Dickinsonian, October 17, 1919
Dr. Landis speaks to the YMCA about his work in Italy. Student Senate bans after-chapel scraps. Dr. Mohler re-forms the Mohler Scientific Club.
Dr. Landis speaks to the YMCA about his work in Italy. Student Senate bans after-chapel scraps. Dr. Mohler re-forms the Mohler Scientific Club.
Professors William W. Landis, Wilbur H. Norcross, and Craver return to the college after being absent. Professors Battenhouse and M. A. Dawber join faculty. Sophomores win annual flag scrap. Matriculation service is held. List of members of incoming class. Students who had left to serve in WWI return to the college. YMCA holds annual reception in honor of freshmen.
Week of Prayer is observed. Professor Landis recounts his war experiences. Dramatic Club elects officers.
The basketball season opens against Brooklyn Polytechnic. Statistics for the recently closed football season appear. A concert by basso Charles Trowbridge Titmann is announced for the following week. A banquet for the football team is held by the Athletic Association. The women's fraternities pledge 26 new members. An article appears written by an alumnus living in China on the nation's move towards modernization. The debate team holds its second round of try outs. An article about local support of Dickinson football appears. Professor W. W.
The Debating squad packs a full schedule for the spring, including the annual triangular debate with Gettysburg and Muhlenberg. The junior class has decided to dedicate the 1929 Microcosm to William Weidman Landis, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Dr. Samuel Parkers Cadman, President of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and well-known public speaker, will come to speak at Dickinson on Jan. 13th. The stylings of master impersonator William Sterling Battis are well received by students. The College Orchestra struggles with Chapel music.
Colonel Mathews brought in to teach the 'Pre-Induction Training Courses." Two Dickinson graduates begin aviation training. Dr. Landis, professor of Mathematics, dies. College staff member, George Shuman Jr, asks alumni for old issues of the Freshmen Handbook. A national survey discovers that fraternity members have higher grad averages than non-fraternity members.