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Corson, Fred P.


Dickinsonian, May 10, 1917

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President Morgan details how WWI affects Dickinson.  Landis and Harris win freshman oratorical contest.  Phi Kappa Sigma holds annual spring dance.  Skull and Key holds annual pledge dance.  Fred P. Corson '17's Nisbet Day speech.

Dickinsonian, September 27, 1934

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The Board of Trustees chooses Reverend Dr. Fred Pierce Corson to be the college’s twentieth president. The freshmen beat the sophomores in the Evening Scrap. In addition to choosing a new president, the Board of Trustees also created an alumni fund and a new scheme of athletic control. Senate...

Dickinsonian, February 14, 1935

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Changes in The Dickinsonian staff are announced. The Debate Team loses to Lafayette and will soon face off with Muhlenberg. The prom chairman announces the date of the Junior Prom. President Corson issues a budget for student groups. Professor Parlin perfects a portable intensitometer...

Dickinsonian, June 4, 1937

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The Commencement issue of the Dickinsonian. All of the fraternities elect new officers. Dr. William D. Gould will take the faculty position vacated by the death of Professor Leon Prince. Dr. Walter A. Jessup will give the Commencement Address. Seven people will be awarded honorary...

Dickinsonian, December 2, 1937

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Football team finishes their first undefeated season season since 1917 with win over Muhlenberg. The Dramatic Club's production of "Ghost Train" is reviewed. College president Fred P. Corson initiated as honorary member of Tau Kappa Alpha.

Dickinsonian, January 12, 1939

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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...

Dickinsonian, October 5, 1939

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President Corson addresses the 556-strong student body at Convocation. Belles Lettres announces that it will publish the Hornbook for the first time since 1934. Three foreign students (one Chinese, one French, and one German) are unable to come to Dickinson on schedule or at all, and another is...

Dickinsonian, November 11, 1939

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George S. Williams '00, Delaware's lone Congressional Representative, speaks in chapel for Homecoming Weekend. Members of the Dickinsonian editorial staff travel to Lewisburg for a conference of the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association, of which current editor-in-chief Paul Gorsuch '40 is...

Dickinsonian, February 13, 1941

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Dr. Fred P. Corson is elected President of the Association of College Presidents of Pennsylvania. Marion Van Auken is selected as the Queen of the Mid-Winter Ball. The new James W. Bosler Library nears completion. The Basketball Team beats Drexel. Alum of the Carlisle Indian School and former...

Dickinsonian, March 6, 1941

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Hell Week for fraternity pledges leaves Phi Kappa Psi pledges sweeping walkways for active members, Sigma Chi pledges going back to freshman rules, Phi Delta Thetas conducting mass on Molly Pitcher's grave and Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges carting actives around like horses. Four students are...

Dickinsonian, March 20, 1941

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March 3, 1773 is adopted as the official date of the founding of the college by the Board of Trustees, making it the eleventh oldest college in the nation and the oldest west of the Susquehanna River. President Fred Pierce Corson presents a creed for national defense in chapel, asserting that...

Dickinsonian, June 5, 1943

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Tau Delta Pi holds farewell banquet for seniors; Elizabeth Keen, Helen Kretschmar, Edith Ann Lingle, Jane Treyz, and Jo Ann Wilson are initiated into Tau Delta Pi; Elinor Derr and Estelle Mumford become Tau Delta Pi officers. Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Tau Alpha hold spring formals. Wheel and...

Dickinsonian, February 22, 1957

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Bishop Fred P. Corson to speak at the annual Scholarship Dinner. Changes made to the upcoming Religion-In-Life program, "A Faith For Life." $5,000 grant received by the Biology Department. John Scott, a member of the editorial staff of Time Magazine, to give a lecture. Men's basketball faces an...

Dickinsonian, November 18, 1960

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In this issue of the Dickinsonian the SREC (Student Rules Evaluation Committee) endorses alcohol enforcement by fraternities. Faculty revise committee structure. Senator John. F. Kennedy creates the Point Four Youth Corps. Larry Gray voted Freshman class president. Dame Judith Anderson receives...

Dickinsonian, October 26, 1962

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In this issue of the Dickinsonian the ROTC Emperor's Ball to elect Queen. Mermaid Players to present "See How They Run". Bishop Fred P. Corson to talk at Parents Weekend. Students react to President Kennedy's message to the nation about Cuba blockage. Dr. Harold W. Weigel returns to Dickinson....

Dickinsonian, November 2, 1962

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In this issue of the Dickinsonian the campus reacts to the Cuba Crisis. Six students join in White House Peace Picket. Bishop Fred P. Corson speaks promoting world-wide spiritual unity. Shay Representatives make changes to fraternity housing scheme. Mermaid Players to present "See How They Run...
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