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, 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, 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

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, 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, February 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • With a model of the proposed Gymnasium on display in the library, alumni were asked for contributions.
  • Rev. Edmund Davison Soper (class of 1898), Dean of the School of Religion and Vice-President at Duke University, featured in an article that detailed his life's achievements.  
  • West Nottingham Academy Headmaster J. Paul Slaybaugh (class of 1921) honored Benjamin Rush with a memorial gateway on their campus in Colora, Maryland.
  • Dr. Frank M. L. Houck (class of 1910) became assistant director of Johns Hopkins Hospital. 
  • Professor Henry Vethake's 1827 catalog was discovered and became the earliest bound catalog in the college's possession. 
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The College and the "Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching," the final article a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1927
Year
1927
Volume
4
People
Soper, Edmund Davison
Rush, Benjamin
Houck, Frank M. L.
Morgan, James Henry
Reed, George Edward
Organizations
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Places
Library
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Gymnasium
Dickinson History
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1934

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Captain James J. Patterson (class of 1859) died at the age of 95 in January 1933. James Lester Shipley (class of 1860) became the next oldest living alumnus. 
  • Fifty seven students, including twelve women, received part-time jobs through the State Emergency Relief Board. These students earned between $15 to $20 per month as they rebuilt college walkways, made charts for various departments, and created biographical alumni cards.
  • Reviewers praised President James Morgan's (class of 1878) new book, Dickinson College: The History of One Hundred and Fifty Years, 1783-1933.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1934
Year
1934
Volume
11
People
Patterson, James J.
Shipley, J. Lester
Events
Death
Organizations
State Emergency Relief Board
Other Topics
Employment
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1925

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Professor Mervin G. Filler (class of 1893) discussed the college's use of intelligence tests.
  • Joseph M. Burns, the new superintendent of grounds and buildings, ordered for all dorms in Old West to be converted to academic spaces.
  • The Fraternity Alumni Council discussed several proposals, including changing rushing rules and eligibility requirements.
  • Trustee Melville Gambrill bequeathed $150,000, which was the largest gift in the college's history.
  • President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) reflected on his own experiences as a student athlete in "Athletics in Pennsylvania Colleges: Sketches of Some Evils and a Proposed Remedy."
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "Certain Early Experiences," the fourth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1925
Year
1925
Volume
3
People
Keefer, Frank R.
Filler, Mervin Grant
Gambrill, Melville
Wood, J. Perry
Hillman, Conway Wing
Organizations
Theta Chi
Phi Kappa Psi
Alpha Chi Rho
Fraternity Alumni Council
Committee of the Pennsylvania College Presidents' Association
Places
Old West
Other Topics
Dickinson History
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1925

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Chief Marshal "Ham" Bacon (class of 1902) lead the Alumni Parade wearing a tutu, smoking a cigar, and twirling a parasol.
  • The Class of 1905 dedicated the William Lambert Gooding (class of 1874) Gateway, located by East College on N. West Street.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "Memories of "Old East" and "Old West," the third in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • Over 300 students attended the Methodist Episcopal Church's Summer School of Religious Education held at Dickinson in July 1925.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1925
Year
1925
Volume
3
People
Lukeman, Augustus
Smith, Edgar Fahs
Evans, Thomas
Chambers, George Gailey
Quimby, Karl K.
Tricket, William
Reed, George Edward
McCauley, Andrew
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Organizations
Phi Kappa Beta
Carlisle Club
Interfraternity Council
Places
Old West
Other Topics
Memoir
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1925

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "Inauguration and Early Experiences," the second in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • The American Council of Education tested freshmen to evaluate the school's comparative ranking. 
  • Former President James Andrew McCauley was honored on Alumni day during the dedication of the McCauley Room in Old West .
  • Ten Dickinsonians served as District Superintendents for the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  • John Bannister Gibson (class of 1798) was one of Pennsylvania's leading jurists.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1925
Year
1925
Volume
2
People
McCauley, James Andrew
Reed, George Edward
Filler, Mervin Grant
Lighter, Joseph K.
Gibson, John Bannister
Events
Rousing Rally
Organizations
American Council of Education
Dickinson Football
Places
Old West
Other Topics
Memoir
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1925

