Dickinson Alumnus, May 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project began as scheduled on April 1.
  • Dorothy V. Reeve (class of 1936) passed the New Jersey bar exam and was sworn in as the first woman attorney of Ocean County.
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzeller's (class of 1895) address to the Achievement Club of the Dictaphone Corporation on the Joys of Literature.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) discussed the administration's primary concerns every spring: final preparations for graduating seniors and selecting which prspective students to admit.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1940
Year
1940
Volume
17
People
Aydelotte, Frank
Heistand, Dean J. Thomas
Willoughby, Edwin E.
Hearn, Walter A.
Scarborough, Harry M.
Welliver, Lester A.
Pearson, John M.
Corson, Fred Pierce
McBride, William K.
MacAndrews, R.H.
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Tees, Francis H.
Reeve, Dorothy V.
Abbot, Charles G.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) delivered an address before the Association of American Colleges in Philadelphia on the possible future limitations on a private college’s freedom. 
  • The Soviets captured Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917) during the invasion of Poland and held him for six weeks until he was released during a prisoner exchange with Nazi Germany. Warfield had been working as a missionary in Warsaw.
  • Dr. Roy W. Mohler (class of 1917) was appointed as the attending obstetrician and gynecologist as well as chief of the outpatient department at a Philadelphia hospital.
  • Dickinson received a copy of William T. Kinzer's (class of 1860) diary. The Alumnus published extracts from the diary that revealed student life at Dickinson in the late 1850s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1940
Year
1940
Volume
17
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Mohler, Roy W.
Warfield, Gaither P.
Waltman, Donald B.
Kinzer, William T.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) died at the age of 83.
  • The Alumnus published President Fred Corson's (class 1917) and Pastor W. E. Hartman's addresses at Morgan's funeral as well as the Dickinsonian's editorial on Morgan’s personality.
  • The College awarded contracts for renovating Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Charles William Super (class of 1866) died, which made Dr. Thomas S. Dunning (class of 1867) the oldest living alumnus. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1939
Year
1939
Volume
17
People
Morgan, James Henry
Corson, Fred Pierce
Hartman, W. Emory
Super, Charles William
Dunning, Thomas S.
Hutchinson, William A.
Kahler, Arthur D.
Hogemyer, Harry B.
Young, William M.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Dickinson Football
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Professor Gaylord Hawkins Patterson retired and was named professor emeritus of sociology. 
  • The Atlantic Refining Company planned to broadcast eight of Dickinson's football games over the radio. 
  • New bleachers added 500 more seats to Biddle Field. 
  • Architects developed new plans for renovating Bosler Hall and submitted them to the Board of Trustees. 
  • The College acquired a letter from 1783 in which trustee William Bingham described his attempts to get financial support from the United Kingdom for Dickinson. The Alumnus published a transcript.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1939
Year
1939
Volume
17
People
Hering, George C.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Patterson, Gaylord Hawkins
Kahler, Arthur D.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Dickinson Football
Places
Biddle Field
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
Dickinson History