Dickinson Alumnus, February 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • With a model of the proposed Gymnasium on display in the library, alumni were asked for contributions.
  • Rev. Edmund Davison Soper (class of 1898), Dean of the School of Religion and Vice-President at Duke University, featured in an article that detailed his life's achievements.  
  • West Nottingham Academy Headmaster J. Paul Slaybaugh (class of 1921) honored Benjamin Rush with a memorial gateway on their campus in Colora, Maryland.
  • Dr. Frank M. L. Houck (class of 1910) became assistant director of Johns Hopkins Hospital. 
  • Professor Henry Vethake's 1827 catalog was discovered and became the earliest bound catalog in the college's possession. 
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The College and the "Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching," the final article a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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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 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "Enlargement, Construction and Reconstruction," the fifth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • Three new faculty were hired: B. Floyd Rinker to the History Department, Mulford Stough (class of 1924) to the Physics and Chemistry Department, and Horace Elton Rogers (class of 1924) to the English Department.
  • Herbert G. Cochran (class of 1908) was appointed Judge of the Juvenile Court of Norfolk, Virginia. 
  • Walter G. Souders (class of 1898) became head of the The President, an apartment hotel under construction in Atlantic City and worth $5 million.
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