Dickinson Alumnus, December 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Henry R. Isaacs (class of 1904) was appointed as a judge in Delaware and Earle D. Willey (class of 1911) was named Delaware Secretary of State.
  • The Annals of Medical History published an article about Dr. James Smith (class of 1792), a pioneer in vaccination.  
  • Dickinson opened a new dormitory located on Hanover Street, across from Metzger Hall, for up to 20 senior women. 
  • The Alumnus criticized the construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike through the Cumberland Valley. 
  • Reviewers acclaimed Lloyd W. Eshelman's (class of 1923) new book A Victorian Rebel.
  • Rev. Albert L. Baner (class of 1923) became superintendent of the New Brunswick district in the New Jersey Conference of the Methodist Church.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1940
Year
1940
Volume
18
People
Willey, Earle D.
Issacs, Henry R.
McIntosh, Joseph J.
Heller, Foster E.
Smith, James
Corson, Fred Pierce
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Parlin, W. A.
Eshelman, Lloyd W.
Kennedy, Howard E.
Baner, Albert L.
Rush, Benjamin
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Phi Kappa Psi
Football
Basketball
Other Topics
New Buildings
World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • New song book Songs of Dickinson, which was dedicated General Horatio C. King (class of 1858), was ready for publication at Commencement. 
  • Mary Love Collins (class of 1902), President of Chi Omega, attended a ceremony at the White House in which First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt awarded the National Achievement Award of Chi Omega to actress Katherine Cornell.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) discussed whether there were "too many college graduates" and explained how Dickinson helped graduates find jobs.
  • The Letort Hotel, located at the southeast corner of High and East Streets, was torn down and replaced by a gas station. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1937
Year
1937
Volume
14
People
Embick, Stanley D.
Straw, Zatae Longsdorf
Chamberlain, Leon
Corson, Fred Pierce
Collins, Mary Love
Linville, Edwin H.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred Pierce Corson (class of 1917) spoke at Professor Leon Cushing Prince's (class of 1898) funeral. 
  • The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church praised Dr. Julia Morgan (class of 1911) and Clara Bell Smith (class of 1911) for their missionary work in China. 
  • An anonymous faculty member wrote a short biography for former President James Henry Morgan's (class of 1878) 80th birthday, which the Alumnus reprinted.
  • Dr. Herbert Newhard Shenton (class of 1906), professor of sociology and head of that department at Syracuse University, died of a heart attack. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1937
Year
1937
Volume
14
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Prince, Leon Cushing
Dorey, J. Milnor
Swift, Charles Lowe
McAndrews, Richard H.
Shenton, Herbert N.
Morgan, Julia
Towers, Thomas J.
Morgan, James Henry
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Methodist Episcopal Church

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Charles S. Swope (class of 1925) was inaugurated as president of the West Chester State Teachers College. 
  • Ruby R. Vale (class of 1896) described Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn's (class of 1896) college life in "Recalls Admiral's Early Promise of Success." 
  • Dickinson faculty, alumni, and students paid tribute to Bradford O. McIntire, Professor Emeritus of English Literature and founder of the Library Guild, on his 80th birthday. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) addressed the Board of Trustees on Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney's (class of 1795) career. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1936
Year
1936
Volume
13
People
Swope, Charles S.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Stitzel, Elwood W.
Holloway, Fred G
Reynolds, Charles R.
Hepburn, Arthur J.
Ketterer, George H.
Vale, Ruby R.
Connolly, Charles Parker
McIntire, Bradford Oliver
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Taney, Roger Brooke
Hertzler, Joseph Z.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Board of Trustees
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Other Topics
Dickinsonians in Government
Dickinsonians in the Military

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Five professors and two graduate assistants joined Dickinson's faculty. 
  • Dickinson postponed the start of classes until October 3 in the wake of an infantile paralysis epidemic in some parts of Pennsylvania. 
  • The Library Quarterly analyzed students’ use of Dickinson's library. 
  • Professor Paul Herbert Doney died of a heart attack while trying to rescue his nine-year old son and Professor Wilbur H. Norcross (class of 1907) died at age 58. The Alumnus published President Fred Pierce Corson's (class of 1917) remarks at their funerals. 
  •  I. Howell Kane (class of 1921) discussed Dickinson's history in an article entitled "The Contribution of Dickinson to the Life of the Nation."
  • Dickinson hired seven new professors, including Benjamin D. James (class of 1934) and Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1941
Year
1941
Volume
19
People
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Hays, Raphael S.
James, Benjamin D.
Llewllyn, Robert H.
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Sanborn, William L.
Norcross, Wilbur Harrington
Corson, Fred Pierce
Doney, Paul H.
Herber, Elmer C.
Lazenby, Chandler
Kahler, Arthur D.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Madduz, James S.
Kane, I. Howell
Organizations
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church
Dickinson Football
Alumni Groups
Other Topics
World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project neared completion as construction workers removed the scaffolding. 
