Dickinsonian, September 20, 1905
The new school year begins with a large freshman class, and publication of the names of those who matriculated. Physical Director, Professor Forrest E. Craver resigns and is replaced by John W.
The new school year begins with a large freshman class, and publication of the names of those who matriculated. Physical Director, Professor Forrest E. Craver resigns and is replaced by John W.
The annual Commencement issue honors the class of 1936. Honorary degrees are presented to Vice-Admiral Arthur Jay Hepburn, Judge W.A. Valentine, Rev. Roy N. Keiser, and Rev. George Henry Ketterer. Twenty-eight students, including one woman, receive Bachelor of Law degrees. The Dickinsonian enters the Associated Collegiate Press Spring Contest and receives an all-American rating. Eight men are inducted into the national honorary fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa. The Dramatic Club's presentation of Torch-bearers opens in Bosler Hall.
Boyd Lee Spahr, Head of Alumni Association, presents the college with large portrait of Dickinson grad and eminent scientist Spencer Fullerton Baird. College President Mervin G. Filler is presented with an honorary degree of doctor of laws at the induction of Dr. Edmund Davison Soper as president of Ohio Wesleyan University.
Dr. Goodrich C. White, president of Emory University to be commencement speaker. Eight honorary degrees to be conferred at commencement, three on graduates of Dickinson. Men's Glee Club to present concert featuring hit Broadway showtunes. Prof. John Steckbeck to go on tour addressing various groups over the summer. Plans for College Band include the possible formation of a concert dance band composed of members from the band.
Revised social rules proposed, final action must still be taken by faculty and administration. Freshmen to stage performances of O'Neil's "The Long Voyage Home" and Saroyan's "Hello Out There". Renowned contralto Marian Anderson to receive honorary degree from the College.
List of honorary degrees to be conferred on Founders' Day. President William W. Edel discusses ten-year development plan begun in 1948. Kenneth Washinger wins Dickinson Pentathalon.
Dr. Clarence Little was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate of Humane Letters at the Founder's Day event. Profile on Professor Ralph Schetcher. The tennis team wins three matches and loses one. Dickinson lacrosse defeats Franklin & Marshall, but loses its first ever game in a match against West Chester. The baseball team wins against Susquehanna. Phi Psi remains undefeated in the Inter-Fraternity League.
Over 1000 students, alumni, and guests are expected to attend the weekend's Commencement exercises, at which Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam is the key speaker. The College announces that it will award 8 honorary degrees, and that an additional 15 seniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor fraternity. Anne Bennethum '25 exhibits 29 original artworks in Bosler Hall. The lacrosse team, popular but still not sanctioned by the college, finishes the season undefeated.
Coach Dave Kirk of the Physical Education Department announces that he will resign his post at the end of the year in order to take a job at Friend's Central School in Philadelphia. The Spring Formal, scheduled for the night of publication, will feature two bands and follow a Spring Garden Party theme. In a special Founders' Day convocation ceremony, the College will award honorary degrees to Nora May Mohler and Judge Dorothy Kenyon. The Hornbook, The Belles Lettres Society's literary publication, will go on sale the following week.