Dickinson Alumnus, December 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a proposal to publish a new Dickinson Song Book. Dickinson's chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa sponsored the publication. 
  • Retired Professor Ovando B. Super (class of 1873) died at age 88. 
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) Homecoming address. 
  • Dr. Fred W. Mohler (class of 1914) featured in an article about his recent "stratosphere flight" with the National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps. Mohler was head of the Atomic Section, US Bureau of Standards. 
  • Joseph Clemens (class of 1894) described a recent trip in "Finds Thrills and Pleasures in New Guinea." 
  • Clarence Shepherd (class of 1910) reviewed the Belles Lettres Society's 111 year history. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1935
Year
1935
Volume
13
People
Super, O. B.
Mohler, Fred W.
Clemens, Joseph
Chambers, George Gailey
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Events
Homecoming
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Belles Lettres Society
Other Topics
Song Book

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) opened the new school year with an address entitled "College an Aptitude Test for Life." 
  • Marjorie L. McIntire (class of 1910) became the first woman elected to the Alumni Council. 
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described a recent trip in "Four Thousand Miles Across Africa."
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) address at his 40th reunion after "unusual demand for copies of the speech."
  • Roy N. Keiser (class of 1906) and J. J. Bunting (class of 1908) became district superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and Wilmington, respectively.
  • Charles L. Swift (class of 1904), a former dean of Conway Hall, became member of the College faculty. 
  • Reviewers praised Dr. Edwin Elliot Willoughby's (class of 1922) new book, A Printer of Shakespeare: The Books and Times of William Jaggard.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1935
Year
1935
Volume
13
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
McIntire, Marjorie L.
Swift, Charles Lowe
McConnell, Francis J.
Pettinos, Charles E.
Richards, Robert H.
Keiser, Roy N.
Bunting, John J.
Heller, Foster E.
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Council
Places
Conway Hall
Other Topics
Elections

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) became the 20th president during his inauguration in May. 
  • William Edward Matthews Jr. (class of 1919) was elected to the State Senate of Delaware.
  • Over 300 prospective students and their families visited campus on "Sub-Freshman Day." 
  • The Alumnus published the Class of 1934 directory, which included each member's address and occupation.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1935
Year
1935
Volume
12
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Matthews, William Edward Jr.
Nice, Harry W.
Wolcott, Josiah Oliver
Woodward, George
Clement, Martin W.
DeLaney, Matthew A.
Thompson, O. R. Howard
Auman, Lester Ward
Powers, Edgar Cordell
Wright, J. J.
Edel, William Wilcox
Events
Inauguration
Other Topics
Election

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President-Elect Fred Corson's (class of 1917) inauguration was scheduled for May 4, 1935 .
  • Prospective students and their families were invited to tour Dickinson on "Sub-Freshman Day." 
  • Arthur D. Kahler, the head basketball coach at Brown University, became Dickinson's new football coach after Joseph H. McCormick's resignation. 
  • Fortune Magazine named Robert H. Richards (class of 1895) as "the most powerful man in Delaware and Wilmington's No. 1 attorney".
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1935
Year
1935
Volume
12
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Kahler, Arthur D.
McCormick, Joseph H.
Richards, Robert H.
Organizations
Athletics Committee
Other Topics
Resignation