Dickinsonian, February 16, 2017

MOB sponsores Porsha Olayiwola's workshop on cultural appropriation and identity. Clarke Forum hosts panel on Islamaphobia. Play "The Vagina Monologues" hosted at the Cubiculo. Beta Epsilon sorority hosts annual "What's Love Got to Do With It" self-care event. Dickinson Model UN chapter is founded.  Salon discussion "Respectability Politics in the 21st Century" cosponsored by Clarke Forum, Popel Shaw Center, and Phi Beta Kappa. Clarke Forum hosts immigrant activists Hugo Castro and Jose Luis Hernandez Cruz to discuss their work with undocumented and disabled immigrants. 

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Dickinsonian, May 16, 1918

Commencement. Annual oratorical contests are held. May Day Fete is held. Raven’s Claw initiates new members. List of members of graduating class. Phi Beta Kappa initiates new members. Dr. Mervin G. Filler is appointed the International YMCA’s delegate to the War Service Exchange. Tau Kappa alpha initiates new members. Theta Chi holds annual banquet. Comus Club dance is held.

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Dickinsonian, October 11, 1979

The college raises tuition by 9% for the 1980-1981 school year, bringing the total cost to $6,285. Four Nisbet Scholars are admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society after being required to write a 1000 word response justifying the breadth of their education. The Hermitage, a bastion of Independent social life, faces trouble due to lack of student support and continuing problems with theft and vandalism. A column calling for the girl's softball club to varsity status appears.

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Dickinsonian, June 11, 1920

The 63-strong senior class graduates, with Mildred Conklin as its valedictorian. Conklin, Edna Moyer, Edith Hornbough, Martlia Morrette, Albert Greene, and Edgar Lawrence are tapped to join Phi Beta Kappa, the national honors fraternity. The Dickinson Dramatic Club performs Afred Noyes' "Sherwood." Student Senate and Belles Lettres elect new officers. Rushing rules are changed, with fall fraternity pushed back to after Thanksgiving break.

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Dickinsonian, June 1, 1916

The track team defeats Muhlenberg 73-53, and the baseball team loses to Ursinus at home, 4-3. The tennis team loses to Franklin & Marshall. Sports players from the different teams are profiled, including George C. Moose and Kenneth Bruce Vaughn. The track team is reviewed by their coach. Performances of the Glee Club and the Dramatic Club are scheduled. Kenneth Vaughn is also placed in the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Members of the sophomore class are initiated into the Skitch-A-Genee Sophomore Society.

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Dickinsonian, June 1895

Phi Beta Kappa meetings. Professor Harry F. Whiting is married to Miss Grace Derland. Junior Oratorical Contest held for the Pierson Prizes in Bosler Hall. Commencement notes. Stopper and Fisk Orchestra concert given in Bosler Hall. Literary Society election results. Banquet held for Professor Fletcher Durell. Union Philosophical Society and Belles Lettres Society contests. Dickinson defeats the Carlisle Indians in baseball. Beta Theta Pi banquet. The Alpha Zeta Phi fraternity no longer exists at Dickinson. Sigma Chi banquet.

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Dickinsonian, December 1886

Phi Beta Kappa is granted a charter for Dickinson College.  The football program comes under scrutiny after the death of E. Herbert Garrison the previous month.  Rumors fly around the school regarding the admittance of a "colored boy" in the Preparatory School, as well as the hazing of a Freshman student the previous month as a punishment for honorable conduct.

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Dickinsonian, January 17, 1925

Phi Beta Kappa honor society to celebrate anniversary in 1926. Faculty delays vote on honor code, unlikely to go into effect for mid-years; students voice opinions on the code. Report of an intruder in Metzger Hall, the girl's dormitory. Dean of Women Josephine Meredith "grabbed a revolver and started after the bold intruder." Inter-fraternity Council bars Delta Chi fraternity of Law School from admission to council.

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Dickinsonian, March 17, 1900

A play is presented in German. Gettysburg and Dickinson musical groups join together to give a concert. Dr. Pilcher gives a reception. Dr. Pilcher gives a lecture on the Mexican Miracle Play. The last Senior Forensics is held. Article on the Phi Beta Kappa catalogue.

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Dickinsonian, June 5, 1897

The Belles Lettres Society adds books to its library and elects new officers.  The editors look back on the first year of the weekly Dickinsonian.  Dr. M. W. Prince gives a very well received lecture to a large crowd at the Opera House.  The fraternity banquets to be held during Commencement are announced.  The Dickinson Law Society elects new officers.  New Phi Beta Kappa members are announced.  The new society halls in Denny Hall have been furnished, and the programme for Denny Hall's dedication is announced.

