1950-1959

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of the morality play "Everyman." The play is performed in association with Religion-in-Life Week on March 31 and April 1, 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Elmer Rice's Two on an Island in March 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Elmer Rice's Two on an Island in March 1955.

Pictured: Patricia "Pat" Simmons ('57), Richard "Dick" Van Deusen ('58), Anne E. Thompson ('56), and Gordon Brown Mowrer ('59)

Patricia "Pat" Simmons ('57) and Hillel Schwartz ('56) perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Elmer Rice's Two on an Island in March 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Volpone, written by Ben Jonson, in May 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Volpone, written by Ben Jonson, in May 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Volpone, written by Ben Jonson, in May 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Volpone, written by Ben Jonson, in May 1955.

Professor David I. Gleim carries the college mace as he leads the academic procession at a Commencement around 1955. President William Edel ('15) and Boyd Lee Spahr ('00) are directly behind Professor Gleim.

Alumni from the Class of 1920 celebrate their Thirty-fifth Reunion during Alumni Weekend in 1955.  Sadie Mindlin is in the back row, sixth from the left.

Members of the Class of 1920 pose for a group photo at their thirty-fifth reunion in June 1955.

Stock Hall in St. Paul's Lutheran Church is the location of the banquet celebrating the Twenty-fifth Reunion of the Class of 1930.

Wearing feathered headdresses the Class of 1930 is seated in Alumni Gymnasium during their Twenty-fifth reunion in June 1955.

Tom Beckley, a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, receives his commission certificate from President William Edel during Commencement. The event is held in the Alumni Gymnasium on June 12, 1955.

Students enter the Alumni Gymnasium for Commencement on June 12, 1955.

A student receives her diploma from President William Edel ('15) in the Alumni Gymnasium during Commencement on June 12, 1955.

Honorary degree recipient Robert Calder Gates ('15) speaks with President William Edel (right) during Commencement on June 12, 1955.

The Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony is held inside the Alumni Gymnasium during Commencement on June 12, 1955.  This occasion apparently marks the first time that the ceremony had been held at Dickinson.

The construction of Morgan Hall at the corner of High Street and Mooreland Avenue on August 30, 1955.

A northwest view of Baird Biology Building in the fall with a car parked outside, circa 1955.

Russell E. Marks is a member of the Class of 1926.

Two actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado in October 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado in October 1955.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta The Mikado in October 1955.

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) drill team performs on Biddle field for Parents' Day, October 22, 1955.