Construction begins on a reading room in Old West. W. F. Spottswood, J. H. Black, and O. B. Super are elected editors of the Microcosm.
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The Microcosm is soon to be released and should be a good one. The play "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is performed to raise money for the Law School. The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Literary Societies hold oratorical contests. The Seniors take their class...
The Junior Cremation Play is a lively and well received affair. Students spend an evening singing college songs. The Juniors to hold a reception, instead of a promenade, during Commencement. The Union Philosophical Society elects new officers. Seven new yells are invented for the College by...
The ladies of the Ladies Hall host a reception for the seniors. The literary societies have had unusual enthusiasm and activity this year. At the request of Dr. Reed and with large support from the students, the Dickinson Musical Association is established, a constitution and by-laws drawn up...
The Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior Classes choose their class officers. The board of the Microcosm is announced. This year’s freshman class in the largest to date. Dickinson wins in the Inter-collegiate Oratorical contest at Mt. Gretna. Y. M. C. A. reception occurs.
Alumni banquet held in Philadelphia. Phi Delta Theta held a banquet. Debate between Dickinson and State College, the former the winner. The first annual banquet of the Dickinson College Alumni Association of the Central Penna. Conference was held. Update on the progress of the Microcosm.
Statements from the Microcosm editors about the 1901 Microcosm. The secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement visits.
Summary of Washington's birthday celebration. Beta Theta Pi dinner. Debate between Belles Lettres Society and the Union Philosophical Society, in which the Union Philosophical Society Wins. Article on various youth societies and movements. Article outlining the honor system used at Wesleyan...
Day of Prayer is observed. W.V. Wilson is elected editor in chief of the Microcosm; Clarence L. Dumm is elected manager in chief of the Microcosm.
Horatio C. King class of 1858 contributes his "Reminiscences of College Days." Mrs. MacDonald-Sheridan of Atlanta Georgia thrills Dickinsonians with songs from the south.
President George Reed encourages Methodists to donate money to existing Methodist colleges instead of starting new colleges. Pi Beta Phi enters Dickinson. Reports come in from Heib '95 and Pemberton '03 about their mission work in Ceylon & India. Request from the editors for alumni to submit...
Swarthmore wins Intercollegiate Debate. The performance of the college yell is criticized. The artwork to appear in the Microcosm is characterized at excellent
The Microcosm will be a week late. A lecture by Dr. Prettyman was given to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Fredrich Schiller's death. The benches in Denny are to be kept free of defacement. Sigma Chi gains a new house.
Dickinson defeats Franklin and Marshall in the first debate of the season. The manager of the 1907 Microcosm develops a plan which will require students to lay a down payment on their yearbooks, hoping that this will make the book more financially successful than in previous years. Students...
President Reed addresses the campus, speaking out against the current state of football and threatens to abolish it if major amendments are not made to the nature of the game. The college catalog for 1905-1906 is published. The Dickinsonian requests writing samples from those students...
The annual banquet of the Alumni Association of New York is held. The association's president Horatio King distributes new college songbooks to the attendees and President Reed speaks about the college's current state. The 1906 Microcosm procures a profit for the first time in the publication's...
Dickinson defeats Swarthmore in the Fourth Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest. The Junior physics class went to study the organ in Allison M. E. Church. Rev. Samuel Parkes Cadman gives an excellent lecture. The combined musical clubs give a concert at Shippensburg. Dr. W. V. Kelley's lecture...
YWCA and YMCA jointly hold a fete in the gymnasium. Intercollegiate Debating teams are restructured. A new department for the teaching of oral composition and debating is proposed. Senate for 1911 elected. Department of Oratory announces final contest. 1911 Microcosm published. The Union...
Business manager of the 1911 Microcosm, C. Leroy Cleaver, announces impressive balance in accounts. "Songs of Dickinson" songbook compiled by Ben Hinchman, '05, with 117 songs, available for purchase. All students made subscribers to Dickinsonian. Prizes for best literary...
Results of baseball games against Ursinus and Washington and Jefferson. Glee Club performs ar Irving College. Final round of the oratorical contest held. Several students and professors to spend the summer abroad. Annual Track trophies presented. Literary section features poetry contest with...
End of the year issue. Summaries of recent Baseball, Tennis, and Track Results. German Exchange teacher visiting Dickinson for six weeks. Annual reports of student clubs. Essay on Christian Science by Horatio Collins King. Listing of the Class of 1911 with student's activities. Pictures of class...
The baseball team defeats Bucknell. The ladies of Metzger Hall hold the first annual May Day fete. The 1915 Microcosm is handed out. President Eugene Allen Noble resigns. The accomplishments of the Student Senate during the past year are reviewed.
Freshmen succeed in taking class picture. The Dramatic Club cancels its winter play, "The Prince Chap", due to faculty disapproval. Herman J. Shuey is elected editor-in-chief on 1917 Microcosm; Albert Strite is elected business manager of 1917 Microcosm.
Musical clubs make annual spring tour. Students sign petition requesting a drillmaster to ready the student body for military service. Class Day is planned. The Educational Jubilee Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church convinces conferences to increase Dickinson's endowment. ...
List of new courses to supply war needs. Alpha Chi Rho holds banquet in celebration of its 13th anniversary. Junior class decides not to publish a Microcosm due to financial constraints.
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