1938: J.D. Salinger enrolls at Ursinus for the fall semester. As quoted from the Ursinus website, ""The late 30s also saw the arrival of someone who was perhaps Ursinus’ most famous student ever: Jerome D. Salinger. Gallant and slim, he swooped in from New York City for a few months in 1938, wrote a zany column for the student newspaper, "The Skipped Diploma", dated a few of the coeds, then dropped out at Thanksgiving. He went on to great fame as author of "The Catcher in the Rye", and short stories appearing in "The New Yorker"".