Dickinson Alumnus, May 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Charles S. Swope (class of 1925) was inaugurated as president of the West Chester State Teachers College. 
  • Ruby R. Vale (class of 1896) described Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn's (class of 1896) college life in "Recalls Admiral's Early Promise of Success." 
  • Dickinson faculty, alumni, and students paid tribute to Bradford O. McIntire, Professor Emeritus of English Literature and founder of the Library Guild, on his 80th birthday. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) addressed the Board of Trustees on Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney's (class of 1795) career. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College officially launched the Annual Fund, which promoted annual giving. 
  • Dickinson's Teacher Placement Bureau helped recent graduates find jobs at schools across the country. 
  • The Board of Trustees authorized several changes to the College seal, including adding the date of the founding - 1783. 
  • Colbert N. Kurokawa (class of 1922) was part of an effort to establish the Hawaii Center in Kyoto, Japan. 
  • Arthur Japy Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed Admiral of the United States Fleet and Stanley Dunbar Embick (class of 1897) was promoted to Major General. 
  • Gen. James G. Steese (class of 1902) wrote an article about his trip to Australia in 1930 in "The Trans-Australia Railway."
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a proposal to publish a new Dickinson Song Book. Dickinson's chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa sponsored the publication. 
  • Retired Professor Ovando B. Super (class of 1873) died at age 88. 
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) Homecoming address. 
  • Dr. Fred W. Mohler (class of 1914) featured in an article about his recent "stratosphere flight" with the National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps. Mohler was head of the Atomic Section, US Bureau of Standards. 
  • Joseph Clemens (class of 1894) described a recent trip in "Finds Thrills and Pleasures in New Guinea." 
  • Clarence Shepherd (class of 1910) reviewed the Belles Lettres Society's 111 year history. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) opened the new school year with an address entitled "College an Aptitude Test for Life." 
  • Marjorie L. McIntire (class of 1910) became the first woman elected to the Alumni Council. 
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described a recent trip in "Four Thousand Miles Across Africa."
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) address at his 40th reunion after "unusual demand for copies of the speech."
  • Roy N. Keiser (class of 1906) and J. J. Bunting (class of 1908) became district superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and Wilmington, respectively.
  • Charles L. Swift (class of 1904), a former dean of Conway Hall, became member of the College faculty. 
  • Reviewers praised Dr. Edwin Elliot Willoughby's (class of 1922) new book, A Printer of Shakespeare: The Books and Times of William Jaggard.
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