Dickinson Alumnus, February 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred Pierce Corson (class of 1917) spoke at Professor Leon Cushing Prince's (class of 1898) funeral. 
  • The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church praised Dr. Julia Morgan (class of 1911) and Clara Bell Smith (class of 1911) for their missionary work in China. 
  • An anonymous faculty member wrote a short biography for former President James Henry Morgan's (class of 1878) 80th birthday, which the Alumnus reprinted.
  • Dr. Herbert Newhard Shenton (class of 1906), professor of sociology and head of that department at Syracuse University, died of a heart attack. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1937
Year
1937
Volume
14
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Prince, Leon Cushing
Dorey, J. Milnor
Swift, Charles Lowe
McAndrews, Richard H.
Shenton, Herbert N.
Morgan, Julia
Towers, Thomas J.
Morgan, James Henry
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Methodist Episcopal Church

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Baird Biology Building, which was named for Spencer Fullerton Baird (class of 1840), opened after a dedication ceremony.
  • Professor William D. Gould, Dean of Wesleyan College, joined the faculty as an associate professor of history and political science.
  • Rev. James Lester Lester Shipley (class of 1860) died at age 99, which made Dr. Charles William Super (class of 1866) the oldest living alumnus.
  • Charles W. Brown (class of 1937) wrote a short history of Mooreland Park, which Dickinson had recently purchased and the location of the new Baird Biology Building.
  • Dickinson purchased five lots in order to enlarge and improve the facilities at Biddle field.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1937
Year
1937
Volume
15
People
Prince, Leon Cushing
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Ketterer, George H.
Goodyear, Samuel M.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Shipley, Lester J.
Super, Charles William
Woodward, Franklin T.
Brown, Charles W.
Events
Dedication of Baird Biology Building
Organizations
Alumni Council
Methodist Episcopal Church
Phi Beta Kappa
Places
Baird Biology Building
Biddle Field
Other Topics
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association framed new bylaws that involve the nomination and election of new members of the Alumni Council. 
  • Dickinson College asked alumni for donations to support the library, which was located in Bosler Hall.
  • The Dickinson faculty adopted seven new rules of eligibility for athletes.
  • Philip S. Moyer (class of 1906) was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.
  • William S. Snyder (class of 1894) was elected Right Worshipful Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Masonry in Pennsylvania- a distinguished position. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1924
Year
1924
Volume
1
People
Moyer, Philip S.
McAndrews, Richard H.
Lighter, Joseph K.
Prince, Leon Cushing
Snyder William S.
Davis, Thomas W.
Murphy, B. Russell
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Pi Beta Kappa
Places
Bosler Hall
Library
Other Topics
Athletics
Alumni Donations
Greek Life

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • A group of alumni donated a portrait of James Wilson, one of Dickinson's founders.
  • Professor Leon C. Prince sustained serious injury after a severe car crash on the way back from the Dickinson Club of Washington.
  • Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) was appointed superintendent of the Brooklyn South District of the Methodist Episcopal church.
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) asked alumni to send in Dickinsoniana for display in the new museum located in Old West.
  • Brigadier General Frank R. Keefer (class of 1885), who served as an assistant Surgeon during the Spanish-American War, described "an act of valor he performed" during the conflict.
  • Professor John F. Mohler (class of 1887), head of the Physics department for 34 years, died at the age of 65.
  • Former President George Edward Reed died at the age of 83. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1930
Year
1930
Volume
7
People
Harper, Warren J.
Wilson, James
Mohler, Fred J.
Snyder, William S.
Parlin, W. A.
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Corson, Fred Pierce
Prince, Leon Cushing
Organizations
Alumni Council
Board of Trustees
Physics Department
Places
Old West
Other Topics
Election
Spanish-American War

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dean Josephine Meredith (class of 1901) discussed the Carnegie Foundation's valuable gift of "fine arts equipment," including 250 books and over 1000 pictures.
  • Bishop Luther Barton Wilson (class of 1875) retired after more than fifty years of service to the Methodist Church.
  • Seniors (class of 1928) took the Carnegie Foundation's Achievement Tests for the Advancement of Teaching instead of final exams.
  • The College announced "sweeping" changes to the curriculum and graduation requirements.
  • Chemistry Professor Herbert L. Davis (class of 1921) was elected to Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society at Cornell University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1928
Year
1928
Volume
5
People
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Wilson, Luther Barton
Mcconnell, John
Prince, Leon Cushing
Davis, Herbert L.
Taintor, Mary B.
Doney, Paul H.
Thomas, Walter
Thompson, Russel I.
Events
Achievement Tests
Organizations
Dickinson Football
Dickinson Track
Phi Beta Kappa
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Curriculum Changes

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Various classes returned to the college for reunions during the recent commencement weekend, and the Class of 1903 presented a plan for various campus improvements, such as planting a variety of trees and bushes, as a gift to the college. 
  • James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) became the first president of the Alaska Road Commission.
  • Noah Pinkney, a local food vendor who was a Dickinson fixture for generations of students, passed away at the age of 77.
  • Dean Mervin G. Filler (class of 1893) discussed changes in the curriculum and student class schedules over the past decade.
  • A "lost" portrait of John Dickinson by Charles Willson Peale was located in the possession of a descendant, and a copy was made by artist Horace T. Carpenter to hang in Memorial Hall in Old West. 
  • Theodore M. Johnson described the 1863 Confederate bombardment of Carlisle and Dickinson College during the Civil War. Johnson lived with his father, Dickinson's President Herman M. Johnson, in East College in the 1860s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Hull, George Ross
Murdock, William C.
Steese, James Gordon
Peale, Charles William
Carpenter, Horace T.
Dickinson, John
Prince, Leon Cushing
Pinkney, Noah
Johnson, Theodore M.
Murphy, B. Russell
Events
Shelling of Carlisle
Places
Class of 1902 Gateway
Other Topics
Civil War at Dickinson
Student Fees
Campus Improvements
Curriculum Changes
Dickinson History

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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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Stuart, Robert Y.
Morgan, James Henry
Trickett, William
Craver, Forrest E.
King, Horace B.
Prince, Leon Cushing
Murphy, B. Russell
Organizations
Phi Kappa Sigma
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Athletics Committee
Student Senate
Places
Phi Kappa Sigma house
Sigma Alpha Epsilon house
Trickett Hall
Other Topics
Endowment Campaign
Fraternity Houses
Athletics
Summer School
Greek Life
Dickinson History