Dickinson Alumnus, May 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Founders’ Day exercises were held in the newly renovated Bosler Hall. 
  • Alexander A. Sharp (class of 1883) donated furnishings for the new recreational reading room in Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Milton Conover (class of 1913), who had been arrested as a suspected spy, was freed after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
  • Harry Whinna Nice (class of 1899), Governor of Maryland from 1935 to 1939, died while on a motor trip at 63 years old.
  • William G. ("Bill") Green (class of 1929) became a member of the staff of the Army and Navy YMCA at Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1941
Year
1941
Volume
18
People
Sharp, Alexander A.
Corson, Fred Pierce
Rich, Robert F.
Gingrich, Curvin H.
Swope, Charles S.
Neff, J. Luther
Smith, Alexander K.
Conover, Milton
Shultz, J. Resler
Bunting, John J.
Caldwell, James Hope
Nice, Harry Whinna
Organizations
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Allison Methodist Church
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1941

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project neared completion as construction workers removed the scaffolding. 
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) explained why the Board of Trustees decided to use March 3, 1773 as the date of Dickinson's founding instead of 1783. 
  • Princeton Professor Alpheus T. Mason (class of 1920) published a book (Bureaucracy Convicts Itself) about the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy during the Taft administration and how a democratic government can control civilians’ lives. 
  • Boyd Lee Spahr donated several letters by John Dickinson and James Buchanan (class of 1809) as well as a copy of the Columbian Magazine that had an advertisement for Dickinson College.
  • Richard Henry Lindsey (class of 1939) became the youngest Postmaster in the United States.
  • W. Reese Hitchens (class of 1928) replaced Albert W. James (class of 1927) as Deputy Attorney General of Delaware.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1941
Year
1941
Volume
18
People
Corson, Fred Pierce
Spahr, Boyd Lee
Mason, Alpheus T.
Dickinson, John
Buchanan, James
Hitchens, W. Reese
Adams, Harold E.
Gerberich, Albert H.
Novack, John A.
Trayer, John K.
Organizations
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Alumni Groups
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1940

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Bosler Hall renovation project began as scheduled on April 1.
  • Dorothy V. Reeve (class of 1936) passed the New Jersey bar exam and was sworn in as the first woman attorney of Ocean County.
  • The Alumnus published Paul Appenzeller's (class of 1895) address to the Achievement Club of the Dictaphone Corporation on the Joys of Literature.
  • President Fred Corson (class of 1917) discussed the administration's primary concerns every spring: final preparations for graduating seniors and selecting which prspective students to admit.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1940
Year
1940
Volume
17
People
Aydelotte, Frank
Heistand, Dean J. Thomas
Willoughby, Edwin E.
Hearn, Walter A.
Scarborough, Harry M.
Welliver, Lester A.
Pearson, John M.
Corson, Fred Pierce
McBride, William K.
MacAndrews, R.H.
Appenzellar, Paul Peyton
Tees, Francis H.
Reeve, Dorothy V.
Abbot, Charles G.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall
Other Topics
New Buildings

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

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1939

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Former President James Henry Morgan (class of 1878) died at the age of 83.
  • The Alumnus published President Fred Corson's (class 1917) and Pastor W. E. Hartman's addresses at Morgan's funeral as well as the Dickinsonian's editorial on Morgan’s personality.
  • The College awarded contracts for renovating Bosler Hall.
  • Dr. Charles William Super (class of 1866) died, which made Dr. Thomas S. Dunning (class of 1867) the oldest living alumnus. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1939
Year
1939
Volume
17
People
Morgan, James Henry
Corson, Fred Pierce
Hartman, W. Emory
Super, Charles William
Dunning, Thomas S.
Hutchinson, William A.
Kahler, Arthur D.
Hogemyer, Harry B.
Young, William M.
Organizations
Alumni Groups
Dickinson Football
Alumni Dickinson Clubs
Places
Bosler Hall

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, 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 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, February 1924

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Association framed new bylaws that involve the nomination and election of new members of the Alumni Council. 
  • Dickinson College asked alumni for donations to support the library, which was located in Bosler Hall.
  • The Dickinson faculty adopted seven new rules of eligibility for athletes.
  • Philip S. Moyer (class of 1906) was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.
  • William S. Snyder (class of 1894) was elected Right Worshipful Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Masonry in Pennsylvania- a distinguished position. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1924
Year
1924
Volume
1
People
Moyer, Philip S.
McAndrews, Richard H.
Lighter, Joseph K.
Prince, Leon Cushing
Snyder William S.
Davis, Thomas W.
Murphy, B. Russell
Steese, James Gordon
Organizations
General Alumni Association
Pi Beta Kappa
Places
Bosler Hall
Library
Other Topics
Athletics
Alumni Donations
Greek Life

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 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