Dickinson Alumnus, October 1963

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus published the second of a two-part history of the Dickinson football team. This article focused on the period from 1912 to 1962.
  • Dickinson's first six-week summer session in 1963 was not for students who failed classes. Of the 158 students who enrolled in 1963, only 27 had to be there to make up work.
  • Dr. Whitfield J. Bell (class of 1935) delivered an address at a special Founders Day Convocation that recognized the National Park Service's certification of Old West as a national historic landmark.
  • Weston C. Overholt Jr., Outing President of the Alumni Association, made a number of suggestions for the future of that organization.
  • Jean Hollan VanOrmer (class of 1963) received a $500 award for "outstanding scholastic achievement which symbolize the invincibility of the human spirit" from President John F. Kennedy during a ceremony at the White House.
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Dickinson Alumnus, October 1963
Year
1963
Volume
41

Dickinson Alumnus, July 1963

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Chaplin Samuel H. Magill discussed Rev. Martin Luther King's letter from the Birmingham Jail in his Baccalaureate sermon. Magill called King's letter an "eloquent plea for human rights."
  • The new female dormitory was completed and named Adams Hall in honor of Rolland Adams (class of 1927), who donated $250,000 towards the building's construction.
  • The College ended its lease at Metzger Hall and held a formal ceremony at which the key was turned over to the Metzger Estate Board of Trustees.
  • Thirty seven members of the Senior class were commissioned second lieutenants in the United States Army Reserves.
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Dickinson Alumnus, July 1963
Year
1963
Volume
40

Dickinson Alumnus, April 1963

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Letters from William Princeton Willey (Class of 1862) revealed what student life was like at Dickinson during the early years of the Civil War.
  • Mike Silver (class of 1954), who worked at ABC News, described the benefits of a Liberal Arts education.
  • The General Alumni Association presented their revised Constitution and By-Laws, which were adopted in October 1962.
  • Alpheus S. Mowbray (class of 1885), Dickinson's oldest living alumnus, died at the age of 104 in December 1962.
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Dickinson Alumnus, April 1963
Year
1963
Volume
40

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1963

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1963
Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • This special issue, titled "Blueprints for a Community of Learning," focused on the future of Dickinson and the future of higher education in general.
  • The College presented plans for a new student union and new men's fraternity residences located between West Louther and West High Streets.
  • The Alumnus joined 300 other alumni magazines in printing a report entitled "The College of Tomorrow."
Year
1963
Volume
40