Delaware Military Academy
Catalog Date: 1859
Catalogue of Students, For Scholastic Year, Commencing Monday, Sept. 5th, 1859.
First Class, Class of 1859
Ignatius C. Grubb
Second Class, Class of 1860
George H. Bates
Horace C. Biddle
Thomas A. Porter
H. C. Robinett
Third Class, Class of 1861
James H. Bradford
Edgar Darrach
Charles E. Easter
William Green
J. Rush Lincoln
Peter B. Porter
Henry C. Romans
Fourth Class, Class of 1862
Levi C. Bird
Reynold Driver
William Irelan
Charles R. Jones
D. C. W. M’Corkle
Malcolm P. M’Intyre
L. L. Parker
J. P. R. Polk
John A. Tonner
David Vickers, Jr.
Fifth Class, Class of 1863
Samuel C. Biddle
George W. Bright
James W. Barrett
George Barrett
Sidney P. Cook
Z. G. Dennis
Richard C. Dale
Peirce Gould
John W. Hawkins
John A. M’Caulley
Charles G. Megaw
William B. Martin
Joseph Sharp
J. E. Southard
Charles H. Thatcher
Peach R. Taliaferro
George L. Townsend
Norris R. Young
English Department:
William E. Blizzard
George H. Burton
Thomas R. Burton
Richard Burdon
James Burdon
James Batten
Hiram B. Cook
Edward Cox
Walter Cook
William S. Calloway
Corry Chambers
John H. Cazier
Henry B. Duncan
Clarence R. Eves
William H. Graves
Albert F. Harris
C. A. H. Heermann
George H. Hagerty
William M. Holt
William J. Harvey
John N. Kates
Jacob H. Lewis
Joseph L. McDaniel
Joseph S. Miller
Edward Patton
John J. Platt
John H. Peterson
Clayton Reybold
George Read
Jacob Rice
Samuel W. Robinson
Evan C. Stotsenburg
John L. Sparks
James Strimple
James Stiles
Charles M. Thomson
Samuel W. Thatcher
Eugene Troth
Robert G. Turner
John T. Waples
John Whitfield
Thomas F. Walter
James M. Williams
Delaware Military Academy
Catalog Date: 1860
Catalogue of Students, For Scholastic Year, Commencing Monday, Sept. 3rd, 1860.
Grade of Honor
George E. Barrett
James W. Barrett
Samuel C. Biddle
William H. Churchman
Walter H. Cook
John Clark
William Harvey
Joseph S. Miller
Peter B. Porter
Thomas A. Porter
Leander F. Riddle
James E. Roberts
Henry C. Robinett
Brinton J. Woodward
William Aikman
James Loyd Breck
James Rush Lincoln
David Vickers, Jr.
First Class, Class of 1860
Horace C. Biddle
C. Rodney May
Thomas A. Porter
Henry C. Robinett
David Vickers, Jr.
Second Class, Class of 1861
George H. Bates
Edgar Darrach
Charles E. Easter
William Green
William Irelan
J. Rush Lincoln
Peter B. Porter
Leander L. Riddle
Third Class, Class of 1862
James W. Barrett
James H. Bradford
William H. Churchman
John Clark
Sidney P. Cook
Robert S. Gould
William R. Hodgson
Edmund P. Long
L. L. Parker
John P. R. Polk
James E. Roberts
John A. Tonner
Fourth Class, Class of 1863
George E. Barrett
Samuel C. Biddle
James Loyd Breck
George H. Burton
Thomas R. Burton
William S. Callaway
William Cooch
Hiram B. Cook
George W. Gallagher
B. Robert Heisler
John A. M’Caulley
Malcolm P. M’Intyre
Charles G. Megaw
Henry W. Morrow
Joseph Sharp
John L. Sparks
Alfred E. Townsend
Norris R. Young
Fifth Class, Class of 1864
William E. Blizzard
William D. Irvin
William Harvey
Joseph L. McDaniel
Joseph S. Miller
Henry D. Rust
English Department:
William Aikman
Zadoc Aydelott
Edward G. Bradford
Lynam W. Drown
Charles C. Bush
Walter H. Cook
Edward Cox
Charles B. Coxe
George Derrickson
Henry R. Dupont
Samuel Fenimore
Albert F. Harris
Leslie Harris
William J. Harvey
Charles E. Hyatt
Augustus S. Lane
