Dickinson Alumnus, September 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a recommendation for the construction of a new women's dormitory on the Mooreland campus. 
  • Dr. George H. Armacost (class of 1926) was elected president of the University of Redlands in California. 
  • Lieutenant J. E. Kennedy (class of 1942) sunk five ships of a Japanese convoy in a single night.
  • Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917) and his wife published their eye-witness account of the Nazi occupation in Poland in Call Us to Witness. 
  • Sgt. Charles Walter Benner Jr. (class of 1944), along with 32 other soldiers, escaped from a prison camp in Germany with 32 other soldiers and walked 500 miles to safety. 
  • Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935) became associate Professor of History at Dickinson.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1945
Year
1945
Volume
23
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Other Topics
Housing
World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed the potential impact of World War II on the college. 
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church. 
  • Rev. Albert M. Witwer (class of 1900) was reappointed superintendent of the North District of Philadelphia Conference. 
  • The Alumnus discussed whether or not James Buchanan (class of 1809) was a good Dickinsonian.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) praised Dr. Ruby R. Vale's new book, Some Legal Foundations of Society.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1941
Year
1941
Volume
19
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Richardson, Ernest G.
Flannery, J. Harold
Uttley, Wiliam W.
Vale, Ruby R.
Witwer, Albert M.
Woodside, Robert E. (Jr.)
Landis, William W.
Kauffman, Kurtz
Reese, Fred S.
Anstine, W. Burg
Buchanan, James
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Methodist Episcopal Church
Other Topics
World War II
Dickinsonians in Government

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Mrs. Paul Appenzellar (class of 1895) agreed to pay for alterations to the front of the President's House. 
  • Dickinson purchased five new properties to enlarge Biddle Field. 
  • The Board of Trustees approved plans to renovate the Mooreland House and rename it as the Baird Biology Building. 
  • Robert F. Rich (class of 1907) was elected to the House of Representatives. 
  • The Athletic Board of Control decided to withdraw Dickinson from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference at the end of the football season.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1936
Year
1936
Volume
14
People
Landis, Norman
Corson, Fred Pierce
Sellers, Montgomery Porter
Bonisteel, Roscoe O.
Rich, Robert F.
Jacobs, Robert Lee
Shuman, John T.
Kimmel, William G.
Revell, Fleming H.
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Woodside, Robert E. (Jr.)
Organizations
Alumni Council
Board of Trustees
Athletic Board
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
President's House
Biddle Field
Moore House
Baird Biology Building

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Railroad tracks on High Street in Carlisle were removed and rerouted north of town. 
  • Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882)  bequeathed one-half of his estate to Dickinson, which was the largest in the College's history. 
  • Dean M. Hoffman (class of 1902) was elected Phi Delta Theta national president. 
  • Whitfield J. Bell (class of 1935) discussed the Belles Lettres Literary Society's 150 year history. 
  • Delaware Republicans nominated Harry L. Cannon (class of 1899) and George C. Hering Jr. (class of 1917) for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, respectively. 
  • King Edward VIII honored Dr. J. Roy Strock (class of 1903), Head of the Andhra Christian College in India, with the Kaiser-i-Hind medal, first class.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1936
Year
1936
Volume
14
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Stauffer, S. Walter
Price, Harry Linwood
Hoffman, Dean M.
Cannon, Harry L.
Strock, J. Roy
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Hering, George C.
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Belles Lettres Society
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Dickinson Football
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Carlisle

