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 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, September 1938

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson leased the William H. Parker home on North Hanover street as a women’s dorm. 
  • Five Dickinsonians were nominated for offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. 
  • The Faculty made a number of changes to the curriculum, including requiring that freshman and sophomores receive a broader background in English composition. 
  • The Alumnus published Professor Thomas Cooper's letter of resignation, which revealed difficulties at the college in the 1810s.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1938
Year
1938
Volume
16
People
Warner, Wellman J.
Hartman, W. Emory
Bell, Whitfield Jenks (Jr.)
Novak, John A.
Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Parlin, W. A.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Ayres, Frank (Jr.)
Kahler, Arthur D.
Cooper, Thomas
Organizations
Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Trustees
Places
Denny Hall
Metzger Hall
Parker House
Biddle Field
Hotel James Wilson
Other Topics
Dickinson History
Curriculum Changes
New Buildings

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

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1937

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Baird Biology Building, which was named for Spencer Fullerton Baird (class of 1840), opened after a dedication ceremony.
  • Professor William D. Gould, Dean of Wesleyan College, joined the faculty as an associate professor of history and political science.
  • Rev. James Lester Lester Shipley (class of 1860) died at age 99, which made Dr. Charles William Super (class of 1866) the oldest living alumnus.
  • Charles W. Brown (class of 1937) wrote a short history of Mooreland Park, which Dickinson had recently purchased and the location of the new Baird Biology Building.
  • Dickinson purchased five lots in order to enlarge and improve the facilities at Biddle field.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1937
Year
1937
Volume
15
People
Prince, Leon Cushing
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Ketterer, George H.
Goodyear, Samuel M.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Shipley, Lester J.
Super, Charles William
Woodward, Franklin T.
Brown, Charles W.
Events
Dedication of Baird Biology Building
Organizations
Alumni Council
Methodist Episcopal Church
Phi Beta Kappa
Places
Baird Biology Building
Biddle Field
Other Topics
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Karl Tinsley Waugh officially assumed his duties as Dickinson's President in January 1932.
  • Bishop Ernest G. Richardson (class of 1896) was elected President of the Anti-Saloon League of America.
  • Students organized the second inter-religious harmony seminar, which featured "frank discussions by Jews, Protestants, and Catholics."
  • Dr. George Gailey Chambers (class of 1902) and Dr. J. Horace MacFarland were elected to the Board of Trustees.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) described his experience as a United States delegate to the 15th International Navigation Conference in "Seeing Italy Officially."
  • James M. Franciscus, caretaker of Biddle Field since 1908, died at age 73.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1932
Year
1932
Volume
9
People
Chambers, George Gailey
MacFarland, J. Horace
Richardson, Ernest G.
Franciscus, James M.
McFarland, J. Horace
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Anti-Saloon League of America
Places
Bosler Hall
Biddle Field
Other Topics
Prohibition

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1930

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After renovations, Conway Hall opened as a freshman dorm and the football headquarters. Improvements were also made to Biddle Field, the tennis courts, Mooreland Inn, and the Phi Delta Theta house. 
  • The Board of Trustees increased the annual salary of full professors to $4000 and developed plans to establish sabbaticals. 
  • Robert Nelson Spencer (class of 1903), formerly a rector at an Episcopal church, became Bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri. 
  • The Class of 1910 presented to the college the flagpole located on the the academic quad during their 20th reunion. 
  • The Class of 1895 presented the gateway located at the corner of N. West and W. Louther streets during their 35th reunion.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1930
Year
1930
Volume
7
People
Hitchler, Walter Harrison
Sockman, Ralph W.
Yocum, A. Duncan
Dunning, James, E.
Watkins, William E.
Nelson, Robert
Biddle, Edward William
Events
Alumni Parade
Organizations
Dickinson Football
Phi Delta Theta
Board of Trustees
Places
Conway Hall
Biddle Field
Tennis Courts
Phi Delta Theta House
Mooreland Inn
Flagpole
Other Topics
Class Gifts
Renovation
Salary Increase

Dickinson Alumnus, November 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Alumni were invited to donate any of their Dickinson material for display in new museum located in Old West.
  • The Alumnus published photographs of the renovated Executive offices in Old West
  • The varsity football team suffered one of its worst seasons, with a total of two wins, two ties, and seven losses.
  • The college purchased land located next to Biddle field, which allowed for "the enlargement of the athletic field at any time." Seven tennis courts were also built behind the new Alumni Gymnasium.
  • Pennsylvania Governor John Fisher appointed History Professor Leon C. Prince, also a State Senator, to represent the state at the National Council of State Legislatures.
  • Dr. Paul R. Burkholder (class of 1924) started a two year cruise around the world with other scientists to study the food pollution in fish production.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1929
Year
1929
Volume
7
People
Hoffman, Bertha
Malcolm, Gilbert
Black, Sara
Burns, Joseph M.
Filler, Mervin Grant
Sellers, Montgomery Porter
Organizations
Varsity Football
Varsity Track
Alumni Council
Basketball
Places
Biddle Field
Old West
Memorial Hall
Tennis Courts
Other Topics
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1929

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College revealed plans for extensive improvements, including remodeling Old West, Denny Hall, Biddle Field, and furnishing Conway Hall. 
  • The Board of Trustees recognized former President James H. Morgan (class of 1878) and Professor Bradford O. McIntire for their years of service to the school. Trustees established a Morgan Lectureship Fund and appointed McIntire as Professor Emeritus, the fist in Dickinson's history.
  • Charles K. Zug (class of 1880), a former member of the Alumni Council and Board of Trustees, died in his home.
  • Brothers from the Class of 1870, Philip L. Cannon and trustee Henry P. Cannon, died within two months of each other.
  • Roscoe O. Bonisteel (class of 1912) was elected to the office of most worshipful grand master of the grand lodge of Masons of Michigan.
  • The Alumnus published photographs from the Alumni Parade held in June 1929. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1929
Year
1929
Volume
6
People
Zug, Charles Keller
Cannon, Philip L.
Cannon, Henry Pervis
Morgan, James Henry
Ballard, Ellis Ames
Arters, John Manley
McIntire, Bradford Oliver
Bonisteel, Roscoe O.
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Alumni Council
Places
Denny Hall
Biddle Field
Bosler Hall
Conway Hall
Old West
Other Topics
Campus Improvements

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1926

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson recognized trustee Edward W. Biddle (class of 1870) for his generous donation of Biddle Field as well as his lifelong history of contributions. 
  • The Athletic Committee named S. Marsh Johnson as the new Director of Athletics.
  • Former President George Edward Reed published "The Founding of the Dickinson School of Law," the sixth in a series entitled "Reminiscences of Dickinson."
  • A previously unknown letter, written by James Buchanan (class of 1809) as the Minister to Russia, revealed information about life at the imperial court of Nicholas I in 1832.
  • Martha Steele donated a program from the Freshmen class' burlesque of the annual Sophomore oratorical contest in 1881.
  • Alumni discussed the history of the Dickinson College Cadet Band.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1926
Year
1926
Volume
3
People
Biddle, Edward William
Von Moschzisker, Robert
Johnson, Marsh S.
Linville, Zeb
Buchanan, James
Haldeman, Merrill James
Reed, George Edward
Events
Burlesque and Oratorical Competition
Organizations
Phi Beta Kappa
Athletic Committee
Cadet Band
Places
Biddle Field
Old West
Other Topics
Dickinson History