Dickinson Alumnus, February 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • With a model of the proposed Gymnasium on display in the library, alumni were asked for contributions.
  • Rev. Edmund Davison Soper (class of 1898), Dean of the School of Religion and Vice-President at Duke University, featured in an article that detailed his life's achievements.  
  • West Nottingham Academy Headmaster J. Paul Slaybaugh (class of 1921) honored Benjamin Rush with a memorial gateway on their campus in Colora, Maryland.
  • Dr. Frank M. L. Houck (class of 1910) became assistant director of Johns Hopkins Hospital. 
  • Professor Henry Vethake's 1827 catalog was discovered and became the earliest bound catalog in the college's possession. 
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The College and the "Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching," the final article a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees authorized razing South College in order to make way for the construction of the new gymnasium. 
  • Trustee Lemuel T. Appold (class of 1882) retired as President of the General Alumni Association. 
  • Mary Curran Morgan (class of 1888), President James Henry Morgan's wife, passed away unexpectedly while traveling.
  • The Carnegie Corporation of New York donated a valuable art collection to the college.
  • Dr. Virgil Prettyman (class of 1892), a businessman and former headmaster of the Horace Mann School, featured in an article that highlights his achievements.
  • Professor Leon C. Prince (class of 1898) reviewed The English of the Pulpit, a "notable" book by Lewis H. Chrisman (class of 1908).
  • Rev. Raymond R. Brewer (class of 1916), the head of the Dickinson-in-China program, discussed how China views the United States.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Frank R. Keefer (class of 1885) was appointed senior colonel of the Medical Corps by President Calvin Coolidge.
  • Dickinson, Gettysburg, Franklin & Marshall, Muhlenberg, and Ursinus formed the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
  • The Athletic Conference Symposium adopted a new set of eligibility rules for the schools in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. 
  • Students raised money to support Dickinson professors and alumni teaching in China.
  • James Gordon Steese (class of 1902), president of the Alaska Road Commission, was appointed Brigadier General of the Alaska National Guard.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "A Period of Construction," the eighth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President of the General Alumni Association, Lemuel Towers (class of 1882), asked Alumni to pledge money for the construction of a new gymnasium. 
  • George W. Pedlow (class of 1901) led a costume parade on Alumni Day dressed as a Roman gladiator in a horse-drawn cart.
  • The Board of Trustees increased professors' salaries and student charges. 
  • The Dickinsonian's poll found that an overwhelming majority of the student body was in favor of Prohibition.
  • The Class of 1906 presented the Gateway located at the corner of West High and North College streets.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The Faculty From 1889 to 1911," the seventh in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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