Dickinson Alumnus, December 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Mrs. Paul Appenzellar (class of 1895) agreed to pay for alterations to the front of the President's House. 
  • Dickinson purchased five new properties to enlarge Biddle Field. 
  • The Board of Trustees approved plans to renovate the Mooreland House and rename it as the Baird Biology Building. 
  • Robert F. Rich (class of 1907) was elected to the House of Representatives. 
  • The Athletic Board of Control decided to withdraw Dickinson from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference at the end of the football season.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Founders’ Day exercises were held in the newly renovated Bosler Hall. 
  • Alexander A. Sharp (class of 1883) donated furnishings for the new recreational reading room in Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Milton Conover (class of 1913), who had been arrested as a suspected spy, was freed after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
  • Harry Whinna Nice (class of 1899), Governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939, died while on a motor trip at 63 years old.
  • William G. ("Bill") Green (class of 1929) became a member of the staff of the Army and Navy YMCA at Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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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 1925

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "How I Became President of Dickinson," the first in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • Treasurer John Bursk reported that the college's debt had decreased and that the endowment had increased since President James Henry Morgan's inauguration in 1914.
  • Paul P. Appenzellar (class of 1895) was recognized for his remarkable financial influence in New York. 
  • Nine senior women formed an honorary society called Wheel and Chain. 
  • Dr. Milton W. Eddy, professor of biology, discovered a small fire in the basement of Conway Hall.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Stanley D. Embick (class of 1897), who received a Distinguished Service Medal during World War I, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the US Army and assigned to command Fortress Monroe in Virginia. 
  • Four Dickinson alumni represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives, including J. Banks Kurtz (class of 1893) and Robert F. Rich (class of 1907). 
  • Photographs showcased the improvements made to the freshmen dorms located in Conway Hall. 
  • Rev. William H. Decker (class of 1902) recalled a "hi-jacking" incident in 1899, which included a Carlisle justice of the peace issuing a search warrant.
  • George Durbin Chenoweth, a member of the class of 1868 and a prominent trustee, died at age 83.
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