Lycoming College - Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Junior College and College Preparatory School

About This Collection

This collection contains material originating from and telling about Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Junior College and Preparatory School. Although spanning almost two decades, from 1928 through 1947, the collection is modest in size. The publications, annuals, catalogs, alumni newsletters and promotional material, are well represented and provide a wealth of information about the school, the faculty and the students. Evident from the collection is a rich musical and social atmosphere. Athletics and official events are also well documented. Reflecting world history, two significant events in the life of the Junior College occur as a result of World War II. Almost one- third of the collection centers around the school's involvement with the war effort. The institution of two different military training programs are chronicled here. Records of accreditation from a junior college to a four year institute are included, which was also influenced by World War II and the resulting return of military personnel desiring to pursue opportunities for higher education. A small part of the collection consists of items not specifically produced by the college but most likely accumulated by staff or faculty, enhances the portrayal of the time period,
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Autumn Outing
Autumn Outing
Recreation
On back: 'Students at Seminary have autumn outing. Published Oct. 7 1945.' The 1946 'Dart' yearbooks reported on the outing, called the Chestnut Party, as follows: 'It was held at Mountain Beach this year and we were all so well acquainted after it was over that we could call almost everybody around the school by his first name.'
Autumn Outing at Mountain Beach
Autumn Outing at Mountain Beach
Recreation
On back: 'Students at Seminary at autumn outing at Mountain Beach. Published Oct. 7 1945.' The 1946 'Dart' yearbooks reported on the outing, called the Chestnut Party, as follows: 'It was held at Mountain Beach this year and we were all so well acquainted after it was over that we could call almost everybody around the school by his first name.'
Aviation Cadets
Aviation Cadets
Cadets, Military air pilots
The aviation cadets dine in the Bradley Hall dining room.
Baseball Team, 1933
Baseball Team, 1933
Baseball players, Student organizations
Members of the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College's baseball team pose on the front steps of Hilltop Gym. Team members are identified in a newspaper clipping on back of the photo as, l. to r., front row: Archer, Helt, Martz, Gehron (mascot), Hood, Stanford, Porter; middle row: Ostby, Corman, Brown, Cassell, Broscoe, Carstetter, McKay (coach); back rowt: Gross (asst. manager), Chamberland, Goodrich, Snyder, Connor, Camarinos (manager). Accompanying article reads: 'The Dickinson Seminary baseball team, all decked out in new uniforms, was ready to open the season a week ago with the Penn State Freshman at State College, but rain prevented the contest. A tough schedule has been arranged for the remainder of the season."" Note: photo is damaged. The back row can not be seen.
Baseball Team, 1936
Baseball Team, 1936
Baseball players, Student organizations
Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College's baseball team pose on the field. Players are identified as, l. to r., front row: Horace Thomas, Rhoads, McLaughlin, Robert Hall, Snyder, Gamba, Heverly, Knauber; back row: ____, Hardesty, Dean Fencil, Eddie Zalesky, Abie Button, Evenden, Coach Ernie Smith, Way, Coach Earl McKay.
Basketball team, 1930
Basketball team, 1930
Basketball players, Student organizations
Basketball team members pose in the gym. Names hand-written on back: top row, l. to r.: Bill Tredway, O'Neil [sic. (O'Neal), Francis 'Bud' Geigle, John Nicholson, Coach Swartz, [Hoffnagle], Ralph Gontrum. Second row, l. to r.: Ben Kovick, Staff Cassell, Frank Given, Robert Muse, William 'Ben' Gould, Jack Stokes and . Front row, l. to r.: Honus Kline, Ralph Geigle.'
