Dickinsonian, March 16, 1939
Professor Wellman J. Warner is appointed to permanent position as sociology professor at Dickinson. Leon M. Robinson, Bernard Kotulak, and Paul Gorsuch will go to the Ta Kappa Alpha district convention as delegates. Dr.
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Professor Wellman J. Warner is appointed to permanent position as sociology professor at Dickinson. Leon M. Robinson, Bernard Kotulak, and Paul Gorsuch will go to the Ta Kappa Alpha district convention as delegates. Dr.
The "Miami Triad" of Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta, throws a dance featuring Don Peebles and his Orchestra. Mr.
Rev. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, leader in the world movement for peace and Christian unity , speaks on "Germany's New Religion" at a meeting of the Young People's Fellowship. Bill Nickels speaks about the trips taken by the Social Survey Committee. Fraternities Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi hold a dance entitled the "Miami Triad," with music from Don Peepbles. Donations from James W.
Alpha Sigma Gamma, the journalism fraternity, elects seven new members. Professor of American History Hiram Herr Shenk speaks before Young People's Fellowship. Dr.
The Upsilon Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa chose five new members to its regular meeting, and elected Christian V. Graf and Leon M. Robinson as the delegate and alternate delegate, respectively, to the national convention of the fraternity. Dickinson alumn Governor Arthur H.
Three students, Edward E. Knauss, Leon M. Robinson, and Robert H.
College Social Committee brings Claude Hopkins and his orchestra to campus for a concert. Greek Club holds a meeting devoted to "Idylls of Theocritus," its last meeting of the semester. William Nicklets writes a piece bemoaning the female gender's attachment to the need for male chivalrous attention even as it demands equal legal and political rights. Dickinson Glee Club holds first rehearsal of 1939. Co-chairmen of the Inter-collegiate Newspaper Association's semi-annual convention at Dickinson College, George S. McGill and Christian V.
Fraternities, the All-College Social Committee, and other clubs prepare for the Annual Doll Dance and Doll Show. Student Senate alters election procedures. Elmer C. Herber speaks on "The Heart and Its Functions" to Lambda Sigma Pi, the science fraternity. Belles Lettres initiates new members in ceremony. Union Philosophical Society to give a cup to the winner of an All-College Oratorical Contest. French Club holds its Christmas party at the S.A.E. house. Eight teams remain in inter-fraternity debate contest. Col.
Professor Wellman J. Warner addresses the Upsilon Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa on the subject of "Leadership in a Free Society." Belles Lettres and the French Club have Christmas parties. The Dickinson Women's Choral Club and Allison Memorial Choir present "The Messiah" jointly at Allison Memorial Church. Tau Delta Pi gives one-act play before Dramatic Club. Miriam Saint Warner sings at chapel services.
John W. Ell discusses the meaning of "Dickinson's Tradition," and its place in Old West. Football coach Arthur D.
Dickinson College Religious Association decides to embrace Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism as the tree faiths represented on campus, and to restrict membership to only those who demonstrate interest in religion and sign up on the membership roll. The French Club plans to show the French film "Mayerling." Tau Kapp Alpha fraternity sponsors an interfraternity debate tournament. Two men join Lambda Sigma Pi, the scientific fraternity. Dean Hoffman, editor-in-chief of the Harrisburg Patriot and Evening News and a graduate and trustee of Di
President Edel addresses Chapel on the positives and negatives of democracy, concluding the good outweighs the bad. Sophomores plan events for the remained of the year, including a basketball game against the Freshmen in retaliation for their defeat in the tug-of-war match. Dean Horlacher announced at Faculty Attendance Committee that the student body as a whole missed 5.3% of its classes. Basketball team to play in Middle Atlantic States tournament; team defeats Bucknell in final game of season.
Outline of events for Inter-Fraternity Weekend. The Mermaid Player's spring production, "The Heiress" to open this week. Dr. Bertram H. Davis, Professor of English, and Mr. Dentler of the Sociology Department submit resignations. Theta Chi wins the Inter-Fraternity League Championship in basketball. Dickinson Lacrosse and Baseball Teams win. Details of the Joseph Priestley Award Ceremony - Dr. Teller receives the prestigious award.
