Dickinson College - Microcosm Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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Representatives of Central Pennsylvania District Representatives of New CHARLES H. DIULLIN, lf?-Q., t'l'erln will expire 1908.1 HON. EDWARD W. Binnms, t'1'erin will expire 1909.1 ,IonN P. MI5LIC1i,l35Q., t'l'er1n will expire 1909.1 1V11.1.1AM 1-I. XVOODIN, ESQ., t'l'erm will expire 1909.1 JOHN BURSN, ESQ., . f'li01'1ll will expire 1910.1 Rxiv. XVILLIAM W. EVANS, D. f'l'erm will expire 1910.1 Rev. XVILLIAM A. S'rIiv1sNS, D. t'1'erm will expire 1910.1 C. Pierce Srmsu, ESQ., . t'1'crn1 will expire 1910.1 EnwA1m M. B11J1,lL1C,.lR., ESQ., t'l'erm will expire 1910.1 Representatives of Pliilatlelpliia District. CnA1u.ES K. Zim, ESQ., . t'l'crm will expire 1908.1 Baltimore District. G. LANE '1'ANm'nn.i., M, D., t'l'erm will expire 1911.1 Carlisle District. 'l'ASHllRY -1. CLARKE, ESQ., f'1'erm will expire 191 1.1 1Vilniington District. Hemw 1'. CANNON, ESQ., t'l'erni will expire 1908.1 - Deceascc1 Y l Mt. Holly Springs Carlisle 1'l2lI'1'lSl1l11'g New York City Carlisle D., Huntington D., , Clearlielcl. Cliatnluerslmrg. Carlisle Alumni Associations Pliilaclelpliia llaltiniore, Mil . 1vilL'L'l1l1g', XV. Va liriclgeville, Del. HoN. EDWARD C. S'ro1usS, . tTernx will expire 1911.1 NVILLXAM H, 15on1NE, ESQ., . tTerm will expire 1911.1 Rev. BIQNJ. C. l,I1'1'lNCO'1 1', D. D., t'1'erm will expire 1911.1 Rev. XVILLIANI P. DAVIS, D. D., f'l'C1'1I1 will expire 1909.1 Ricv. Graoimn 11. Wioirr, IJ. D., frfllflll will expire 1909.1 GEN. VIAMLQS lf. Rns1.iNo, 1.1.. D., . tTerm will expire 1008.1 D. I-Iltiuev CHANDLIQR, Esgg., t'1'erm will expire 1908.1 Jersey District . . Trenton, N. .1 . Williamstown, N. .1 Ocean Grove, N. J Red Bank, N. Ml Trenton, N. J Trenton. N. J Vineland, N. Representatives of Wilmington District CnA1u.i2S 13. Loren, Ll.. D., . f'l'erm will expire 1908.1 HoN. Rev, '1'noM.xs E. lWAR'l'1N11A1.15, D. D., t'l'erm will expire 1911.1 REV. CoRNi5l.IUS W. 1,RE'1 1'Y111AN, D, D., t'l'erm will expire 1911.1 HoN. joslsl-u E. 1'101,LAND, t'1'erm will expire 1911.1 REV. Louis E, liARRE'1 1', D. l1,, , t'l'erm will expire 1910.1 CHARLES 11. 1'ie15'rTx'MAN, ESQ., . f'ii01'Ill will expire 1911.1 NVILIJAM P. jAcNsoN, ESQ., . t'Yernx will expire 1910.1 . Wilmington, Salisbury, Snow Hill, Milfortl, Elkton, Pliilaflelj Salisbury, Del Md Md Del M11 Jliia Mil J.

