Dickinsonian, February 20, 2013

Deli Creations plans to reopen under new management. LBGTQ mentorship program announced. Students protest Keystone Pipeline. The Dance Theater Group shows their support for rape victims. ROTC holds a blood drive. Dickinson's Quidditch team gains traction. Men's Track sets a new record. 

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Dickinsonian, March 4, 2010

Article on the recent Haiti Benefit Concert. Changes on the housing lottery are made. The English Department hosted their annual Cogan Alumni Fellowship event, featuring Frank James '79. Dickinson launches an iTunes U Channel. Men's Lacrosse starts their season off strong with a win against Susquehanna. Women's Lacrosse defeats Messiah. Men's Track wins the 2010 Centennial Conference Championships. Profile on student athlete Ellie Mackintosh.

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Dickinsonian, May 28, 1920

Elections for redesigned Senate are held.  Track team defeats Gettysburg.  Skitch-a-genee initiates new members.  Women's student government elects officers.  Baseball defeats Gettysburg.  Freshmen win inter-class track meet.  Rising seniors elect class officers.  French Club holds end-of-year social event.  Interfraternity League elects officers.  YWCA holds May Breakfast.  Women's student government will issue demerits to students who stay out too late. 

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Dickinsonian, June 3, 1911

End of the year issue. Summaries of recent Baseball, Tennis, and Track Results. German Exchange teacher visiting Dickinson for six weeks. Annual reports of student clubs. Essay on Christian Science by Horatio Collins King. Listing of the Class of 1911 with student's activities. Pictures of class officers and other students in important positions.

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Dickinsonian, May 10, 1911

Senior Class takes trip to Luray Caverns. Results from track, baseball, tennis. Dr. George Katzge gives three lectures on Education in Germany. Minutes from Der Deutscher Verein. Copy of the Carlisle Herald from 1820 found with article about the conversion of early Dickinson to a Methodist college. More student contributions to the May literary contest.

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Dickinsonian, May 14, 1913

The Student Senate votes to incorporate the Honor System. Dickinson beats Villanova in baseball. The track teams beats Gettysburg. J.H. Baker, of the class of 1893, wins honor for his work as the President of Baltimore’s Board of Liquor License Commissioners. The Student Senate makes several changes to the annual events calendar. Phi Kappa Sigma wins the first game of the Inter-fraternity baseball series.

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Dickinsonian, May 7, 1913

The baseball team loses to Villanova. Nisbet Day is celebrated on campus. Students are encouraged to attend the Y.M.C.A Summer Conference. The Freshman win the annual Cap Scrap, allowing them to do away with their flashy green caps and replace them with understated gray ones. The tennis and track teams both lose to the Navy athletes. The new staff of the Dickinsonian puts out its first issue. The Glee and Mandolin Clubs have a successful concert.

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Dickinsonian, May 28, 1898

The second of the annual Sophomore oratorical contests is held in Bosler Hall under the auspices of the Belles Lettres Literary Society.  The 115th annual commencement ceremonies are planned, to include a sermon by President George Edward Reed.  The track and field dual meet between Dickinson and the Carlisle Indian School is cancelled due to petty disagreements in methods of arbitration.

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Dickinsonian, March 26, 1898

Five of Dickinson's trustees have died within the past twelve months, the most recent being Jacob Tome.  James Russell Lowell is to be honored through a plan to construct Lowell Memorial Park.  The eighth annual Inter-Society Debate between the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres literary societies occurs.  The Athletic Association defrays the expenses of the "base-ball" and track teams.

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Dickinsonian, March 19, 1898

Rev. Frank D. Gamewell, class of 1881 and professor at Peking University, China, presents a Chinese idol to his alma mater.  Student preachers organize themselves into a Divinity Club.  The Sigma Phi chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity celebrates their 42nd anniversary with literary exercises and a banquet.

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Dickinsonian, May 22, 1907

Kappa Sigma hosts a farewell reception; the annual Commencement Concert is set to be performed by the Combined Musical Clubs; Conway Hall Commencement exercises take place.  The Track team captain posts an open letter admitting an unsuccessful season, providing excuses, and promising better in seasons to come.  Dickinson plans for its first official Alumni Day.

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Dickinsonian, May 15, 1907

Kappa Sigma holds a smoker for members of the Inter-Collegiate Debate Team.  The Comus Club puts on its Spring dance, furnished by the Germania Orchestra.  The Track meet with Swarthmore is cancelled due to last week's "fiasco" against State.  Instead, a trial meet is held among Dickinsonians to determine who will travel to Bucknell for the coming week's competition.

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Dickinsonian, May 8, 1907

A "fiasco" of a Track and Field dual meet occurs, with State defeating Dickinson 92-12, resulting in an open letter to the student body calling for a Track coach.  An editorial, furthermore, shames Dickinson for its performance and calls for training reform.  An student writer makes a "plea for traditions," arguing that it is time Dickinson offered technical courses in her curriculum.

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Dickinsonian, June 5, 1903

Overview of senior class.  Dickinson, Fraklin & Marshall, Penn State and Swarthmore draft a constitution for an Inter-Collegiate Debating League.  Phi Kappa Psi moves house.  The class of 1893 holds its tenth anniversary reunion.  Statistics from baseball and track seasons.  President Reed gives three rooms in Old West to the YMCA.  Belles Lettres elects officers.  Class of 1902 issues its first annual letter.  Theta Lambda Phi to open new fraternity house at 150 W Louther.

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Dickinsonian, May 22, 1897

The Junior Cremation Play is a lively and well received affair.  Students spend an evening singing college songs.  The Juniors to hold a reception, instead of a promenade, during Commencement.  The Union Philosophical Society elects new officers.  Seven new yells are invented for the College by students, in response to criticism of the existing one.  The new Microcosm is very well received.  Those interested in track athletics organize and elect officers.

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Dickinsonian, May 8, 1926

Founders Day and May Day will be celebrated Thursday of this week. The annual Senior Picnic will be held at Medowbrook Park this year. Mr. G. R. Hemminger presents the College with a rare stuffed "Duckbill" (a platypus) through Prof. B. Floyd Rinker of the English department. The Track team prepares to meet their Gettysburg rivals. Results of a poll by the Dickinsonian show that students favor the current prohibition law. Ohio State Senator Simeon D. Fess will be this years Commencement speaker.

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