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, May 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the reconstruction of Bosler Hall in a style similar to that of Old West. 
  • Maria Dickinson Logan, great-granddaughter of John Dickinson, bequeathed John Dickinson relics to the college. 
  • Walter A. Hearn (class of 1914), John M. Pearson (class of 1918), and F. LaMont Henninger (class of 1924) were appointed District Superintendents in their respective conferences by the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
  • The Who’s Who in America magazine published a two-page biography of Dr. Charles William Super (class of 1866), the oldest living Dickinson Alumnus. 
  • The Alumnus printed Lieutenant Colonel Edgar E. Hume's remarks at Founders' Day in which he discussed the similarities between Dickinson and the Society of Cincinnati.
  • Graduates of Conway Hall, the Dickinson preparatory school, formed an alumni group. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1939
Year
1939
Volume
16
People
Parlin, W. A.
Dickinson-Logan, Maria
Dickinson, John
Fox, Dixon Ryan
Drew, James B.
Houck, Frank M. L.
Hollinger, D. Wilson
Wilkinson, Howard Sargent
Pennell, Joseph R.
Reese, Fred S.
Hitchler, Walter Harrison
Hearn, Walter A.
Pearson, John M.
Henninger, F. LaMont
Bayley, Francis R.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Warner, Wellman J.
Sharp, W. Howard
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Methodist Episcopal Church
Omicron Delta Kappa
Conway Hall Alumni Association
Places
Bosler Hall
Conway Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings
Dickinson History

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, December 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After 29 years on the bench, Hammond Urner (class of 1890) retired as head of the Sixth Judaical Circuit of Maryland. 
  • Trustee S. Walter Stauffer (class of 1912) and George H. Hummel, a trustee at Gettysburg College, donated a trophy that would be awarded to the winner of the annual Dickinson-Gettysburg football game. 
  • Dickinson held the 30th anniversary Doll Show.
  • Princeton University Professor Alpheus Thomas Mason (class of 1920) published a new book, The Brandeis Way: A Case Study in the Workings of Democracy. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1938
Year
1938
Volume
16
People
Morford, James R.
Williams, George S.
Flannery, J. Harold
Rich, Robert F.
Stevenson, George B.
Moser, Frank S.
Auker, Charles A.
Achterman, Leo A.
Urner, Hammond
Hollinger, D. Wilson
Corson, Fred Pierce
Trayer, John K.
Kahler, Arthur D.
Wickert, Erwin
Craver, Forrest E.
Mason, Alpheus T.
McComas, Joseph P.
Eddy, Milton W.
Herber, Elmer C.
Miller, Harold L.
Davidson, Robert
Nisbet, Charles
Harris, Lynn Harold
Organizations
Alumni Council
Dickinson Football
Board of Trustees
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Basketball
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Dickinsonians in Government
Athletics

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson leased the William H. Parker home on North Hanover street as a women’s dorm. 
  • Five Dickinsonians were nominated for offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. 
  • The Faculty made a number of changes to the curriculum, including requiring that freshman and sophomores receive a broader background in English composition. 
  • The Alumnus published Professor Thomas Cooper's letter of resignation, which revealed difficulties at the college in the 1810s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1938
Year
1938
Volume
16
People
Warner, Wellman J.
Hartman, W. Emory
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Novak, John A.
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Parlin, W. A.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Ayres, Frank (Jr.)
Kahler, Arthur D.
Cooper, Thomas
Organizations
Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Trustees
Places
Denny Hall
Metzger Hall
Parker House
Biddle Field
Hotel James Wilson
Other Topics
Dickinson History
Curriculum Changes
New Buildings

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

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a proposal to publish a new Dickinson Song Book. Dickinson's chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa sponsored the publication. 
  • Retired Professor Ovando B. Super (class of 1873) died at age 88. 
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) Homecoming address. 
  • Dr. Fred W. Mohler (class of 1914) featured in an article about his recent "stratosphere flight" with the National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps. Mohler was head of the Atomic Section, US Bureau of Standards. 
  • Joseph Clemens (class of 1894) described a recent trip in "Finds Thrills and Pleasures in New Guinea." 
  • Clarence Shepherd (class of 1910) reviewed the Belles Lettres Society's 111 year history. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1935
Year
1935
Volume
13
People
Super, O. B.
Mohler, Fred W.
Clemens, Joseph
Chambers, George Gailey
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Events
Homecoming
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Belles Lettres Society
Other Topics
Song Book

