Dickinsonian, May 1883

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.  The Belles Lettres Sophomore Contest is to be held.  The Union Philosophical Society decides not to have a sophomore contest this year.  The senior class holds Class Day, a

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Dickinsonian, April 5, 1917

Musical clubs make annual spring tour.  Students sign petition requesting a drillmaster to ready the student body for military service.  Class Day is planned.  The Educational Jubilee Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church convinces conferences to increase Dickinson's endowment.  Microcosm officers are elected.  Dickinsonian board is selected.  YWCA elects officers.

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Dickinsonian, July 1890

Incorporators of the Law School meet. Highlights of Commencement Week. Mr. Crowder wins Walkley Senior Oratorical Prize. Belles Lettres Society and UPS hold their annual general meetings. Account of Class Day. Mr. M. P. Sellers and Mr. C. A. Terhune win the freshman oratorical contest. Freshmen hold the annual burlesque. Professor Muchmore resigns as physical instructor; Professor Willard G. Lake replaces him. Beta Theta Pi celebrates its 20th anniversary. Chi Phi holds annual banquet. Phi Kappa Psi holds annual symposium. Sigma Chi holds annual banquet.

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Dickinsonian, July 1889

Commencement is held.  Bishop Foss holds a sermon for the YMCA.  The Junior Oratorical Contest is held is Bosler Hall.  Class Day is celebrated by the Class of 1889.  The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies elect officers and honorary members.  The Alumni Association also elects officers.  An inter-class baseball

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Dickinsonian, June 1894

Notes on Sunday's Commencement. Notes on Dickinson College School of Law Commencement. Trustee meeting in Jacob Tome Scientific Building. Concert given by the Dickinson College Orchestra. Junior class promenade. Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society election results. Celebration of Class Day. Alpha Sigma banquet. Phi Delta Theta trip to the Ziegler farm. Establishment of Kappa Gamma fraternity on campus. Union Philosophical Society Sophomore Oratorical Contest. Freshmen Oratorical Contest in Bosler Hall.

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Dickinsonian, June 10, 1915

Class Day is held. Summary of Commencement Week. Trustees elect James Henry Morgan president of Dickinson College. List of members of graduating class. Nora M. Mohler receives Cannon Prize for sophomore mathematics. Elma May Houseman receives Chi Omega Prize for sophomore economics. Raymond R. Brewer receives Clemens Prize for an essay on missionary work. Lawson S. Laverty receives Charles Mortimer Griffin Prize in English Bible. Union Philosophical Society wins Johnson Prize. Nora M. Mohler, Harold H. Bixler, and Elva R. Lippi receive McDaniel Prizes. Francis W.

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Dickinsonian, October 1881

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 memorial service is held for President James Garfield.  The seniors reinstate the Commencement Week tradition of Class Day.  The baseball team plays two games against the Harrisburg Anchors, losing 11-6.

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Dickinsonian, May 5, 1874

Schedule for commencement activities is published. The committee for organizing Class Day is chosen. Seniors R. M. Parker, R. B. Weaver, and W. C. Gross lecture to Scientific Society. Literary societies plan sophomore contests. G. W. Miller, J. A. H. Barnitz, A. R. Bender, and Ed. Hilton are elected Dickinsonian editors. Baseball club is formed with C. W. Emmerich as president.

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Dickinsonian, July 1, 1873

Commencement week is detailed. J. Richard Parkison and E. H. Conklin win Pierson Prizes in Junior oratorical contest. Class Day is detailed. First Class Spread is a success. Board of Trustees meets. Alumni Association holds annual meeting. J. W. Wetzel, G. H. Miller, J. R. Parkison, and W. L. Gooding are elected Dickinsonian editors. J. Y. Dobbins and C. F. Robbins are elected secretaries; E. F. Hilton is elected treasurer. Senior D. M. Graham holds class party. Henry Thomas wins Union Philosophical Society's sophomore oratorical contest. Jno. F.

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Dickinsonian, May 31, 1923

Order of events announced for the commencement season, program to open with All-College social. Men's and Women's Glee Clubs to perform the operetta "The Maid and the Middy'. "The Importance of Being Earnest" to be performed by Dramatic Club. Senior honors and Class Day exercises announced. Newly established Student Tribunal elects officers for coming year. College Band to present a series of concerts throughout commencement week. Track team sets new college record at Mid. Atlantic meet. Honor system suspended due to opposition.

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Dickinsonian, April 14, 1923

Combined Glee Clubs to present operetta. Seniors selected to participate in annual class day program. Baseball team wins opening game, loses second. Track team opens with meet against Johns Hopkins. Tennis team to open season with match at Lehigh. Basso Clarence Tittman to perform recital at chapel. Greek Club to present the "12 Labors of Heracles" at exhibition. Small fire discovered in basement of Kappa Sigma fraternity house.

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Dickinsonian, June 5, 1926

The Baseball team takes a victory over Gettysburg rivals. Seniors celebrate Annual Class Day features and prepare for graduation. The Drama Club's production of "Kempy" opens to great success. Alumni Day features class reunion activities and a parade. The Glee Club reviews the performances of its busy season. This last issue of the academic year also contains a review of the year's sports programs.

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Dickinsonian, June 8, 1934

Class Day is planned. Commencement is planned. Rising Sophomore John Burnite is selected to spend summer at German student labor camp. YMCA and YWCA are replaced with Dickinson College Religious Association. Interfraternity Council denies Phi Epsilon Pi and Sigma Tau Phi's requests to join. Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society unite to form Union Literary Society. Dramatic Club presents "The Fugitive". Summary of men's basketball, men's cross-country and men's tennis seasons.

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Dickinsonian, April 12, 1924

The Dickinsonian holds an exam to select new editorial staff members for the following academic year. Plans for the senior party and a picnic are laid out, as well as a tentative date for Class Day. Twenty-seven members of Dickinson's chapter of the Pi Beta Phi sorority are hosted at a reception in the White House by First Lady Grace Coolidge, herself a Pi Phi. The Women's Student Senate sentences eight freshman girls to clean classrooms in Denny as punishment for rules violations.

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Dickinsonian, April 5, 1924

Students form the Republican Club, which throws its support behind Professor Leon C. Prince in his congressional campaign. Professor Prince addresses Dickinson students and members of the Carlisle community as a part of his campaign for the Republican nomination for congress. Non-Fraternity men organize a permanent social organization known as the Commons Club, whose objectives include promoting unity and cooperation with other members of the college community, loyalty to the college, and equal opportunity for all male students. The senior class elects Class Day officers.

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