1952

Opera star, Cesare Siepi to give concert in January. Outstanding clergymen, Howard Rubendall and James Pike to speak in January chapel meetings. Leonardo da Vinci art on exhibit in Bosler Hall. The Dickinson College Christian Service Project will send a team to the Bustletown Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Drama critic, Thomas Radcliff speaks in chapel meeting. Details on the annual Doll Dance. Profile on new faculty member, English instructor James C. Hinkle.

Mrs. Helen Wing, wife of Dr. Herbert Wing, Jr., passed away after a lingering illness. Doll Dance scheduled to be held on 17 December. The National Poetry Association announces that its "National Intercollegiate Poetry Anthology for 1953" will include a poem by Bert Garber. Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary journalistic fraternity, taps three Dickinsonians: Robert High, Sidney Kline, and Harold Hoffman. First Boyd Lee Spahr Lecture to be delivered by Dr. Page Smith, a research scholar with the Institute of Early American History and Culture.

Dr. Arthur Vaughn Bishop is awarded the A.J. Clarke Chair of Classical Languages and Literature. The annual Hornbook will be published by the Belles Lettres Literary Society in December. Professor Alfred Haas of Drew Theological Seminary will visit campus at the end of November. New course in Advanced Accounting Analysis added to the College's course offereings. Profile on student athlete, Bobby Gasull.

Professors Flaherty and Mercer to address the International Relations Club. Phi Delta Theta wins the Display Contest at Homecoming. Charles Tharp is the new cataloging librarian. World famous blind pianist, Alec Templeton to play recital in December. Colonel Rachal praises the new ROTC program. The Dickinsonian celebrates its eightieth anniversary. Profile on Swim Coach John Steckbeck. Kappa Sigma wins the Inter-Fraternity Football League.

Campus Chest Drive to open next week. Profile on student athlete, George Slingland. Junior girls take the Inter-Class Hockey Championship, causing the Seniors to break their four-year winning streak.

Dean Dr. William Tyler returns to campus after conducting classes elsewhere worldwide. Professor Whitfield Bell, Jr., presented a paper on Early America in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Cultural Affairs Committee announces the arrangement of three musical events to take place in Bosler Hall in the future. The Little Theater production fo "Beggar on Horeback" will be the first arena type play at Dickinson. The Department of Political Science announces sponsored trip for mid-November to the new United Nations Headquarters on the East River.

Details regarding the first Senate-sponsored chapel meeting. Dr. Horace Rogers awarded the DuPont Chair of Chemistry. Professor John C. Pflaum to deliver a talk on European-American political relations at the next meeting of the International Relations Club. Profile on student athlete, Gordon Haney. Article review on the upcoming Presidential election.

Dr. Horace E. Rogers will address chapel with a lecture entitled "Analytical Chemistry - Past and Present" in formal recognition of his receival of the DuPont Chair of Chemistry. New portrait of James Buchanan to hang in the Bosler Hall Alumni Gallery. Plans underway for the development of a rifle team. Article on the prohibition of political demonstrations at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Profile on student athlete, Jack Smith. Kappa Sigma remains undefeated in the Inter-Fraternity Football League. New book by Dr. Frank Ayres, Jr., Professor of Mathematics.

A series of sixteen worship services featuring the preaching of outstanding American clergymen and entitled "Religion in Today's World" will be presented by the College this term during chapel. Three teams remain undefeated in the Inter-Fraternity football league. The Dickinson Football team defeats Allegheny College.

Freshman class largest in the College's history. Introduction of ROTC program at Dickinson. Dr. F.W. Ness named Dean of the College. Common Club regains status as a club for independent men. Professor Pflaum returns to campus after his tenth trip to Europe. New Athletic Director, A.C. Ransom, and assistants, Harry S. Bush and Lindy L. Lauro. The old Stock Mansion located on West High Street, adjacent to Conway Hall, to be renovated to accommodate faculty apartments.

Seven men to receive honorary degrees at commencement. Donald Masten is elected president of Union Philosophical Society. Program for Commencement Weekend (Senior Day, Alumni Day). Five rising freshmen (Kenneth Dietrich, Theodore Sky, John Matta, Joanne Judd, Barbara Boffenmeyer) receive Trustee Scholarship. Men's tennis finishes season 6-2. Men's basketball finishes season 1-18. Baseball finishes season 7-3. Track and field finishes season 4-4. Men's lacrosse finishes its first season 2-4.

ROTC established at Dickinson. Bob Jones is elected president of sophomore class. Robert High is elected president of College Choir. Edward Adourian, Norman McWhinney, Frank Skrapits, and Emil Weiss to attend the Washington Semester. Women's Athletic Association banquet is held; Junior Blazers are awarded. Profile of Professor John C. Pflaum.

Dickinson Follies perform original show. Student Senate election results: Bob Keuch is president. Professor Russel I. Thompson is promoted to the new position of Provost. Sidney Kline receives outstanding sophomore award from Omicron Delta Kappa. Alured C. "Slim" Ransom is elected athletic director and head football coach. Frank Maze resigns.

Pi Delta Epsilon elects officers. Frederic W. Ness is appointed dean of Dickinson College. H. Chace Davis, '50, is appointed assistant director of admissions. Guest Day planned (sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa and organized by Dean James). Profile of Professor Francis Warlow. Mohler Scientific Society elects officers.

List of honorary degrees to be conferred on Founders' Day. President William W. Edel discusses ten-year development plan begun in 1948. Kenneth Washinger wins Dickinson Pentathalon.

Professor Francis W. Warlow receives grant from the Fund for the Advancement of Education to finish his book. Student E. Donald Shapiro wins award in national debate contest. Drayer Hall is named.

Pan-Hell Weekend program. Frank S. Houck chosen outstanding chemistry student. Profile of Professor Ferdinando Maurino. Phi Kappa Psi wins interfraternity track meet.

The Drinkinsonian, the annual spoof edition of the paper, offers a satirical look at college groups and individuals.

Drayer Hall to open soon, is described. Little Theater performs "All My Sons".

Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., is given Boyd Lee Spahr Chair of American History. Profile of Professor William Sloane. Phi Kappa Sigma wins interfraternity basketball.

Joseph Priestley Day and the Priestley Award are created. Student demonstration results in student-faculty-administration meeting that determines to improve the class dean system and create a student-faculty committee to make recommendations on cultural activities. International Relations Club holds auction to benefit tuberculosis sanitarium near Tokyo. Profile of Professor Horace E. Rogers. Basketball season ends with no Dickinson wins.

Professor Elmer C. Herber receives grant from American Philosophical Society to write a biography of Spencer Fullerton Baird. College receives two ancient building stones from Carlisle, England; they are placed on display in Bosler lobby. Professor Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., receives grant from American Philosophical Society to compile and edit a collection of Benjamin Franklin's letters. Student Senate makes recommendations for reducing cheating.

Interfraternity Council has pledges clean Lindner Park to improve college-community relations. Rowland R. Lehman dies. Sir Robert Chance to speak at commencement.

Dean's list for fall 1951. Donald W. Flaherty becomes political science instructor. John L. Groom resigns. Little Theater elects officers.

Student Senate requests the foundation of a Dickinson chapter of the Chimes Women's Honorary Society. Dr. and Mrs. George H. Ketterer donate $20,000 to Dickinson endowment. Overview of upcoming Religion-in-Life Week. List of students admitted for 1952 spring semester. John C. Smith elected 1952 football captain.