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) explained why the Board of Trustees decided to use March 3, 1773 as the date of Dickinson's founding instead of 1783. 
  • Princeton Professor Alpheus T. Mason (class of 1920) published a book (Bureaucracy Convicts Itself) about the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy during the Taft administration and how a democratic government can control civilians’ lives. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr donated several letters by John Dickinson and James Buchanan (class of 1809) as well as a copy of the Columbian Magazine that had an advertisement for Dickinson College.
  • Richard Henry Lindsey (class of 1939) became the youngest Postmaster in the United States.
  • W. Reese Hitchens (class of 1928) replaced Albert W. James (class of 1927) as Deputy Attorney General of Delaware.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1941
Year
1941
Volume
18
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Mason, Alpheus T.
Dickinson, John
Buchanan, James
Hitchens, W. Reese
Adams, Harold E.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Novack, John A.
Trayer, John K.
Organizations
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Alumni Groups
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Rain and a labor shortage delayed the rebuilding of Bosler Hall. 
  • Ten students received their pilot’s licenses in 1939 under the a program with the Civil Aeronautics Authority. President Fred Pierce Corson (class of 1917) approved a plan from the government to train another twenty students as pilots in 1940.
  • Lieutenant General Stanley D. Embick (class of 1897) was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve on the joint Canadian-American Board of Defense. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) donated a letter in which James Buchanan (class of 1809) discussed whether Democrats would nominate him as their candidate in the 1856 Presidential election.
  • Children of the late President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) donated papers from the 19th century that belonged to the Board of Trustees.
  • Rev. Dr. John C. Bieri (class of 1902) described his missionary work in South America.
  • The railroad station in Carlisle on West High Street was razed in order to build a gas station. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1940
Year
1940
Volume
18
People
Willey, Earle D.
Issacs, Henry R.
McIntosh, Joseph J.
Smith, James
Corson, Fred Pierce
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Kennedy, Howard E.
Baner, Albert L.
Rush, Benjamin
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Phi Kappa Psi
Dickinson Football
Basketball
Places
Senior House
Other Topics
New Buildings
World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project began as scheduled on April 1.
  • Dorothy V. Reeve (class of 1936) passed the New Jersey bar exam and was sworn in as the first woman attorney of Ocean County.
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzeller's (class of 1895) address to the Achievement Club of the Dictaphone Corporation on the Joys of Literature.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) discussed the administration's primary concerns every spring: final preparations for graduating seniors and selecting which prspective students to admit.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1940
Year
1940
Volume
17
People
Aydelotte, Frank
Heistand, Dean J. Thomas
Willoughby, Edwin E.
Hearn, Walter A.
Scarborough, Harry M.
Welliver, Lester A.
Pearson, John M.
Corson, Fred Pierce
McBride, William K.
MacAndrews, R.H.
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Tees, Francis H.
Reeve, Dorothy V.
Abbot, Charles G.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) delivered an address before the Association of American Colleges in Philadelphia on the possible future limitations on a private college’s freedom. 
  • The Soviets captured Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917) during the invasion of Poland and held him for six weeks until he was released during a prisoner exchange with Nazi Germany. Warfield had been working as a missionary in Warsaw.
  • Dr. Roy W. Mohler (class of 1917) was appointed as the attending obstetrician and gynecologist as well as chief of the outpatient department at a Philadelphia hospital.
  • Dickinson received a copy of William T. Kinzer's (class of 1860) diary. The Alumnus published extracts from the diary that revealed student life at Dickinson in the late 1850s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1940
Year
1940
Volume
17
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Mohler, Roy W.
Warfield, Gaither P.
Waltman, Donald B.
Kinzer, William T.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) died at the age of 83.
  • The Alumnus published President Fred Corson's (class 1917) and Pastor W. E. Hartman's addresses at Morgan's funeral as well as the Dickinsonian's editorial on Morgan’s personality.
  • The College awarded contracts for renovating Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Charles William Super (class of 1866) died, which made Dr. Thomas S. Dunning (class of 1867) the oldest living alumnus. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1939
Year
1939
Volume
17
People
Morgan, James Henry
Corson, Fred Pierce
Hartman, W. Emory
Super, Charles William
Dunning, Thomas S.
Hutchinson, William A.
Kahler, Arthur D.
Hogemyer, Harry B.
Young, William M.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Dickinson Football
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Professor Gaylord Hawkins Patterson retired and was named professor emeritus of sociology. 
  • The Atlantic Refining Company planned to broadcast eight of Dickinson's football games over the radio. 
  • New bleachers added 500 more seats to Biddle Field. 
  • Architects developed new plans for renovating Bosler Hall and submitted them to the Board of Trustees. 
  • The College acquired a letter from 1783 in which trustee William Bingham described his attempts to get financial support from the United Kingdom for Dickinson. The Alumnus published a transcript.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1939
Year
1939
Volume
17
People
Hering, George C.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Patterson, Gaylord Hawkins
Kahler, Arthur D.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Dickinson Football
Places
Biddle Field
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
Dickinson History