William N. Meacham
John Null
Edmund R. Patton
John F. Quigley
Edward H. Rice
George H. Ross
Marcus B. Silver
Evan C. Stotsenburg
James Strimple
Peach R. Taliaferro
Charles M. Thompson
Benjamin Walker
S. J. Wheatley
William H. Woods
Brinton J. Woodward
Garrett L. Woodward
William W. Woodward
George W. Wootten
Delaware Military Academy
Catalog Date: 1861
Catalogue of Students, For Scholastic Year, Ending June 27, 1861
Name, Grade
Grade of Honor:
J. S. Miller, 99
J. W. Barrett, 98.6
S. C. Biddle, 98.1
T. A. Porter, 98
J. H. Bradford, 95
General Merit Roll of Cadets:
S. H. Bolton, 97
J. P. R. Polk, 94
Peter B. Porter, 94
T. K. Porter, 94
George E. Barrett, 93
J. Lloyd Breck, 93
W. H. Churchman, 92
John H. Fogg, 92
W. C. Johnson, 92
Richard Clayton, 91
Wm. J. Harvey, 91
C. W. Farrell, 90
Zadoc Aydelott, 90
J. R. Lincoln, 90
James T. Veazey, 90
William Aikman, 89
William H. Greene, 89
Edwin Mauch, 89
John F. Quigley, 89
Edgar S. Egerton, 88
G. W. Churchman, 87
John Clarke, 87
William Cooch, 87
J. A. Tonner, 87
E. G. Bradford, 86
J. W. Fletcher, 86
Melvin P. Sikken, 86
Henry P. Bowers, 85
A. P. Russell, 85
Robert S. Gould, 84
B. Roberts Heisler, 84
Benjamin Orne, 84
Edward R. Patton, 84
B.Reeves Russell, 84
Sidney P. Cook, 83
S. Fenimore, 83
W. J. McClary, 83
John H. Kitts, 82
Wm. H. Atlee, 81
J. B. W. Aydelott, 81
D. P. Billington, 81
Amos P. Bryant, 81
Walter H. Cook, 81
William L. May, 81
Arthur McKim, 81
Howard O. Ogle, 81
J. S. Litzenberg, 80
A.W. Bradford, 79
H. D. Fletcher, 79
S. G. Wheatley, 79
Charles B. Coxe, 78
John Wallace, 77
George F. Brooke, 76
Lester Harris, 76
William T. Shreve, 76
Wm. W. Stroup, 76
G. L. Woodward, 76
T. O. Woodward, 75
Hiram B. Cook, 74
William Harvey, 74
John H. Null, 74
L. L. Parker, 74
A.W. Southard, 74
Harry C. Egerton, 73
Charles W. Gouert, 71
Wm. M. Meacham, 71
Lyman W. Brown, 69
C. Rodney May, 69
George H. Burton, 68
Albert F. Harris, 68
I. Eug. Southard, 68
H. R. du Pont, 67
W. H. Baldwin, 64
Thomas R. Burton, 64
Charles E. Hyatt, 64
A. E. Townsend, 64
John L. Sparks, 61
L. D. Sturgis, 61
Charles B. Dungan, 60
C. G. Megaw, 59
Harry D. Rust, 58
Charles Bucknor, 56
S. H. T. Hill, 54
J. Alpheus Cann, 51
Edmund P. Long, 48
J. Aug. McCaulley, 47
John Brown, 43
L. S. Woodward, 41
W. W. Woodward, 38
Benjamin Walker, 32
Edwin Longnecker, Dismissed
F. McCutchen, Dis.
Wm. H. Woods, Dis.
John H. Cazier, Dis.
Norris R. Young, Dis.
Folder 1: Yearly Calendars 1959, 1961
Folder 2: Misc brochures: First Annual Spring Festival 1961 program; 1958 PMC Fall Sports Schedule card; holiday greeting card signed by Clarence Moll; 1960 Father and Son Banquet program; Atlantic City Convention Hall pamphlet, includes History of PMC and Boardwalk Bowl; PMC Museum PMC Remembrance Garden Ribbon Cutting program October 11, 2019.
Folder 3: PMC Football Programs 1958
Folder 4: PMC Football Programs 1959
Folder 5: PMC Football Programs 1960
Folder 6: PMC Football Programs 1961
Folder 7: Widener Broom Drill 1975 microfilm
Folder 8: ROTC Dauntless Battalion staff ride to Gettysburg Nov 2017, brief description and 2 photos
Folder 9: 4 cardboard photos of cadets: drill team, cadets on horses, marching down lane and cadet dorm room (n.d.)
4 photos: artillery drills, marching on field, cadets on horses in rocky terrain, and Old Main (N.d.)
