Dickinson College - Microcosm Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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. . entered on the century that was to show uninterrupted progress. A spirit of liberal education, born at the hour of the birth of the spirit of American democracy and drawing strength from the common ancestry, can stand the test of time. And so Dickinson survived her growing pains. The VVar of 1812 intruded on the movement of progress. A duel with a disastrous ending, in 1815, had a depressing effect. After causing one period of suspension, internal difficulties between faculty and trustees were threatening the life of the institution as Dickin- son passed the half-century mark of her career. 1Vith the 'flll'l1 of this first century came reorganization under the control of the Nlethodist Episcopal Church. The enlightened educa- tional activity of this libe1'al sectarian control fanned anew the spark of the Dickinson genius and pointed the way down the next hundred years. The man under whom the renaissance took place has had few peers as a college administrator. Dr. John P. Durbin brought to Dickinson a superlative reputation as scholar, executive, and orator. His varied interests and talents placed him in harmony with all branches of human learning. Under his leadership the College gained new impetus with its rebirth: from its leaderis attention to revised statutes, new courses of study, new buildings, endowment, and increase of students. In 1835, South College was acquired for grammar school facilities. Burned and rebuilt, it later served as scientific department and library. The following year saw the erection of East College on the accepted plan of college dormitories. Fortified with a strong constitutional background and well nurtured by administration, faculty, student body, and public confidence, Dickinson thus entered on the century that was destined to show uninterrupted progress. Situated midway between the North and South, drawing life and inter- est from both, Dickinson moved on to play a colorful role in another national epoch that was to mark so signally the pass- ing of the midpoint in the first century and a half of Dickinson and identify her again with the spirit of the nation.

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John Price Durbin 1832-1845 ql9ISTINGUISHED 01'11,t01', 0211571-cnt p 1' lf Il c l1, e 1' . 11cl1ninist1'ative genius,-lcmler of the renais- sance of flze Collcge. ,Hy N YQ Eg P ii ll l wg 1 I ll I w i 1 H E ll 1 5 K - .' l XX . li E 1 ' ' ' ' il ' j ei: ja- c if l ,,, ,,,- ,-1 .. l 'Q ry gg-an F377 rw H1111 , n 1 lug' f n , H - 'f , I A-,,,..-,, . -6 ..,, ,,,Wf---: '-'T X I 1 X 1 jg! N wie J il l 1 ' 'ff 3 l a 3 H Q X East College, 1836 x I 13 s I MOLD EAST, built on Z S l 5 l ilze accepted plan, of , l modern college dorm.ito1'ics, .I 1 marked the second luzlf cen- 1 V T fury of Dickim-on's history. , 6 V Y 'l 53: i w 5 k Sl , 0 we D e ii s V L 1, f-. Lefls era:-rgfwggf C' We , e ,JJ