Syllabus

 
Section One

The Foundings - a Revolutionary Project or just another Presbyterian College?
 

 
Section Two

Religion in Higher Education

Tracing the role of religion in education and the conversion of Dickinson College from Presbyterian to Methodist control.

 John Price Durbin

 
Moncure D. Conway, Roger B. Taney, John McClintock Section Three

Slavery and Abolition

Dickinson College faced the controversial issues of slavery and abolition on both
the national and local front.

 
Section Four

Women March In

In 1884, Dickinson College joined the growing trend of co-education by admitting the first woman to the College who, along with other early co-eds, would pave the way for a definitive female presence.
Dickinson Co-eds, c1885

 
32nd Aircrew students taking a break outside Old West, 1943 Section Five

Dickinson and the Nation

From the Tides of two World Wars:
The Emergence of a Secular Institution

 
Section Six

Brave New World

Dickinsons struggles for prosperity despite the controversies in the world.

 
Section Seven

Dickinson Engaging the World

The College moves beyond its limestone walls.

 
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