Dickinson Alumnus, December 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed the potential impact of World War II on the college. 
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church. 
  • Rev. Albert M. Witwer (class of 1900) was reappointed superintendent of the North District of Philadelphia Conference. 
  • The Alumnus discussed whether or not James Buchanan (class of 1809) was a good Dickinsonian.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) praised Dr. Ruby R. Vale's new book, Some Legal Foundations of Society.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1941
Year
1941
Volume
19
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Richardson, Ernest G.
Flannery, J. Harold
Uttley, Wiliam W.
Vale, Ruby R.
Witwer, Albert M.
Woodside, Robert E. (Jr.)
Landis, William W.
Kauffman, Kurtz
Reese, Fred S.
Anstine, W. Burg
Buchanan, James
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Methodist Episcopal Church
Other Topics
World War II
Dickinsonians in Government

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Five professors and two graduate assistants joined Dickinson's faculty. 
  • Dickinson postponed the start of classes until October 3 in the wake of an infantile paralysis epidemic in some parts of Pennsylvania. 
  • The Library Quarterly analyzed students’ use of Dickinson's library. 
  • Professor Paul Herbert Doney died of a heart attack while trying to rescue his nine-year old son and Professor Wilbur H. Norcross (class of 1907) died at age 58. The Alumnus published President Fred Pierce Corson's (class of 1917) remarks at their funerals. 
  •  I. Howell Kane (class of 1921) discussed Dickinson's history in an article entitled "The Contribution of Dickinson to the Life of the Nation."
  • Dickinson hired seven new professors, including Benjamin D. James (class of 1934) and Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1941
Year
1941
Volume
19
People
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Hays, Raphael S.
James, Benjamin D.
Llewllyn, Robert H.
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Sanborn, William L.
Norcross, Wilbur Harrington
Corson, Fred Pierce
Doney, Paul H.
Herber, Elmer C.
Lazenby, Chandler
Kahler, Arthur D.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Madduz, James S.
Kane, I. Howell
Organizations
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church
Dickinson Football
Alumni Groups
Other Topics
World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Founders’ Day exercises were held in the newly renovated Bosler Hall. 
  • Alexander A. Sharp (class of 1883) donated furnishings for the new recreational reading room in Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Milton Conover (class of 1913), who had been arrested as a suspected spy, was freed after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
  • Harry Whinna Nice (class of 1899), Governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939, died while on a motor trip at 63 years old.
  • William G. ("Bill") Green (class of 1929) became a member of the staff of the Army and Navy YMCA at Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1941
Year
1941
Volume
18
People
Sharp, Alexander A.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Rich, Robert F.
Gingrich, Curvin H.
Swope, Charles S.
Neff, J. Luther
Smith, Alexander K.
Conover, Milton
Shultz, J. Resler
Bunting, John J.
Caldwell, James Hope
Nice, Harry Whinna
Organizations
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Allison Methodist Church
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project neared completion as construction workers removed the scaffolding. 
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) explained why the Board of Trustees decided to use March 3, 1773 as the date of Dickinson's founding instead of 1783. 
  • Princeton Professor Alpheus T. Mason (class of 1920) published a book (Bureaucracy Convicts Itself) about the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy during the Taft administration and how a democratic government can control civilians’ lives. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr donated several letters by John Dickinson and James Buchanan (class of 1809) as well as a copy of the Columbian Magazine that had an advertisement for Dickinson College.
  • Richard Henry Lindsey (class of 1939) became the youngest Postmaster in the United States.
  • W. Reese Hitchens (class of 1928) replaced Albert W. James (class of 1927) as Deputy Attorney General of Delaware.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1941
Year
1941
Volume
18
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Mason, Alpheus T.
Dickinson, John
Buchanan, James
Hitchens, W. Reese
Adams, Harold E.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Novack, John A.
Trayer, John K.
Organizations
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Alumni Groups
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings
Dickinson History