Basketball Team, 1931
Basketball Team, 1931
Basketball players, Student organizations
Basketball Team members pose on steps outside Hilltop Gym. Caption and article on back: First row, l. to r.: Business Manager McKay, Coach Paul Smith, Brown, Downs, Stokes, Campbell, Spotts; 2nd row,: Ott, Choate, Goodrich, Plotts, Bucher, Miller, Porter, Garcia; 3rd row, l. to r.: Helt, Brink, Long, Hiller, Hommel, Anderson, Engler; 4th row: Manager Tait, Karpowich, Conover, Evarts, Kossa, Freed, and Kaye. Article reads: 'Pictured here are the Seminary boys who are candidates for the basketball team. Practises are under way and judging from the material at hand the season should bring many victories. Coach Smith plans to carry a varsity and junior varsity squad, each numbering about nine men … The schedule of games has not yet been completed, but the opening game on Jan. 8 will find Seminary facing Wyoming Seminary on the up-state team's floor. Seminary's schedule also included such teams as Wyoming Seminary, Keystone, and Cook Academies, Mansfield State Teachers College, Penn State Freshmen, and attempts are being made to get games with the freshman teams of Dickinson College and Pennsylvania and New York Universities. Published Dec 6 1931.'
Basketball Team, 1933
Basketball Team, 1933
Basketball players, Student organizations
Basketball Team members, in uniform, pose in Hilltop Gym. Caption on back: Coach Smith, of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, already has his basketball squad hard at work for the coming campaign. Practises are held daily, and indications are that some of the new material will develop into fine players.Those in the picture are, 1st row, l. to r.: Shocker, Ward, Martin, Knauber, Hall, Truitt, Gutelius, Williams, Gruver. 2nd row: Coach Smith, Cassell, Luty, Lynch, Stokes, Kitner, Smyth, Dempsey, Springman, Barrett, Chamberlain. 3rd row: Ostby, Isaccson, Evert, O'Brien, Westburg, Dresser, Wilhelm, Hopler, Dick. Published Dec 10 1933. Hand-written on back: Seminary Basketball Squad.
Basketball Team, 1935
Basketball Team, 1935
Basketball players, Student organizations
Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College's basketball team pose wearing team jackets and basketball shorts. Team members are identified as, l. to r., front row: William Gruver, Frank O'Brien, Gordon Lepley., Don Knauber, Wingate, Paul Kitner; back row: Coach McKay, ,Dempsey, ____ Springman, Charles Luty, Jr.; Bruce Isaacson; ____ Springman, Don Manno, Glennon A. Blackwell (team manager).
Basketball Team, 1936
Basketball Team, 1936
Basketball players, Student organizations
Basketball Team members pose, in uniform, inside Hilltop Gym. Information from newspaper clipping on back: 'Shown in the picture are the members of this year's Dickinson Junior College basketball squad, which is now being schooled by the capable Earl McKay. Those in the group are 1st row, l. to r.: Douglas, Wirth, Dye, Evenden, Gamba, Morrison, R. Hall, DeBarbieri, Flock and Crates; 2nd row: Manager Koons, Wingate, Bennett, L. Knauber, Dyer, Slovinac, N. Wood, Flanders, O'Brien, V. Wood, Hirsh, and Head Coach McKay; 3rd row, l. to r.: Neff, Campbell, Russell, Decker, Snyder, Cornelison, Weis, Van Syckle, Godfrey, F. Hall, and Flaugh.' Published Dec 6 1936.
Basketball Team, 1941
Basketball Team, 1941
Basketball players, Student organizations
Members of the basketball team, in uniform, pose in the Hilltop Gym. Names on back: front row, l. to r.: Smith, Weidler, Hawkins, Manager 'Knobby' Keator, Morocco, Freeman, Camp; 2nd row: E. Smith (trainer), Garland, Finks, Coach McKay, Schneider, Allen, Bowers, Assistant Manager Bricker. Published Feb 9 1941.
Basketball Team, 1942
Basketball Team, 1942
Basketball players, Student organizations
Members of the basketball team pose, in uniform, for a portrait. Pictured, front row, l. to r., are: Joseph Breitenbach, 2. Earl McCloskey, 3. Bob Metzger, 4. Mike Bernardi, 5. George Wolf, 6. ?; back row: 1. ?, 2. ?, 3. Bob Winter, 4. Captain Cliff Allen, 5. Dick McGinn, 6. ?, 7. Coach Earl McKay.
