Freshman Beanies

Charter Day Beanie, 2010

A red felt beanie printed with white "D" distributed for the Charter Day celebration on September 16, 2010. This was the first year that Charter Day was celebrated by the college.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00675

Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00601, AC 00606, AC 00708)

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, Charter Day, College Traditions

Format: Hats

Cholly Freshman Beanie, 1951

A red and white stripped beanie hat with a red rim. On the rim is "Cholly" embroidered in white. This item belonged to Charles Seller, class of 1955. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00803

Location: Shelf 10 (housed with AC 00804-00810)

Subject: Freshman Beanies

Format: Hats

Dink and Freshman Pin, c.1949

The dink is made out of red felt with a white button on top.  The button is made out of metal which has "Dickinson College Freshman", along with the old college seal and on a piece of paper in the middle "Jim Pritchard" is written.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00858

Location: Reading Room 1 (housed with AC 00851, AC 00859, and AC 00860)

Subject: Student Life, Freshman Beanies, Dink, Nametag

Format: Clothing, Hats, Pins/Buttons, Textiles

Green Knit Cap, 1924

Green knit wool cap with yellow pom pom worn by Donald McIntyre as a freshman in 1924.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00049

Location: Shelf 9 (housed with 00046-00048)

Subject: Freshman Beanies

Format: Hats

Frank Masland Freshman Beanie, 1914

White cotton "dink" with gold button and "18."  Worn by Frank Masland (Class of 1918) as a freshman in 1914.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00046

Location: Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00046-00048)

Subject: Freshman Beanies

Format: Hats

Freshman Beanie, 1959

Red felt beanie (also called a "dink") with a white button, worn by Barbara Price Vandegrift in 1959. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00556

Location: Shelf 9

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, College Traditions

Format: Hats

Freshman Beanie, c.1965

A red felt "dink" with a white button from around 1965.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00048

Location: Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00046-00049)

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, College Traditions

Format: Hats

Freshman Dink, 1956

William Freeman's (Class of 1960) dink from his freshman year in 1956. Wool, with a few holes around the seams, size 7.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00921

Location: Reading Room 7

Subject: Student Life, Dink, Freshman Beanies, College Traditions

Format: Hats

Freshman Dink, 1960

An all red, cotton dink belonging to Marilyn Detweiler (Class of 1964). 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00938

Location: Reading Room Shelf 1 (housed with AC 00925, AC 00936-7)

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink

Format: Hats

Freshman Dink, 1962

All red, cotton dink.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00825

Location: Shelf 20 (housed with AC 00825)

Subject: Dink, Student Life, Freshman Beanies

Format: Hats

Lewis Gobrecht's Freshman Beanie and Sign, 1951

Red felt “dink” beanie, and a brown cardboard sign worn by Lewis Gobrecht '55 as a freshman at Dickinson College in 1951. The front of the sign reads "Lewis D. Gobrecht" in large red letters and "AXP" penciled in smaller letters, with a list of names on the back written in pencil, likely the names of the other members of the Alpha Chi Rho pledge class.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00436

Location: Shelf 2 (housed with AC 00432-00436, AC 00443, AC 00459, AC 00470)

Subject: Greek Life, Freshman Beanies, Dink, Student Life

Format: Hats

Back of Freshman Beanie, 1967

Red felt "dink" with "71" in white felt on the back.  Attached is a nametag worn by A. Pierce Bounds as a freshman in 1967.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00051

Location: Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00046-00048)

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, Nametag

Format: Hats

Red Beanie, 1953

A red, felt beanie with “’53” in white felt on the front. Donor describes this hat as a replacement for one that he received as a Freshman. On the tag inside the hat "J. P." is written in black marker.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00769

Location: RR 04 (housed with AC 00768, 00781-85, 00788-89, 00791)

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, College Traditions

Format: Hats

Red Dink (Class of 1964), 1960

A red felt dink with no class year on it. It was worn by Paul M. Showalter (class of 1964) in the fall of 1960 of his Freshman year.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00789

Location: Reading Room Shelf 4 (housed with AC 00768-69, AC 00781-85, AC 00788, AC 00791)

Subject: Dink, Freshman Beanies, College Traditions, Student Life

Format: Hats

Freshman Beanie, 1957

Red felt "dink" with white button worn by Richard Herb as a freshman in 1957. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00047

Location: Shelf 9 (housed with 00046-00048)

Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink

Format: Hats

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