Richard J. Beamish Speaks to Dickinsonian

The Hon. Richard J. Beamish, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and guest of honor at the annual Dickinsonian banquet, spoke at said banquet on his experiences as a journalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Beamish condemned the monopolization of newspapers in America and recounted stories of his assignments, including President Herbert Hoover's trip to South America and the Scopes Trial. The banquet was held at the Molly Pitcher hotel in Carlisle.