Dickinson Alumnus, August 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed remodeling East College, increasing tuition, and limiting the number of female students admitted. 
  • Dr. Richard C. Norris (class of 1884) venerated as surgeon-in-chief in charge of the Preston Retreat maternity hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
  • Prof. Earnest Albert Vuilleumier invented a device called the Dickinson Solids Hydrometer. 
  • Alumni formed the Dickinson Club of Carlisle and elected Merkel Landis (class of 1896) as president.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association framed new bylaws that involve the nomination and election of new members of the Alumni Council. 
  • Dickinson College asked alumni for donations to support the library, which was located in Bosler Hall.
  • The Dickinson faculty adopted seven new rules of eligibility for athletes.
  • Philip S. Moyer (class of 1906) was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.
  • William S. Snyder (class of 1894) was elected Right Worshipful Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Masonry in Pennsylvania- a distinguished position. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinsonians formed an Inter-Fraternity Alumni Council to co-operate with the student Inter-Fraternity Council. 
  • Architect William W. Emmert revealed plans for a new gymnasium.
  • Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882), President of the General Alumni Association, started remodeling the northeast corner room in the basement of Old West.
  • East College  reopened after renovations improved the entrances and interior spaces.
  • Four out of seven members of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania either graduated or received honorary degrees from Dickinson.
  • President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) appealed to alumni to donate documentation of the College's early history in order to preserve it.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Dickinson Relay Team won the Middle Atlantic State Association Championship. 
  • Members of the General Alumni Association nominated ten individuals to serve as officers on the Alumni Council. 
  • The Alumnus published Helen Hall Bucher's "Dickinson Marching Song."
  • The non-fraternity men of Dickinson organized a Commons Club for the purpose of enjoying the social benefits and establishing contacts commonly associated with fraternities. 
  • Rev. Dr. Frank D. Gamewell (class of 1881) served heroically in defense of the British Legation during the "Boxer Rebellion" in China.
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