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 1927
Year
1927
Volume
4
People
Soper, Edmund Davison
Rush, Benjamin
Houck, Frank M. L.
Morgan, James Henry
Reed, George Edward
Organizations
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Places
Library
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Gymnasium
Dickinson History
Campus Improvements

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 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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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1926
Year
1926
Volume
3
People
Gooding, Lydia M.
Cochran, Herbert G.
Kerr, Andy
Bowman, Edgar M.
Souders, Walter G.
Organizations
Basketball
Alumni Council
Places
Library
Other Topics
Teaching College