Dickinson Alumnus, September 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson leased the William H. Parker home on North Hanover street as a women’s dorm. 
  • Five Dickinsonians were nominated for offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. 
  • The Faculty made a number of changes to the curriculum, including requiring that freshman and sophomores receive a broader background in English composition. 
  • The Alumnus published Professor Thomas Cooper's letter of resignation, which revealed difficulties at the college in the 1810s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Extensive improvements were made to several buildings on campus, including repairs to Metzger Hall and adding new rooms in Denny Hall. 
  •  Judge Edward W. Biddle (class of 1870), former President of the Board of Trustees, died at age 79 and left $4,000 to Dickinson's Library Guild.
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) was elected President of the Board of Trustees. 
  • Harry Linwood Price (class of 1896) was elected President of the General Alumni Association. 
  • Deputy Attorney-General Earle D. Willey (class of 1911) was appointed judge of Kent County in Delaware.
  • Daniel Moore Bates donated a portrait of his grandfather, Daniel Moore Bates (class of 1839), a former Chancellor of Delaware. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College revealed plans for extensive improvements, including remodeling Old West, Denny Hall, Biddle Field, and furnishing Conway Hall. 
  • The Board of Trustees recognized former President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) and Professor Bradford O. McIntire for their years of service to the school. Trustees established a Morgan Lectureship Fund and appointed McIntire as Professor Emeritus, the fist in Dickinson's history.
  • Charles K. Zug (class of 1880), a former member of the Alumni Council and Board of Trustees, died in his home.
  • Brothers from the Class of 1870, Philip L. Cannon and trustee Henry P. Cannon, died within two months of each other.
  • Roscoe O. Bonisteel (class of 1912) was elected to the office of most worshipful grand master of the grand lodge of Masons of Michigan.
  • The Alumnus published photographs from the Alumni Parade held in June 1929. 
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