Dickinson Magazine, November 1979

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Transcriptions of 12 letters from the college archives are shared, written by H. L. Menken to Charles Lowe Swift (class of 1904) between 1908 and 1923.
  • Joyce Hutton (class of 1980) discussed her experience as a ROTC cadet at Dickinson.
  • Ruth C. Todd (class of 1946) was appointed as vice president of nursing at Lancaster General Hospital.
  • Sylvia H. Rambo (class of 1958), the first woman to serve as a Common Pleas Court judge in Cumberland County, was sworn in as a U.S. Middle District Court Judge.
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Dickinson Magazine, November 1979
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1979
Volume
56

Dickinson Magazine, August 1979

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Professor Marcia Conner reviewed the results of the English Department's self-study, which included surveys sent to students and recent graduates.
  • Peter Schmidt (class of 1969) discussed China's legal system and court procedures.
  • Karen DuCharme (class of 1981) used material in the Archives to write a profile on Marry Curran (class of 1888).
  • The Dickinsonian was awarded first class honors by the largest national college newspaper critiquing service for issues published in fall 1987 .
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Dickinson Magazine, August 1979
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1979
Volume
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Dickinson Magazine, May 1979

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Kit Miniclier (class of 1957) described his trip to China for the Associated Press.
  • Professor Donald Flaherty reminisced about the gradual visibility of Chinese culture in the Cumberland Valley.
  • Professor Charles Jarvis explained how the city of Bologna was a great campus for Dickinson students.
  • "Coping with Three Mile Island" detailed Dickinson's response to the Three Mile Island accident.
  • William M. Gormly (class of 1963) discussed the possibility of another economic depression in the United States by the mid-1980s.
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Dickinson Magazine, May 1979
Year
1979
Volume
56

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1979

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The College unveiled plans for a new Gymnasium.
  • Carolyne Kohle Davis (class of 1953) reviewed the short history of women working in the academic communities.
  • Professor Kenneth Laws explained the connection between Physics and Ballet.
  • Dickinson's Joseph Priestley Collection attracted interest from individuals around the world.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1979
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1979
Volume
56