Theta Chi

The Carlisle Chamber of Commerce supports the college's fundraising campaign. Nina Morgana will give a performance at the Carlisle Opera House. Updates on commencement. Notes on J. Stitt Wilson lecture. Eight Freshmen are chose in the Declamation Contest preliminaries. School superintendent election results. Belles Lettres Society and Law Club debate. Former athletic trainer at the Carlisle Indian School accepts position at Leland Stanford University. Pinchot for Governor Club is organized. Professor Mohler gives demonstration on liquid air. Greek Club will present play. Theta Chi formal.

Adelaide Fisher performance at the Orpheum Theater of Harrisburg. Winners of the "D" will receive certificates. Announcement of Dramatic Club productions. Dramatic Club productions. Professor Baumgartner lectures on health. Thanksgiving day reunion of the Camp Moosilauke Lads. Good-English week. Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, and Theta Chi all have Thanksgiving dances. Alpha Chi Rho has a luncheon.

Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice. Speaker Colbert N. Kurokawa visits. Resignation of Miss Hartman from women's athletic. Stuckenrath and Weist prizes are awarded. Article on the Women's Athletic Association organized hiking. Collegiate Disarmament Conference in Chicago. Raven's Claw meeting in the Phi Psi house. Press Club smoker in the Theta Chi house. Phi Mu and Pi Beta Phi violated rules.

College to observe Nisbit Day.  Theta Chi holds large dance.  Sophomores interfere little with freshman party at Metzger.  Cast of Dramatic Club's production of "Sherwood".  Gettysburg defeats debate team. 

A chapter of the Theta Chi fraternity installed at the College. New rules concerning the enforcement of the Freshman Rules adopted by Senate.

Proposal to reduce cable television services offered. Tuition increases. Criticism of the Mr. Dickinson event. Theta Chi is removed from campus. Derek Hathaway receives Benjamin Rush award. Mock Trial team competes at Miami University of Ohio. Dickinson students attend Powershift 09 in Washington D. C.. Philip Wilcox address.

Theta Chi receives a one year suspension.  Hillary Clinton triumphs over Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania Primary, garnering 55% of the vote to Obama's 45%.  Senior J.R. Warner raises funds to support Cameroonian students via the Kumbo Development and Orientation Center (KUDOC) in Kumbo, Cameroon.

The fraternity Theta Chi remains temporarily suspended due to hazing.  Dickinson students pack the Stern Center Great Room to hear Benjamin Weiser, New York Times reporter and author, speak.  Student Senate election results are posted.  A racial epithet is found written on the door to Davidson-Wilson Hall regarding the upcoming US presidential elections.

According to research of Vassar professor, Benjamin Rush was forerunner to French in system of autosuggestion. Basketball team defeats Penn, breaking their six game winning streak. Extension Board to run annual campaign for funds to support continuing work in China. Thieves rob Theta Chi fraternity over winter holiday. Dramatic Club performs first of a series of programs planned for the remainder of the year. Spotlight on Raymond R. Brewer, representative of the College in China. Major changes to occur in the provisions governing the Dickinsonian.

S. Marsh Johnson, former assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh, is elected by the Athletic Association as Dickinson's new football Coach. Dickinson has joined a one year trial Eastern Collegiate Athletic conference with the football programs of Gettysburg, Franklin and Marshall, Muhlenberg, and Ursinus. Joe Nesbit's Orchestra will provide the music for the Junior Prom this year. The Student Volunteer Conference is a popular success. Prof. Leon C. Prince delivered the main address of the celebration of the 140th anniversary of Belles Lettres literary Society.

The second annual Parents and Alumni Day is a great success. The Theta Chi fraternity has purchased 270 West High Street to be used as a fraternity home. The French Club plans to preform Moliere's "La Grammaire." Dr. Richard Burton delivered a lecture in chapel on the subject of "Modern Tendency in Drama." The football team takes Albright College in a 13 to 6 victory and prepares to meet their arch-rivals Gettysburg. Dickinsonians attend an east central Pennsylvania conference on the World Court. The College celebrates Halloween with a Dance.

Professor Leon Cushing Prince decides to run for lieutenant governorship. Lloyd W. Hughes wins Phi Epsilon Pi award for being the most valuable basketball player. Dickinsonian sends representatives to convention of Intercollegiate Newspaper Association. Professor C. R. Walther Thomas becomes honorary member of Theta Chi. Alpha Chi Rho house catches fire; minimal damage.

In response to the withdrawal from political cliques by two fraternities in the prior week, Theta Chi endorses a move for a reform of on campus politics.  The freshmen women of Metzger Hall with a B average are rewarded with the freedom to go out on all nights of the week exluding Monday, on which all students are bound to their living quarters.

