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1DICKINSON ALUMNUS I Vol 32, No. 2 I I DECEMBER, 1954 u ~lGil~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!k.ct(;)Z~ ~be iDtcktn£ion a1umnu£i Published Quarterly for the Alumni of Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law Editor - - - - - - - - - - - - Gilbert Malcolm, '15, '17L Associate Editors - Dean M. Hoffman, '02, Roger H. Steck, '26 ALUMNI COUNCIL Class of 1957 Class of 1955 Class of 1956 Mrs. Helen W. Smetburst, '25 Hyman Goldstein, '15 Dr. E. Roger Samuel, '10 c. Wendell Holmes, '21 Francis Estol Simmons, '23 Winfield C. Cook, '32 Joseph G. H1ldenberger, '33 Mrs. Jeanne W. Meade, '33 Mrs. Helen D. Gallagher, '26 Dr. Edward C. Ralfens- H. Monroe Ridgely, '26 Judge Charles F. Greevy, '35 Dr. R. Edward Steele, '35 perser, '36 Dorothy H. Hoy, '41 Dr. Weir L. xms, '46 Denton B. Ashway, Carl F. Skinner, Class of 1953 William E. Woodside, Class of 1952 Class of 1954 GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF DICKINSON COLLEGE President C. Wendell Holmes Secretary Mrs. Helen D. Gallagher Vice-President H. Monroe Ridgely Treasurer Hyman Goldstein ·<)1==========================11(>·· TABLE OF CONTENTS Alumni Giving Off To A Flying Start . 1 Start Construction of Morgan Hall on Rush Campus 3 Council Studies Directory Plans and Activities 5 Life Membership Total Rises to 1380 . 6 Elected President of Lycoming College . 8 Dickinsonians Win and Lose in November Elections 10 Named Head of Maryland Tax Commission 12 Appointed Judge of Perry County Courts . 13 Receives Degree at October Convocation . 17 Basketball Team Faces Stiff Schedule . 19 Football Team Wins Two Out of Eight 20 Personals . 21 Obituary . 28 . .,. ..·===== =====================II(>· · Life Membership $40. May be paid in two installments of $20 each, six months apart or in $10 installments. Alumni dues $2.00 per year including $1.00 for one year's sub• scription to the magazine. All communications should be addressed to The Dickinson Alumnus, West College, Carlisle, Pa. "Entered as second class matter May 23, 1923, at the post office at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879." ~~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~ THE DICKINSON ALUMNUS DECEMBER, I954 Alumni Annual Giving Off To A Flying Start ITH $4,986 contributed up <to new campaign was contained in the W December 10, the 1954-55 Report of the Preside~t, which w~s Alumni Annual Giving Fund campaign mailed to alumni and friends by Presi• is off to a flying start in an effort planned dent William W. Edel late in Novem• to surpass last year's high record when ber. This was followed by a letter mailed 1,253 gave $41,616.06. It will close with a subscription card and return June 15, 1955. envelope by Vice President qilbert Mal• Impetus was given to the current cam• colm, who is also Alumni Secretary. paign when a number of class agent's Other letters and literature will follow and other fund workers met with the before the class agents swing into action Alumni Council at Homecoming. Fol• in February. lowing the dinner meeting of the Coun• Each class agent at the dinn~r .meeting cil, the workers heard the outline of plans was given a booklet contammg the for the new drive from J. Milton David• calendar for 1954-55 and outlining the son, '33, General Chairman of the work to be done. These plans were ex• Alumni Annual Giving Fund. plained by Milt Davidson '?efore a brief By action in the joint meeting the round table discussion session ended the "One Hundred Club" and "The Faithful meeting. Fifties" are now a part of the annual When he read the story in the October effort. A gift of $100, or more, will list Bulletin, Dr. George Henry Ketterer, the name of a donor as a member of '08, who is secretary of the Bo.ard of the "One Hundred Club" while an Trustees sent his check to qualify for annual gift of $50 qualifies a donor for the "O~e Hundred Club," if it was "The Faithful Fifties." No change is established. When it was approved he contemplated in the July report of the became the No. 1 member of that new fund when the names of donors will be group. listed by classes without amounts of in• dividual contributions being published. There will be listings, however, of the "One Hundred Club" membership and Set Summer School Dates also that of "The Faithful Fifties." Dates of the 1955 Summer School at Several checks have been received in• the College have been announced ~y dicating that many alumni are likely to Dean Frederic W. Ness, who agam will $1 a year or some multiple of that serve as director. The first session will prefer to follow the thought of giving run from June 20 to July 