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 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