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1935

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) opened the new school year with an address entitled "College an Aptitude Test for Life." 
  • Marjorie L. McIntire (class of 1910) became the first woman elected to the Alumni Council. 
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described a recent trip in "Four Thousand Miles Across Africa."
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzellar's (class of 1895) address at his 40th reunion after "unusual demand for copies of the speech."
  • Roy N. Keiser (class of 1906) and J. J. Bunting (class of 1908) became district superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and Wilmington, respectively.
  • Charles L. Swift (class of 1904), a former dean of Conway Hall, became member of the College faculty. 
  • Reviewers praised Dr. Edwin Elliot Willoughby's (class of 1922) new book, A Printer of Shakespeare: The Books and Times of William Jaggard.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1935
Year
1935
Volume
13
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
McIntire, Marjorie L.
Swift, Charles Lowe
McConnell, Francis J.
Pettinos, Charles E.
Richards, Robert H.
Keiser, Roy N.
Bunting, John J.
Heller, Foster E.
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Council
Places
Conway Hall
Other Topics
Elections

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1933

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Karl Waugh resigned in June and the Board of Trustees appointed James H. Morgan (class of 1878) as acting President. 
  • The College celebrated the Sesqui-Centennial Commencement in June. 
  • Captain James J. Patterson (class of 1859) told the story of how he captured his old roommate, David D. Stone (class of 1859), in the Battle of Spotsylvania during the Civil War. Paterson served in the Union army while Stone fought for the Confederates. 
  • Edward M. Biddle (class of 1905) and Sumner M. Drayer (class of 1902) were elected trustees of the College. 
  • The Carlisle branch of the American Association of University Women established the Mary Curran Morgan (class of 1888) Memorial Fellowship Fund to provide financial aid to women attending Dickinson. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1933
Year
1933
Volume
11
People
Stewart, W. Blair
Patterson, James J.
Biddle, Edward MacFunn
Drayer, Sumner M.
Morgan, Mary Curran
Wilkinson, Howard Sargent
Bunting, John J.
Organizations
American Association of University Women
State Federation of Pennsylvania Women
Board of Trustees
Other Topics
Scholarship

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1934

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees elected Dr. Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) as the next President of the College. Before starting the new position, President-elect Corson's family departed from California on a three month world cruise. James H. Morgan (class of 1878) served as Acting President since Dr. Karl T. Waugh's resignation. 
  • The College secured a Federal Emergency Relief Administration grant, which allowed 68 students to work part-time jobs at Dickinson and earn up to $150 during the academic year. 
  • The Board of Trustees established the Dickinson College Athletic Board consisting of eight members to handle athletic affairs at the College. 
  • The Alumnus published John Dickinson's 1934 Commencement address entitled "Political Thought of John Dickinson." Dickinson worked as  United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  • John S. Bursk, a member of the Board of Trustees from 1895 to 1912 as well as Treasurer and Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings for fifteen years, died in August 1934.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1934
Year
1934
Volume
12
People
Morgan, James Henry
Corson, Fred Pierce
Bursk, John S.
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Athletic Board
Other Topics
Employment

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed remodeling East College, increasing tuition, and limiting the number of female students admitted. 
  • Dr. Richard C. Norris (class of 1884) venerated as surgeon-in-chief in charge of the Preston Retreat maternity hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
  • Prof. Earnest Albert Vuilleumier invented a device called the Dickinson Solids Hydrometer. 
  • Alumni formed the Dickinson Club of Carlisle and elected Merkel Landis (class of 1896) as president.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1924
Year
1924
Volume
2
People
MacFarland, J. Horace
Norris, Richard C.
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Dorey, J. Milnor
Landis, Merkel
Morgan, James Henry
Kephart, John W.
Miller, J. Lane
Harris, Fredrick B.
Flynn, John William
Rushton, Edward W.
Ganoe, William Adderman
Events
Old Home Week
Organizations
Dickinson Club of Carlisle
Board of Trustees
Places
East College
Other Topics
Reunions
Athletic Eligibility