Commencement Issue. Seven men to receive honorary degrees - Five of whom are Dickinsonians. Commencement brings to a close the first year of the Men's Glee Club. The Dickinson College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors celebrates its Fifth Anniversary. The Theta Chi fraternity returns the Dickinson Mermaid. New rules regarding Freshman hazing are announced. Article reflecting on the first year of the Dickinson ROTC Program. New Rushing regulations announced. Review of Dickinson athletic teams.

Men from Dickinson will travel to attend a large Interfraternity Council meeting at Gettysburg College. Mixed ping pong tournament is being planned by Coach Kahler. Three initiated into Phi Beta Kappa. Four Dickinson students took the exam to enter West Point. Article on the behavior of three dogs on and around campus. Annual Championship between the winners of the Dickinson and Gettysburg Intramural Basketball championships. Five Dickinson men pass exams for the US Marine Corps and are admitted to the Reserves.

Wheel and Chain, Skull and Key tap new members. Founders Day is celebrated. Dwight Fickes wins ODK outstanding sophomore award. Weston C. Overholt, Jr. wins Skull and Key outstanding freshman award. Mary Jeanne Reynolds receives Wheel and Chain outstanding senior ring. Theta Chi hosts convention. Frankie Noonan receives Jack Dempsey Athletic Trophy. Johnny Hopper receives Phi Epsilon Pi Basketball trophy. Seventeen athletes receive varsity letters in football or swimming.

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.

Vincent A. McCrossen, Professor of Comparative Literature at Boston College, to speak at the next chapel meeting. The Dickinson Football team ties with Johns Hopkins at the Homecoming match. Discussion on Professor Charles Sellers' recent research trip to London and upcoming book. Profile on world traveling Dickinson professor, Dr. Montagu Modder. Theta Chi wins the Inter-Fraternity Football Championship. Profile on student athlete Tom DeMarino.

Outline of events for Inter-Fraternity Weekend. The Mermaid Player's spring production, "The Heiress" to open this week. Dr. Bertram H. Davis, Professor of English, and Mr. Dentler of the Sociology Department submit resignations. Theta Chi wins the Inter-Fraternity League Championship in basketball. Dickinson Lacrosse and Baseball Teams win. Details of the Joseph Priestley Award Ceremony - Dr. Teller receives the prestigious award.

Famous drama critic, John Mason Brown to speak at the next Cultural Affairs event. Mr. Donald R. Seibert elected head coach for Dickinson Football. Biology Department buys new equipment after receiving a $5,000 donation from Smith, Kline and French Co. Mr. and Mrs. Janos Tar, a young couple from Hungary, remain at Dickinson as visiting guests of the College. Student athlete profiles on Bob Hurley and Mary Stuart Gadd. A playoff will determine the winner of the Inter-Fraternity League champion - currently tied between Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Chi, and Kappa Sigma.

President Edel approves the existence of the Biddle House, an 'Honor Dorm' where students are allowed to follow less strict regulations. Discussion of President Edel's release of a ten-year report on Dickinson College. Organization of the Religion-In-Life Week program. The Student Senate discusses the possibility of offering polio shots to the Dickinson community. Squash becomes an official team sport at Dickinson. Theta Chi wins the Inter-Fraternity Football Championship, while Phi Kappa Psi comes in second.

First Dickinson College Faculty-Student Religious Leaders' Retreat to occur at the Allenberry. Report on the Student Leadership Conference. The Cultural Affairs Committee sponsors a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra. Discussion of the College recently joining the United States National Student Association. Theta Chi still dominates the inter-fraternity football league. Members of the International Relations Club attend the Pennsylvania Association of International Relations Clubs.

This issue contains articles that outline the events and activities to take place over Homecoming Weekend. A tribute to Dickinson alum Dr. Gilbert Malcolm. Theta Chi leads the inter-fraternity football league. Mike Auaahian, a freshman from Tehran, Iran, spoke to the students of Mechanicsburg High School and to Carlisle businessmen at the meeting of of the Service Club of Carlisle. Continued informational articles on the party platforms for the upcoming presidential election.

Girls are encouraged to take the initiative in inviting boys to the events of Panhellenic Weekend. The first Student Leader Training Conference for leaders on the Dickinson campus to be held at Camp Michaux; sponsored by the Student Senate. Dr. William Bell Dinsmoor, a professor of archeology of Columbia University, to receive an honorary degree from Dickinson College. Articles on the upcoming presidential election. Phi Psi and Theta Chi remain undefeated as the halfway mark of the inter-fraternity football season approaches.