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The West College Reading Room opens. The roof of South College is replaced. Chi Phi to host convention. Former Dickinson Professor Tyndall creates a (not restrictively Dickinson) scholarship for scientific research.

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James Beaumont Spenser, student, dies. A Central Pennsylvania Alumni Association is formed. The science lecture room is outfitted with cases and new apparati. Phi Kappa Psi holds 17th annual symposium in Carlisle.  James Strong, D.D., Professor of Exegetics at Drew Theological Seminar, pays the...

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Rev. Robert Davidson, '28, Carlisle pastor, son of Dickinson's second president, dies. Emory Methodist Evangelical Church reopens, to the students' delight. The lecture room and laboratory of South College are renovated. J. W. Hendrix donates a Holtz's Electrical Machine to renovated science...

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Students are criticized for studying on the Sabbath.  Relations between students and professors are notably peaceful.  Rumors spread that South College is to be dedicated entirely to the Preparatory school.  The only known existing portrait of President Durbin, the first President of the College...

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A portrait of Mr. Jacob Tome, donor of the Tome Scientific Building, is placed in the lecture hall of Dr. Himes.  South College undergoes dramatic renovation and is renamed the Preparatory School.  Freshman lose the Cane Rush. 

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The Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 98th anniversary in Bosler Memorial Hall. The walk between West College and South College is "almost impassible" in rainy weather.

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Announcement of a new dormitory. Announcement that South College will become a men's dorm. Announcement of a lecture to be given by Professor Duncan S. Johnson in Bosler Hall.

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Dickinson defeats Swarthmore in the semi-final of the Intercollegiate Debating League of Pennsylvania.  The Philadelphia Club holds its six annual banquet.  Phi Kappa Sigma moves into a "handsome new house" on South College [Street].  The recital of Mrs. Bertha Kunz-Baker in the Carlisle Opera...

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The College's financial standing has improved over the past 12 years under the guidance of President Morgan and plans are made for a new Gymnasium to be built on the site of South College. Plans are made to organize a German Club. The Glee Clubs combine to put on the Japanese play "Miss Cherry...

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Collections in center room of Tome Scientific Building are exhibited. Homecoming and Sesqui-centennial. Telescope is repaired and moved from South College to Conway Hall rooftop. Equipment is built for W3YC. Vigilance committee gives haircuts to freshmen convicted of being cocky. Tribunal...

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A second meeting of members of the "Little Three" was held, at which several plans for inter-college cooperation were laid, including the immediate creation of a Little Three basketball team and the sharing of news items between the colleges' respective newspapers each week. The queen and court...

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Boyd Lee Spahr, former President of the College and then-President of the Board of Trustees, donates funds to build a cupola atop South College. Track star Gil Dodds visits campus and speaks on his experiences. The Bridge Club is invited to compete against 300 other colleges in the National...

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The 1950 Chest Drive, sponsored by the Interfaith Council and aimed to support six charities, kicks off. Students are asked to pledge $3.00 apiece, the ultimate goal being $3,000 in donations. A group of pranksters steals the hand-made weather vane from South College's under-construction cupola...

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Head Football Coach Ralph Ricker resigns his position to take a job at Lebanon Valley College. The Mermaid Players' third production of the season, The Tempest, opens at Metzger Hall. Jane Lehmer, member of the Debate Team, is named "Gavel Girl of Pennsylvania" at the annual all-state debate...

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"Bachelors Bend," a production by the Dickinson Follies opens tonight at the Carlisle High School auditorium. The Alumni Committee and the Faculty Fraternity Relations Committee are meeting to discuss potential changes to the fraternity system at Dickinson. A computing laboratory is being opened...

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Dr. William W. Edel will retire by March 1959 after 12 years as Dickinson's president. Similarly, Dr. Frank Ayres, head of the Math Department, announced that he will resign from Dickinson after 30 years of teaching. The Physics Department will receive a new department head, Dr. Henry Lincoln...

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Internationally renowned harpist Mildred Dilling will perform at a concert in Bosler Hall. Class elections draw record turnout as new voting machine system implemented. Dickinson hosted the very first International Relations Club regional conference.

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In this issue of the Dickinsonian George B. Murphy '27 recounts Dickinson in the Twenties. Freshmen plays to open. IFC misunderstanding over food service leads to boycott at South College. Woody Herman to perform at military ball. Pan-Hellenic-Faculty game ends with Faculty win. Saad El Fassi of...

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Faculty adopt an anti-drug policy and revise the calendar to make a five day week. Faculty members were accused by students and library staff of abusing library lending policies. The Pan Hellenic Council will sponsor Skits and a "Fabulous Fifties" formal. Dr. Marshall Nirenberg is set to receive...

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The Agency for International Development held an interview with President Rubendall and Editor-in-Chief of the Dickinsonian David Totaro, during which Totaro was allowed to see the inside of the "White Building" next to South Campus. AID confirmed that the building was being used as a safe house...

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