Dickinson Alumnus, September 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as Acting President after President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) resigned following his election as a Bishop of the Methodist Church.
  • The College rented the new Phi Delta Theta fraternity house for use as an additional dormitory for women.
  • Corporal Walter H. Marshal (class of 1943) died after the USS Hamilton, a transport ship, was sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean. Lt. Jack Bright Spangenburg (class of 1939) was killed in action in Italy.
  • Staff sergeant Charles Walter Benner (class of 1944), who had been reported as missing in action, was actually a prisoner of war in Germany.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Ellis (class of 1941) honored after completing 150 combat missions in the South Pacific. The Alumnus reprinted an article from Cosmopolitan that focused on Lt. Col. Ellis ("No Peace in These Skies" by Lee Van Atta).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1944
Year
1944
Volume
22
People
Prettyman, Cornelius William
Corson, Fred Pierce
Other Topics
World War II

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, February 1943

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The US Army selected Dickinson College as one of the locations for training Army Aviation Cadets.
  • Dickinson College held its first mid-year Commencement in January 1943. 
  • Rev. James J. Resh (class of 1897), president of the Dickinson Club of Baltimore, found a rare Ginkgo tree near the eastern end of West College.
  • Ensign Harry F. Ruth Jr. (class of 1942) served on the USS San Francisco during a "heroic battle" in the South Pacific.
  • Excerpts from Merritt Caldwell's correspondence, a Mathematics and Political Science Professor at Dickinson from 1833 to 1848, revealed a wide range of interests.
  • Marjorie Barkman was appointed instructor in physical education for women.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1943
Year
1943
Volume
20
People
Ayres, Frank (Jr.)
Corson, Fred Pierce
Marsh, Daniel L.
Lewis, William Mather
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Resh, James J.
Ruth, Harry F. (Jr.)
Caldwell, Merritt
Walker, Mary
Cook, Winfield C.
Rehfuss, Mary G.
Barkman, Marjorie
Organizations
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Other Topics
World War II
Dickinsonians in the Military

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • David H. Crosby Jr. (class of 1940), a lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, was killed in action in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
  • Professor Montgomery Porter Sellers (class of 1893), a member of the faculty for 50 years, died at his home in Carlisle. The Alumnus published President Fred Corson's (class of 1917) remarks at Dr. Sellers' funeral. 
  • Earle D. Willey (class of 1913), Delaware Secretary of State, was elected Delaware's representative in Congress. 
  • Robert L. Brunhouse (class of 1930) published a book that focused on Pennsylvania politics between 1776 and 1790.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1942
Year
1942
Volume
20
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Sellers, Montgomery Porter
Miller, Thomas B.
Willey, Earle D.
Sharp, Alexander A.
McFarland, J. Horace
Brunhouse, Robert L.
James, Benjamin D.
Other Topics
Dickinsonians in Government

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Men from the US Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve Corps arrived at Dickinson for their eight week training program. 
  • The 47th Liberty ship from Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyard was named in honor of Benjamin Rush.
  • Robert Scott Whitman Jr. (class of 1938) and Calvert S. Foote (class of 1944) lost their lives during the war. Whitman was a navy aviator who was shot down during the Battle of Midway.
  • Theodore Stevens (class of 1885), thought dead for some time, replied to the Phi Kappa Psi's annual invitation to their commencement banquet. 
  • Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed as chairman of the general board of the US Navy. 
  • Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917), who had been interned in a German concentration camp, returned to the United States. 
  • A proposal dating from 1858 for the Philadelphia College of Medicine to become the medical department of Dickinson College was discovered among the Board of Trustees papers.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1942
Year
1942
Volume
20
People
Smith, Henry E.
Grubb, Bernice K.
Hepler, John C.
Kistler, Mark O.
Evans, Jane Lee
Kennedy, Charles H.B.
Richards, Karl E.
Crist, Robert W.
Rush, Benjamin
Corson, Fred Pierce
Whitman, Robert Scott (Jr.)
Foote, Calvert S.
Stevens, Theodore
Rohrbaugh, Lewis Guy
Herber, Elmer C.
Miller, Thomas B.
Hepburn, Arthur J.
Gay, Charles R.
Warfield, Gaither P.
Kahler, Arthur D.
Organizations
Phi Beta Kappa
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
New Faculty
Other Topics
World War II
Dickinsonians in the Military

