Editorial on the "deadly parallels" between 1917 and 1937 in international affairs is published. Undefeated football team beats Gettysburg for the third year in a row. Spotlight on Dr. Julia Morgan's, daughter of former college president, experiences in China during war conditions.
Noted lecturer and commentator on Japan T.T. Brumbaugh begins four day visit to campus with chapel address. President Judge E. Foster Heller addresses annual Homecoming chapel. The undefeated Red Devil football team anticipates annual match against rival Gettysburg. Dramatic Club prepares fall play, "Ghost Train". Professors and Carlislians recall student days of John Charles Thomas, renowned opera singer and recipient of the degree of Doctor of Music from the college in 1933.
C. William Duncan of Philadelphia's Evening Public Ledger speaks at chapel assembly. American University football coach Gus Welch introduces female kicker to team.
Tribunal interviews and sentences five "unruly" freshmen, punishments to be a warning to other freshmen. Debate Club experiences a previously unheard of sixteen female students trying out for the squad, indicating future need for a women's squad. The Social Pathology class inspects the Tressler Orphans' Home. Football team defeats Ursinus.
The Spencer Fullerton Baird Biology Building is dedicated at opening chapel services. College purchases five lots for new athletic fields. Dr. Howard Thurman gives talk to Young People's Fellowship. Postmaster General James A. Farley visits Carlisle post office, greeted by crowd of several hundred. Football team wins first game of the season.
An unidentified man breaks into the room of a female freshman in Metzger Hall. He smothers her screams with his hand and tries to remove her bedclothes before being frightened away by her second scream, which is not smothered. The Dramatic Club changes their December sixth production to "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU." Dr. Wellington A. Parlin of the physics department invents an apparatus to be used in laboratories and appeals the Chicago Science Apparatus Company to put it in its catalog.
The Bobolino Group Theatre performs "Candida" to an audience of 200 in Denny Hall. Union Philosophical Society rejects Belles Lettres' invitation for an inter-society debate and appoints Professor Wellman J. Warner as its new adviser. Chinese student I-Ying Li finally arrives on campus after significant problems leaving his home country due to war activity. The football team loses their first game of the season to Washington and Jefferson, after going four games undefeated.
Thirty-four students will graduate from the Law School. Former Dickinson president writes history of the college to be revealed in October at the Sesquicentennial Celebration. Sesquicentennial Commencement Program included in this issue. Five alumni get honorary degrees. Library adds 3,000 new volumes. Editor for next year's Freshmen Handbook selected. Five fraternities created and published magazines this year. The Men's and Women's Glee Clubs gave a joint concert. The professors' summer plans are described. Ten students awarded honor of being chosen to join Phi Beta Kappa.
The chapter of Phi Delta Theta will host a convention on December 2 and 3 for several chapters of the fraternity. Discussion over the college's short wave radio broadcasting station and the messages it is able to send out and receive. Ping Pong becomes popular on campus. The very successful coach of Colgate's football team graduated from Dickinson. Holiday dance o be held December 16th. Summary of football season.
Men's Senate talks about ways to improve school spirit at sporting events. The new literary magazine finally gets name, "Hornbook." Former exchange student from Germany writes letter about hitch-hiking experience. The Alumni Council meets again to discussion moving John Dickinson's body closer to the school. Dickinson lost Homecoming football game. Women's Glee Club performed at the buffet supper hosted by the Women's Student Government Association. Men's soccer coach complains about lack of support for the successful team this season.
Homecoming Weekend. Freshmen before Tribunal to be punished. Dramatic Club begins working on mystery play to be performed in December. Professor Prince wins seat in State Senate once again. Janitor of Dickinson Law, William Davidson,dies.
Plans for Homecoming, which will be November 11 and 12, appear. Hoover wins student presidential poll. Freshmen punished by Tribunal. Endowments to be used to fund the education of underprivileged students given to Dickinson.
Herbert Hoover leads the student straw poll on the presidential election. Sophomores keep their flag in the annual Flag Scrap. Mob of Carlisle residents and students threatens a Football official, Earle Killinger, after the game against Muhlenberg. The Dickinson Alumnus suggests moving John Dickinson's body to a burial spot closer to campus.
Presidential candidate, William D. Upshaw, speaks to student body in Bosler Hall. The Debate Team, to begin try-outs shortly, has gotten the topics to be debated this season from Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Debating Association. The Board approved the purchase of the Mooreland Estate. The English Department has decided to support the publication of a student literary magazine. Governor Gifford Pinchot decides to celebrate the 200th anniversary of John Dickinson's birth on November 8th.
