Belles Lettres Literary Society wins annual debate against Union Philosophical Literary Society. The Ben Greet Players present "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Twelfth Night", hosted by the Civic Club. Suggestions for ways to revise the cap scrap are requested by the Senate.
The senior class wins the Inter-Class Series in basketball. The Union Philosophical debate team won in the twenty-third annual inter-society debate in Bosler Hall. Their argument supported the notion that the progress of America was indeed hampered because women did not have the same rights and abilities as men. Proposed amendments to the Honor System have delayed voting for the institution of the system for a week. The Musical Clubs elect a new president. There is a plea to establish a Founder’s Day at Dickinson.
Five of Dickinson's trustees have died within the past twelve months, the most recent being Jacob Tome. James Russell Lowell is to be honored through a plan to construct Lowell Memorial Park. The eighth annual Inter-Society Debate between the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres literary societies occurs. The Athletic Association defrays the expenses of the "base-ball" and track teams.
"On a slippery field" Dickinson loses to State by one touchdown, 6-0. Dr. C.T. Winchester of Wesleyan University gives the first lecture of the Civic Club course in the opera house. Members of the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres literary societies choose question and candidate for the Inter-Society Debate.