Dickinson Alumnus, November 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Gymnasium was expected to open to the public in early January 1929.
  • Dr. Edmund D. Soper (class of 1898) was elected President of Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • Several Dickinson graduates won November elections, including three to Congress, seven to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and one to the New York legislature.
  • Statues of President James Buchanan (class of 1809) were erected in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and in Washington DC. 
  • William M. Beard (class of 1912) was elected as president of the Westfield Trust Company
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1928
Year
1928
Volume
6
People
Nunemaker, Leroy M.
Buchanan, James
Beard, William M.
Soper, Edmund D.
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Alumni Constitution
Campus Improvements
Athletics

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) retired as President in August 1928.
  • The Board of Trustees elected Professor Marvin Grant Filler (class of 1893) as the eighteenth president. 
  • Professor Montgomery Porter Sellers (class of 1893) was appointed Dean of Faculty. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900), head of the Alumni Association, spoke at the Alumni Gymnasium's corner-stone laying exercise held on Alumni Day in June 1928. 
  • William G. Thomas (class of 1898) was appointed Judge of Carbon County, Pennsylvania. 
  • Arthur J. Hepburn (class of 1896) was one of five captains promoted to the rank of Admiral. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1928
Year
1928
Volume
5
People
Morgan, James Henry
Sellers, Montgomery Porter
Trickett, William
Thomas, William
Ake, Howard J.
Lawrence, Henry M.
Thompson, Howard E.
Tigert, John James
Hoover, James M.
Gregory, Benjamin
Moffatt, James
Filler, Mervin Grant
Events
Alumni Day
Organizations
Almuni Association
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Summer School of Religion

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dean Josephine Meredith (class of 1901) discussed the Carnegie Foundation's valuable gift of "fine arts equipment," including 250 books and over 1000 pictures.
  • Bishop Luther Barton Wilson (class of 1875) retired after more than fifty years of service to the Methodist Church.
  • Seniors (class of 1928) took the Carnegie Foundation's Achievement Tests for the Advancement of Teaching instead of final exams.
  • The College announced "sweeping" changes to the curriculum and graduation requirements.
  • Chemistry Professor Herbert L. Davis (class of 1921) was elected to Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society at Cornell University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1928
Year
1928
Volume
5
People
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Wilson, Luther Barton
Mcconnell, John
Prince, Leon Cushing
Davis, Herbert L.
Taintor, Mary B.
Doney, Paul H.
Thomas, Walter
Thompson, Russel I.
Events
Achievement Tests
Organizations
Dickinson Football
Dickinson Track
Phi Beta Kappa
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Curriculum Changes

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1928

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) was a patient at the Carlisle Hospital for four weeks after several months of poor health.
  • Dr. Zatae Longsdorff Straw (class of 1887), the first woman to graduate from Dickinson College, announced her campaign for the New Hampshire State Senate.
  • Dickinson's basketball team celebrated its seventh year in a row without a loss.
  • The dedication ceremony for the corner stone of the new Alumni Gymnasium was set for Commencement in June 1928.
  • Major Robert Y. Stuart (class of 1903) was named chief of the United States Forest Service.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1928
Year
1928
Volume
5
People
Morgan, James Henry
Longsdorff, Zatae
Bonf, Franklin Fillmore
Duffy, Robert
Stuart, Robert Y.
Organizations
Basketball
Football
Places
Conway Hall
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Alumni Donations