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Dickinsonian, April 5, 1911

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Combined musical clubs, including Glee Club, Mandolin Club, complete a tour giving performances throughout Central Pennsylvania. Roy M. Dunkleberger, class of 1906, marries in India while serving as a Missionary. Alumni Gatherings to take place in New York City and Bloomsburg, PA. President Reed...

Dickinsonian, December 13, 1911

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Francis Dunn, '14, is elected captain of football team for 1912 season. President Noble gives speech to teachers' association about the purpose of education. President Noble and his wife entertain the Class of 1912 in their home. Woman Suffrage demonstration at annual Doll Show. Athletic...

Dickinsonian, January 28, 1914

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The basketball schedule for the winter term is posted. Phi Kappa Sigma held their second “at home” night of the year. The officers of the Athletic Association are announced. There are mentions of other universities beginning to ban alcohol.     

Dickinsonian, December 16, 1914

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H. Karl Kumm speaks on colonization and mission work in Africa. List of students awarded football letters. Athletic Association elects officers.


Dickinsonian, October 11, 1917

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List of men from class of 1917 and current undergraduate body serving in military.  Rushing season begins.  Class of 1900 completes gate replacing famed old iron gate.  Class elections are held.  Athletic Association elects officers; H.K. Robinson '18 is president.

Dickinsonian, January 7, 1922

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Portrait of John Dickinson given to college. Grand officers of Phi Kappa Sigma announced. Athletic Association Officers election results. Death of student Charles Engle Bates. Glenn Killinger elected as football coach. Professor Vuilleumier gives a reading. Belles Lettres Society election...

Dickinsonian, February 11, 1922

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Week of Prayer held by Dr. John R. Edwards. Glenn Killinger signs a contract with the Athletic Association to coach the 1922 Dickinson College football team. Update on up and coming entertainment for students. Dickinson seniors may be allowed to gain teaching experience in Carlisle High School....

Dickinsonian, May 6, 1922

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Celebration of Founders' Day. Commencement play cast is chosen. Intense planning of commencement activities. Proposed changes to the Athletic Association policies. Update on the Greek Club production. The Pinchot for Governor club is officially formed. Professor Forrest Craver was defeated in...

Dickinsonian, May 20, 1922

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James L. Beighle is elected president of Student Senate. Juniors select officers in final class elections. The town members of Carlisle plan to decorate the town for commencement. Athletic Association is considering making an athletic club house. Skitch-a-Genee initiations. Dramatic Club...

Dickinsonian, October 28, 1922

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$1,250,000 fund-raising campaign to improve and modernize the college to come to an end. Athletic Association discusses the building of new enlarged grandstands at Biddle Field. Student Band to play for the rest of the football season. Greek Club to hold Doll Show.

Dickinsonian, November 18, 1922

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Enlargement Drive comes to successful end, marking the College's first large endowment. Funds to be used to make improvements around campus. Professors put on burlesque show for benefit of students in celebration of successful fund-raising.

Dickinsonian, March 10, 1923

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Varsity Basketball Team closes season with victory over Bucknell. Plans made to organize women's baseball team. Athletic Association chooses new head football coach for 1923 season. Discrepancy in new Honor System Constitution to be investigated by both senates. Miss Ida M. Tarbell to speak in...

Dickinsonian, September 27, 1924

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Football team to travel to Allegheny. Athletic Association purchases a grid-graph for gymnasium. Prof. Vuilleumier advances a test for the presence of denaturant in alcohol. Kappa Sigma and Phi Mu win Inter-Fraternity Council scholarship cups. Student Tribunal imposes sentences on Freshmen who...

Dickinsonian, October 11, 1924

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Football team defeats Villanova, to play F and M later. Debate Team to start training. World Series baseball games shown on newly installed grid-graph in College gymnasium. Union Philosophical Society to celebrate "Roosevelt Day". Law School graduate Daniel Reese, '99, recognized for being...

Dickinsonian, January 20, 1927

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The Schubert Male Quartet to perform. Chris Cook elected President of the Athletic Association.

Dickinsonian, October 6, 1927

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The football team opens their season with an 8 to 0 win over Juniata College. The College Body looses 198 students from last year who fail to return for various reasons. The Athletic Association debates dropping baseball as an Intercolligate sport at Dickinson. 103 men, 63% of the freshman class...

Dickinsonian, December 11, 1930

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Plans for the 1932 edition of the Mircocosm include a Scottish motif, professional artwork and a section about intramural sports. The German Scholarship fund collected under the guidance of the German Department will be even larger this year so that the recipient will be able to travel...

Dickinsonian, January 15, 1931

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The Athletic Association elects a new president, but protests the lack of publicity regarding the elections, blaming Student Senate for the poor turnout. The Biology department, under the leadership of Elmer Herber and the Mohler Scientific Club, presents three films relating to the study of...

Dickinsonian, February 12, 1931

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Fraternities, sororities, honorary societies, several classes, and the Athletic Association have plans for several social events to be held in the coming months, including many dances by popular demand. The Microcosm adds a feature on women's athletics for the 1932 issue of the yearbook, a...

Dickinsonian, March 5, 1931

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Former Dickinson student and Dickinson Law School alumni Judge Sylvester Baker Sadler dies. Dr. Horace Rogers, associate professor of chemistry at Dickinson, is invited to submit his biography for inclusion in the next edition of American Men in Science. The Dickinson basketball team defeats its...

Dickinsonian, May 21, 1931

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The men's and women's glee club put on their first combined performance since 1925. The old Phi Delta Theta house will be turned into a psychology lab. The radio transmitter built by Dickinson students is fully operational and reaches several other radio stations in the eastern half of the...

Dickinsonian, April 21, 1932

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Men's Senate revises freshman rules and stresses the importance of the four (named) all-college rules. Sigma Chis win intramural boxing. William M. Gilbert, '32, wins German scholarship prize and German travel scholarship. Athletic Association proposes changs to its constitution. Class of 1912...

Dickinsonian, April 28, 1932

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Student referendum vetoes proposed changes to Athletic Association constitution; student-drafted alternative is advocated. Women's Student Government Association presents petition for changes to chapel services. Seniors to take third set of Carnegie Foundation experimental tests. Altoona...

Dickinsonian, January 12, 1933

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A. J. "Dad" Elliot, a Christian leader, challenges students to engage more in Christian practices. Many freshmen, the registrar reveals, are related to former Dickinsonians. The annual Doll Show was held Dec. 16, 1932 and resulted in $40.00 being donated to the Shiremanstown Home along with...

Dickinsonian, March 16, 1933

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More plans made for the Sesquicentennial Ball. Rules within Metzger Hall tighten, making this article compare the conditions to a prison. The college's literary magazine, the Hornbook, is to release its second edition soon. Professor Carver fights against cuts to the education budget in the...

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