Letter to president Col. Frank Hyatt presenting Dr. Milo Cudworth Burt for his Doctorate in Science
Commonwealth of PA Executive Department certificate to Milo Cudworth Burt commissioning him as Captain of Infantry dated June 19, 1907.
Commonwealth of PA Executive Department certificate to Milo Cudworth Burt commissioning him as Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry dated September 5, 1910.
Golden PMC Club certificate to Alvin Burt for 50th anniversary as an alumnus
10 loose scrapbook pages with small photos of the summer camp, horses, cadets, polo, commencement day 1923, and artillery drill 1923.
1 copy of cadet class photo labeled PMC graduation (n.d.)
5 polo photos
History / Biographical
Milo Cudworth Burt not sure if he got an honorary degree or an actual doctoral degree in science in 1939. In the course catalog he his listed under the Degrees conferred under doctor of science.
Custodial History
Materials donated to the archives by George Shaffer folder 1-8. Materials donated by family member of Alvin M. Burt folder 9
The Dome is the Student Newspaper of Pennsylvania Military College, PMC Colleges, Widener College and Widener University.
April 4, 2003 No Vol. or Issue Number
“Widener Alumni Makes A Difference For Young Parents”
Marcell Banks Blair, a School of Social Work graduate, is now the program coordinator for Young Parents Support Network, a group working with teen parents.
“Little Shop of Horrors Soon To Be Open To Public”
The Theatre Widener Acting Company production runs April 10th through 13th.
“Widener Reads To Chester”
The Widener Reads Program is a work study position tutoring children in local elementary schools.
“Harris For a Day”
Student to be selected who will change places with President Harris for a day.
“C.A.B. Confessions”
Report of campus activities.
“Widener Briefs…Not Boxers”
Summaries of Widener news and student organization activities.
Honors Week 2003
“Honors Week: An Overview”
This is the time when Widener celebrates students’ academic achievements. The events were on March 17 through March 21.
“Science Awards Ceremony”
Science majors with a 3.25 GPA or higher were honored. Some were inducted into honors societies.
“Phi Kappa Phi Inductions”
A national honor society for high scholastic achievement inducted new members.
“Students Present Research Findings”
Presentations were March 18 through 21 in Webb Room.
“Happenings”
April Calendar.
“Traditional April Fool’s Day Supplement”
Features stories of Godzilla at Widener, surveillance cameras in school bathrooms, President Harris revealed to be squirrels in a man-suit and fake personal ads.
America Goes To War
“Controversy Surrounds Wars”
“Protests Around the World Over War”
“A Call To Arms”
Widener alumnus writes to his fraternity while preparing to deploy overseas.
“Writer’s Block”
Works by Widener students.
“Letters from Sea: India”
One of series of reports written by a student on her Semester at Sea experience in India.
Women’s History Month Coverage
“Gayle Stahlhuth in ‘Lou: The Remarkable Miss Alcott’”
One woman show about life of Louisa May Alcott.
“Mary Leftridge Byrd Speaks Out”
Warden at State Correctional Institution in Chester speaks on importance of family to prisoners.
The Dome is the Student Newspaper of Pennsylvania Military College, PMC Colleges, Widener College and Widener University.
December 13, 2002 No Vol. or Issue Numbers
“Widener Celebrates Diversity with International Week”
Story and photos. Reprint of November 27 article.
“Rotaract: Yet Another Good Deed”
Widener Rotaract Club will be helping in Chester.
Reprint of article from November 27 issue
Fenn’s Minds Eye: Editorial Perspective
“Fenn’s Minds Eye is Now Closed”
Thoughts on leaving the dome and graduating.
“English as a National Language”
Reprint of article from November 27 issue
Letter From the Editor
“A Fond Farewell”
Time for a changing of the guard
“Plethora of Possibilities for Pleasing the Poser”
Reprint of November 27 article about events and activities.
“In Regards to the Nov. 27 Dome”
Editor explains that this issue was withdrawn because of controversial cartoon.
“Letters to the Editor”
Response to controversial cartoon in November 27 issue including letter from
President Harris.
“Moroccan Chef Spices Up International Week”
Reprint of article from November 27 issue.
“Alpha Tau Omega Holds Swim-a-thon”
Event raises nearly $10,000 for charities including Ronald McDonald House.
“2006 Class Officers Elected”
“A Way With Acting”
Reprint of November 27 article on Theatre Widener.
The Dome is the Student Newspaper of Pennsylvania Military College, PMC Colleges, Widener College and Widener University.