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Dickinsonian, April 17, 1926

Dr. Frederick D. Losey gives a Chapel presentation on King Leer. Phi Beta Kappa fraternity celebrates its 150th anniversary. The freshman class wins the inter-class track meet. The Baseball team looses its third game in a disappointing season thus far. The Senior Ball is scheduled.

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Dickinsonian, February 16, 1924

Phi Beta Kappa elects three senior students. Professor Leon C. Prince announces his candidacy for Congress in the Republican party. Members of the Student Senate critique the practice of group representation in Senate elections and express the need for cooperation and a definite definition of Senate's field of activity. A debate will be held between two Dickinson students and two students from Gettysburg on the Bok Peace Plan. The Glee Club performs a concert in Harrisburg.

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Dickinsonian, March 6, 1941

Hell Week for fraternity pledges leaves Phi Kappa Psi pledges sweeping walkways for active members, Sigma Chi pledges going back to freshman rules, Phi Delta Thetas conducting mass on Molly Pitcher's grave and Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges carting actives around like horses. Four students are admitted into Phi Beta Kappa and three more into Omicron Delta Kappa. President Fred Pierce Corson tells all students present in chapel that it is essential to read the bible as a part of a national effort to promote religion in colleges.

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Dickinsonian, June 8, 1940

Doctor Gaylord H. Patterson, Professor Emeritus, dies at the age of 73. Bishop E.H. Hughes is announced as the year's Commencement speaker. Ten seniors are elected to join Pennsylvania's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Edwin E. Willoughby '22 donates a collection of rare books to the College, including a single page from the Kelmscott Chaucer.

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Dickinsonian, February 15, 1940

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 "Flotsam" appears for the first time.

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Dickinsonian, June 4, 1931

For the first time since its founding in 1886, the full quota of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity keys are to be given to graduating seniors at graduation on Monday. Senior class day exercises, including the induction of the seniors into the Alumni Association, will take place in one day. Belles Lettres decides to continue to not have rushing for new membership in their society as mentioned in an amendment to their constitution. The honorary fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa initiates seven new members.

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Dickinsonian, October 30, 1930

The revolt of freshmen in response to the freshmen rules is unsuccessful in changing them for this year but they will be revised for the next freshman class. The revolt reached such a point that pamphlets were made in support of their cause. The Dramatic Club will be presenting "Square Crooks," a three-act mystery, as their next production. The sophomore class claims ten of the eleven roles. Belles Lettres brings notable speakers to campus including Leon Pearson, Maynard Williamson and Lieutenant Zeimer of Germany.

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Dickinsonian, November 18, 1926

Fraternity initiates are not permitted to pledge until the end of the Fall term in order to assure passing grades. Colonel Frank R. Keefer, class of 1885, has been appointed by President Coolidge Brigadier-General and Assistant Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army. M. Grace Betchel donates $1,000 to the College. Discussion of upcoming Phi Beta Kappa Sesqui-Centennial at the College of William and Mary. Article on the benefits of businessmen knowing multiple languages.

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Dickinsonian, February 28, 1936

The long-awaited Junior Prom is revived and made open to the entire campus, as well as alumni. It is the only all-college formal planned for the semester. Alpha Sigma Gamma, an honorary journalistic fraternity, elects four new members. Phi Beta Kappa initiates four new members as well. Clayton Going succeeds Arthus Bouton, fellow Dickinson student, as president of the Pennsylvania Association of College Students. Students protest the possibility of changing the Dickinson "Red Devils" to the "Colonials" by the Athletic Council.
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Dickinsonian, April 24, 1937

The Guest Day issue of the Dickinsonian. The annual celebration of Founder’s Day turns into a double celebration with the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Bill Depp wins the Skull and Key Award for Outstanding Activity. Pennsylvanians celebrate the 146th birthday of former US President and Dickinson grad James Buchanan. The Debate Team wins against Ursinus.

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Dickinsonian, May 30, 1942

Junior class, Class of 1943, elects president. Student Senate decides that Rushing will not occur during the summer session. the 169th Commencement. Approximately 120 students are enrolled for the summer session. the 1942 Microcosm comes out on time. Six high school seniors are awarded Trustee scholarships. Article describing the events and guests of Commencement. Twenty intercollegiate athletes will graduate this commencement from Dickinson. Article about four years of college by a Senior female student. Article on history of Carlisle and war.

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