Professor of History, Leon C. Prince, seeks re-election to state senate. Rushing continues for potential new fraternity pledges, while sorority rushing ends. Dickinsonian celebrates 60th anniversary. Dickinson Law School has 54 new men enrolled. The Football team is to open the season with a game against Ursinus . Dickinsonian to conduct straw vote for US Presidential Election.
Dickinson changes policy to an absence based policy from a demerit system. The size of the campus is enlarged after the college buys the Mooreland Estate and deer park. The Football team has high hopes for their season and appear to be in a good position to win games this season. The rush activities begin for the fraternities on campus. The college is to celebrate its sesquicentennial in the coming year. A German exchange student's perspective of life at Dickinson is offered. Tribunal on "erring freshmen" held.
The football team finds a new coach who signs a three year contract. Founders' Day celebrations begin this day. The senior picnic is planned for the following Monday where many athletic events will take place. Two men's literary societies, Belles Lettres and the Union Philosophical Society, see their organizations losing membership and seek aid from the college administration to keep their clubs alive. The Jewish fraternities gain representation in Senate.
Fraternities hold initiation. The Junior class holds their annual dance for the first time in three years, and invitation is extended to all classes. The Women’s Glee Club prepares for three future performances. Arthur D. Kahler, from Brown University, is selected to be the new football coach. The Dramatic Club holds tryouts for its new plays. The Tribunal committee of the Men’s Senate will sponsor the annual Freshman-Sophomore scrap. The Debate Team wins against Muhlenberg. The Greek Club presents a program on Drama. The Library displays a collection of Persian art.
The International Relations club brings in a speaker from France. Norman Thomas, the county’s leading Socialist, speaks to the college. The Freshman begin a revolt against class rules, but the event quickly dies out. Joseph H. McCormack, the college’s football coach, resigns. Dickinson beats Villanova in basketball. Omicron Delta Kappa plans to create an All-College organization that examines problems particular to Dickinson student life. The movies debate continues. The Women’s Glee Club plans its activities for the semester.
In the last football game of the season, Dickinson defeats Muhlenberg. The all-College Social committee begins to discuss plans for the annual Doll Show and the Thanksgiving dance. The Tribunal gives the freshman an exam to test their knowledge on the subjects of the College and Carlisle. The Dickinson College Players will perform “Death Takes a Holiday.” A hymnal in which past and present students have been recording comments on the chapel speakers is found.
The All-College Committee on social affairs meets to discuss campus events for the year. A poll for the candidates of the campus beauties section of the 1935 Microcosm is taken. The freshmen class elects class officers. It is projected that the Red Devil football team should make it to the Rose Bowl. By order of the Men’s Senate and its Tribunal committee, after Thanksgiving the girl rule, tie rule, and path rule will be dropped from the Freshmen Rules. The football team loses to Gettysburg. Shakespeare’s Hamlet will be performed by a professional company next week in Bosler Hall.
Professor Leon C. Prince gives a talk on the Golden Rule as aid for an economy recovery for the country. The soccer team loses to Delaware. The Debate Squad elects new officers. The Deputation Committee meets and plans out their work for the year. More freshmen are penalized by the Men's Tribunal for failing to memorize college songs and cheers. The faculty decides to shorten classes on Saturday so that everyone will be able to attend the football game against Gettysburg.
Six freshmen are punished for violating the Freshman Rules and neglecting other duties. A sophomore studies a local cave and disproves several local myths. The college begins to offer courses aimed at educating Sunday School teachers. An article talks about how much money the Senate spent on small trinkets and rewards for students. The football team ties with Ursinus. The Women’s Senate calls for an all-College Senate to solve the issue of the Men’s Senate making decisions for everyone on campus.
The football team wins against Allegheny by the wide margin of 21-0. The freshmen football team wins against the Carlisle Y.M.C.A team. A tea is held in honor of the president’s wife, Mrs. Frances Corson. The Archaeological Institute of America claims that the college is in possession of a very valuable stone sarcophagus. A search concluded that such a gift was indeed presented to the college, but it had been removed some time ago. The number of freshmen pledged to fraternities totals twenty-one. The Senate names a new chairman of the Senate Tribunal Committee.
Alpha Chi Rho resigns from the Interfraternity Council. The upperclassmen have some fun punishing the freshmen for breaking the freshmen rules. The Men’s Senate will form a permanent organization of unaffiliated students in order for them to form a more unified group. The soccer team loses to Bucknell. Alumni are urged to attend the Homecoming celebrations and the Diamond Jubilee of Sigma Chi at Dickinson. An article questions whether the Men’s Senate should be allowed to make decisions for the entire campus, as well as for the women of the college.