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "How I Became President of Dickinson," the first in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • Treasurer John Bursk reported that the college's debt had decreased and that the endowment had increased since President James Henry Morgan's inauguration in 1914.
  • Paul P. Appenzellar (class of 1895) was recognized for his remarkable financial influence in New York. 
  • Nine senior women formed an honorary society called Wheel and Chain. 
  • Dr. Milton W. Eddy, professor of biology, discovered a small fire in the basement of Conway Hall.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1925
Year
1925
Volume
2
People
Reed, George Edward
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Rich, Robert F.
Kistler, Robert W.
Stine, Henry M.
Organizations
Sigma Chi
Dickinson Football
Almuni Association
Wheel and Chain
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Basketball
Places
Conway Hall
Other Topics
Alumni Association Membership
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1933

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Plans for the Sesqui-Centennial Commencement in June included a ball, pageant, and an Alumni luncheon on the new Mooreland tract.
  • Alumni formed new clubs in Boston and Reading.
  • The Alumni Council helped organize the first vocational conference held at Dickinson. 
  • Trustee J. Horace McFarland praised James Henry Morgan's (class of 1878) forthcoming book on the history of Dickinson College. 
  • R. Y. Stuart (class of 1903), Chief Forester of the US Forest Service, described the impact of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unemployment relief bill in "That 250,000" Man Job." 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1933
Year
1933
Volume
10
People
Stuart, Robert Y.
Shilling, John
Conover, Milton
Armstrong, William L.
Evaul, Harry
Morgan, James Henry
Events
Sesqui-Centennial Commencement
Organizations
Alumni club
Alumni Council
Places
Mooreland Park
Other Topics
Scholarship
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Frank R. Keefer (class of 1885) was appointed senior colonel of the Medical Corps by President Calvin Coolidge.
  • Dickinson, Gettysburg, Franklin & Marshall, Muhlenberg, and Ursinus formed the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
  • The Athletic Conference Symposium adopted a new set of eligibility rules for the schools in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. 
  • Students raised money to support Dickinson professors and alumni teaching in China.
  • James Gordon Steese (class of 1902), president of the Alaska Road Commission, was appointed Brigadier General of the Alaska National Guard.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "A Period of Construction," the eighth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1926
Year
1926
Volume
4
People
James, Arthur H.
Quimby, Chester W.
Omwake, George L.
Apple, Henry H.
Morgan, James Henry
Keefer, Frank R.
Steese, James Gordon
Reed, George Edward
Events
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Formed
Organizations
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Theta Chi
Dickinson Football
Phi Beta Kappa
Department of English
Places
Theta Chi Fraternity House
China
Other Topics
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President of the General Alumni Association, Lemuel Towers (class of 1882), asked Alumni to pledge money for the construction of a new gymnasium. 
  • George W. Pedlow (class of 1901) led a costume parade on Alumni Day dressed as a Roman gladiator in a horse-drawn cart.
  • The Board of Trustees increased professors' salaries and student charges. 
  • The Dickinsonian's poll found that an overwhelming majority of the student body was in favor of Prohibition.
  • The Class of 1906 presented the Gateway located at the corner of West High and North College streets.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The Faculty From 1889 to 1911," the seventh in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1926
Year
1926
Volume
4
People
Pedlow, George W.
Cadman, S. Parkes
Shenton, Herbert N.
Shafer, Glenn M.
Lew, Edwin
Mowbray, Edwin T.
Reed, George Edward
Events
Alumni Day
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Council
The Dickinsonian
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Prohibition
Salary Increase
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson recognized trustee Edward W. Biddle (class of 1870) for his generous donation of Biddle Field as well as his lifelong history of contributions. 
  • The Athletic Committee named S. Marsh Johnson as the new Director of Athletics.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The Founding of the Dickinson School of Law," the sixth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • A previously unknown letter, written by James Buchanan (class of 1809) as the Minister to Russia, revealed information about life at the imperial court of Nicholas I in 1832.
  • Martha Steele donated a program from the Freshmen class' burlesque of the annual Sophomore oratorical contest in 1881.
  • Alumni discussed the history of the Dickinson College Cadet Band.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1926
Year
1926
Volume
3
People
Biddle, Edward William
Von Moschzisker, Robert
Johnson, Marsh S.
Linville, Zeb
Buchanan, James
Haldeman, Merrill James
Reed, George Edward
Events
Burlesque and Oratorical Competition
Organizations
Phi Beta Kappa
Athletic Committee
Cadet Band
Places
Biddle Field
Old West
Other Topics
