Dickinson Alumnus, May 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War, Chaplain Alfred Cookman Oliver Jr. (class of 1907) was rescued and met with his old friend, General Douglas MacArthur, in the Philippines.
  • Several alumni were killed in action, including Lt. Peter Marco (class of 1932), Capt. William P. Reckeweg (class of 1937), Lt. Val D. Sheafer Jr. (class of 1943), Lt. Thomas Lloyd Rockwell (class of 1945), and PFC Samuel T. Harvey (class of 1946).
  • The General Alumni Association donated 140 books for a library on the SS Dickinson Victory
  • Clara J. Leaman (class of 1913) sailed from Philadelphia to start her missionary work in India.
  • The Alumnus published "Conway: Humanitarian, Critic, and Man of Letters," Dr. Frank Gees Black's (class of 1921) paper on Moncure Conway (class of 1849).
  • Rev. W. Lynn Crowding (class of 1925) was appointed a District Superintendent in Central Pennsylvania.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1945
Year
1945
Volume
22
People
Conway, Moncure
Oliver, Alfred Cookman (Jr.)
Marco, Peter
Reckeweg, William P.
Sheafer, Val D. (Jr.)
Rockwell, Thomas Lloyd
Harvey, Samuel T.
Leaman, Clara J.
Black, Frank Gees
Crowding, W. Lynn
Organizations
Alumni Association
Other Topics
World War II
SS Dickinson Victory
Reprints

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees considered plans for rebuilding Bosler Hall. 
  • Dr. Benjamin Rush and Judge Frederick Watts (class of 1819) were elected to the new Pennsylvania Agriculture Hall of Fame. 
  • Phi Kappa Sigma named Murray H. Spahr (class of 1912) as their national president. 
  • The Mathematical Association of America named Dr. Walter B. Carver (class of 1899) as president.
  • Dr. Harold H. Longsdorf's (class of 1879) contributions to education were highlighted in "Credit Longsdorf with Rural School Consolidation." 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1939
Year
1939
Volume
16
People
Stough, Mulford
Corson, Fred Pierce
Everhart, Edgar S.
Rush, Benjamin
Watts. Frederick
Spahr, Murray H.
Carver, Walter B.
Kerr, Andrew
Longsdorf, Harold H.
Norcross, Wilbur Harrington
Wickert, Erwin
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Organizations
Alumni Association
Board of Trustees
Phi Kappa Sigma
Places
Bosler Hall
Mooreland Park
Other Topics
New Buildings
Dickinsonians in Government

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Fund raised over $7500 for the College.
  • English Professor Bradford Oliver McIntire, who taught at Dickinson from 1890 to 1929, died at age 81. 
  • Dr. Ralph Pemberton donated a portrait of Thomas Williams (class of 1825) and wrote about him in "A Sketch of the Life of Thomas Williams."
  • Eva B. Armstrong, a curator at the University of Pennsylvania, discussed Professor Thomas Cooper's life in "A Word Picture of Professor Thomas Cooper." The College received a portrait of Professor Cooper earlier in the year.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1938
Year
1938
Volume
15
People
Cooper, Thomas
Williams, Thomas
McIntire, Bradford Oliver
Ziegler, Charles Edward
Brown, Arthur H
Williams, J. Merrill
Corson, Fred Pierce
Organizations
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Library Guild
Microcosm
Board of Trustees
Phi Beta Kappa
Alumni Council
Alumni Association
Women's Glee Club
Athletic Advisory Council
Psi Upsilon
Other Topics
Media Relations
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus reprinted President Fred P. Corson's (class of 1917) report to the Board of Trustees entitled "A Philosophy for the Liberal Arts Colleges."
  • A crowd of 6,000 watched Dickinson's football team defeat Gettysburg College, which marked the team's first undefeated season in 20 years. 
  • Thomas J. Towers (class of 1904) was elected a justice of the City Court of New York.
  • Howard E. Moses (class of 1898) was appointed chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
  • A Dickinson student's diary entries during the 1849-1850 academic year revealed student life in the period before the Civil War.
  • Dean Ernest A. Vuilleumier invented a vapor pressure apparatus to measure the vapor pressure of volatile liquids.
  • Christian Gauss, Dean of Princeton University, delivered an address to Dickinson's Phi Beta Kappa chapater entitled "The Standard of Living of The Education Man."
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1937
Year
1937
Volume
15
People
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Corson, Fred Pierce
Kahler, Arthur D.
Norcross, Wilbur Harrington
White, Mary R.
Lazenby, Chandler
Perry, Clayton C.
Richards, Karl E.
Towers, Thomas J.
Moses, Howard E.
Organizations
Alumni Council
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Phi Epsilon Pi
Board of Trustees
Committee of the Pennsylvania College Presidents' Association
Alumni Association
Football
Places
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Athletics