Dickinson College - Microcosm Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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HJ. DUB YESTEBDHYS Alumni Gymnasium 1928 N

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HS WE When Jeremiah Atwater became Prin- cipal in 1809, the officers of the College were at sword's points with each other. The students were lawless as the whirlwind. Principal Atwater saw that conditions were bad and set himself to the task of their cure,', but to no avail. Because of dif- ficulty with the faculty, and the seeming hopelessness of financial conditions, the College was closed in 1816. The townspeople of Carlisle, seeing both the commercial and cultural advantages to be derived from a college in their town, set about reopening Dickinson in 1821. They were earnest and it has been said that the faculty they secured was small but could scarcely have been more perfectf' Class oi 1906 Gateway

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During the next three administrations there was improvement in disciplinary and teaching standards, but there was a constant conflict between the faculty and the trustee board. The board would neither supply adequate funds for College needs, nor would it heed suggestions from the faculty. The College was losing st-udents, hence, financial support be- cause of the disagreement of the faculty members among themselves and with the trustees. WE HBE ENDUWED The election of john Price Durbin as President of the College in 1833 was the beginning of a great era. Not only was Durbin himself a great scholar, but he had under him a very scholarly faculty. The leaders of this faculty were Caldwell, Emory, Allem, and McClintock, and in 1840, Baird. They were all exceedingly young-Durbin the oldest was but thirty-four-but they were exceedingly learned men. Unfortunately they were not well paid.