Basketball Team, 1947
Basketball Team, 1947
Basketball players, Student organizations
Basketball team, in uniform, pose in Hilltop Gym. Names written on front: 1st row, l. to r.: Abbey, Naimole [sic.] (Naimoli), Smith, Staley, Gair, Kriner; 2nd row: Peterson, Davis, Fullmer, McCloskey,Winters, Mondell; 3rd row: Clark, Decker, Bless, Richey, Keller, Harry (manager); 4th row: Stanford (asst. coach), Clement, Gray, Houck, Whykloff [sic.] (Wykoff), and Smith (coach).
Camp Kline Outing
Camp Kline Outing
Camps, Travel, Students
Article on back: 'Twenty-five of the girl students at Dickinson Seminary, accompanied by Miss Minnie V. Taylor, preceptress, enjoyed an outing at Camp Kline, on Pine Creek, from Friday afternoon until last evening. They cooked their food camp style, slept out in the open cabins Friday night, and yesterday hiked all over the camp. Friday was such a fine warm day that the girls decided to sleep in the open cabins, and it proved to be a real thrill, for before morning the thermometer went much lower than they had anticipated, and the supply of blankets, though ample, proved entirely inadequate. However, they 'thawed out' early yesterday morning, and thoroughly enjoyed the day's outing.' Published Apr 24 1932.
Carrie Barge House Party at Dickinson Seminary and Junior College
Carrie Barge House Party at Dickinson Seminary and Junior College
Meetings, Organizations
A group of one hundred or more women pose in front of Hilltop Gym. Carrie Barge was the organizer of a home missionary society. Published Jun 28 1936.
Cast Members of the Senior Play, 'Icebound'
Cast Members of the Senior Play, 'Icebound'
Actors, Theatrical productions
Cast Members of the Senior Play, 'Icebound' pose on the steps of Hilltop Gym. Some cast members have been identified, front row,l. to r. as: Margery Sesinger, Elsie Klepper, ____, Mary Mallinson, Elizabeth Dawson; back row: Jeanne Clark, ____, ____, Arnold Wilkes, D. Owen Brubaker, Josephine Williams. Published Apr 22 1934.
Cast of 'Our Town'
Cast of 'Our Town'
Theatrical productions, Actors, Students
Caption on back: 'As part of their class day exercises, June 6, the graduating classes at Williamsport Dickinson Junior College will present Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town,' which created such a sensation on the Broadway stage and the Hollywood screen. The college players have been in rehearsal several weeks, and they expect to hit the 'bare boards' of the college auditorium, when the play is given, as on Broadway, without scenery and the usual stage properties. The cast, shown above, includes: first row, l. to r.: Vivian Vannucci, Elizabeth Harrison, Barbara Kelly, Jean Flook, Fred Moore, and Doris Losch. Second row: Harold Hartman, Howard Bowman, George Hewitt, Joe Troisi, and Richard Enterline. Third row: James Robinson, Miss Wilma Tyson, director, and Lawrence Maynard.' Published May 18 1941.
Cast of the 1936 Commencement Play
Cast of the 1936 Commencement Play
Student organizations, Actors
On back: 'Cast of students for Dickinson commencement play.' The dramatic club presented this three-act play entitled 'The Youngest' on June 12th 1936 for Commencement. Students are identified, l. to r., as: front row: ____,____, Thurza M. Backey, Marion McCloud, Dorothy Mauer, Robennette Rogers; back row: Nathan W. Stuart, Ralph Jones, Paul A. Ford, Max Seltzer.
Chapel in Old Main
Chapel in Old Main
Chapels, Religious services, Clarke Building and Chapel (1939)
President Long addresses an assembly in the Chapel, located on the second floor of Old Main. A copy of this photo appears in the 1934-35 catalog. The caption below the photo is: The School Chapel; 'Exclude religion from education and you have no foundation upon which to build moral character.'
Chemistry Laboratory Class
Chemistry Laboratory Class
Chemistry, Laboratories, Research facilities, Students, Teachers, Eveland Hall (1912-1979)
Two men and a woman work in the chemistry laboratory in Eveland Hall at Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College.