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, 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 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus reprinted President Fred P. Corson's (class of 1917) report to the Board of Trustees entitled "A Philosophy for the Liberal Arts Colleges."
  • A crowd of 6,000 watched Dickinson's football team defeat Gettysburg College, which marked the team's first undefeated season in 20 years. 
  • Thomas J. Towers (class of 1904) was elected a justice of the City Court of New York.
  • Howard E. Moses (class of 1898) was appointed chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
  • A Dickinson student's diary entries during the 1849-1850 academic year revealed student life in the period before the Civil War.
  • Dean Ernest A. Vuilleumier invented a vapor pressure apparatus to measure the vapor pressure of volatile liquids.
  • Christian Gauss, Dean of Princeton University, delivered an address to Dickinson's Phi Beta Kappa chapater entitled "The Standard of Living of The Education Man."
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1937
Year
1937
Volume
15
People
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Corson, Fred Pierce
Kahler, Arthur D.
Norcross, Wilbur Harrington
White, Mary R.
Lazenby, Chandler
Perry, Clayton C.
Richards, Karl E.
Towers, Thomas J.
Moses, Howard E.
Organizations
Alumni Council
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Phi Epsilon Pi
Board of Trustees
Committee of the Pennsylvania College Presidents' Association
Alumni Association
Football
Places
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Athletics