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, February 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • All of the District Attorneys of Dauphin Country were Dickinson alumni, including Carl B. Shelley (class of 1917), David S. Kohn (class of 1930), and E. LeRoy Keen (class of 1907).
  • Elisha Conover (class of 1884), Professor of classical languages at the University of Delaware, retired after half a century of uninterrupted absences.
  • Reviewers praised Lloyd W. Eshelman’s (class of 1923) new book on the Renaissance (Moulders of Destiny: Renaissance Lives and Times).
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) preached at the Harvard Memorial Church.
  • The Alumnus published additional diary entries from a student at Dickinson during the 1849-1850 academic year.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1938
Year
1938
Volume
15
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Jessup, Walter A.
Hitchler, Walter Harrison
McFarland, Horace J.
Shelley, Carl B.
Eshelman, Lloyd W.
Conover, Milton
Burns, Charles
Organizations
Library Guild
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Delta Theta
Belles Lettres Society
Phi Beta Kappa
American Philological Association
Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Other Topics
Financial Aid

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