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Various classes returned to the college for reunions during the recent commencement weekend, and the Class of 1903 presented a plan for various campus improvements, such as planting a variety of trees and bushes, as a gift to the college. 
  • James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) became the first president of the Alaska Road Commission.
  • Noah Pinkney, a local food vendor who was a Dickinson fixture for generations of students, passed away at the age of 77.
  • Dean Mervin G. Filler (class of 1893) discussed changes in the curriculum and student class schedules over the past decade.
  • A "lost" portrait of John Dickinson by Charles Willson Peale was located in the possession of a descendant, and a copy was made by artist Horace T. Carpenter to hang in Memorial Hall in Old West. 
  • Theodore M. Johnson described the 1863 Confederate bombardment of Carlisle and Dickinson College during the Civil War. Johnson lived with his father, Dickinson's President Herman M. Johnson, in East College in the 1860s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Hull, George Ross
Murdock, William C.
Steese, James Gordon
Peale, Charles William
Carpenter, Horace T.
Dickinson, John
Prince, Leon Cushing
Pinkney, Noah
Johnson, Theodore M.
Murphy, B. Russell
Events
Shelling of Carlisle
Places
Class of 1902 Gateway
Other Topics
Civil War at Dickinson
Student Fees
Campus Improvements
Curriculum Changes
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association of Dickinson College reorganized and adopted a new constitution.
  • The College Band performed wearing new Dickinson uniforms for the first time at Island Park in Harrisburg in the game against Gettysburg.
  • Conway W. Hillman (class of 1873) shared his recollections of the Confederate bombardment of Carlisle and Dickinson College during the Civil War in 1863. 
  • J. Banks Kurtz (class of 1893) was elected to the House of Congress Representatives.
  • Joseph K. Lightner became the head Football coach after Athletic director B. Russell Murphy resigned.
  • The old College Chapel in Old West became Memorial Hall, which honored those Dickinsonians who served in World War I. 
  • Professor Franklin T. Baker (class of 1885) celebrated his thirty first year teaching English at the Teachers College at Columbia University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Lightner, Joseph K.
Murphy, B. Russell
Kurtz, Jacob Banks
Baker, Franklin T.
Harper, Ellahue Ansile
Phelps, Andrew H.
Hillman, Conway Wing
Meredith, Josephine Brunyate
Hillman, Samuel Dickinson
Pinkney, Noah
Redo, Claude T.
Meyers, John
Stine, Henry M.
Hoover, George V.
Moyer, Philip S.
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Schecter, Ralph N.
Events
Shelling of Carlisle
Organizations
General Alumni Association
College Band
American Association of University Women
Delta Theta Pi
Places
Old West
Memorial Hall
Delta Theta Pi House
Other Topics
Civil War at Dickinson
Fraternity Houses
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinsonians formed an Inter-Fraternity Alumni Council to co-operate with the student Inter-Fraternity Council. 
  • Architect William W. Emmert revealed plans for a new gymnasium.
  • Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882), President of the General Alumni Association, started remodeling the northeast corner room in the basement of Old West.
  • East College  reopened after renovations improved the entrances and interior spaces.
  • Four out of seven members of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania either graduated or received honorary degrees from Dickinson.
  • President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) appealed to alumni to donate documentation of the College's early history in order to preserve it.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1924
Year
1924
Volume
2
People
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Lightner, Joseph B.
Kurtz, J. Banks
Swartz, Joshua W.
Hering, George C.
Ganoe, William Adderman
Morgan, James Henry
Organizations
Inter-Fraternity Council
General Alumni Association
Zeta Eta Phi
Basketball
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Old West
East College
Other Topics
Elections
Campus Improvements
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1923

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Athletics Committee appointed B. Russell Murphy as football coach and physical director.
  • Robert Y. Stuart (class of 1903) was named State Forestry Commissioner of Pennsylvania.
  • Chemistry Professor Ernest Vuilleumier invented a device to measure the alcoholic content of any liquid, which he named the Dickinson Alchometer.
  • Dickinson launched the Endowment Campaign to help answer the school's debt.
  • History Professor Leon C. Prince (class of 1898) discussed key moments in Dickinson College's history.
  • Trickett Hall, the home of the Dickinson School of Law, opened in 1917 after years of planning and construction.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1923
Year
1923
Volume
1
People
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Stuart, Robert Y.
Morgan, James Henry
Trickett, William
Craver, Forrest E.
King, Horace B.
Prince, Leon Cushing
Murphy, B. Russell
Organizations
Phi Kappa Sigma
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Athletics Committee
Student Senate
Places
Phi Kappa Sigma house
Sigma Alpha Epsilon house
Trickett Hall
Other Topics
Endowment Campaign
Fraternity Houses
Athletics
Summer School
Greek Life
Dickinson History