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Dickinsonian, January 11, 1901

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Committee for the Pan-American Exposition is appointed. Announcement of the Comus Club. The General Committee of the World's Student Christian Federation declared February 10th as the Universal Day of Prayer for Students.

Dickinsonian, February 1, 1901

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Article on Comus Club social function. Play held for the benefit of the Atheletic Association. Phi Kappa Sigma smoker. Article on the day of prayer. Dickinson College signs an athletic agreement with Bucknell. Belles Lettres Society anniversary to be held next week.

Dickinsonian, March 22, 1901

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Annual mid-winter sports are held. Obituary for Dr. G. M. Bosley. Article on the play "Pygmalion and Galatea" given by students at Irving College. Comus Club holds a dance. Beta Theta Pi's annual reunion. Preliminaries for Freshman to receive either the Cole or Walkley prize.

Dickinsonian, November 15, 1901

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Special week of prayer for the Y. M. C. A.. First Lutheran church dedicatory services. Trip to the Luray cavern. Comus Club dance.

Dickinsonian, November 22, 1901

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Comus Club Dance. Summary of the trip to the Luray Cavern. Notes on November's "Literary Monthly".

Dickinsonian, April 18, 1902

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Freshmen banquet. Comus Club holds a dance in the Assembly Hall. Dramatic Club play given at the Carlisle Opera House. Sigma Chi attended a convention. Sigma Alpha Epsilon gives a smoker.

Dickinsonian, December 2, 1903

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The college fair far exceeds expectations, Phi Delta Theta attended a convention in Syracuse and the Comus Club Dances are set to resume. Professor David B. Brunner class of 1860 passed away at the age of 68. 

Dickinsonian, December 9, 1903

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Johnson the quarterback of the "Indian Football Team" and Dickinson class of 1906 was listed as part of the All-American Football Team. The Dickinsonian pays tribute to the 1903 football team at the end of their season.

Dickinsonian, March 23, 1904

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The walls of Denny are demolished and rebuilding begins following the successful start of a fundraising campaign. There is a senior physics excursion to visit Daniel Drawbaugh who is attempting to invent a wireless telephone.

Dickinsonian, April 20, 1904

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Dr. Reed celebrates his fifteenth anniversary as college president. Students are offered the opportunity to work over the summer at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition for $0.18 per hour. 

Dickinsonian, January 31, 1906

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The Athletic Committee and President Reed discuss the possibility of introducing soccer to the campus on an inter-class and inter-fraternity level. The resources for a varsity team are not yet available, but if enough interest is shown such a team could be formed. The Intercollegiate Football...

Dickinsonian, April 18, 1906

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The Comus Club holds an Easter Dance. Students prepare for the upcoming tennis tournament. 

Dickinsonian, December 15, 1906

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George A. Crider, college trustee, prepares to give a speech at Allison M.E. Church.  Athletic Association officers are elected; the Athletic treasurer's report is released.  The Philadelphia Club holds elections.  The Kappa Sigma fraternity entertains Hon. Philip P. Campell.  The Comus Club...

Dickinsonian, January 30, 1907

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The annual inter-society debate between the Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society is set to take place.  Dickinson's YMCA invite S.M. Sayford to speak to all "Christian men of the college."  Dances are held by Phi Kappa Psi and the Comus Club.  

Dickinsonian, April 17, 1907

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The Comus Club holds its Easter German dance.  The Dickinson-State debate is set to decide the champion of the Intercollegiate Debating League of Pennsylvania.  The Kneisel Quartete of Boston is chosen to give the final entertainment of the Civic Club Course.

Dickinsonian, May 15, 1907

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Kappa Sigma holds a smoker for members of the Inter-Collegiate Debate Team.  The Comus Club puts on its Spring dance, furnished by the Germania Orchestra.  The Track meet with Swarthmore is cancelled due to last week's "fiasco" against State.  Instead, a trial meet is held among Dickinsonians to...

Dickinsonian, December 11, 1907

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Dickinson becomes a member of the Intercollegiate Track Athletic Association. Tablet to Daniel W. McCurdy placed in Trinity Church of Clearfield, PA. Comus Club holds dance. Walter Wells Hoover writes from Sudan about African Farming.

Dickinsonian, October 14, 1908

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Notes on the progress of the Student Assembly. A class letter from the class of '98. Comus Club election results. Civic Club announces its entertainment course. Republican Club meeting. Update on the 1910 Microcosm.

Dickinsonian, November 11, 1908

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Finals for the inter-collegiate debate team held in Denny Hall. Comus Club Dance. Leap year dance. West Virginia Club elections. Special Y. M. C. A. meeting. Update on the 1910 Microcosm. Second Civic Club Entertainment Course.

Dickinsonian, November 18, 1908

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Old athletic field sold to the Cumberland Valley Railroad. Comus Club dance. Union Philosophical Society election results. Mrs. John Linder obituary. Phi Kappa Sigma party. Notes on the boys of Conway Hall. Phi Kappa Psi dance. Problems of the timing of Mission Study Classes.

Dickinsonian, April 14, 1909

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Professor F. E. Craver is elected as the new Physical Director of the College. Swarthmore and Franklin and Marshall will debate in Bosler Hall. Article on Football injuries. Smoker held in the gymnasium. Winners of the Freshmen oratorical contest are announced. Judge Ben B. Lindsey will be the...

Dickinsonian, April 28, 1909

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President Reed's twentieth anniversary as president of the college. Organization of a fraternity baseball league. Inter-class track meet. Update on the Minstrel show.  Comus Club dance. Judge Ben B. Lindsey lecture. Phi Kappa Psi convention.

Dickinsonian, October 20, 1909

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Masquerade Carnival to be held for Halloween.  The Music Department to host a musical.  New alumni page a great success so far.  Comus Club to hold its first dance.  Rhodes Scholar D. R. Porter addresses the YMCA.  Phi Kappa Sigma celebrates Founders' Day anniversary with ride to Dillsburg. 

Dickinsonian, January 19, 1910

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Successful performance by Kitty Cheatham hosted by the Civic Club.  Sophomore society Skitchagenee was revived, with seven men initiated.  Comus Club to hold a midwinter dance in the Armory. 

Dickinsonian, February 4, 1910

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"Minna Von Barnheim" play is a great success.  Comus Club holds its midwinter dance.  Day of Prayer is observed.  Freshmen hold banquet.  Passed Dickinsonians compiled, some found to be missing.  Speaker Elbert Hubbard is entertained by Alpha Chi Rho after delivering an excellent...

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