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed expanding campus with the purchase of the Mooreland Track.
  • Harry L. Price (class of 1896), president of the Alumni Association, suggested moving John Dickinson's grave from Wilmington, Delaware, to Carlisle.
  • President Karl Waugh's inauguration took place during Commencement in June 1932.
  • The Tome Scientific Building's basement became a special laboratory for physical chemistry.
  • Rev. John J. Snavely (class of 1904) became a district superintendent for the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. 
  • Kappa Sigma moved out of East College and into a new fraternity house, which was located at the northeast corner of College and Louther Streets. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932
Year
1932
Volume
10
People
Price, Harry Linwood
Snavely, John J.
Feroe, Robvert A.
Duke, Charles B.
Post, Edwin
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Dickinson, John
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Kappa Sigma
Varsity Football
Board of Trustees
Places
Tome
Mooreland Park
East College
Other Topics
John Dickinson
Enrollment
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Karl Tinsley Waugh officially assumed his duties as Dickinson's President in January 1932.
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Anti-Saloon League of America.
  • Students organized the second inter-religious harmony seminar, which featured "frank discussions by Jews, Protestants, and Catholics."
  • Dr. George Gailey Chambers (class of 1902) and Dr. J. Horace MacFarland were elected to the Board of Trustees.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his experience as a United States delegate to the 15th International Navigation Conference in "Seeing Italy Officially."
  • James M. Franciscus, caretaker of Biddle Field since 1908, died at age 73.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932
Year
1932
Volume
9
People
Chambers, George Gailey
MacFarland, J. Horace
Richardson, Ernest G.
Franciscus, James M.
McFarland, J. Horace
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Anti-Saloon League of America
Places
Bosler Hall
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Prohibition

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Board of Trustees elected Dr. Karl Tinsley Waugh as the new President of the College.
  • Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed as a naval adviser to the United States delegation at the general disarmament conference in Geneva.
  • Charles C. Greer (class of 1892) and William W. Uttley (class of 1894) were elected as judges in Pennsylvania. 
  • Phi Delta Theta opened a new fraternity house, located directly opposite of East College on N. West street.
  • The Alumnus printed Dr. Wilbur F. Horn's (class of 1869) "Some Observations and Reflections on Energy," which was originally published in 1927 following Albert Einstein's announcement regarding a new unified field theory.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1931
Year
1931
Volume
9
People
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Hepburn, Arthur J.
Greer, Charles C.
Uttley, Wiliam W.
Gearhard, Ethan A.
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Places
Phi Delta Theta House
Other Topics
Judicial Appointment

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Extensive improvements were made to several buildings on campus, including repairs to Metzger Hall and adding new rooms in Denny Hall. 
  •  Judge Edward W. Biddle (class of 1870), former President of the Board of Trustees, died at age 79 and left $4,000 to Dickinson's Library Guild.
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) was elected President of the Board of Trustees. 
  • Harry Linwood Price (class of 1896) was elected President of the General Alumni Association. 
  • Deputy Attorney-General Earle D. Willey (class of 1911) was appointed judge of Kent County in Delaware.
  • Daniel Moore Bates donated a portrait of his grandfather, Daniel Moore Bates (class of 1839), a former Chancellor of Delaware. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1931
Year
1931
Volume
9
People
Biddle, Edward William
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Price, Harry Linwood
Bates, Daniel Moore
Willey, Earle D.
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Library Guild
Places
Metzger Hall
Denny Hall
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House
Old West
Other Topics
Judicial Appointment
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, April 1931

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Mervin Grant Filler (class of 1893) died at age 57 in Philadelphia. 
  • Hundreds of students, alumni, and faculty attended President Filler's funeral at Allison Memorial Methodist Church.
  • The Board of Trustees appointed former President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) as temporary President
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Dickinson Alumnus, April 1931
Year
1931
Volume
8
People
Morgan, James Henry
Filler, Mervin Grant
Events
Death
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Places
Allison Hall
Allison Memorial Methodist Church
Other Topics
Funeral

