Union Philosophical Society

The College Chapel, West College, and the outside walkways of the campus are all renovated and improved.  The Seniors partake in the traditional Senior Class-Ride through the mountains.  The Union Philosophical Society holds their annual sophomore oratorical contest, as does the Belles Lettres Society.  President Reed holds a reception for students in the President’s House.  Burglars are decried for breaking into

The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Society elect officers for the coming year.  The Union Philosophical Society holds its centennial anniversary.  A call is made for the creation of an athletic field for the students.  Some Dickinson students win a tug-of-war contest put on by the Chambersburg YMCA.  The college’s fraternities hold tennis tournaments.

Dr. George E. Reed is selected as Dickinson College’s new President at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on Thursday, January 3^rd, 1889.  The sophomores and freshman hold a vocal contest.  The Dickinson College Boarding Club is established.  The Union Philosophical Society plans its centennial anniversary.  The baseball team begins practices.

The Inter-Society Oratorical Contest is held.  Debate and controversy of the acceptance of women to the College, and their roles in student organizations, is reflected in an article concerning the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies.  The history of the buildings on campus is presented.  The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies hold officer elections.  The Student’s Republican Club adjourn

Students are criticized for “jumping the fence” to get into baseball games at the fairground without payment.  The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies’ Sophomore Contests are held.  The disciplinarian from the Indian Training School is criticized for poor sportsmanship and rude behavior during a baseball game between preparatory students and students from the School.  Tennis becomes popular on campus, with many fraternities creating courts.  The election for Directors of Athletics is held.  The town of Carlisle bans the use of college yells in the stree

The Glee Club goes on tour over Easter vacation up and down the eastern seaboard.  The Union Philosophical Society holds its annual banquet.  Electricity is to be installed at the college.  Plans for baseball games against Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania College, and Bucknell are all arranged.

A lengthy, in-depth article about the social dynamic at the school is published.  The Union Philosophical Society plans its 99th anniversary.  A day of prayer is held in Bosler Hall.  The Belles Lettres Society plans its annual banquet to be held in a local hotel, Florence House.  The college bell breaks because of a detached clapper. 

Tempers flare and issues arise regarding the rumors of President McCauley's resignation.  Dickinson is challenged to a boat race by Wilson College in Chambersburg, but it is cancelled due to an injury.  The Union Philosophical Society holds their annual Oratorical Contest, as does the Belles Lettres Society.  The baseball team wins against Pennsylvania College in Harrisburg 26 to 12.

The challenge of combining and cataloging the society libraries is discussed.  The Ramblers' Walking Club is the latest craze at Dickinson.  The Sophomore Oratorical Contest is planned.  The recently formed Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association is disbanded due to a lack of interested schools.  The Union Philosophical Society holds their anniversary, and the Baltimore Alumni Association holds a reunion. 

The junior class decides to publish a Microcosm, the first in many years to do so.  The Jacob Tome Scientific Building is opened.  The college is taking athletics more seriously, and the number of enrolled students increases.  With the opening of the Scientific Building, Professor Himes takes up specialty in Physics instruction and Professor Lindsay in Laboratory and Chemistry instruction.  The Trustees decide that students can enter the societies without pause once they enter the college.  The Seniors defeat the Juniors in baseball on October 3 with a scor

The Annual Junior Oratorical Contest occurs.  The Honorable Richard Wigginton Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, delivers an oration to the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies.

The Belles Lettres Society holds their 8^th Annual Sophomore contest.  Professor Himes holds a lecture on the telephone, at which he receives music from the Philadelphia orchestra via wire.  The Union Philosophical Society also holds their Annual Sophomore contest.  The Seniors hold their annual shooting contest.  The Seniors hold a joyous party celebrating the coming of final exams.

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President McCauley holds tea time with the students of the Senior class.  The Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society hold their anniversaries, for which they reinstate the tradition of having invitations.   

Notes on Sunday's Commencement. Notes on Dickinson College School of Law Commencement. Trustee meeting in Jacob Tome Scientific Building. Concert given by the Dickinson College Orchestra. Junior class promenade. Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society election results. Celebration of Class Day. Alpha Sigma banquet. Phi Delta Theta trip to the Ziegler farm. Establishment of Kappa Gamma fraternity on campus. Union Philosophical Society Sophomore Oratorical Contest. Freshmen Oratorical Contest in Bosler Hall.

The editors comment on the hazing tragedy at Cornell which led to the death of a cook, and on hazing at colleges in general.  The discussion on the Day of Prayer continues with a representation of the faculty's perspective.  The editors discuss the worth of examinations for education.  The Union Philosophical Society elects its officers for the year.  The Annual Mid-winter Sports are held in the gym, with a tie for first between the freshmen and sophomores.

The editors ask the student body to remember that the reputation of Dickinson is in their hands.  Rev.

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.

Demorest Temperence Contest held at the Lutheran Church. Anna Shaw lecture on the "New Man". Freshmen banquet. Update on the Microcosm. Rod and Gun club is organized. President Reed's reception to members of the Senior class. Debate between Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society, the Union Philosophical Society the victor. Obituary for Dickinson student Leon Chamberlain. Freshmen Oratorical Contest for the Cole and Walkley prizes held in Bosler Hall. New fraternity song for Phi Delta Theta. Y. M. C. A. Northfield convention.

Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society program listings. Obituary for brother of James Buchanan, Reverend Edward Young Buchanan. Phi Delta Theta sleigh ride to Mt. Holly. First lecture in the Y. M. C. A. Star Course.

The Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 88th anniversary in Emory Chapel. The Belles Lettres celebrates its 91st anniversary, also in Emory Chapel.

An alumnus reminisces about the long-forsaken Shakespeare Club.  The Union Philosophical Society challenges the Belles Lettres Society to a joint debate in the College chapel.  Religious meetings are held with the President of the College.  Seniors have dinner with President McCauley and his family.  Sophomores travel to Mechanicsburg by sleigh overnight, perhaps to visit a female college.

Sigma Chi Fraternity holds their 11th biennial conference in Philadelphia.  The Union Philosophical Society library reaches 10,000 volumes.

Baltimore Alumni Association meets. Schedule for commencement week. Belles Lettres Society holds sixth annual oratorical contest; James C. Nicholson wins. Union Philosophical Society holds its sophomore oratorical contest. Dickinson baseball defeats State Normal School of Shippensburg.

An alumni reunion is held in Philadelphia. Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 87th anniversary. Charles F. Robbins, student, dies of typhoid fever, to which an article is written in memoriam.  The Belles Lettres Society and the Sigma Chi Fraternity also present their condolences. The Belles Lettres Society celebrates its 90th anniversary.  An instance of a duel that almost took place in the 1850s is recounted by an alumni.