Dickinson faced Washington and Jefferson College at the homecoming football game on October 22, 1938.
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Dickinson faced Washington and Jefferson College at the homecoming football game on October 22, 1938.
Albright College defeated Dickinson's football team 46 to 14 during the Homecoming game held on Armistice Day, November 11, 1939.
The Gettysburg College football team defeated Dickinson College 49 to 7 on Thanksgiving Day (November 23, 1939) during a game held at the new Hershey Stadium in Hershey, PA.
A band of nude sophomores attacked Conway Hall for a freshman-sophomore scrap at 10pm on Tuesday, October 15, 1940. They stripped the freshmen and proceeded to grapple with them inside and outside the building. Missiles of dirt were thrown from the lawn into the bathrooms and from the...
The Red Devils won their homecoming football game against Western Maryland 13-7.
The annual rivalry game between the Gettysburg and Dickinson football teams was held in the Hershey Stadium in front of 6,000 spectators on November 23, 1940. Gettysburg won the game 26-7.
The Red Devils faced the Drexel Dragons in the 1941 homecoming football game. The game ended with a scoreless tie.
Western Maryland defeated the Dickinson football team 6-0 in the homecoming game of 1942. During half-time, the football used in the game was auctioned off for $300 in War Stamps.
The Red Devils faced Western Maryland at the homecoming football game. The Homecoming Dance was held in the evening.
A special Homecoming chapel service was held. The Red Devils faced Swarthmore at the homecoming football game. The All-College Homecoming Dance occurred in the Alumni Gym.
Dickinson faced Johns Hopkins at the homecoming football game.
Dickinson faced Gettysburg at the homecoming football game. At halftime, the Class of 1952 presented their gift of a new electric scoreboard and the new Army ROTC unit marched in its first parade.
The Red Devils faced Haverford at the Carlisle Senior High School field. At halftime, the Homecoming Queen was crowned, the Dickinson Band performed, and Samuel J. McCartney, Jr. awarded the Alumni Trophy to the fraternity winning the display contest.
Dickinson College's swim team retained their Middle Atlantic Conference College Division title during the weekend meet on March 4, 1967, held at Johns Hopkins. The team scored 129 points in comparison with the 56 1/2 for second place F&M.
The team also took gold medals in six of the...
The Red Devils faced Ursinus at the homecoming football game. President Rubendall crowned the Homecoming Queen and presented the President's Cup to the best all-round fraternity. Sid Kline presented the Alumni Trophy to the fraternity that won the display contest. The Dickinson Band also...
The Red Devils faced Haverford at the homecoming football game.
The Red Devils faced Ursinus at the homecoming football game. The first inductees into the sports hall of fame were honored.
The Red Devils faced Lebanon Valley in the 1970 homecoming football game, which ended in a 19-19 tie. In the third quarter of the game, Lebanon valley was leading 16-0; quarterback Joe Wilson then led the Devils to a 19-16 lead. In the final play of the game, Lebanon Valley scored a field goal...
Bruce Vogelson, the College Trainer, gave a demonstration of self-defense techniques to a group of approximately 40 female students in the recreation room of Adams Hall.
This year's Homecoming program included a concert featuring the bands Seatrain and Grin, a Clambake and Chicken Barbeque, various lunches and dinners, the crowning of the Homecoming Queen, a football game against Franklin and Marshall, and the return of the Mermaid, which was kidnapped by a...
Fall Parents' Day activities included the Annual Parents' Convocation, a panel discussion, Buffet Luncheon, and football game against Georgetown. Entertainment provided by students included the final performance of the Mermaid Player's The Imaginary Invalid and the Annual Glee Club...
The Red Devils faced Haverford College at the homecoming football game.
The Red Devils faced Swarthmore at the homecoming football game. The Carlisle Senior High School Band performed at halftime.
Dickinson along with eight other schools in Maryland and Pennsylvania have joined together to form a independent women's athletic league called Penn-Mar. The participating schools were Franklin and Marshall, Lebanon Valley, Gettysburg, Elizabethtown, Western Maryland, Messiah, Wilson, and York...
The Red Devils faced Widener at the homecoming football game.