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Rev. Rowland R. Lehman (class of 1923), and Elvin C. Myers (class of 1924) were made District superintendents of the Harrisburg and York districts respectively.
  • Donald E. Austin (class of 1938), an ensign assigned to the USS Pope, became the first Dickinsonian to loose his after his ship sunk during a battle in the Java Sea.
  • Professor William W. Landis (class of 1891) died after a teaching career of more than 50 years. The Alumnus published President Fred Corson's (class of 1917) remarks at Dr. Landis' funeral. 
  • The Library purchased a microfilm reader. 
  • The Alumnus continued to compile an "Honor Roll" of alumni who were serving in the armed forces. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1942
Year
1942
Volume
19
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Byrd, Harry F.
Sharp, Alexander A.
Warfield, Gaither P.
Holmes, Harry N.
Johns, Benjamin M.
Baner, Albert L.
Morgan, Julia
Pedlow, George W.
Ewing, Cecil A.
Austin, Donald E.
Landis, William W.
Mathews, Philip
Organizations
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Other Topics
World War II
Dickinsonians in the Army

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1942

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Faculty approved curriculum changes and adopted an "all-year program" after the United States entered World War II.
  • The Alumnus published a list of alumni who were serving in active war zones as well as an "Honor Roll" of those involved in the war effort.
  • Freshman became eligible to participate in varsity football during the "war emergency."
  • The Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipbuilding Company named one of the new Liberty Ships after Roger B. Taney (class of 1795), former chief justice of the United States.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1942
Year
1942
Volume
19
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Kuebler, Roy R.
Peacock, Leishman Arnold
Shuman, George (Jr.)
Rupp, George H.
Read, James Morgan
Taney, Roger Brooke
Organizations
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Dickinson Football
Other Topics
World War II
Dickinsonians in the Army

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, 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, 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, February 1936

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College officially launched the Annual Fund, which promoted annual giving. 
  • Dickinson's Teacher Placement Bureau helped recent graduates find jobs at schools across the country. 
  • The Board of Trustees authorized several changes to the College seal, including adding the date of the founding - 1783. 
  • Colbert N. Kurokawa (class of 1922) was part of an effort to establish the Hawaii Center in Kyoto, Japan. 
  • Arthur Japy Hepburn (class of 1896) was appointed Admiral of the United States Fleet and Stanley Dunbar Embick (class of 1897) was promoted to Major General. 
  • Gen. James G. Steese (class of 1902) wrote an article about his trip to Australia in 1930 in "The Trans-Australia Railway."
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1936
Year
1936
Volume
13
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Malcolm, Gilbert
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Price, Harry Linwood
Stauffer, S. Walter
McIntire, Bradford Oliver
Carver, Clarence J.
Miller, Madeline S.
Wertz, I.M.
Kephart, John W.
Rogers, Horace E.
Kurokawa, Colbert N.
Hepburn, Arthur J.
Embick, Stanley D.
Ganoe, William Adderman
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Teacher Placement Bureau
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Other Topics
Dickinsonians in Government
Dickinsonians in the Army

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, May 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Founders’ Day exercises were held in the newly renovated Bosler Hall. 
  • Alexander A. Sharp (class of 1883) donated furnishings for the new recreational reading room in Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Milton Conover (class of 1913), who had been arrested as a suspected spy, was freed after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
  • Harry Whinna Nice (class of 1899), Governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939, died while on a motor trip at 63 years old.
  • William G. ("Bill") Green (class of 1929) became a member of the staff of the Army and Navy YMCA at Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1941
Year
1941
Volume
18
People
Sharp, Alexander A.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Rich, Robert F.
Gingrich, Curvin H.
Swope, Charles S.
Neff, J. Luther
Smith, Alexander K.
Conover, Milton
Shultz, J. Resler
Bunting, John J.
Caldwell, James Hope
Nice, Harry Whinna
Organizations
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Allison Methodist Church
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings

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

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