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 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