Dickinson Alumnus, May 1933

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Plans for the Sesqui-Centennial Commencement in June included a ball, pageant, and an Alumni luncheon on the new Mooreland tract.
  • Alumni formed new clubs in Boston and Reading.
  • The Alumni Council helped organize the first vocational conference held at Dickinson. 
  • Trustee J. Horace McFarland praised James Henry Morgan's (class of 1878) forthcoming book on the history of Dickinson College. 
  • R. Y. Stuart (class of 1903), Chief Forester of the US Forest Service, described the impact of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unemployment relief bill in "That 250,000" Man Job." 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1933
Year
1933
Volume
10
People
Stuart, Robert Y.
Shilling, John
Conover, Milton
Armstrong, William L.
Evaul, Harry
Morgan, James Henry
Events
Sesqui-Centennial Commencement
Organizations
Alumni club
Alumni Council
Places
Mooreland Park
Other Topics
Scholarship
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1933

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson's Endowment passed the million dollar mark.
  • The Mohler Scientific Club planned ceremonies to commemorate the 200th anniversary of scientist Joseph Priestley's birth. 
  • John W. McConnell (class of 1929) and Howard Rubendall (class of 1931) taught classes at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his travel experiences in Peru as well as on the Oroya Railway in "Coasting from Sky To Sea."
  • Alfred H. Wagg (class of 1909), a state senator in Florida, was elected President of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1933
Year
1933
Volume
10
People
McCormick, Joseph H.
Craver, Forrest E.
Barnitz, Edwin E.
Wagg, Alfred H.
Stewart, W. Blair
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Mohler Scientific Club
Other Topics
Endowment Fund
Gift

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson purchased the Mooreland Tract for $50,000, which expanded the campus.
  • The Alumni Council recommended creating a fund to solicit annual donations. 
  • Members of the soccer team received varsity letters for the first time.
  • Wilbur L. Adams (class of 1905) was elected to the House of Representatives. 
  • William D. Thomas (class of 1912), president of Sandvik Steel, Inc., became a Knight of the Kingdom of Sweden as a result of his work with the American Association of Fine Steel Importers.
  • Edmund S. Snyder (class of 1929) wrote "A Glimpse of John Dickinson" for the Alumnus.
  • Former Professor Morris W. Prince died at the age of 89.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1932
Year
1932
Volume
10
People
Brown, George Lancaster
Prince, Morris Watson
McAnney, Lucretia Jones
Adams, Wilbur L.
Zimmerman, G. Floyd
Thomas, William D.
Barnitz, Edwin E.
Dickinson, John
Events
Death
Organizations
Varsity Soccer
Alumni Council
Places
Mooreland Park
Other Topics
Election
Knight
Gift
Campus Improvements
Alumni Donations

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