Dickinson Alumnus, May 1952

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) announced at the annual dinner of the Dickinson Club of Baltimore that the new women's dorm would be named Drayer Hall, in honor of Summer N. Drayer (class of 1902) and his wife Agnes Pettigrew-Drayer.
  • Alured C. Ransom was named director of athletics and football coach.
  • Dr. Frederic W. Ness (class of 1933) was appointed as Dean of College.
  • Dr. Hugh Stott Taylor received the first Joseph Priestley Award.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1952
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1952
Volume
29

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1952

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College announced plans to establish an annual Joseph Priestley Award.
  • The College acquired a collection of 3,000 letters and documents related to the Civil War period in Pennsylvania from Edwin G. Dill Sr., in memory of his father Andrew Hemphill Dill (class of 1855).
  • Eight women, five of them alumnae, were selected to receive honorary degrees during the dedication ceremony for the new women's dormitory on the Rush Campus.
  • The State Department selected Dr. Lewis H. Rohrbaugh (class of 1930) to direct the Point Four Program in Iraq.
  • Slater System, Inc., took over the operation of all College dining rooms, except in fraternity houses. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1952
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1952
Volume
29

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1951

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Christine Stuart Ritter (class of 1917) became the first woman elected to the Carlisle School Board.
  • Frank E. Masland Jr. (class of 1918) donated a ceremonial mace, which was carved from American cherry and black walnut, to the College.
  • Samuel Heffner (class of 1931) was elected the first Democratic mayor in the history of Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
  • Clinton R. Weidner (class of 1937) was elected District Attorney of Cumberland County by a margin of nearly 2 to 1.
  • Former President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) published Your Church and You, an interpretation of the member's obligation to the Church, and its responsibility to society.
  • John D. Hopper (class of 1948) was appointed as the coach of the basketball team.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1951
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1951
Volume
29

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1951

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) met Princess Margaret during a visit to Carlisle, England.
  • Homer L. Kreider (class of 1921), John M. Klepser (class of 1922), and Charles F. Greevy (class of 1935) won both the Republican and Democratic nominations for judges in several Pennsylvania counties.
  • The College dedicated a memorial placque to Noah Pinkney, who died in 1923.
  • Physical Education Professor John S. Steckbeck published a new book on the history of football at the Carlisle Indian School (Fabulous Redman).
  • Eugene M. Oyler (class of 1951) and A. Diana Williams (class of 1951) were married in the College Prayer Chapel several hours after Commencement on June 3.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1951
Year
1951
Volume
29