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After renovations, Conway Hall opened as a freshman dorm and the football headquarters. Improvements were also made to Biddle Field, the tennis courts, Mooreland Inn, and the Phi Delta Theta house. 
  • The Board of Trustees increased the annual salary of full professors to $4000 and developed plans to establish sabbaticals. 
  • Robert Nelson Spencer (class of 1903), formerly a rector at an Episcopal church, became Bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri. 
  • The Class of 1910 presented to the college the flagpole located on the the academic quad during their 20th reunion. 
  • The Class of 1895 presented the gateway located at the corner of N. West and W. Louther streets during their 35th reunion.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1930
Year
1930
Volume
7
People
Hitchler, Walter Harrison
Sockman, Ralph W.
Yocum, A. Duncan
Dunning, James, E.
Watkins, William E.
Nelson, Robert
Biddle, Edward William
Events
Alumni Parade
Organizations
Dickinson Football
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Places
Conway Hall
Biddle Field
Tennis Courts
Phi Delta Theta House
Mooreland Inn
Flagpole
Other Topics
Class Gifts
Renovation
Salary Increase

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees authorized an increase in enrollment to 600 students.
  • Commander William W. Edel (class of 1915), a Navy Chaplain, helped sponsor the construction of a non-sectarian memorial chapel at a US Naval Air Station in New Jersey. 
  • Rev. W. Galloway Tyson (class of 1915) was appointed superintendent of the West District of Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal church. 
  • Howard W. Selby (class of 1913) was nominated for the office of Director of Rotary International. 
  • Dr. Earl S. Johnston (class of 1913), an associate at the Smithsonian Institute, succeeded in growing tomatoes without soil in a laboratory. 
  • Reverend Ralph L. Minker (class of 1920) officiated Delaware's first airplane wedding, with the couple saying their vows at 3,000 feet.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1930
Year
1930
Volume
7
People
Edel, William Wilcox
Tyson, W. Galloway
Selby, Howard W.
Johnston, Earl S.
Minker, Ralph L.
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Other Topics
Enrollment
Science

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • A group of alumni donated a portrait of James Wilson, one of Dickinson's founders.
  • Professor Leon C. Prince sustained serious injury after a severe car crash on the way back from the Dickinson Club of Washington.
  • Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) was appointed superintendent of the Brooklyn South District of the Methodist Episcopal church.
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) asked alumni to send in Dickinsoniana for display in the new museum located in Old West.
  • Brigadier General Frank R. Keefer (class of 1885), who served as an assistant Surgeon during the Spanish-American War, described "an act of valor he performed" during the conflict.
  • Professor John F. Mohler (class of 1887), head of the Physics department for 34 years, died at the age of 65.
  • Former President George Edward Reed died at the age of 83. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1930
Year
1930
Volume
7
People
Harper, Warren J.
Wilson, James
Mohler, Fred J.
Snyder, William S.
Parlin, W. A.
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Corson, Fred Pierce
Prince, Leon Cushing
Organizations
Alumni Council
Board of Trustees
Physics Department
Places
Old West
Other Topics
Election
Spanish-American War

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College revealed plans for extensive improvements, including remodeling Old West, Denny Hall, Biddle Field, and furnishing Conway Hall. 
  • The Board of Trustees recognized former President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) and Professor Bradford O. McIntire for their years of service to the school. Trustees established a Morgan Lectureship Fund and appointed McIntire as Professor Emeritus, the fist in Dickinson's history.
  • Charles K. Zug (class of 1880), a former member of the Alumni Council and Board of Trustees, died in his home.
  • Brothers from the Class of 1870, Philip L. Cannon and trustee Henry P. Cannon, died within two months of each other.
  • Roscoe O. Bonisteel (class of 1912) was elected to the office of most worshipful grand master of the grand lodge of Masons of Michigan.
  • The Alumnus published photographs from the Alumni Parade held in June 1929. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1929
Year
1929
Volume
6
People
Zug, Charles Keller
Cannon, Philip L.
Cannon, Henry Pervis
Morgan, James Henry
Ballard, Ellis Ames
Arters, John Manley
McIntire, Bradford Oliver
Bonisteel, Roscoe O.
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Council
Places
Denny Hall
Biddle Field
Bosler Hall
Conway Hall
Old West
Other Topics
Campus Improvements