27 and the amount for each year out of college. second: term from August 1 to September "No gift is too small-and no gift 1. Attendance is open to all students m is too large" is one of the slogan's in good academic standing from any a~• the present effort. It may also be noted credited college or university, public that donors may designate gifts for the school teachers seeking to earn additional building program of the college. Last credits toward certification and a limited year about $1,900 was so ear-marked and number of high school graduates. An at• has been set aside for the new student tractive brochure listing courses and center, now in the early planning stage. other information has been prepared and The first piece of literature in the is available upon application. 2 THE DICKINSON ALUMNUS ~ n," E o"' c ...,,0 ~u --' " < Jj I"' c z ·a; -<( "" (i) ~ oz<:<: 0 2 c 2" >- £ E 0 Cl ~ z" THE DICKINSON ALUMNUS 3 Start Construction of Morgan Hall On Rush Campus AN INFORMAL PHOTOGRAPH OF DR. J. H. MORGAN TAKEN IN 1938 MMEDIATELY following ground The Government loan will be amor• I breaking ceremonies on November tized over a period of 40 years with an 11, a bulldozer swung into action and interest charge of 3;4 % from the room since then work has progressed rapidly rentals of students. The contractor ex• on the construction of Morgan Hall, the pects the dormitory will be ready for new dormitory for men now being use at the opening of the next college erected on the Benjamin Rush Campus. year in September, 1955. At the meeting of the Board of Trus• Through 65 years before his death on tees in Philadelphia on December 4 a October 17, 1939, Dr. Morgan held some committee was named to select the name relationship to the College of which he for the new building. Several names was three times president. He entered were considered by this committee and the College as a student in the fall of it was unanimously decided to call it 1874 and graduated as the Latin Morgan Hall to honor the late President salutatorian in 1878. After four years as James Henry Morgan, who by the chair• a teacher in Pennington Seminary and man of the committee was called "the Rugby Academy, he returned to Ca.rlisle saviour of the College." to be principal of the newly established The Spera Construction Company of Dickinson Preparatory School. Two years Harrisburg was the low bidder for the later he was named adjunct professor of new dormitory, which is being financed Greek in the College and in 1890 he under a grant through the College was elected a full professor and c?n• Housing Division of the Federal Housing tinued in this position until his election Authority totalling $580,000. In addition as president in 1915. the College will pay for the furnishings Before that election he had been as• and .. also for the landsca.1,>in&. sistant librarian from 1884 to 18?~ and. 4 THE DICKINSON ALUMNUS then librarian until 1900. He was a mem• age never lost the charm of the name ber of the first Board of Deans upon its used by countless Dickinsonians, "Jim creation by President George Edward Henry." Reed in 1892, then chairman of the Board in 1896 until 1903 when he was Honored on Retirement named Dean of the College. G. Harold Baker, '11, was, one of In 1914, Dr. Morgan was named four civilian employees honored at a Acting President of the College follow• ceremony held in the office· of the Com• ing the resignation of Dr. Eugene Allen manding General of the Aberdeen Prov• Noble and the next year he was elected ing Ground on October 29. He had been President at the request of the faculty. a technical writer for the Ordnance Taking over the administration. at a School after being employed by Develop• time when the Trustees were seriously ment and Proof Services there. He as• considering liquidating the affairs of the sisted in the editing of special texts pre• College, Dr. Morgan faced seemingly pared for the Extension Training unsurmountable tasks. The debt had Division. mounted to $136,000, a staggering sum During World War I, in 1917, he in that day. Professors were underpaid served as a 1st Lt. in one of the early and often salary payments could not be Ordnance schools and later became made when due. Student enrollment had Provost Marshal of the post after organ• dropped and buildings greatly needed izing the first MP Company there. After repair. Fourteen years later when he his discharge he played a major role in tendered his resignation in 1928, there the first National Guard Company in was no debt, the endowment more than Harford County, Md. trebled, the faculty had been increased In 1940 he returned to Federal em• and salaries greatly raised.