Dickinson Alumnus, December 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After 29 years on the bench, Hammond Urner (class of 1890) retired as head of the Sixth Judaical Circuit of Maryland. 
  • Trustee S. Walter Stauffer (class of 1912) and George H. Hummel, a trustee at Gettysburg College, donated a trophy that would be awarded to the winner of the annual Dickinson-Gettysburg football game. 
  • Dickinson held the 30th anniversary Doll Show.
  • Princeton University Professor Alpheus Thomas Mason (class of 1920) published a new book, The Brandeis Way: A Case Study in the Workings of Democracy. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1933

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson's Endowment passed the million dollar mark.
  • The Mohler Scientific Club planned ceremonies to commemorate the 200th anniversary of scientist Joseph Priestley's birth. 
  • John W. McConnell (class of 1929) and Howard Rubendall (class of 1931) taught classes at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his travel experiences in Peru as well as on the Oroya Railway in "Coasting from Sky To Sea."
  • Alfred H. Wagg (class of 1909), a state senator in Florida, was elected President of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Dickinson Relay Team won the Middle Atlantic State Association Championship. 
  • Members of the General Alumni Association nominated ten individuals to serve as officers on the Alumni Council. 
  • The Alumnus published Helen Hall Bucher's "Dickinson Marching Song."
  • The non-fraternity men of Dickinson organized a Commons Club for the purpose of enjoying the social benefits and establishing contacts commonly associated with fraternities. 
  • Rev. Dr. Frank D. Gamewell (class of 1881) served heroically in defense of the British Legation during the "Boxer Rebellion" in China.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Athletics Committee appointed B. Russell Murphy as football coach and physical director.
  • Robert Y. Stuart (class of 1903) was named State Forestry Commissioner of Pennsylvania.
  • Chemistry Professor Ernest Vuilleumier invented a device to measure the alcoholic content of any liquid, which he named the Dickinson Alchometer.
  • Dickinson launched the Endowment Campaign to help answer the school's debt.
  • History Professor Leon C. Prince (class of 1898) discussed key moments in Dickinson College's history.
  • Trickett Hall, the home of the Dickinson School of Law, opened in 1917 after years of planning and construction.
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