Dickinson Alumnus, February 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson College joined over 200 other colleges in the Liberal Arts College Movement.
  • Philip S. Moyer (class of 1906) was appointed as a Deputy Attorney-General of Pennsylvania.
  • Esther F. Chambers (class of 1932) became the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the Dickinsonian. 
  • Dr. Clyde B. Furst (class of 1893), secretary of the Carnegie Foundation, died at 57.
  • Sylvester Baker Sadler (class of 1895), a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, died at 54. 

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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1931
Year
1931
Volume
8
People
Chambers, Esther F.
Sadler, Sylvester Baker

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

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • James J. Patterson (class of 1859), the oldest living alumni in 1931, returned to Dickinson for the 148th Commencement.
  • Albert M. Witwer (class of 1900) was appointed as District Superintendent of the North District of Philadelphia Conference.
  • Joseph McCormick appointed head football coach. 
  • Charles P. Addams (class of 1884) was made a Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. 
  • The Special Committee on Athletics issued a lengthy report that recommended changes to Dickinson's athletic program. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1931
Year
1931
Volume
8
People
Patterson, James J.
Burns, Joseph M.
McCormick, Joseph H.
Witwer, Albert M.
Addams, Charles P.
Organizations
Varsity Football
Other Topics
Athletics

Dickinson Alumnus, April 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Mervin Grant Filler (class of 1893) died at age 57 in Philadelphia. 
  • Hundreds of students, alumni, and faculty attended President Filler's funeral at Allison Memorial Methodist Church.
  • The Board of Trustees appointed former President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) as temporary President
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Dickinson Alumnus, April 1931
Year
1931
Volume
8
People
Morgan, James Henry
Filler, Mervin Grant
Events
Death
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Places
Allison Hall
Allison Memorial Methodist Church
Other Topics
Funeral