Dickinson Alumnus, November 1974

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Charles L. Twichell, Director of Student Aid, discussed the challenges in determining which students received financial aid. 
  • Professors Noel Potter and Chuck Jarvis retraced the path of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with a group of students as part of a six week interdisciplinary course.
  • Director of Planned Giving Joseph J. McHugh Jr. explained the College's "planned giving" program and encouraged alumni to donate as part of a new collection tradition.
  • Mrs. Alice Eastlake Chew (class of 1939) helped pioneer a sex education course at Santa Monica College in California.
  • Susan Rose (class of 1977) received the "Duke of Edinburgh Award" for her "initiative and perseverance" while an American Friends Service exchange student in New Zealand.
  • Steven E. Davis (class of 1972) and his wife taught aboard the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a 22-sail, 316-foot ship that served as a classroom for students enrolled in a work-travel-adventure program.
  • The College asked alumni to serve as admission assistants and help recruit new students.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1974
Year
1974
Volume
51

Dickinson Alumnus, August 1974

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Professor Ben James (class of 1934) discussed his summer course on American manufacturing in an article titled "Can American Cars be Built to Last More than 2 Years: Students, Mangers Key into the Sensitivities of Workers on the Assembly Line."
  • Committees were established to select the next President, following President Howard L. Rubendall's (class of 1931) retirement.
  • Richard Koenig (class of 1970) and Elissa Aks (class of 1974) explored the "fifties craze" on college campuses.
  • Robert P. Kane (class of 1952) discussed the lack of recent protests on campus in an interview titled "Whatever Happened to Student Activism?"
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1974
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1974
Volume
51

Dickinson Alumnus, April 1974

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Admissions director Bob Howard discussed challenges in recruiting new students, such as rising tuition and intense competition with other schools.
  • The Alumnus reprinted Professor Priscilla Laws' New York Times editorial on recycling titled "The Great Container Throw Away."
  • WDCV, the student operated radio channel, received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast in FM.
  • Mrs. Persis Longsdorf Sipple (class of 1894), sister of Zatae Longsdorf Straw, celebrated her 100th birthday on February 2.
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Dickinson Alumnus, April 1974
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1974
Volume
51

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1974

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Howard L. Rubendall (class of 1931) announced his retirement.
  • College Treasurer John Woltjen explained Dickinson's financial situation.
  • Professor S. Ned Rosenburg discussed the conflict in the Middle East in "Two Rights Facing: A Symposium on the Mideast Situation."
  • Dr. Robert W. Saunderson (class of 1947), Chief of the State Hospital for Crippled Children at Elizabethtown, received the Commonwealth Award for Public Service.
  • Eric Erlandsen (class of 1967) made his debut at the Lincoln Center Library, singing Mahler's Songs of a Wayfinders and songs by Francis Poulenc and Copeland.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1974
Year
1974
Volume
51