Dickinsonian Newspaper

1935

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Because of an unusual demand, the Board of Trustees is forced to give more money in student loans. Dickinson graduates are elected to state offices. Skull and Key holds its annual winter formal. Dickinson loses to Franklin and Marshall in basketball. The Dickinsonian elects a new editor...

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The International Relations club brings in a speaker from France. Norman Thomas, the county’s leading Socialist, speaks to the college. The Freshman begin a revolt against class rules, but the event quickly dies out. Joseph H. McCormack, the college’s football coach, resigns. Dickinson beats...

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Changes in The Dickinsonian staff are announced. The Debate Team loses to Lafayette and will soon face off with Muhlenberg. The prom chairman announces the date of the Junior Prom. President Corson issues a budget for student groups. Professor Parlin perfects a portable intensitometer...

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Fraternities hold initiation. The Junior class holds their annual dance for the first time in three years, and invitation is extended to all classes. The Women’s Glee Club prepares for three future performances. Arthur D. Kahler, from Brown University, is selected to be the new football coach....

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The basketball team wins in a game against Gettysburg. A German exchange student states his opinions of the college. Dr. Phillips Packer Elliott is to lead the Dickinson Week of Prayer. Five members of the faculty play in a basketball game. Omicron Delta Kappa presents a plan to form a new...

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The Women’s Glee Club performs for the Carlisle Civic Club. The basketball team defeats Bucknell. The Debate Team will face off with State College. Prayer Week begins. There is a change in the cast of the Dramatic Club play. The Men’s Glee Club is to begin a series of concerts...

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Klein S. Merriman received the Class of 1902 Award for being the all-around Dickinsonian of the Junior class. The Greek Club initiates seven new members. W3YC, Dickinson’s amateur radio station, enters an international radio contest. Sigma Alpha Epsilon celebrates the 79th...

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The results of the student poll on national politics are announced. The Debate Teams goes up against the University of Pennsylvania. The President of a university in China gives a talk about present day China and Eastern views. Hostilities between members of two fraternities...

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The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, is full of satire and parody.

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The commencement speaker for this year’s graduating class is selected. The inauguration of Dr. Fred P. Corson as the 20th president of Dickinson College is planned. At the request of the president, all fraternities must abolish all forms of Hell Week. Two members of the faculty...

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Events for the inauguration of Fred P. Corson as president of the college are planned. The Dickinson Players present “The Late Christopher Bean” at Bosler Hall. The Biology Department attempts to draw a correlation between a person’s success and his birth month. A Dickinson French exchange...

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The 20th President of Dickinson College is inaugurated. The Dickinsonian conducts research the undergraduate life of new college president Fred Corson. The 330th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Bible translation will be celebrated by a supper meeting at Allison Memorial Church....

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The Debate Team will end the season with a debate later in the week. The golf team loses to Johns Hopkins. The Dramatic Club begins try-outs for the play “Lady Windermere’s Fan.” The tennis team loses to Bucknell. Forty new books are added to the library. Wheel and Chain taps...

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A new German professor is hired. Skull and Key taps members for next year. The Men’s Glee Club sings at Carlisle High School. The Dickinson band elects new officers for next year. A column relates the German Nazis Party’s failings to change the colors of mail boxes and postal...

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Plans for the 152nd Commencement are finished. The Literary Clubs holds elections. Benny Goodman is selected as the performing artist of the Commencement Dance. The Microcosm holds elections. The All-College Senate takes control of the school government. Skull and Key hold...

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The 1935 Commencement Week has begun. The Senior Class has a picnic and dance. The Women's Glee Club gives a recital. The Men's Glee Club also gives a final concert. The Dramatic Club ends the year with their presentation of "Lady Windermere's Fan." It is revealed that there will be three...

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Dean Montgomery P. Sellers returns to campus after a year-long medical leave of absence. The tradition of an all-college picnic is revived. A College holiday is declared and classes are cancelled for the occasion. Freshmen rules for both men and women are revised.

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The College office and telephone switchboard office in Old West, the athletic office, and commuters' quarters in East College are revitalized for the new academic year. President Fred P. Corson speaks at chapel, announcing the plan for nondenominational services created with student input. The...

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The German Club is re-established under the leadership of new German instructor Mr. Candler B. Lazenby and welcomes any student interested in German language or people. Plans for an expanded and improved 1936 Microcosm are made, including a redesigned cover and prominent athletics section. The...

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A historical pageant written by Dean Josephine B. Meredith is performed, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Allison Memorial Church. The Senate Tribunal outlaws the Sophomore Vigilance Committee, though the committee intends to continue its activities without...

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The first Dad's Day is held, in which fathers of all students are invited to visit campus. A similar event for mothers has been held for several years. The Dramatic Club casts their production of The Goose Hangs High, to be performed in December. Women's physical education regulations...

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The Men's Glee Club and the Women's Choral Group give their first concerts of the academic year at the Homecoming Dinner and Dad's Day event respectively. Dean Josephine Meredith addresses the Pennsylvania Association of Deans of Women at a convention in Harrisburg, the topic of which is "Waste...

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Paul Dietz, a well-known actor of the American and German stage, gives an address to the German Club. Over thirty students apply to join the Dickinsonian staff. The College Senate sends a delegate to the Sophomore Vigilance Committee in order to keep the organization in check in their actions...

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The combined Glee Clubs and the Allison Church Choir sponsor a concert by the world-famous Westminster Choir. The college charters a train to transport students to Lancaster in order to support the football team in their game against Franklin and Marshall. Upon arriving in Lancaster, the...

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The annual Doll Show is planned for the evening before Christmas break. The Vigilance Committee is disbanded.

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