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, May 1933

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Plans for the Sesqui-Centennial Commencement in June included a ball, pageant, and an Alumni luncheon on the new Mooreland tract.
  • Alumni formed new clubs in Boston and Reading.
  • The Alumni Council helped organize the first vocational conference held at Dickinson. 
  • Trustee J. Horace McFarland praised James Henry Morgan's (class of 1878) forthcoming book on the history of Dickinson College. 
  • R. Y. Stuart (class of 1903), Chief Forester of the US Forest Service, described the impact of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unemployment relief bill in "That 250,000" Man Job." 
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1933
Year
1933
Volume
10
People
Stuart, Robert Y.
Shilling, John
Conover, Milton
Armstrong, William L.
Evaul, Harry
Morgan, James Henry
Events
Sesqui-Centennial Commencement
Organizations
Alumni club
Alumni Council
Places
Mooreland Park
Other Topics
Scholarship
Dickinson History

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dickinson purchased the Mooreland Tract for $50,000, which expanded the campus.
  • The Alumni Council recommended creating a fund to solicit annual donations. 
  • Members of the soccer team received varsity letters for the first time.
  • Wilbur L. Adams (class of 1905) was elected to the House of Representatives. 
  • William D. Thomas (class of 1912), president of Sandvik Steel, Inc., became a Knight of the Kingdom of Sweden as a result of his work with the American Association of Fine Steel Importers.
  • Edmund S. Snyder (class of 1929) wrote "A Glimpse of John Dickinson" for the Alumnus.
  • Former Professor Morris W. Prince died at the age of 89.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1932
Year
1932
Volume
10
People
Brown, George Lancaster
Prince, Morris Watson
McAnney, Lucretia Jones
Adams, Wilbur L.
Zimmerman, G. Floyd
Thomas, William D.
Barnitz, Edwin E.
Dickinson, John
Events
Death
Organizations
Varsity Soccer
Alumni Council
Places
Mooreland Park
Other Topics
Election
Knight
Gift
Campus Improvements
Alumni Donations

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees discussed expanding campus with the purchase of the Mooreland Track.
  • Harry L. Price (class of 1896), president of the Alumni Association, suggested moving John Dickinson's grave from Wilmington, Delaware, to Carlisle.
  • President Karl Waugh's inauguration took place during Commencement in June 1932.
  • The Tome Scientific Building's basement became a special laboratory for physical chemistry.
  • Rev. John J. Snavely (class of 1904) became a district superintendent for the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. 
  • Kappa Sigma moved out of East College and into a new fraternity house, which was located at the northeast corner of College and Louther Streets. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1932
Year
1932
Volume
10
People
Price, Harry Linwood
Snavely, John J.
Feroe, Robvert A.
Duke, Charles B.
Post, Edwin
Waugh, Karl Tinsley
Dickinson, John
Events
Inauguration
Organizations
Kappa Sigma
Varsity Football
Board of Trustees
Places
Tome
Mooreland Park
East College
Other Topics
John Dickinson
Enrollment
Campus Improvements