1950-1959

Martha Lee Weis is a member of the Class of 1953.

Martha Lee Weis is a member of the Class of 1953.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Maxwell Anderson's Anne of the Thousand Days in March 1953. Students in this play include Philip Anderson, Suzanne Ritter, Lynn Forbes, Robert Freedman, and Alice Winett.

Robert Freedman and Alice Winett perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Maxwell Anderson's Anne of the Thousand Days in March 1953.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Maxwell Anderson's Anne of the Thousand Days in March 1953.

Front: Cody Brooks

Background: Robert Keuch, Alice Winett, Lynn Forbes

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Maxwell Anderson's Anne of the Thousand Days in March 1953.

Students in this play include John A. Yoder, Murray Eckell, Philip Anderson, Joan Trier, Robert Keuch, Suzanne Ritter, Lynn Forbes, and Gary Goodlin.

A scene from Dickinson College Little Theater's performance of Anne of a Thousand Days in March 1953. p>

Left to Right: Robert Freedman as Henry VIII, Alice Winett as Anne Boleyn, Cody Brooks as Cardinal Wolsey, John Yoder as Sir Thomas More, Eugene Chell as John Houghton, Francis O'Gorman as Bishop Fisher.

Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII embracing in a scene from Dickinson College Little Theater's production of Anne of a Thousand Days in March 1953.

Robert Freedman as Henry VIII and Alice Winett as Anne Boleyn.

A scene from Dickinson College Little Theater's production of Anne of a Thousand Days in March 1953.

Left to Right: Joan Trier as Jane Seymour, Alice Winett as Anne Boleyn, Lynn Forbes as Elizabeth Boleyn.

A scene from Dickinson College Little Theater's performance of Anne of a Thousand Days in March 1953.

Left to Right: Robert Keuch'53 as Thomas Boleyn, Robert Freedman as Henry VIII, Gary Goodlin '56 as Mark Smeaton.

Actors sitting around a table playing cards in a scene from the Little Theater's production of Anne of a Thousand Days in March 1953.

Standing: John Yoder '55 as Sir Thomas More, Murray Eckell '56 as Henry Norris, Phil Anderson '53 as Lord Norfolk, Lynn Forbes '55 as Elizabeth Boleyn.

Sitting: Robert Keuch '53 as Thomas Boleyn, Joan Trier '55 as Jane Seymour, Gary Goodlin '56 as Mark Smeaton, Suzanne Ritter '54 as Madge Shelton. 

Dr. Paul Rufus Burkholder '24 (center) receives the Priestley Award on March 10, 1953. 

Left: President Edel.  Right: John Watson Pedlow (Class of 1929 and Trustee)

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of A. A. Milne's The Dover Road in May 1953.

Pictured: Ted Phillips, Alma Balla, Willard Slifer, Mary Ellen Irwin, Wilma Hatter, Norman "Norm" McWhinney, Francis O'Gorman, and Herbert Jaffe

Herbert Jaffe ('55) and Anne Hollister ('54) perform in the Mermaid Players' production of A. A. Milne's The Dover Road in May 1953.

Norman "Norm" McWhinney ('53) and Mary Ellen Irwin perform in the Mermaid Players' production of A. A. Milne's The Dover Road in May 1953.

Phil Anderson performs as Inkwell and Ann "Nancy" Boyd ('53) as Pencil in the Mermaid Players' production of Alice Gerstenberg's The Pot Boiler in June 1953.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Alice Gerstenberg's The Pot Boiler in June 1953.

Pictured: Betty Lackey, Bob High, Norman "Norm" McWhinney ('53), Bob Keuch, Phil Anderson, Ann "Nancy" Boyd ('53), and Mary Ellen Irwin

Robert High performs as Mr. Woulby and Norman McWhinney ('53) as Mr. Sud in the Mermaid Players' production of Alice Gerstenberg's The Pot Boiler in June 1953.

A portrait of Benjamin Rush is visible in the background. 

View of the Baird Biology Building in October 1953.

President William Edel (Class of 1915) presents the football homecoming M.V.P trophy to Donald P. Bush Jr. (Class of 1954) in November 1953. Bush plays center and linebacker on the football team.

Two actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of The Importance of Being Earnest in November 1953.

Four actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of The Importance of Being Earnest in November 1953.

Two actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Antigone in December 1953.

Actors perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Antigone in December 1953.

Cody Brooks and Alice Winett perform in the Mermaid Players' production of Antigone in December 1953.