Enrollment cap is increased to 800; women's quotes set at 200. Skull and Key chooses nine. Three one-act plays to be performed by Little Theater. Panhellenic Day held.
Dorothy Nagle is crowned Queen of the Mid-Winter Ball. Renovations to occur across campus. Dickinson Law School opens to veterans. Little Theater to present play in March. Choral Club to make several appearances off-campus.
Little Theater group to present two Christmas plays. Lt. Edward F. Murphy is guest speaker at Little Theater meeting. Social Service Committee organizes work with community service groups. New college term begun to accommodate returning ex-servicemen. College Athletic spirit returns to Dickinson as regular conditions resume. Concert of Neapolitan songs held in Allison memorial Church.
Forty-fifth Doll Show held at Dickinson College. Young People's Fellowship holds annual Christmas party. Little Theater gives two Christmas plays. President Prettyman awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at commencement exercises at the University of Delaware.
Three new professors added to faculty. Ban on varsity basketball is lifted, with ten games scheduled throughout the semester. Faculty-student social committee organized. Dickinson College Dramatic Club becomes The Little Theater. College Health Center is created. Calendar of Campus Activities proposed. Halloween Party held.
"This I Believe" is the theme for the upcoming Religion-in-Life Week. Outline of the eleven women vying for the Mid-Winter Ball crown. Chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Dr. Rohrbaugh on leave for a year beginning this term. The Little Theater casts parts for the new play, "Anne of a Thousand Days." Profile on Dickinsonian Evelyn Sciotto. Profile on student athlete Dick Johe. Dr. William Edel returns from a tour of western U.S.
Dean Dr. William Tyler returns to campus after conducting classes elsewhere worldwide. Professor Whitfield Bell, Jr., presented a paper on Early America in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Cultural Affairs Committee announces the arrangement of three musical events to take place in Bosler Hall in the future. The Little Theater production fo "Beggar on Horeback" will be the first arena type play at Dickinson. The Department of Political Science announces sponsored trip for mid-November to the new United Nations Headquarters on the East River.
Drayer Hall to open soon, is described. Little Theater performs "All My Sons".
Dean's list for fall 1951. Donald W. Flaherty becomes political science instructor. John L. Groom resigns. Little Theater elects officers.
Ten student leaders nominated to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Carlisle physician speaks on Dickinson's high car accident rate. Little Theater Group to perform Othello. Doll Dance planned.
Little Theater performs "R.U.R." Omicron Delta Kappa taps five new members.
Theta Chi hosts convention. Dickinson delegates lead small school block at Intercollegiate Conference on Government. Richard Buckheimer is elected president of Little Theater. Founders' Day is planned.
Doll Dance. Dean's Committee created to govern Metzger Hall. Little Theater Group elects officers; Ivan D. Fickes is president. Campus Chest Drive begins.
The Little Theater to present Othello. Thieves steal historic rug from Alpha Chi Rho house then return it.
Dickinson College Band to play open-air concert; community sing to be part of concert. High School seniors to compete for Trustee Scholarships. Student musicians Robert Johannes and Joseph Rosenthal present concert in Bosler Hall. Pi Beta Phi wins Songfest competition. New plans for rushing have been presented to the faculty. Student Senate proposes fraternity-based scholarship plan to help foreign students study in the US. Little Theater's Othello opens. Concerns and complaints about Carlisle are addressed by student William Jordan.
The Dickinson Follies draws crowd of 1,000 to first variety show. Nine members of the Little Theater tapped for Tau Delta Pi dramatic honor society. Clayton Braun featured in solo art exhibition organized by Professor Flower. Social Rules changes announced; women's curfew extended to one a.m. for dances, while permissions are extended for Friday and Saturday night dances. Pianist Ozan Marsh to present concert. R. Sturges Ingersoll to discuss modern art.
Little Theater spring production, Othello, roles announced. Junior Lois Barnard is named queen of Mid-Winter Ball. Dean Russell Thompson addresses confusion over new grading system.
The Little Theater cast prepares to their new theater production of "Drums of Death." All-female Mary Dickinson Club forms. Greek festival theme of Interfraternity Weekend. President Edel names Professor C.F. Kellogg as Dean of the Sophomore Class. Profile of Dickinson faculty member, Dr. Wellington A. Parlin. Dickinson Basketball upsets the favored Bucknell quintet.
Kappa Sigma hosts delegates from seven schools for the fraternity's Pennsylvania convention. The Little Theater's production of Macbeth opens to good reviews. The Intercollegiate Conference on Government hosts a mock presidential election. Phi Delta Theta takes fist place in the 175 anniversary float contest. SAE submits a plan to the Student Senate on the seating of Senate members and election of officers. An editorial on the state of freshman rules appears. Basketball player John Hopper receives two offers from professional teams in the Basketball Association of America.
The motion for the popular election of officers of the Student Senate was defeated by a vote of 9-4. The date for the Little Theater's spring production of Macbeth is set. The Choral Club completes a three-day tour of churches and schools in neighboring Altoona. Three Dickinson basketball players are selected for the Little Three all-star team. 300 students and townspeople attend a jazz concert in Bosler Hall, featuring groups from Dickinson and the surrounding area. A stoplight is installed at the corner of West and High Streets.
Delta Phi Alpha, a national honorary German fraternity, establishes a chapter with the tapping of twelve students and two honorary members. A student gives a talk on problems facing the Middle East, focusing particularly on Palestine. Twenty-four students graduate. The Dickinsonian elects a new editor and head staff to replace outgoing senior members. An editorial appears on the status of civil liberties in the United States and the importance of ending racial, religious, and class discrimination.
The first exhibition of primitive and folk art in central Pennsylvania opens in Bosler Hall, drawing more than 200 people. The Little Theater drama group declares support for a non-affiliated production of Macbeth despite controversy. The Intercollegiate Conference on Government begins drafting a constitution and by-laws. Dr. J. Carter Swaim gives a talk on the translation of the bible into English and the need for a modernized translation. Guatemalan army captain Jose Luis Cruz provides a talk on the culture, history, and geography of Guatemala.