Dickinson Alumnus, May 1934

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • John Dickinson, a descendant of the elder brother of the college's founder and US Assistant Secretary of Commerce, was selected to deliver Commencement address. 
  • Prospective students visited Dickinson on a "visiting day" in May 1934 for the first time.
  • Dr. Russel I. Thompson investigated students' perspectives on a formal religion program.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described a recent trip in "Around the World in Five Weeks."
  • Three recent graduates received scholarships for graduate schools in France and Germany. 
  • Professor Leon C. Prince (class of 1898), Pennsylvania State Senator, received a "surprising vote" for the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1934
Year
1934
Volume
11
People
Dickinson, John
McCormick, Vance C.
Keefer, Frank R.
Harrison, Carlton
Snavely, John J.
Washabaugh, Jacob E.
VanHook, Carlton R.
Steese, James Gordon
Events
Visiting Day

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, 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