Commencement exercises for the 1887-88 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Commencement exercises for the 1888-89 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

James Fowler Rusling (Class of 1854), author, Civil War veteran, and Trustee of Dickinson College from 1861-1883, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1889 Commencement exercises.

Commencement exercises for the 1889-90 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Thomas May Peirce, founder of what would later become Peirce College, received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree as part of Dickinson's 1890 Commencement exercises.

Caleb Thomas Winchester, author, literary critic, and professor Wesleyan University, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1891 Commencement exercises.

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1891-1892 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 5 at the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Moncure Daniel Conway (Class of 1849), author, clergyman, abolitionist, and namesake of two separate buildings (both named Conway Hall), receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of Dickinson's 1892 Commencement exercises.

Commencement exercises for the 1892-93 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Charles Brown Lore (Class of 1852), politician and Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1893 to 1909, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1894 Commencement exercises.

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1894-1895 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 2 at the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.