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Board of Trustees 'Jk Jl0'Jl4' REV. GEORGE EDWARD REED, S. T. D., LL. D., Ex-oliieio. REV. BISHOP LH'rI-IER l3.,XV1l4SON, D. D., LL. D., Chattanooga, Tenn. f'llUl'll1 will expire 1909.3 Officers of the Board Representatives of Baltimore District GEORGE llDWARlJ REEH, President. XVILLIANI W. EVANS, Secretary. ul. IRVIN XVIIITIC, Treasurer. Executive Committee GEORGE IEHWARH REEH, Cliairman, ex-oilieio. CHARLES H. MHLLIN, EDXVARD W. I1IIml.E, lflJ1V.'1RD M. 1lmnI.E, JR., ,loHN S. BHRSK CHARLES W. STRAXV. Representatives-at-Large FRANK C. HoSI.ER, ESQ., .... 4'l'erm will expire 1909.3 GEN. l'IORA'l'l0 C. KING, 1.L. D., f'll01'll1 will expire 1910.3 JOHN A. SECOR, ESQ., . f'll0l'I1l will expire 1911.3 ALEXANDER PATTERSON, ESQ., . f'Fl'1'Ill will expire 1908.3 jAMES G. S111i1'11ERD, ESQ., tTerm will expire 1908.3 XVILLIAM D, liOY1CR, ESQ. f'l'erm will expire 1911.3 h 1 +'1JeEEZiseilf I Carlisle. Brooklyn, N. V, New York City . Clearfield. Scranton. Scranton. 'l'l1OM.-NS C. SMITH, M. D., t'1'erm will expire 1911.3 REV. IVUTHER T. XVIDERMAN, t'1'erm will expire 1911.3 D. D., :FI-IoN. Louis E. MCCOMAS, LL. D., . t'1'erm will expire 1908.3 REV. DAVHJ H. CARROLL, D. t'1'erHI will expire 1909.3 HENRY M. XVILSON, M. D., t'I'erm will expire 1909.3 j, HENRY BAKER, ESQ., . fT01'lI1 will expire 1910.3 lSAAC MCC1l1i14EY, ESQ., c'r0l'1l1 will expire 1911.3 Representatives of REV. FRANK 11. LvNeH, D. D,, . t'1'erm will expire 1908.3 STEPIYEN GREENE, ESQ., t'1'erm will expire 1910.3' REV. lVILLI.-1M L. HQSWELI., CTerm will expire 1911.3 GEORGE A. CRIDER, ESQ., t'1'erm will expire 1909.3 REV. CHARLES W. STRAXV, D C'l'erm will expire 1910.3 D., Washington, D. C. li11lll1l101'C, Mcl. Washington, D. C. lialtimore, Md. Baltimore, Mcl Baltimore, Md. liallimore, Md. Philadelphia District D. D., D., Philaflelpllia. Pllilaflelphia. Pliilaflelpliia. Philadelphia. Coatesviiie

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I V19 gf ,CSA ,- X, f -.A , . Q gm. A . - , . . . :f ,W fu-i get . Dickinson if History - ' 31, 652-1414 , H'-fi ' J 1-13: L'-t-Kal' . A ....-idfl E, f' ff. 2' .gi fl - . 41,2 gh '::.i.'-1 ' .'- fi J0rT,Ux, N 1 O as-Li 4 NE hundred and twenty-five years ago the need of an institution of higher learning for the then frontier of our civilization was felt so urgent that the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed a bill on the Sth of September, 1783, reading in part tlms: Be it, therefore, enacted by tl1e Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, that there be erected and hereby is erected and established in the Borough of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, in this State, a college for the education of youth in the learned and foreign languages, the useful arts, science and literature , and also, In memory of the great and important services rendered to his country by His Excellency john Dickinson, Esq., President of the Supreme Executive Council, and in commemoration of his very liberal donation to the institution, the said college shall bc forever hereafter called and known by the name of Dickinson College. The establislmient of a college at some point west of the Susquehanna had been agitated before the Revolution by some very prominent gentlemen. And it did not require much effort to rekindle the desire among them and their friends after the war. At the time of the foundation of the College, Carlisle had less than 1,5oo inhabitants, with scarcely a stage connection with the outer world. This probably accounts for the dissatisfaction which President Nisbet felt after having been here only a few weeks. Chief justice Taney, now famous for his decision in the Dred Scott case, records in his autobiography that he went home only twice during his college course, and each time was compelled to walk from 12