Dean Josephine B. Meredith addressed the "Metzger coeds" about the five categories of courses that they should keep in mind during course selection. These categories were "the physical world, the social world, the moral world, the spiritual world the world of beauty around us."
Professor Leon C. Prince, head of the history department and a Pennsylvania State Senator, delivered a lecture before the college chapel service about Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Professor Prince spoke positively about both leaders claiming that both men, " stand and will stand eternally above the heads of the great men of the 18th and 19th century."
As part of the Armistice Day celebration,Captain Allen J. Stevens, commander of the local American Legion Post, discussed the significance of this anniversary during a special chapel service.
Dr. A. K. Chalmers, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, gave an address to the Christian Association of Dickinson on negative consequences of science, citing his personal encounter with a robot.
Dr. W. E. P. Haas, district superintendent of the west district of the Philadelphia Methodist Church, gave two lectures to the student body one during chapel service and another at a Y.M.C.A meeting. In the first lecture Dr. Haas referenced Moses and discussed the necessity for Christian workers outside of the clergy. The second lecture referenced the book of Job and discussed the negative affects of secret sin on one's Christianity.
Ellis Ames Ballard, a Philadelphia lawyer, delivered a lecture about Rudyard Kipling's life and work. In addition, Ballard discussed his collection of Kipling's material as well as explained how he acquired these items.
Count Felix von Luckner, a lieutenant in the Imperial German Navy, spoke to the student body as the year's chapel entertainment. Count Felix von Luckner, recounted several of his life adventures, such as hitch hiking from California to New York and his brief career as a lighthouse keeper in Australia. Von Lucker also talked about his decision to enter the Imperial German Navy and his experience during the first World War.
President George Edward Reed spoke at the annual banquet of the Alumni Association of the Central Pennsylvania Conference in the Odd Fellow's Hall in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Sixty-two Dickinson alumni were in attendance. Rev. James B. Stein was the toast master for of the evening.
Dr. Giovanni Macerata, former University of Vicenza professor, delivered two lectures about Italy while at Dickinson. The first lecture focused on Benito Mussolini's , the Prime Minister of Italy, life . Dr. Macerata described Mussolini's journey to Prime Minister beginning with his childhood and voiced his admiration of Mussolini, describing him as 'a man sent by God to restore order.' In the second lecture Dr. Macerata discussed the city of Venice. He talked about its history as "the richest city in Europe from 1200 to 1492 " and its architecture.
Dr. Maurice G. Hindu in his lecture on the Soviet Union discussed the general way of life there and explained what the future held for the nation. Throughtout the lecture, Dr. Hindus attempted to dismantle the negative stereotypes, created by travel narratives and geography books, of Siberia and the Soviet Union in general.
Dr. Frederick William Norwood gave a lecture, in Allison M.E. Church, on the history of the world peace movement, the Paris peace pact that ended World War I, and United States' role in this. The lecture was a part of Dr. Norwood's speaking tour in favor of ratifying the Paris peace pact.
Honor Edward W. Biddle lectured at the school entitled, “Carlisle Old and New” which presented places of interest in the town as they were in “old” Carlisle, and contrasted them to how they looked in 1907. He told an interesting history of the town itself and important events/people involved with the town. In Dickinson College, he took particular interest in Denny Hall because Washington stood at its original steps reviewing the troops in the Whiskey Rebellion. This lecture was a part of the Civic Club’s Entertainment Courses lecture series.
Professor E. A. Leslie, head of the Old Testament Literature department at Boston University School of Theology, discussed the importance of finding one's niche in life to the student body. In addition, Professor Leslie spent the remainder of the day interviewing students contemplating entering the School of Theology.
Mrs. Lucretia McAnney, instructor of elocution and director of the Dramatic Club at Dickinson, delivered a lecture to students and Carlisle residents in Bosler Hall. McAnney's lecture was entitled “Shakespeare’s Wonderful World” and discussed how Shakespeare’s work not only reflected his time, but hah themes and ideas that extend to all times.
Mr. Samuel Grathwell presented his popular lecture,"Getting By Your Hoodoo," on how to overcome one's fears and self-doubt. Mr. Samuel Grathwell was a renowned motivational speaker, who delivered speeches all around the United States.
The first lecture in the Civic Club series was held in the Carlisle Opera House by Dr. C.T. Winchester on November 16, 1906. Winchester was from Wesleyan University, where he was an English professor and an author for magazines and books. His lecture was titled “An Old Castle” during which he spoke of the Ludow Castle located in England and of its interesting history.
Reverend John D. Fox, D.D., of State Street M.E. Church in Trenton, NJ, gave a lecture on Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Bosler Hall. Rev. Fox had a distinguished reputation as a lecturer and interpreter of Shakespeare and students and community members gathered to listen to his speech. Fox graduated Dickinson with the Class of 1875.
Dr. John Hart, a student pastor at the Episcopal church at the University Pennsylvania, gave a lecture entitled "The Art of Living Together." Dr. Hart discussed the value and meaning of friendship.
Cora Wilson Stewart, chairman of the International Society of Illiteracy, gave a speech about eliminating illiteracy in America. In addition, Stewart discussed helping establish the Moonlight Schools in the Kentucky mountains, which provided men and women of all ages with the opportunity to learn how to read.
Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman, president of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, delivered an address during chapel entitled "The Gift of the Imagination." During this speech, Dr. Cadman urged the students to "dream on" and the importance of cultivating one's imagination in order to succeed in life.
Professor Leon C. Prince became the first Carlisle man to have his speech at the American Legion banquet broadcasted from the WMBS Harrisburg station.
Professor Chester Warren Quimby, a bible professor, delivered a lecture on "The Bible and Sex" and discussed its role in society at the time. Professor Quimby spoke during a combined YMCA and YWMCA meeting, which was held in Old West.
Raymond R. Brewer, a Dickinson representative at West China Union University, gave an address called, "The Aims and Development of the Nationalist Movement in China" to students at Old West.
Dr. Frederick D. Losey returned to Dickinson, after his successful presentation of "King Lear" the previous year, and delivered a lecture on 'Macbeth."
One of the student delegates that attended the conference, Moorad Mooradian, described the accomplishments of the Second West Point Conference on United States Affairs at the Military Academy. The conference was sponsored by the Academy at West Point and the Carnegie foundation. According to Mooradian, the conference tested the instructional values and possibilities of conference programs at an undergraduate level, to compare the faculty and undergraduate level, and to create foreign policies for the United States in the Far East.