Word: dickeys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President John S. Dickey in a memorandum accompanying the announcement, said a large part of the new income will be used to raise teachers' salaries. "In addition to adjusting to generally rising costs, the Trustees are determined to keep the college's salaries at levels that will attract and hold the best teachers," he said...
...difficulty of preserving the famed Dartmouth esprit d' corps is perhaps less immediately serious, but more difficult to resolve. Dartmouth officials hope that by making the school itself more appealing, they can keep students in Hanover--safely. To this end, President John Sloan Dickey began a $5,000,000 fund drive in 1946, which included among its objects the building of an elaborate student union. This would have featured bowling alleys, game rooms, and lounges; but the primary objection from a student view-point was succinctly expressed by a cynical undergraduate who asked; "It won't have any girls, will...
...that as it may, the College administration encourages more in the way of activities than slalom-skiing and salmon fishing. President Dickey believes that "it is not the business of the college to intrude on the established religious beliefs of any person but it is the duty of the College to the moral and spiritual ingredients of a good life...
Religion itself is experiencing a revival of interest at Dartmouth. Several plans, similar to those at Harvard, call for election of a college preacher-professor and renovation of the antiquated Rollins chapel. All these plans, naturally, are supported whole-heartedly by Dickey: "There is the opportunity now as there always has been in the independent liberal arts college for men of sincerity to consider freely all subjects of human concern, and there must be room in this consideration for those who seek growth and strength through honest reexamination either of their beliefs or of their doubts...
Also to be honored are four Eastern college presidents: John Sloan Dickey, Dartmouth; Charles W. Cole, Amherst; Victor L. Butterfield, Wesleyan; and James Phinney Baxter, Williams...