Economics professor LaVallee questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee, sparking comment on the Fifth Amendment. Detler Bronk to receive Priestley Award. Losing season of basketball recapped.
The Little Theater cast prepares to their new theater production of "Drums of Death." All-female Mary Dickinson Club forms. Greek festival theme of Interfraternity Weekend. President Edel names Professor C.F. Kellogg as Dean of the Sophomore Class. Profile of Dickinson faculty member, Dr. Wellington A. Parlin. Dickinson Basketball upsets the favored Bucknell quintet.
The Dickinson Follies announce the cast for the production of "Fly by Night." Ann Prescott crowned the Queen of the Mid-Winter Ball. Dickinson Basketball team defeats Johns Hopkins. Dickinson College and Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, make plans for a joint course of study.
Article outlining the schedule of end-of-term holiday events on campus, including the annual Doll Dance. The Varsity and J-V basketball teams win their first games of the season. Profile on student athlete, Richard Gette.
Sixteen Dickinson seniors will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army Reserves. Eight honorary diplomas will be awarded at graduation, three of whom are Dickinson graduates from previous years. The Cultural Affairs Committee sites a successful year with many speakers and showcases coming to campus over the past months. The 182nd Commencement will be held on Benjamin Rush Campus in two days with a full day of activities planned for both that day and Senior Day, which is today.
The Red Devils basketball team ends its highly successful season with an 80-68 victory over Bucknell. A fire breaks out at the Phi Kappa Psi house, requiring the Fire Department to visit twice but ultimately damaging little beyond the stove it started in. Professors Ernest A. Vuilleumier and William L. Taylor earn entries in the new book "Who Knows and What," a listing of experts and their subjects.
In a surprise upset, the Red Devils basketball team defeats a top-notch Gettysburg squad 66-51. Dean Amos B. Horlacher, after attending a conference to discuss low grades among fraternity members, returns to campus to address dismal performance in the previous week's campus-wide fire drills. Elizabeth A. Low donates a large monetary sum as well as a picket from the white fence that once surrounded campus; most of the other pickets were used for an 1891 Halloween bonfire that turned riotous after the Carlisle Fire Department hosed students instead of the flames.
Students have mixed feelings about the new class registration system. Wildlife at the Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary and Field Laboratory is being harmed by an overpopulation of deer. Alcohol Awareness Week is this week. Ashley Myers and Allyson Ayers write an article about turnitin.com, the new online way that teachers can see if their students have plagiarized. The editors editorial questions the purpose of the various physical renovations happening to Dickinson's campus. Students are interviewed about their views on whether affirmative action could be used to bring men to campus.
PAS Symposium to focus on human rights. Chinese government releases Helen Yao, wife of Yongyi Song. Admissions changes on the table for the new millennium. College prepares computer system for Y2K. Student response to Richard Rodriguez. Professor Ken Laws blends physics and ballet. Property damage damages college reputation. College town meeting a success. Luce Grant helps fund College's Diaspora Project. Roommates: how do they choose? The century turns at Dickinson...again. From play days to the NCAA's: the story of women's sports at Dickinson. Freshman actors debut in Cubiculo.
Search begins for a new college president. Phi Kap brothers sentenced to 300 hours of community service for stealing Halloween decorations from local homes. Accidental severing of wires in construction of the library is to cost $50,000 to repair. Online bookstore provides alternative to students. Children's Center offers professors and their children shelter from national day care crisis. Dean's List membership expands by 88% due to new criteria. Student has run-in with Thai sex industry
PAS examines the effectiveness of the UN. Bomb hoax cancels afternoon classes at Denny. Director of the HUB and Student Affairs Janet Cox leaves Dickinson after seven years for national position. The government threatens financial aid cuts. Wheel and Chain presents breast cancer exhibit. Club ASIA and the Asian House celebrate the Chinese New Year. New show, put together by students, opens at Weiss.
Dean Mench leaves College after 21 years. Robert Novak speaks at the Dickinson School of Law, critiques Clinton. Mermaid Players, College to put on a production of Sondheim's 'Into the Woods'. Job outlook for college grads brightens in 1995. Common Hour looks at the honor code, discusses its pros and cons.