The Inter-class basketball series begins. There is a call for the men of the college to go out for the track and gymnastics teams. Everyone is called to go out for the Dramatic Club. The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity holds a dance at their house.
The College Chapel, West College, and the outside walkways of the campus are all renovated and improved. The Seniors partake in the traditional Senior Class-Ride through the mountains. The Union Philosophical Society holds their annual sophomore oratorical contest, as does the Belles Lettres Society. President Reed holds a reception for students in the President’s House. Burglars are decried for breaking into
A harmonious and progressive year ends for the college with the 105th Commencement Ceremony. The Junior Class Oratorical Contest is held. Theta Nu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, and Chi Phi hold their annual banquets. Dr. Himes photographs students in the gymnasium. The classes of 1890 and 1891 play baseball, with the freshmen winning the day 28 to 18. The freshmen lose a baseball game to the preparatory students, 21 to 11. Dickinson’s baseball team also wins against teams from Carlisle, Harrisburg, and Pennsylvania College.
Students are criticized for “jumping the fence” to get into baseball games at the fairground without payment. The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies’ Sophomore Contests are held. The disciplinarian from the Indian Training School is criticized for poor sportsmanship and rude behavior during a baseball game between preparatory students and students from the School. Tennis becomes popular on campus, with many fraternities creating courts. The election for Directors of Athletics is held. The town of Carlisle bans the use of college yells in the stree
Issues with misbehaved Carlisle children wandering Dickinson's campus becomes an issue of contention between students and the greater Carlisle community. Seniors go on the traditional Class Ride. Lehigh beats Dickinson in baseball 17-14, and Johns Hopkins beats Dickinson in baseball 10-4. Dickinson beats Pennsylvania College in baseball 16-4. The Sophomores beat the Freshman in baseball 24-18.
Plans for an inter-society debate are taking shape. Calls for a song about Dickinson are published. Inter-class baseball games are planned between the Seniors, Juniors, and Freshmen. The Bosler Memorial Library Hall is almost finished, and in the wake of its opening the societies discuss aggregating their holdings into one. The alumni record of the college is about to be published, much to the satisfaction of all.
The junior class decides to publish a Microcosm, the first in many years to do so. The Jacob Tome Scientific Building is opened. The college is taking athletics more seriously, and the number of enrolled students increases. With the opening of the Scientific Building, Professor Himes takes up specialty in Physics instruction and Professor Lindsay in Laboratory and Chemistry instruction. The Trustees decide that students can enter the societies without pause once they enter the college. The Seniors defeat the Juniors in baseball on October 3 with a scor
Fraternity fighting is sharp and competitive. The freshman and sophomore baseball teams play one another, with the freshmen winning 14-9. The sophomores adopt a “class hat.” Students present orations in the College Chapel.
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.
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. Baseball games abound between picked teams, Carlisle teams, and class teams.
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 sophomores and freshman beat a senior-preparatory team 9 to 8. The college baseball team loses to Mechanicsburg 23 to 9, but then wins in a rematch. A history of the fraternities at Dickinson is given.