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Dickinsonian, February 1887

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A legal case agaisnt the Faculty erupts after a student is suspended for the hazing of a Freshman student earlier in the school year, and multiple students are called to testify.  Funds are raised to equip the new gymnasium with equipment.

Dickinsonian, March 1887

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The legal battle between the Faculty and a reprimanded student over the issue of freshman hazing reaches a peak when Judge Sadler issues a mandamus against the Faculty.  To this point, a very detailed summary of the case proceedings is presented.  Mr. W. C. Allison, a benefactor of the college,...

Dickinsonian, October 1887

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The gymnasium is finally outfitted with the proper equipment, as well as a superintendent to instruct students.  Two students die over the summer; Samuel Philson Black '89 of Consumption (Tuberculosis), and Charles Bambridge Morse '90 of heart disease.  Spencer Fullerton Baird '40, an eminent...

Dickinsonian, October 27, 1938

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Henry C. Hill, warden of the Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg, gives speech on "The Problem of the Criminal" before the Young People's Fellowship at the Allison Memorial Methodist Church.  Johnny Bruner organizes a jazz band on campus composed of seven undergraduates.  The Dramatic Club...
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