Dickinson Alumnus, September 1934

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees elected Dr. Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) as the next President of the College. Before starting the new position, President-elect Corson's family departed from California on a three month world cruise. James H. Morgan (class of 1878) served as Acting President since Dr. Karl T. Waugh's resignation. 
  • The College secured a Federal Emergency Relief Administration grant, which allowed 68 students to work part-time jobs at Dickinson and earn up to $150 during the academic year. 
  • The Board of Trustees established the Dickinson College Athletic Board consisting of eight members to handle athletic affairs at the College. 
  • The Alumnus published John Dickinson's 1934 Commencement address entitled "Political Thought of John Dickinson." Dickinson worked as  United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  • John S. Bursk, a member of the Board of Trustees from 1895 to 1912 as well as Treasurer and Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings for fifteen years, died in August 1934.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1934
Year
1934
Volume
12
People
Morgan, James Henry
Corson, Fred Pierce
Bursk, John S.
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Athletic Board
Other Topics
Employment

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed expanding campus with the purchase of the Mooreland Track.
  • Harry L. Price (class of 1896), president of the Alumni Association, suggested moving John Dickinson's grave from Wilmington, Delaware, to Carlisle.
  • President Karl Waugh's inauguration took place during Commencement in June 1932.
  • The Tome Scientific Building's basement became a special laboratory for physical chemistry.
  • Rev. John J. Snavely (class of 1904) became a district superintendent for the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. 
  • Kappa Sigma moved out of East College and into a new fraternity house, which was located at the northeast corner of College and Louther Streets. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932
Year
1932
Volume
10
People
Price, Harry Linwood
Snavely, John J.
Feroe, Robvert A.
Duke, Charles B.
Post, Edwin
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Dickinson, John
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Kappa Sigma
Varsity Football
Board of Trustees
Places
Tome
Mooreland Park
East College
Other Topics
John Dickinson
Enrollment
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus reprinted an article, "John Dickinson, Who Refused to Sign," from the Baltimore Sunday Sun.
  • Edwin Forrest Hann (class of 1901) and Edgar Washabaugh (class of 1910) were appointed District Superintendents of their respective Methodist conferences in New Jersey and Newark.
  • Dr. J. Manning Roberts donated a letter written by Beverly Robert Waugh (class of 1846) as a student in 1844.
  • Howard S. Wilkinson (class of 1900) was appointed canon of the Cathedral of Long Island, New York.
  • Education Professor C. J. Carver organized a Teachers Placement Bureau, which helped both students and alumni find jobs.
  • President Karl Waugh's Inauguration was set to take place in June.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1932
Year
1932
Volume
9
People
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Witwer, Albert M.
Hann, Edwin Forest
Washabaugh, Edgar
Steelman, Frank
Kitto, Charles W.
Carver, Clarence J.
Wilkinson, Howard Sargent
Dickinson, John
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Teachers Placement Bureau

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Karl Tinsley Waugh officially assumed his duties as Dickinson's President in January 1932.
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Anti-Saloon League of America.
  • Students organized the second inter-religious harmony seminar, which featured "frank discussions by Jews, Protestants, and Catholics."
  • Dr. George Gailey Chambers (class of 1902) and Dr. J. Horace MacFarland were elected to the Board of Trustees.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his experience as a United States delegate to the 15th International Navigation Conference in "Seeing Italy Officially."
  • James M. Franciscus, caretaker of Biddle Field since 1908, died at age 73.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932
Year
1932
Volume
9
People
Chambers, George Gailey
MacFarland, J. Horace
Richardson, Ernest G.
Franciscus, James M.
McFarland, J. Horace
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Anti-Saloon League of America
Places
Bosler Hall
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Prohibition

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Board of Trustees elected Dr. Karl Tinsley Waugh as the new President of the College.
  • Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed as a naval adviser to the United States delegation at the general disarmament conference in Geneva.
  • Charles C. Greer (class of 1892) and William W. Uttley (class of 1894) were elected as judges in Pennsylvania. 
  • Phi Delta Theta opened a new fraternity house, located directly opposite of East College on N. West street.
  • The Alumnus printed Dr. Wilbur F. Horn's (class of 1869) "Some Observations and Reflections on Energy," which was originally published in 1927 following Albert Einstein's announcement regarding a new unified field theory.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1931
Year
1931
Volume
9
People
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Hepburn, Arthur J.
Greer, Charles C.
Uttley, Wiliam W.
Gearhard, Ethan A.
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Places
Phi Delta Theta House
Other Topics
Judicial Appointment