February 14, 2003 No Vol. or Issue Number
“Widener Professor Named Gerontology Fellow”
Professor Neal E. Cutler named fellow of Association of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE).
“Are You in Control of Your Own Identity?”
Article on identity theft.
“Blame the Media!”
What makes good journalism, the story of Mark Bowden.
“The Glass Menagerie Set to Open”
Theatre Widener Acting Company will present the Tennessee Williams play February 18th through February 23rd.
“Photo: Students Brave Snow!”
Chester campus remained open despite 8 inches of snow.
“Widener Briefs…Not Boxers”
Summaries of Widener news and student organization activities.
“Happenings”
February Calendar
“Never Too Late to Start”
Lea Greene, an 82 year old student attending Widener, read her poetry to an invited group in the Drost Room at Wolfgram Memorial Library.
“Letter from the Editor”
Thought on Valentine’s Day.
“Be My Valentine?”
Brief history of the origin of Valentine’s Day.
The Dome is the Student Newspaper of Pennsylvania Military College, PMC Colleges, Widener College and Widener University.
February 28, 2003 No Vol. or Issue Number
“Coach Zwaan To Go To West Chester University”
“Critical Theory Panel Focuses on Future of African Studies”
On February 20 a panel was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania and attended by several Widener students.
PHOTO
Senior Class 100th day photo Story continues on page12
“Expressionist Artist Comes To Widener”
Austino Okafor visited on February 12.
“Glass Menagerie Shatters Expectations”
“Letter from the Editor”
On comments about the Black History Month articles.
“Widener Briefs…Not Boxers”
Summaries of Widener news and student organization activities.
“Feature: Slavery Research”
Article created by English 101 and 103 classes in Fall 2002, on the topic of slavery.
“Happenings”
March calendar.
“Athlete of the Month: Nicki Carden”
“Seniors Celebrate 100th Night”
Story with photos.
The Dome is the Student Newspaper of Pennsylvania Military College, PMC Colleges, Widener College and Widener University.
January 31, 2003 No Vol. or Issue Number
“Wing Bowl II Heats Up the Cafeteria”
Chicken wing eating contest held on the previous Friday.
“Renowned Photographer Visits Widener”
Brian T. Peterson visits on January 22.
“Battles of the Sexes Heats Up Widener”
Battle of the Sexes is a game show that came to Widener that pitted boys against girls to battle for a vacation in the Bahamas.
“With Honors”
Report of activities of the Honors Program headed by Dr. Irene Lieberman.
“Semester at Sea: First Stop Cuba”
See below.
“Cashin Sets Sale for Semester”
Continuation of story from page 1 includes interview with student Tara Cashin, who is participating in the Semester at Sea program through the University of Pittsburgh.
“Widener Briefs…Not Boxers”
Summaries of Widener news and activities of student organizations
“Martin Luther King Jr. Day”
The day was spent doing volunteer service with members of the Chester community.
Story with photos.
“Happenings”
February calendar of events.
“Athlete of the Month: Nicole Seward”
“On Air with WDNR”
Radio schedule for WDNR, available on 89.5 FM and on wdnr.com.
“Race as an Admissions Factor: The Affirmative Action Case at the University of Michigan”
The Philadelphia Inquirer poses questions in response to Affirmative Action controversy in the University of Michigan and asks for students’ opinion.
“Letter from the Editor: Amy Gatto, Editor-in-Chief”
New editor notes changes in the Dome. Asks for student participation.
The Dome is the Student Newspaper of Pennsylvania Military College, PMC Colleges, Widener College and Widener University.
March 21, 2003 No Vol. or Issue Number
“Married Couple Displays Artwork Together”
Husband and wife Alan and Libbie Soffer are exhibiting their work at Widener Art Gallery.
“Widener Celebrates Diversity Week”
Events including the February 25 Diversity in Chester celebration.
“Brown Bag Beginnings”
Wolfgram librarians, James McCloskey and Jill Borin, have organized the Brown Bag Book Club.
“Tara Cashin: Letters from Sea”
One of series of reports written by a student on her Semester at Sea experience.
“Widener Briefs… Not Boxers”
Summaries of Widener news and student organization activities.
“Alternative Spring Break”
Twenty three members, including President Harris, participated in Alternative Spring Break working with Habitat for Humanity in Florida.
“Happenings”
March calendar.
“Athlete of the Month—Rinnie Mills”
“Writers Block”
Works by Widener students
“Letters from Sea: Tanzania”
One of series of reports written by a student on her Semester at Sea experience in Tanzania.
