Dickinson College - Microcosm Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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HOLD WEST ONE HUNDRED YEARS Aco

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Wt 'wr 21 Ergrrrn Qlnnfrrrrh Im The Glnllegv JUNE 4 1902 HoNoR1s CAUSA Legum Doctor MARCUS A HANNA United States Senatoi from Ohio YVILLIAM HENRY CRAWFORD President Allegheny College Meadville Penna Divmitatis Doctor RLYEREND JOHN FREDERICK DEISSE, Dickin son 86 Baltimore Md REVEREND ALPHEUS SPARKLIN MOWBRAY Dickinson 85 Port Deposit Md REVDREND SILAS THAYER MITCHELL, Johns town Penna REVEREND JOHN D FOX, Trenton N J Artium Magister PROFESSOR FREDERICK CAMPBELL WOOD WARD of the Dickinson School of Law PROBLSSOR VVILLIAM R OWEN, Shamokin Penna Lltterarum Humanarum Doctor XVILLIAM ARTITUR ELLIOTT, Professor Allegheny College Meadville Penna Paedagogiae Doctor WILLIAM JOHN SHEARER Dickinson 8 Superintendent f Schools Elizabeth N Svummarg nf Svtuhvniz College Graduate Students Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Senior Class Middle Class Junior Class Total Seniors J unlors Sophomores Freshmen Total Law Preparatory 110 148 ' r 'ifi , I .- . ,i W A A .Lf ' , .gg . 23: fp . , . , .... 7 i ' ' ' c . ........ . 56 - , I - of ' ' . .... . 50 it - . 613 , , . . . g if 2 . si' uf ' ' '- Total.. ...... ...233 V J , ! . Q ' V - fix 1 1 2 ' s . 'ig , - . . ..... . 33 , . ' I . . . . 31 - I . , . . ' . 46 .............. . . . U , K 4 - QF? ' . . . Q 1 ' f -' ' - 1 ' I .. ............. . 38 ' ' . . . 44 ' . 39 5:25 n A .. . . . 7 .. . 2 r in , A' A15 , , -. , Y .J V' ' I - - 1 r-1 ' . ' 1 .1 U ' J 9 ! I I I . 23 Sumnmrg nf all Svtuheniz College ........................... 233 School of Law Cless College Electives 115 .......................... 100 Collegiate Preparatory School . . .. 148 Total ............... .. 481 DISTRIBUTION OF ALL STUDENTS BY STATES Pennsylvania ............. . . . 368 Maryland . . . . . 35 New Jersey . . . . . 29 Delaware . . . 9 Cuba ......3 ........, . G District of Columbia . . . .C 1 North Carolina . ...... . 1 New York ..... . . . 8 Virginia ...... . 2 West Virginia . . . . 4 Connecticut ..,. . 4 Massachusetts . . . 1 Porto Rico ' . . . . 5 Maine ..... . 1 Wisconsin ..... . 1 South Dakota . . . . 2 Indian Territory ,. . 1 Oregon ......... . 1 Minnesota ..... . 1 Mexico .... . 3 Alaska . . . . 1 Oregon , , , , 1

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X igiatnrg nf Eirkinann Glnllvgv , ., ,, HE erson who ori inall said The, en is mi htier than the sword,', was went one mi htier b P g Y P g g Y William Penn, who proved that Penn was mightier than the pen, by early proving the superiority of the pen over the sword, and because of his interest in the higher learning in the colonies, this same William provided educational facilities in this State, from which Dickinson College is a direct outgrowth. After the encouragement given by Penn to educational pursuits, a large number of infiu- ential men of Pennsylvania started a college. john Dickinson, Benjamin Rush, and a large number of the other leading lights of the Commonwealth, commenced to smoke a cheaper grade of tobacco in order to save money enough to start a fund for this important project, and in 1783, the progenitors V of the scheme got the charter,-and Carlisle got the College. For the number of oflices he had held, for his services to the State and Country, and for his great service to the college, john Dickinson was elected President of the Board of Trustees, and-for the liberal donations which he gave, the institution took its name after him. A With the prayers of the whole congregation, under the direction of Dr. Charles Nesbit and one james Ross, the College opened its doors in 1784, in a little two-storied brick bungalow down in the south-eastern part of the town. As the young idea commenced to shoot, the Trustees felt the need of a wider range, and in 1798 the present site of the College was purchased from the Penns for one hundred and fifty dollars, cash down. They celebrated the purchase a short time afterwards by V burning down an unfinished dormitory, but this loss was quickly made up by subscriptions and 1 - . Y Old West was built in its place. In 1835, when an influx of funds and students began to come toward the institution, South was built, and shortly afterwards, in '36, East was put together. In his history of the institution, the Major tells us that East College, built in 1836 from native limestone, is a massive structure, finely adapted for dormitory purposes, equipped with the best modern conveniences, and up-to-date in all its arrangementsgv but the Major has long served at an army post down in New Mexico, the land of caves, adobe huts, and holes in the wall, and with all due respect to his opinions, we rather prefer to consult his authority regarding the varying sizes of the ankles of tatooed circus ladies, than his authority on modern architecture. The other buildings were built at varying intervals, until the number reached twelve, at which it now stands. During the early days books were as scarce as stamps on Sunday, and instruction was mainly dispensed by means of lectures, or out of tomes, that would have given indigestion to a book-worm, but as books became cheaper, and the paper trust was as yet unorganized, text- books came into vogue, and to-day, they are as numerous as the spit signs of the Civic Club. Although a dim religious light struggled through the stained glasses of the chapel, owing to the unlucky fact that there were thirteen clergymen among the Trustees, no denomination spread its protecting wing over the institution nt'l ll l ' , u 1 we a ong in t e new century, when 25'