Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Dickinson College adopted an honor system for the student body in regard to academic work. Any assistance either given or received on any examination or written exercise of the college was forbidden, and could result in a suspension or expulsion, if found guilty by an annually elected...
The Men's Student Senate repealed 12 of the freshman class rules for the coming school year following unusual levels of rebellion and complaint against the rules by the class of 1934. Most importantly, the "girl rule" limiting freshman men's contact with freshman women, the path rule...
The Men's Tribunal, citing lack of accusations of rulebreaking and mindful of changes in the rules for the upcoming year, suspended the freshman class rules for the remainder of the 1930-1931 school year, a month earlier than any other Tribunal in Dickinson history.
The Men's Student Senate amended its constitution so that the Senate would have the authority to nominate candidates to run for the positions allocated to men unaffiliated with fraternities. Liverant, an unaffiliated senator, led the motion. Accusations abounded that the motion was merely...
The Men's Student Senate voted to create two extra senator positions, one each for Sigma Tau Phi and Phi Epsilon Pi, two Jewish fraternities that were prominent in campus life but not officially recognized by the College administration.
The Men's Student Senate passed 26 new class rules to affect the freshmen of the coming school year, including the reinstatement of the girl rule. This marked a reversal of the previous year's tendency toward abolishing class rules.
The newly-elected Women's Student Senate decided on April 25 to submit a petition to President Waugh requesting changes to the chapel program. They requested the creation of a student-faculty committee to arrange chapel programs, the allocation of one chapel service each year to each of the...
On May 17, 1933, President Karl Waugh announced that the house mother recently hired by Phi Delta Theta fraternity was an approved chaperone, and that therefore female students would be permitted to visit the Phi Delta Theta house at conventional hours.
To allow students to graduate by age 2o, the College on February 2 began a system consisting of spring, summer, and fall trimesters. Students who had only completed three and a half years of high school were admitted to begin their college educations early. The changes were to enable students...
In an effort to decrease tardiness, the faculty approved on March 31 a new course schedule, in which classes would begin at 8:30am and last fifty minutes, giving students ten minutes between classes. The chapel period was eliminated in favor of two or three chapel sessions each week as decided...
President Fred Corson announced on January 15, 1942, that the faculty had approved the creation of a body of courses designed to prepare students for the war. These included Psychology of Propaganda, Mathematics and Meteorology, and Nutrition. Compulsory physical education courses, including...
As a result of three resignations and granted leave of absence, President William W. Edel appointed eight new faculty for the new academic term. The political science department received two new faculty members. Professor Philip L. Bridgham, from the university of Hawaii, and Johnson L. Groom,...
President William W. Edel promoted Professor J. Clair McCullough as the new acting-Dean for Dickinson College. Professor McCullough succeeded Professor Roy R. Kuebler, Jr. as acting-Dean of the College. Professor McCullough attended Dickinson and graduated with a PhD in philosophy. Professor...
The Social Committed presented a proposal for a snack bar in South College. At that time, South College was used for social affairs and a gathering space. The plan proposed that this space be converted into a student-operated union. Students who worked in the union would be paid. The social...
President Edel granted Phoebe G. Follmer leave of absence for the academic year in 1950. Ms. Follmer was the Dean of Women at Dickinson College during this time. Mary Margaret Kellogg was appointed to position after Follmer’s leave of absence.
President approved the All-College Social Committee’s plan to have a snack bar in South College. The snack bar was appointed to be sponsored by the All-College Social Committee and managed by a sub-committee comprised of three students.
Dean McCullough released the first summer session schedule since the end of World War II. The summer session was set to begin from June 18 to September 8th consisting of two terms. The summer sessiona granted students an opportunity to accelerate college courses.
The Interfraternity Council wanted to become independent from Senate on the basis of wanting to create a new constitution and to strengthen their council. Dean of Men, Amos B. Horlacher, worked with and advised IFC to create a new constitution. IFC stated that independence from Senate would give...
President Edel announced the recognition of lacrosse as a semi-official sport on November 15, 1951. Along with the announcement, funds were allocated to support the team during the 1951-1952 academic year. This decision encompassed three years of planning by students interested in having the...
In an effort to decrease and control the number of books missing, the Library implemented a routing system, where students were required to show that they had actually checked out the books they were carrying.
During their meeting, the female student contingent of the Social Rules Evaluation Committee (SERC) discussed alcohol usage on campus. They agreed that alcohol consumption should only occur in fraternity houses and during their functions.
At a student senate meeting, Financial Vice President, Dr. George Shuman, presented his personal plans for expansion of the Dickinson campus by 1973.
Judith Rogers (Class of 1965) and her roommate Maureen Newton (Class of 1965) moved into Metzger Hall in the Fall of 1961.
The Dickinson faculty gave fraternities and sororities until June 1, 1963 to do away with any racial or religious discrimination. They concluded that Dickinson is a liberal arts college and must seek to be consistent with the values of liberal arts college in the Christian tradition. If any...
On Friday, December 9, 1966, faculty members declared several policy changes regarding course changes and rush policies.
This included announcing new courses for the next school year, including Film 201, Fine Arts 321, Fine Arts 325, two new courses in geology, a course in marine biology...
