Dickinson Alumnus, May 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus reprinted an article, "John Dickinson, Who Refused to Sign," from the Baltimore Sunday Sun.
  • Edwin Forrest Hann (class of 1901) and Edgar Washabaugh (class of 1910) were appointed District Superintendents of their respective Methodist conferences in New Jersey and Newark.
  • Dr. J. Manning Roberts donated a letter written by Beverly Robert Waugh (class of 1846) as a student in 1844.
  • Howard S. Wilkinson (class of 1900) was appointed canon of the Cathedral of Long Island, New York.
  • Education Professor C. J. Carver organized a Teachers Placement Bureau, which helped both students and alumni find jobs.
  • President Karl Waugh's Inauguration was set to take place in June.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1932
Year
1932
Volume
9
People
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Witwer, Albert M.
Hann, Edwin Forest
Washabaugh, Edgar
Steelman, Frank
Kitto, Charles W.
Carver, Clarence J.
Wilkinson, Howard Sargent
Dickinson, John
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Teachers Placement Bureau

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Karl Tinsley Waugh officially assumed his duties as Dickinson's President in January 1932.
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Anti-Saloon League of America.
  • Students organized the second inter-religious harmony seminar, which featured "frank discussions by Jews, Protestants, and Catholics."
  • Dr. George Gailey Chambers (class of 1902) and Dr. J. Horace MacFarland were elected to the Board of Trustees.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his experience as a United States delegate to the 15th International Navigation Conference in "Seeing Italy Officially."
  • James M. Franciscus, caretaker of Biddle Field since 1908, died at age 73.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932
Year
1932
Volume
9
People
Chambers, George Gailey
MacFarland, J. Horace
Richardson, Ernest G.
Franciscus, James M.
McFarland, J. Horace
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Anti-Saloon League of America
Places
Bosler Hall
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Prohibition

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Board of Trustees elected Dr. Karl Tinsley Waugh as the new President of the College.
  • Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed as a naval adviser to the United States delegation at the general disarmament conference in Geneva.
  • Charles C. Greer (class of 1892) and William W. Uttley (class of 1894) were elected as judges in Pennsylvania. 
  • Phi Delta Theta opened a new fraternity house, located directly opposite of East College on N. West street.
  • The Alumnus printed Dr. Wilbur F. Horn's (class of 1869) "Some Observations and Reflections on Energy," which was originally published in 1927 following Albert Einstein's announcement regarding a new unified field theory.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1931
Year
1931
Volume
9
People
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Hepburn, Arthur J.
Greer, Charles C.
Uttley, Wiliam W.
Gearhard, Ethan A.
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Places
Phi Delta Theta House
Other Topics
Judicial Appointment

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Extensive improvements were made to several buildings on campus, including repairs to Metzger Hall and adding new rooms in Denny Hall. 
  •  Judge Edward W. Biddle (class of 1870), former President of the Board of Trustees, died at age 79 and left $4,000 to Dickinson's Library Guild.
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) was elected President of the Board of Trustees. 
  • Harry Linwood Price (class of 1896) was elected President of the General Alumni Association. 
  • Deputy Attorney-General Earle D. Willey (class of 1911) was appointed judge of Kent County in Delaware.
  • Daniel Moore Bates donated a portrait of his grandfather, Daniel Moore Bates (class of 1839), a former Chancellor of Delaware. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1931
Year
1931
Volume
9
People
Biddle, Edward William
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Price, Harry Linwood
Bates, Daniel Moore
Willey, Earle D.
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Library Guild
Places
Metzger Hall
Denny Hall
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House
Old West
Other Topics
Judicial Appointment
Campus Improvements