Following up on a report from the Middle States Association, the need for a library expansion and improvement is discussed. The Social Rules Evaluation Committee met to discuss possible changes in the social rules. A new literary bulletin appeared on campus. A weekly Dickinson radio show will begin, featuring members of the Dickinson chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a national honorary music fraternity. The question of whether or not to have a fraternity quadrangle will be decided at a meeting in December. The girls' hockey team beat Susquehanna in their last game of the season.
Collections in center room of Tome Scientific Building are exhibited. Homecoming and Sesqui-centennial. Telescope is repaired and moved from South College to Conway Hall rooftop. Equipment is built for W3YC. Vigilance committee gives haircuts to freshmen convicted of being cocky. Tribunal sentences five students for disobeying freshmen rules.
Author, journalist, and radio personality John Kieran is announced as the speaker for the Alumni Football Banquet. The Drama Club's fall production, "Petticoat Fever," is set to open the evening of publication. Several pranks were pulled over Homecoming weekend, including the placement of a live horse in the Chapel and the dismantling of the bell in Denny Hall.
George S. Williams '00, Delaware's lone Congressional Representative, speaks in chapel for Homecoming Weekend. Members of the Dickinsonian editorial staff travel to Lewisburg for a conference of the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association, of which current editor-in-chief Paul Gorsuch '40 is president. Union Philosophical Society reverses their previous decision and accepts Belles Lettres' invitation for an inter-society debate. The Mermaid is returned, and President Fred P. Corson announces that it will move to the Tome Scientific Building, replaced by a replica on top of Old West.
Plans for Homecoming, November 15, are underway. Two recent Dickinson graduates, John Pipa and Robert Forney, take part in local politics, running for positions in Northumberland County. The freshman class revolts against the class rules system, violating every rule but wearing the dink. This is in reaction to the disciplinary actions taken by the Tribunal in the past weeks, including hair-cuttings in the week previous. The freshmen make a list of demands and send it to the Tribunal however, all of their requests are denied by student government.
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.
The football team loses to Albright. The Sophomore Vigilance Committee, with a new chairman, will be in charge of enforcing the freshmen rules. The schedule for the Homecoming program is announced. The Dramatic Club announces that its first production of the year will be Death Takes a Holiday. At the end of the rushing season, the fraternities pledge a total of seventy-six men. The soccer team loses to West Chester.
German exchange student discusses school life in homeland. Plan for homecoming weekend. Interior designers work on Phi Delta Theta house. Burgess J. Fred Myers fines college $100 for damages resulting from student victory demonstration.
Plans are underway for the annual Home-Coming Celebration. A large four foot by six foot college calendar marked with all college events for the year will be placed in the entrance hall to chapel. Four sororities pledge new members. From now on, the Denny bell tower will ring to commemorate any athletic victory. The football team takes a victory over Ursinus.
The “Elect-Landon” club holds its first and only pre-election meeting. The Dramatic Club considers a play with a murder-mystery plot. The Tribunal punishes more freshmen, both men and women, for disobeying the Freshmen Rules. The Dickinson Democratic Club holds their final meeting. Dickinson decides to abolish class offices, as it hinders the advance of the college. The football team beats Swarthmore in the Homecoming game. The women’s Interclass hockey schedule is posted.
The football team will face Swarthmore in the Homecoming game. The Joint Society dissolves in order to reform its two original parts: the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres Societies. An All-College Halloween party will be held in the gym. The school plans for the enlargement of Biddle Field. The last train has gone through West High Street. A Dickinsonian poll reveals that Landon is in the lead for the presidential election and is more often favored by students. The football team loses to Lafayette.
Forty-seven Dickinson men compete for a space on the Debate Squad. The Homecoming program schedule is announced. The Greek Club has their first meeting of the year. Thoughts on the 1936 presidential candidates are given. News on President Roosevelt is also given. For the first time, the Dramatic Club will sponsor a musical play. The soccer team defeats Ursinus.
