1950-1959

A team spirit display created by the Kappa Sigma fraternity for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 10, 1951. The display depicts a man in an academic robe holding the college mace chasing a football player with an "H" on the front of his uniform. The caption for the display reads "We're not standing on ceremony this time."

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity creates this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 10, 1951. The display depicts the Johns Hopkins mascot, a blue jay, caught in the middle of a maze. The title for the display is "Trapped by Dickinson's Maze!" There is also a story to the left of the title banner which ends with "And her Victory will be won."

Two women stand on either side of a banner welcoming alumni to Homecoming on November 10, 1951.  

The banner reads: "Four seasons are past and gone, And Homecoming is here. We welcome back to Dickinson Alums from far and near."

Three actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Othello in December 1951.

View of Drayer Hall from Morgan field in June 1952.

View of students in the second floor lounge of Drayer Hall in 1952.

The 1952 football team poses for a group picture.

First row: H. Robert Gasull, Andrew Padjen, George W. Slingland, Joseph T. Kunda, Gordon L. Haney, John C. Smith, Arthur S. Bond, George E. "Ned" Harshaw, Raymond C. Phillips, J.D. Brilliant, Paul C. Tarr

Second row: Howard J. Kline, Donald P. Allegretto, D. Richard Terry, David H. Orbock, Donald P. Bush, John T. Whittemore, Richard E. Johe, Harry F. Packer, Robert L. Jones, John A. Yoder

Third row: Joseph M. Minkevitch, Frank M. Schwartz, Grey F. Rolland, George Padjen, George A. "Chip" Mauro, Richard T. Desvernine, Joseph M. King, Andrew C. Lynch, Craig D. Wyckoff, Donald H. Yost

Fourth row: David C. Tintle, Charles M. Garwood, Lynn Weiser, Harold J. Kissell, Robert E. Mitzell, Gerald Kress, George J. Spengler, Hughey W. Haughney, James L. Nellas, Andrew A. Cominsky

View of Adrian Ban Kwie Lauw-Zecha (far right) with his parents, brothers, and President William Edel. Lauw-Zecha is a member of the Class of 1952.

View of Adrian Ban Kwie Lauw-Zecha (far right) with his parents, brothers, and President William Edel. Lauw-Zecha is a member of the Class of 1952.

Edwin "Ed" John Martin is a member of the Class of 1952.

The Men's Lacrosse team in 1952.

First Row: Head Coach Francis W. Warlow, Walter E. Munns, William B. Suter, Ronald L. McGowan, John C. Smith, Howard L. Robins, Arthur S. Thomas - Manager

Second Row: Earl V. Lynam, John A. Yoder, S. George Rhood, Anthony J. Pileggi Jr., Edward N. Adourian

Third Row: William B. Comly Jr., Robert H. Krischker Jr., Garrison P. Knox Jr., Theodore R. Bonwit, Irwin C. Hollander, John F. Birkmeyer Jr. - Manager

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on Biddle field in 1952.

A live-action shot of the starting lineup during a 1952 game.  The shot is taken near the opponent's 30 yard line.

President William Wilcox Edel stands next to Sir Hugh Stott Taylor (left) as he receives the first ever Joseph Priestley Award on March 20, 1952 for his research and teaching in chemistry.

Professor Whitfield Bell's American Cultural History class in spring 1952. Professor Bell is a member of the Class of 1935.

View of the Drayer Hall dedication ceremony on May 1, 1952.

Students eating in the Drayer Hall dining hall in May 1952.

View of the dining hall in Drayer Hall, which was located on the lower level.

The Follies transport the audience to ancient Egypt in one of their earliest productions, "The Sphinx Winks." Students wrote this original musical comedy, which revolves around the hopeless love triangle of Caesar, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony.

The Follies transport the audience to ancient Egypt in one of their earliest productions, "The Sphinx Winks." Students wrote this original musical comedy, which revolves around the hopeless love triangle of Caesar, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony.

The Follies transport the audience to ancient Egypt in one of their earliest productions, "The Sphinx Winks." Students wrote this original musical comedy, which revolves around the hopeless love triangle of Caesar, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony.

The Follies transport the audience to ancient Egypt in one of their earliest productions, "The Sphinx Winks." Students wrote this original musical comedy, which revolves around the hopeless love triangle of Caesar, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony.

The Follies transport the audience to ancient Egypt in one of their earliest productions, "The Sphinx Winks." Students wrote this original musical comedy, which revolves around the hopeless love triangle of Caesar, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony.

A group picture taken in Memorial Hall on the occasion of the Founders Day Convocation, May 1, 1952.  This special Founders Day, in honor of Dickinson women, was held to celebrate the dedication of Drayer Hall, the first residence hall built by the college for the express purpose of housing women students.

Front Row, left to right: Edith Alice Ford, Marianne Craig Moore, William Wilcox Edel, and Millicent Todd Bingham.

Back Row, left to right: Vashti Burr Whittington, Cora L. Handwork (class of 1914), Ethel Wagg Selby (class of 1915), Josephine Brunyate Meredith (class of 1901), and Mary Love Collins (class of 1902)