General Alumni Reunion is planned. College vs. Townies baseball game. Reconstruction of the limestone wall bordering campus begins. Dickinson chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma to celebrate its anniversary.
Schedule for Commencement week. C. B. Staples lectures to Scientific Society; J. A. Barnitz is elected president of the society. Senior class has tea at house of Professor Henry Harman. Sigma Chi holds convention of Pennsylvania chapters at Dickinson. J. E. Price wins Belles Lettres Society...
Baltimore Alumni Association meets. Schedule for commencement week. Belles Lettres Society holds sixth annual oratorical contest; James C. Nicholson wins. Union Philosophical Society holds its sophomore oratorical contest. Dickinson baseball defeats State Normal School of Shippensburg.
Dr. Himes hosts the Senior class for a dinner party and the roll-call of grades. A telephone is also used at this party, to the delight of all in attendance. A notice goes out to students requesting that they not stamp their feet or spit while in the chapel. The students begin practicing...
The Dickinsonian is revived after a two-year stint of absence. The baseball team beats out Gettysburg in a close game of 9 to 5, decided in the last two innings after a 4-4 tie after the seventh. A...
The fraternities publish two Annuals of the college: the Minutal from the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and the Microcosm from the other chapters. Freshmen are chastised for stealing eggs from birds’ nests....
The Sophomore Contest is held in Emory Chapel. Dickinson beats Pennsylvania in baseball 21 to 15, and ties with Franklin and Marshall in a rained-out 5 inning game. The 99th Annual Commencement Ceremonies are held.
Over summer break, improvements are made to student residences. A porch on the north side of East College is also removed. Robert Emory Pattison, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, visits...
Students are criticized for cutting recitations and chapel. Tensions rise when a student is dismissed from the college, prompting an investigation and almost pushing the class year of which the student was a part to withdraw from the college....
Chi Phi Fraternity forms a lawn tennis club. A pickup game of baseball is played between Dickinsonians and residents of Carlisle, with the college students winning 25 to 1. The faculty holds a stag dance at the house of Professor Little. The baseball team loses to Franklin and Marshall 14 to...
Students are criticized for studying on the Sabbath. Relations between students and professors are notably peaceful. Rumors spread that South College is to be dedicated entirely to the Preparatory school. The only known existing portrait of President Durbin, the first President of the College...
The annual school catalogue is released, with numerous printer mistakes. The Union Philosophical Society alters its constitution. The Phi Psi's hold their annual reception. Construction continues for the gymnasium. The Belles Lettres Society plans its annual Sophomore Contest. The Freshman...
The Athletic Association selects members for the baseball team. The Union Philosophical Society Sophomore Contest is held. The Union Philosophical Society purchases new books for their collection. The Belles Lettres Society begins a revision of their constitution. Alumni hold a reunion in...
Neither the Scientific Building nor the new gymnasium are yet ready to use, much to the dismay of the students. The college orchestra is reorganized. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen in baseball 19 to 7 and then refuse to play against the Preparatory students. A combined football team of...
Students request an Inter-Class Debate and the formation of a baseball team. The Tome Scientific Building is dedicated. The Belles Lettres Society holds their anniversary.
A committee of Union Philosophical Society and Belles Lettres Society members is formed to revise the "Joint Rules" for using the libraries. The Dickinsonian defends its existence in the wake of complaints from students. Seniors begin competitions for the Scientific Society prize. ...
Complaints are aired about the random nature of the oratorical awards given by the Literary societies. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen in baseball 53 to 4. The Belles Lettres Society holds its annual Sophomore Contest, as does the Union Philosophical Society. Baseball games are rained out....
The formation of the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association give Dickinson students access to larger fields of play and more opponents. Efforts to produce a Microcosm cease. The Athletic Association decides to reject...
The challenge of combining and cataloging the society libraries is discussed. The Ramblers' Walking Club is the latest craze at Dickinson. The Sophomore Oratorical Contest is planned. The recently formed Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association is disbanded due to a lack of...
Rumors that President McCauley will resign are dispelled by multiple sources. Some minor renovations are made to the college during the clean-up of the mess after the construction of Bosley Memorial Library Hall. Two baseball games, played against Mechanicsburg and Gettysburg, are both won by...
Tempers flare and issues arise regarding the rumors of President McCauley's resignation. Dickinson is challenged to a boat race by Wilson College in Chambersburg, but it is cancelled due to an injury. The Union Philosophical Society holds their annual Oratorical Contest, as does the Belles...
The 103rd annual Commencement Week is held. Bosler Memorial Library Hall is formally presented to the Board of Trustees in an elaborate ceremony. Professor Lindsay is elected to a full professorship position for Chemistry. The baseball team loses to a Harrisburg team 12 to 6, with complaints...
The Class Tree of 1873 is sawed down in an act of vandalism. The seniors go on the traditional class ride. The baseball team goes undefeated for 6 games against Mechanicsburg, Lehigh, Chambersburg, and Carlisle.
The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies abolish their initiation fees. The Belles Lettres Sophomore Contest and Union Philosophical Society Sophomore Contest are held. A group of undergraduate students steal from a senior reception two freezers full of ice cream. Students visit...
Commencement is held. The Junior Class Oratorical Contest is held. The Board of Trustees defends President McCauley and the actions of the Faculty regarding the Hill Case. Sigma Chi, Chi Phi, and Phi Kappa Psi hold banquets. Field Day is held. Dickinson beats Letort in baseball 17 to 6.