Professors Flaherty and Mercer to address the International Relations Club. Phi Delta Theta wins the Display Contest at Homecoming. Charles Tharp is the new cataloging librarian. World famous blind pianist, Alec Templeton to play recital in December. Colonel Rachal praises the new ROTC program. The Dickinsonian celebrates its eightieth anniversary. Profile on Swim Coach John Steckbeck. Kappa Sigma wins the Inter-Fraternity Football League.
Metzger Hall will revise its constitution in the coming year. Wheel and Chain continues its book drive for the Negro Community Center in Carlisle that formally opened on October 26. New mandatory class, "How to Make Good in College," created for Freshmen. Nation wide poll discovered that most American college students are opposed to changing the Neutrality Law to allow supply ships to be armed to enter war zones. It's Homecoming and many alumni are campus to participate in the festivities. Description of what it's like inside Metzger Hall.
The editorial board of the Dickinsonian publishes an open letter to the Board of Deans regarding the findings of a report conducted by the Faculty committee on Extra-Curricular Activities. The Debating Association of Pennsylvania Colleges selects three topics for the coming debate season, with delegates from Dickinson making key contributions. Charlis Alvin Jones, graduate of Dickinson Law School and democratic candidate for the office of governor of Pennsylvania, visits Dickinson for the annual Homecoming football game. The Student Library Committee submitted req
Dickinson raises over $700 for the Community Chest Drive, falling short of $1,000 goal. Homecoming is planned.
Faculty vote to require all students to receive influenza vaccinations. German Club opens membership to German students of all levels. First Homecoming since 1941 is planned.
Vincent A. McCrossen, Professor of Comparative Literature at Boston College, to speak at the next chapel meeting. The Dickinson Football team ties with Johns Hopkins at the Homecoming match. Discussion on Professor Charles Sellers' recent research trip to London and upcoming book. Profile on world traveling Dickinson professor, Dr. Montagu Modder. Theta Chi wins the Inter-Fraternity Football Championship. Profile on student athlete Tom DeMarino.
The College ends its annual Homecoming prank. Information regarding upcoming Religion-In-Life Week. Progress on the construction of the Althouse Science building. Inge Paul named the "Little Colonel" of the Military Ball. Description of Homecoming activities. Dickinson to play Johns Hopkins in the Homecoming football match. Profile on student athlete Robertson Taylor.
This issue contains articles that outline the events and activities to take place over Homecoming Weekend. A tribute to Dickinson alum Dr. Gilbert Malcolm. Theta Chi leads the inter-fraternity football league. Mike Auaahian, a freshman from Tehran, Iran, spoke to the students of Mechanicsburg High School and to Carlisle businessmen at the meeting of of the Service Club of Carlisle. Continued informational articles on the party platforms for the upcoming presidential election.
Christian Service Team travels to local churches. Music programs for the remainder of the year are announced; new programs under the direction of Paul Smith, who takes over program organization from students. Private Stan Singer continues occasional column, discussing different people he encountered during Basic Training. The football team defeats Johns Hopkins during Homecoming.
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra selected for Winter Ball entertainment; Maynard McKissick and Orchestra has been selected to play the Homecoming Dance. Zeta Tau Alpha celebrate Founders' Day with a luncheon. Inter-fraternity football is considered in terms of its possible negative affects on the varsity football team. Private Stan Singer '55 begins series of articles written during his time in the army.
The Student Senate censures a number of men for participating in a raid of Gibbs House on October 31. Famous British novelist, Elizabeth Bowen will speak at the College. Kappa Sigma wins the contest for best display during Homecoming. The Dickinson Mermaid is returned to President Edel and the College. Construction of the new women's dormitory is underway. Gettysburg defeats Dickinson in epic Football match. Profiles on student athletes, Gene Oyler and Dick Relick.
President Edel speaks at chapel. Dean of Women, Phoebe G. Follmer takes a leave of absence and Mary Margaret Kellogg is appointed the acting Dean. Article discussing the upcoming Homecoming football match for the Old Mahogany Bucket between Dickinson and Gettysburg College. The Dickinson Mermaid goes missing from atop Old West. The College band is the largest it has been since the war. Dickinson Football defeats Juniata. Footballer Wilbur Gobrecht is tied for receiving a high-scoring honor in Pennsylvania. Profile on student athlete, Ed Ermak.