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, February 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project neared completion as construction workers removed the scaffolding. 
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) explained why the Board of Trustees decided to use March 3, 1773 as the date of Dickinson's founding instead of 1783. 
  • Princeton Professor Alpheus T. Mason (class of 1920) published a book (Bureaucracy Convicts Itself) about the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy during the Taft administration and how a democratic government can control civilians’ lives. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr donated several letters by John Dickinson and James Buchanan (class of 1809) as well as a copy of the Columbian Magazine that had an advertisement for Dickinson College.
  • Richard Henry Lindsey (class of 1939) became the youngest Postmaster in the United States.
  • W. Reese Hitchens (class of 1928) replaced Albert W. James (class of 1927) as Deputy Attorney General of Delaware.
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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, May 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson recognized trustee Edward W. Biddle (class of 1870) for his generous donation of Biddle Field as well as his lifelong history of contributions. 
  • The Athletic Committee named S. Marsh Johnson as the new Director of Athletics.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The Founding of the Dickinson School of Law," the sixth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • A previously unknown letter, written by James Buchanan (class of 1809) as the Minister to Russia, revealed information about life at the imperial court of Nicholas I in 1832.
  • Martha Steele donated a program from the Freshmen class' burlesque of the annual Sophomore oratorical contest in 1881.
  • Alumni discussed the history of the Dickinson College Cadet Band.
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