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Dickinsonian, March 15, 1934

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Robert Bartley wins 1902 Class Award. Eddie Steele is elected basketball captain. C. R. Walther Thomas speaks to Union Philosophical Society about the state of Germany and Nazism. Omicron Delta Kappa convention held at Dickinson. Professor Mulford Stough speaks to Young People's Fellowship about...

Dickinsonian, October 14, 1942

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The Freshman Annex (formerly the Parker House) on S Hanover St opens to house twelve female students. Colonel Henry E. Smith, John C. Hepler, Dr. Bernice K. Grubb, Charles H. B. Kennedy, and Jane L. Evans join faculty. Dr. Elmer C. Herber publishes two papers on parasitology. Professor Horace E...

Dickinsonian, November 7, 1942

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Dr. Gaither P. Warfield, '17, gives talks on his experiences of German concentration camps. Austin Grugan, Martin Helrich, Harold Gould, and William Rudy join Lambda Sigma Pi, science honor society. Jean Lentz is first female member of college band. Kay Price is first Dickinson drum majorette....

Dickinsonian, December 17, 1942

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Robert T. Wheeler is elected president of Beta Theta Pi. Twenty-one students sworn into Navy. Dickinson receives fifty-thousand dollars from Professor Montgomery Porter Sellers' will. Doll Dance is planned.

Dickinsonian, January 14, 1943

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Janet Respess is elected Mid-Winter Ball Queen. First January commencement ceremonies in Dickinson history to be held for wartime fast-track students. Stanley Wilson is elected president of Student Senate. Program of partial credit for partial semester completion adopted for those called to...

Dickinsonian, February 2, 1943

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Theodore Strouse, Kathleen Briner, Nathaniel Yingling, Donald Ketels, Robert Curry, Clarence Nixon, James Tisdel, William Gale, Edith Ann Lingle, Robert Crist, and Charles Pratt, Jr. join Dickinsonian leadership. Dean E. A. Vuilleumier attends War Department's civilian protection school for...

Dickinsonian, February 16, 1943

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Army and Navy to send flight cadets to Dickinson for basic education. Victory Book Drive for the U.S.O. exceeds goal of one book per Dickinson student. Marjorie Barkman takes over as women's physical education instructor.

Dickinsonian, March 20, 1943

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The Dickinsonian resumes publication as a newsletter aimed at conveying the details of life at Dickinson to the Dickinsonians in military service. Army flight cadets attend Dickinson.

Dickinsonian, March 27, 1943

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Red Cross War Fund Drive completed at Dickinson. List of doings of Dickinsonians in military service. Metzger Hall provides soldiers with female company. Anecdotes about soldiers at Dickinson.

Dickinsonian, April 16, 1943

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College purchases microphone for speech clinic. A Music Room/Speech Clinic is created in Old West. Eleven Dickinson students volunteer as Nurses' Aides at Carlisle Hospital. George Yuda, sophomore, is hospitalized due to chemical burns sustained in a Dickinson lab. Tome basement is cleared and...

Dickinsonian, April 20, 1943

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Pan Hellenic dance held in the Beta House. Senior girls attempt to raise funds to buy a jeep for the cadets.

Dickinsonian, June 5, 1943

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Tau Delta Pi holds farewell banquet for seniors; Elizabeth Keen, Helen Kretschmar, Edith Ann Lingle, Jane Treyz, and Jo Ann Wilson are initiated into Tau Delta Pi; Elinor Derr and Estelle Mumford become Tau Delta Pi officers. Phi Kappa Sigma and Zeta Tau Alpha hold spring formals. Wheel and...

Dickinsonian, April 14, 1983

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Borges' scholars from across the country gather to participate witness and participate in Jorge Luis Borges' three-day Symposium at Dickinson. Joan Hoff Wilson delivered a speech on Tuesday evening regarding Watergate and its aftermath. EFFORT, or "Equality for Females: Our Rights Today," hosted...
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