 1923) became superintendent of the New Brunswick district in the New Jersey Conference of the Methodist Church.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1943

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The US Army selected Dickinson College as one of the locations for training Army Aviation Cadets.
  • Dickinson College held its first mid-year Commencement in January 1943. 
  • Rev. James J. Resh (class of 1897), president of the Dickinson Club of Baltimore, found a rare Ginkgo tree near the eastern end of West College.
  • Ensign Harry F. Ruth Jr. (class of 1942) served on the USS San Francisco during a "heroic battle" in the South Pacific.
  • Excerpts from Merritt Caldwell's correspondence, a Mathematics and Political Science Professor at Dickinson from 1833 to 1848, revealed a wide range of interests.
  • Marjorie Barkman was appointed instructor in physical education for women.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Men from the US Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve Corps arrived at Dickinson for their eight week training program. 
  • The 47th Liberty ship from Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyard was named in honor of Benjamin Rush.
  • Robert Scott Whitman Jr. (class of 1938) and Calvert S. Foote (class of 1944) lost their lives during the war. Whitman was a navy aviator who was shot down during the Battle of Midway.
  • Theodore Stevens (class of 1885), thought dead for some time, replied to the Phi Kappa Psi's annual invitation to their commencement banquet. 
  • Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed as chairman of the general board of the US Navy. 
  • Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917), who had been interned in a German concentration camp, returned to the United States. 
  • A proposal dating from 1858 for the Philadelphia College of Medicine to become the medical department of Dickinson College was discovered among the Board of Trustees papers.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Rev. Rowland R. Lehman (class of 1923), and Elvin C. Myers (class of 1924) were made District superintendents of the Harrisburg and York districts respectively.
  • Donald E. Austin (class of 1938), an ensign assigned to the USS Pope, became the first Dickinsonian to loose his after his ship sunk during a battle in the Java Sea.
  • Professor William W. Landis (class of 1891) died after a teaching career of more than 50 years. The Alumnus published President Fred Corson's (class of 1917) remarks at Dr. Landis' funeral. 
  • The Library purchased a microfilm reader. 
  • The Alumnus continued to compile an "Honor Roll" of alumni who were serving in the armed forces. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Faculty approved curriculum changes and adopted an "all-year program" after the United States entered World War II.
  • The Alumnus published a list of alumni who were serving in active war zones as well as an "Honor Roll" of those involved in the war effort.
  • Freshman became eligible to participate in varsity football during the "war emergency."
  • The Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipbuilding Company named one of the new Liberty Ships after Roger B. Taney (class of 1795), former chief justice of the United States.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed the potential impact of World War II on the college. 
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church. 
  • Rev. Albert M. Witwer (class of 1900) was reappointed superintendent of the North District of Philadelphia Conference. 
  • The Alumnus discussed whether or not James Buchanan (class of 1809) was a good Dickinsonian.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) praised Dr. Ruby R. Vale's new book, Some Legal Foundations of Society.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Five professors and two graduate assistants joined Dickinson's faculty. 
  • Dickinson postponed the start of classes until October 3 in the wake of an infantile paralysis epidemic in some parts of Pennsylvania. 
  • The Library Quarterly analyzed students’ use of Dickinson's library. 
  • Professor Paul Herbert Doney died of a heart attack while trying to rescue his nine-year old son and Professor Wilbur H. Norcross (class of 1907) died at age 58. The Alumnus published President Fred Pierce Corson's (class of 1917) remarks at their funerals. 
  •  I. Howell Kane (class of 1921) discussed Dickinson's history in an article entitled "The Contribution of Dickinson to the Life of the Nation."
  • Dickinson hired seven new professors, including Benjamin D. James (class of 1934) and Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Rain and a labor shortage delayed the rebuilding of Bosler Hall. 
  • Ten students received their pilot’s licenses in 1939 under the a program with the Civil Aeronautics Authority. President Fred Pierce Corson (class of 1917) approved a plan from the government to train another twenty students as pilots in 1940.
  • Lieutenant General Stanley D. Embick (class of 1897) was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve on the joint Canadian-American Board of Defense. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) donated a letter in which James Buchanan (class of 1809) discussed whether Democrats would nominate him as their candidate in the 1856 Presidential election.
  • Children of the late President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) donated papers from the 19th century that belonged to the Board of Trustees.
  • Rev. Dr. John C. Bieri (class of 1902) described his missionary work in South America.
  • The railroad station in Carlisle on West High Street was razed in order to build a gas station. 
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