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, 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, 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 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Mervin Grant Filler (class of 1893) became the eighteenth president on April 26, 1929. 
  • The Alumnus published President Filler's inaugural address, Bishop William F. McDowell's charge to the new president, as well as remarks from various delegates during the Inaugural Luncheon in the new Alumni Gymnasium.
  • Trustee Lemuel T. Appold (class of 1882) established an honor scholarship in the name of his life-long friend, William Knight Dare (class of 1883).
  • Professor Bradford Oliver McIntire retired after teaching for 39 years, which marked the contemporary record for longest career as a Dickinson professor.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1929
Year
1929
Volume
6
People
Filler, Mervin Grant
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Dare, William Knight
McIntire, Bradford Oliver
Events
Inauguration
Places
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Scholarship

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The General Alumni Association paid tribute to President Lemuel Towers Appold (class of 1882), who retired after six years.
  • Dickinson was acknowledged as one of two colleges in Pennsylvania that were "free from legal bonds to some church denomination."
  • The Athletic Committee elected Bob Duffy as the head football coach for the 1927 season.
  • The 114th Commencement was filmed for the first time with "recently developed amateur cameras."
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1927
Year
1927
Volume
5
People
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Ryan, Arthur Clayton
Post, Edwin
Soper, Edmund D.
Darlington, Bishop J.
Darlington, Henry
Willebrandt, Mabel Walker
Reiley, James M.
Duffy, Robert
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Athletic Committee
Dickinson Football
Places
The 1907 Gate
Other Topics
Class Donations

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1927

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees authorized razing South College in order to make way for the construction of the new gymnasium. 
  • Trustee Lemuel T. Appold (class of 1882) retired as President of the General Alumni Association. 
  • Mary Curran Morgan (class of 1888), President James Henry Morgan's wife, passed away unexpectedly while traveling.
  • The Carnegie Corporation of New York donated a valuable art collection to the college.
  • Dr. Virgil Prettyman (class of 1892), a businessman and former headmaster of the Horace Mann School, featured in an article that highlights his achievements.
  • Professor Leon C. Prince (class of 1898) reviewed The English of the Pulpit, a "notable" book by Lewis H. Chrisman (class of 1908).
  • Rev. Raymond R. Brewer (class of 1916), the head of the Dickinson-in-China program, discussed how China views the United States.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1927
Year
1927
Volume
4
People
Chrisman, Lewis H.
Morgan, Mary Curran
Pettyman, Virgil
Brewer, Raymond R.
Appold, Lemuel Towers
Events
Wilkes-Barre Dinner
Organizations
Phi Kappa Beta
Basketball
Places
South College
China
Alumni Gymnasium
Other Topics
Campus Improvements

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