Dickinson Alumnus, September 1943

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Lieutenant Richard H. Ellis (class of 1941) and Staff Sergeant Evan L. Howell (class of 1941) received the Air Medal for bravery while serving with the Army air force in the South Pacific.
  • Lieutenant James L. McIntire (class of 1935) described how he helped rescue a group of men who had been adrift on a raft for 83 days.
  • Josephine Brunyate Meredith (class of 1901), Dean of Women and Associate Professor of English, became the first woman elected as a full professor.
  • Edward M. Griffith (class of 1943), who was honorably discharged as a result of wounds received at Guadalcanal, became the first Dickinsonian to return from the war and become a student of the College again.
  • William W. Edel (class of 1915) was promoted to captain, the highest rank provided for in the Navy Chaplin Corps.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1943
Year
1943
Volume
21
People
Griffith, Edward Meredith
Meredith, Josephine Brunyate
Edel, William Wilcox
McIntire, James Lamb
Ellis, Richard H.
Howell, Evan L.

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association of Dickinson College reorganized and adopted a new constitution.
  • The College Band performed wearing new Dickinson uniforms for the first time at Island Park in Harrisburg in the game against Gettysburg.
  • Conway W. Hillman (class of 1873) shared his recollections of the Confederate bombardment of Carlisle and Dickinson College during the Civil War in 1863. 
  • J. Banks Kurtz (class of 1893) was elected to the House of Congress Representatives.
  • Joseph K. Lightner became the head Football coach after Athletic director B. Russell Murphy resigned.
  • The old College Chapel in Old West became Memorial Hall, which honored those Dickinsonians who served in World War I. 
  • Professor Franklin T. Baker (class of 1885) celebrated his thirty first year teaching English at the Teachers College at Columbia University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Lightner, Joseph K.
Murphy, B. Russell
Kurtz, Jacob Banks
Baker, Franklin T.
Harper, Ellahue Ansile
Phelps, Andrew H.
Hillman, Conway Wing
Meredith, Josephine Brunyate
Hillman, Samuel Dickinson
Pinkney, Noah
Redo, Claude T.
Meyers, John
Stine, Henry M.
Hoover, George V.
Moyer, Philip S.
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Schecter, Ralph N.
Events
Shelling of Carlisle
Organizations
General Alumni Association
College Band
American Association of University Women
Delta Theta Pi
Places
Old West
Memorial Hall
Delta Theta Pi House
Other Topics
Civil War at Dickinson
Fraternity Houses
Dickinson History