The senior class begins planning for Class Day. A college orchestra is organized.
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The good health of Dickinsonians is praised, while the religious habits of students are criticized. Some students are criticized for their drinking habits. Rumors arise over a possible strike of students for a reduction in boarding house rates. The Union Philosophical Society cancels its...
Neither the Scientific Building nor the new gymnasium are yet ready to use, much to the dismay of the students. The college orchestra is reorganized. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen in baseball 19 to 7 and then refuse to play against the Preparatory students. A combined football team of...
The editors ask the student body to remember that the reputation of Dickinson is in their hands. Rev. Charles Force Deems, Class of 1839, passes away. Phi Delta Theta holds its annual banquet. The College Orchestra and Glee Club to go on tour during the holiday recess. Professor Fletcher...
The Orchestra and Octette have a "phenomenally successful trip" over the break. A lecture series including lectures by Mr. Phoelus W. Lyons, Rev. James Morrow, J. Smallwood, Dr. P. S. Thorpe, and various Dickinson faculty, is announced. Despite various offers of "flattering positions",...
The editors comment on compulsory attendance at the Day of Prayer, and the faculty's role in encouraging and participating in Christian activities. The chapter hall of Beta Theta Pi is moved from the Bosler building to the McLaughlin building. The Orchestra and Octette give a concert in the...
A concert given by the Kellogg Concert Company wins the distinction of being "the finest entertainment ever given in Bosler Hall." The College Glee Club and Orchestra perform concerts in Millersburg.
Trustee and member of the class of 1848 William Daniel passes away. Exerpts from an article in the Ladies' Home Journal on the value of an education from a small college are quoted. The question of improving the exits from the athletic field is continued. Establishment of celebration...
Professor Marcus D. Buell of the Boston Theological Seminary addresses the YMCA. James Young performs some dramatic selections for the campus. The Orchestra and Glee Club prepare for their upcoming concert. Dr. Reed is confined to bed with illness. The establishment of Founer's Day...
The baseball team wins 8 to 6 against Albright, while the Dickinson Reserves loses to Mercersburg Academy. The Glee Club and Orchestra travels south to Coatesville to perform. The Phi Kappa Psi convention was attended by representatives from all the colleges in the area....
All-college picnic planned. Leon Simonetti ’24 is elected leader of the College Orchestra. Sophomores win annual flag scrap. Football season begins. YWCA begins service project assisting girls in Appalachia. Rushing schedule. Belles Lettres elects officers. Student Senate elects cheer leaders....
Lewis S. Sadler obituary. Mr. Shedd will address the College Press Club. Preparations for the Week of Prayer. The Freshmen and Sophomore classes win the second round of the interclass basketball games. Belles Lettres Society election results. Notes on Norman Angell address. Reverend Mudge...
Dickenson looses against Bucknell and Penn State in the annual triangular debate. The 14th annual banquet of the Dickinson Alumni Association is held in Harrisburg. Coach McAndrews issues the first call for baseball hopefulls. The Dickinson basketball team takes a 33-25 victory over Gettysburg....
Freshman class enrollment is a record high. Practices begin for what is promised to be "Dickinson's greatest football team of the present decade." Fraternities commence rushing for new members. The College is left a large sum by Robert Weaver, class of 1875. Faculty changes this year bring May...
The Debating squad packs a full schedule for the spring, including the annual triangular debate with Gettysburg and Muhlenberg. The junior class has decided to dedicate the 1929 Microcosm to William Weidman Landis, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Dr. Samuel Parkers Cadman, President of...
The sophomore class captures the leader of the freshman class on the eve of the freshman Halloween party. The Macbeth performance drew a full house with more than one hundred of these guests coming from out of town. At a faculty meeting it is decided that Thanksgiving break will be extended to...
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...
Dickinson changes policy to an absence based policy from a demerit system. The size of the campus is enlarged after the college buys the Mooreland Estate and deer park. The Football team has high hopes for their season and appear to be in a good position to win games this season. The rush...
Summary of events planned for upcoming various Dickinson Clubs' banquets. Basic schedule of the upcoming all-girls field day, which includes girls from other area colleges and universities. Description of frog dissections in Biology Lab. The Interfraternity Council denies the petitions of two...
Student Senate abolishes the Men's Tribunal and creates a new senate committee to take over the Tribunal's duties. May Day festivities are unlikely to be held. College buys new recording machine for the use of the orchestra.
W. Albert Strong and Bernard Gingrich (both '40) are elected to join Phi Beta Kappa, the national honorary fraternity. Mary Lou Kirkpatrick is elected Queen of the Mid-Winter Ball. The College Orchestra's string quartet presents a two-song program at chapel. The Dickinsonian column "...
Missionary and author Sherwood Eddy visits campus to lead a Q&A session on the subject of Europe's economic, political, social, and religious situations. Demolition and renovation of Bosler Hall gets underway, the eventual goal being a $125,000 overhaul of the library building. The College...
Orchestra instruments to be provided for several Dickinson College students. Pan-Hellenic party held to welcome freshman women and transfers.
Twenty-six students enroll for spring semester, including Henry Naamani, tennis singles champion of Iran. Eligibility of Dickinson girls for WAVE is explained. Three new students join College Orchestra.
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