Dr. Frank M. Bristol spoke at the Carlisle Opera House on December 6. This lecture, deemed one of the best ever heard in Carlisle, was presented by the Cumberland County Teachers' Institute. Dr. Bristol's lecture was entitled "Brains" and his expertise captivated the audience, holding their...

The Campus Club is organized on this date. The purpose of the Campus Club is to foster a relationship between the town of Carlisle and the students of Dickinson and the Dickinson Law School.

The Freshman class was the winner in the annual Tug-O-War competition against the Sophomores. The competition could have went to either class as the competition time concluded, but the judges decided in a secret session that the Freshmen were victorious.

Founder's Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of the college. The festivities included breakfast in the gymnasium, an address by Judge W.A. Powell at chapel exercises, decoration of graves by the Sophomore committee, an Inter-Class Track and Field Meet, Supper in Metzger Hall, and an...

The Dickinson freshman and varsity football games played alternate quarters in a football game against the Army Post, proceeds from which benefited the unemployed of Carlisle.  Dickinson won the game 39-0.

Professor C. R. W. Thomas, David Myers '32, Milton Flower '31, and Dorothy Myran '31 were in the cast of a play presented on Thursday and Friday at Carlisle high school by the Carlisle Women's Civic Club.  The Dickinson Men's Glee Club also participated in the production.

As part of its Sesquicentennial celebration, the College holds a ball in the New Gymnasium with music by Eddie Duchin.

Phi Mu hosted a Christmas party for twelve impoverished children of Carlisle.  The party featured games such as "pin the beard on Santa Claus" and "going to Jerusalem", dinner, singing, and a visit from Santa Claus.

Carlisle and the College underwent an air raid drill on December 18, 1941.  The College fire protection service sent members to protect campus buildings.

The annual Community Chest Drive ended on Monday, October 19, 1942 with an unprecedented total donation from the College of $950.  The standard quota in years past had been slightly over $500.  The success of the drive was attributed to the new policy of donating on an individual rather than a...

Dean Amos B. Horalacher spoke to Student Christian Association (SCA) about ‘Christian Alternatives to Communism’. Dean Horalacher commented on that assumption that Communism was an ideology that claims complete allegiance and loyalty of mean he stated that the conflict was based on religious...

The Student Senate sponsored a "College Day" for Carlisle high school students. The purpose of "College Day" was to give these students an idea of what college life was like on a small campus. Five students from each of the nine high schools participated and were assigned a guide based on their...