Dickinson Alumnus, May 1948

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College launched a ten-year development program for building and additional endowment with a goal of $750,000.
  • The new South College, which was located behind the Alumni Gymnasium, opened.
  • The College held a four day celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Dickinson College. The program included a parade with several dozen floats that depicted events in the College's history.
  • Henry Logan (class of 1910) created the M. William Wedell Scholarship Fund with a $15,000 donation.
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) dedicated the Benjamin Rush campus, which had formally been called the Mooreland campus.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1948
Year
1948
Volume
25
People
Edel, William Wilcox

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1948

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Construction of the new South College, which was located behind the Alumni Gymnasium, was almost completed.
  • The Prohibition Party selected Dale H. Learn (class of 1920) as their candidate for Vice President of the United States.
  • The Alumnus highlighted the Department of History and the accomplishments of the faculty.
  • Samuel W. Witwer Jr. (class of 1930), attorney of Chicago, called for revising the Illinois constitution.
  • Newton E. Randolph (class of 1924) became the director of a new relief agency called Save A Friend In Europe (SAFE).
  • Dr. Julia Morgan (class of 1911), professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medial School, died after a brief illness.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1948
Year
1948
Volume
25
Places
South College

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1947

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees adopted a new Faculty salary schedule. 
  • The Alumnus highlighted the Baird Biology Building and the accomplishments of the science faculty.
  • Four Dickinsonians were elected as judges and district attorneys in Pennsylvania.
  • The Trustees selected "South College" as the name for the new recreation and class room building under construction behind the Alumni Gymnasium.
  • Colonel William A. Ganoe (class of 1902) was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by King George VI for his work with the British-American Liaison Board during the Second World War.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1947
Year
1947
Volume
25

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1947

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Bishop Fred Pierce Corson (class of 1917), former President of Dickinson, was appointed by the Secretary of War to a clergy commission charged with inspecting the United States' occupation activities in Europe.
  • Morris E. Swartz (class of 1923) described how a popular Methodist Hymn (No. 245) was composed in Carlisle.
  • Benjamin D. James (class of 1934) was appointed Dean of the freshmen class and Director of Admissions. 
  • The College planned to build a new recreation and class room building located behind the Alumni Gymnasium.
  • Rev. Howell O. Wilkins (class of 1944) attended the Second World Conference of Christian Youth in Norway and the first Youth Department of the World Council of Churches in Sweden.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1947
Year
1947
Volume
25