Entries drawn from the college history timeline
A fire at nighttime destroyed the Carlisle Foundry and "two or three" private dwellings, according to Dickinson student Horatio C. King (Class of 1858). The loss was estimated at $25,000 or $30,000.
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...
Sergeant Sheaffer of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania addressed a large crown while relating tales of his time serving in the French air service and subsequent capture by the Germans.
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 Cox-Roosevelt Club, a democratic club, is formed on campus. The main topics of debate were the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles. The members endorsed the candidacy of Governor James M. Cox and Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the presidential election of 1920.
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.
The Sophomore class was the winner in the annual Tug-O-War competition against the Freshman. As a result the freshman had to wear their 'dinks' during the remainder of the year.
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 College's band participated in Carlisle's largest parade as escorts of the Grand Commandery of the Knights of Malta. The band escorted them from their station at the Molly Pitcher Hotel to their place in the parade.
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.
The Carlisle Civic Club held its 6th annual show of art by modern painters in the YMCA room of Old West. The paintings were loaned by citizens of Carlisle. Painters featured in the show included Carl Lawless, Gertrude Masters, Ross Braught, and Elizabeth Washington.
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.
The YWCA hosted a Mothers and Daughters Banquet in the Molly Pitcher Hotel on May 14, 1933. Elizabeth Hess, the YWCA president, served as toastmistress.
As part of its Sesquicentennial celebration, the College holds a ball in the New Gymnasium with music by Eddie Duchin.
Students and faculty members celebrated the annual College May Day and Founder's day with a variety of programs, including "May Day breakfast, chapel service, decoration of the graves of the presidents of the college, Inter-fraternity track meet, and an open house at Metzger Hall". During the...
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.
The Dickinson College Religious Association began a drive to raise funds for food for war-weary residents of England and unoccupied France. The Association asked every student to donate one penny per meal eaten for the extent of the drive. The money was to be given to the Friends Service Fund...
Carlisle and the College underwent an air raid drill on December 18, 1941. The College fire protection service sent members to protect campus buildings.
On April 28, 1942, the stewards of the Dickinson fraternities registered their organizations for sugar rations at Carlisle High School.
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...
Four Dickinson students performed a skit entitled "Only 10%" at a war bond rally held at the Carlisle Courthouse on April 12, 1943. Mr. John C. Hepler and Winfield Peterson directed the skit, in which Jo Ann Wilson, Estelle Mumford, Christine Myers, and Edith Ann Lingle performed. The rally...
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 Campus Chest organization kicked off its annual college charity drive with a rally at the Carlisle diner. The rally was part of the annual campus chest program, in which students collected funds to support charitable organizations like the Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and the...
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...
President Gilbert Malcolm was honored by 200 alumni at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Dickinson Club of Harrisburg at the West Shore Country Cub in Harrisburg. This event was organized by C. Robert Cameron, class of 1927.
