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Budget for upcoming term is adopted, with student body vote of 425 to 3. Baseball team defeats Ursinus. Founders' Day program completed by Social Committee, drama festival to be featured. Men's Senate moves to increase College spirit by reviving customs. More information on commencement week program given by Social Committee. Professor Vuilleumier develops another device for determining alcohol content, "The Dickinson Vestpocket Alchometer". YMCA cabinet to establish information booth on campus. Freshman class opposes present honor system.

Student Tribunal system creating a student lead disciplinary body is approved by Men's Senate, constitution presented to the student body. Budget Committee plans spending for 1923-1924 term. Professor Vuilleumier develops "The Dickinson Alchometer", a portable device for testing alcohol content in various liquids. May Festival to be a two day event, featuring three plays given by the McEntee Company. Greek Exposition of art and culture to have two performances, event to be held in gymnasium. Joint Senate committee to probe honor system, student organizations.

Captain Wallace of basketball team named on All-Eastern team. Greek Exhibit to take place in gymnasium and to include King Tut styles. Baseball season opens with game against Franklin and Marshall on Biddle Field.. Class of 1880 alumnus wills $1,000 to College. Budget system discussed by student government leaders.

Women try out for places on Dickinsonian staff for the first time. Washington's Birthday celebration, "Doings of Dickinson", proves to be most successful yet. Student Senate prepares budget plan for presentation to student body. Greek Department plans elaborate display on Greek culture. Professor Vuilleumier of the Chemistry Department presents paper at 42nd Annual General Meeting of the American Electrochemical Society, held in Montreal.

Social Committee plans Washington's Birthday program, "Doings at Dickinson", including many musical and dramatic numbers given by the students as well as faculty. Proposed budget for student organizations and constitution amendments considered by Senate. Newly acquired collection of casts of Greek relief statuary hung in Greek Department.

Honor System called into question after numerous reports of alleged cheating during examinations. Mozart's "The Impresario" to be performed at Carlisle Opera House. Student Activities budget discussed in joint Men's and Women's Senate committee meeting. Metzger Hall authorities deny rumors of serving spoiled food. Results of psychological test reported, show good College average. Dickinsonians attend state education convention. Statue of Joseph Priestley presented to the College by Edgar Fahs Smith, ex-Provost of University of Pennsylvania.

Graduation date set and plans begun. The 1944 financial statement for the Dickinsonian is printed. Pan-Hellenic Council organizes Song Fest. Senior Hall of Fame.

The track team wins the Central Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Conference meet at Island Park in Harrisburg. The men's senate announces that the budget for student activities will be increased by $500 for the following year. An itinerary for commencement appears. The Dickinsonian is readmitted to the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association after an absence of two years. Four members of the senior class are graduated with highest honors, seven others are graduated with secondary honors. The non-fraternity women of the college found their own social association, known as the D.A.

Changes in The Dickinsonian staff are announced. The Debate Team loses to Lafayette and will soon face off with Muhlenberg. The prom chairman announces the date of the Junior Prom. President Corson issues a budget for student groups. Professor Parlin perfects a portable intensitometer and a set of colored filters, which together are used to test the degree and type of colorblindness. A French diplomat addresses the International Relations club in a speech about World Peace and the League of Nations.

Central Pennsylvania Consortium performs African-American Music Festival at Dickinson. Planning and Budget Committee plans budget cuts. Andrew J. Theodorakis sentenced for anthrax hoax. Princeton Review ranks Dickinson 20th in nation for acceptance of homosexuals and 6th in nation for food quality. Common Hour announced for discussion of Pornography Club. Brandon Corbit makes National Bobsled and Skeleton Team. Jocelyn Bell receives 51st annual Priestley Award. Administration bans sale of cross country team's longstanding provocative t-shirts.

Required chemistry labs 131 and 132 are combined into a new more hands-on approach in Chemistry 141-foundations of chemistry. The Affirmative Action Officer updates the college's discrimination policy by changing the wording of prohibition of discrimination based on "gender" to discrimination based on "sex" and also adding the probation of discrimination due to "sexual orientation." Student Senate finds a bank error in their favor, collecting $40,000. On Sunday the 24th, a glass Coke bottle filled with tobacco "juice" shatters, spilling onto and damaging multiple books in the library.

Student Senate faces a deficit of over $30,000 due to a book keeping error. Native American couple Archie and Ramona Mason, from the Osage and Mvskoke tribes respectively, present "Images of a People: A Presentation of native American Life" discussing their cross-cultural marriage. The Woman's Center holds multiple activities in conjunction with Rape Awareness Week. A survey reveals new statistics about rape both on and off campus. The Faculty Personnel Committee will not allow romantic relationships between students and faculty.

Borges' scholars from across the country gather to participate witness and participate in Jorge Luis Borges' three-day Symposium at Dickinson. Joan Hoff Wilson delivered a speech on Tuesday evening regarding Watergate and its aftermath. EFFORT, or "Equality for Females: Our Rights Today," hosted the Second Annual Women's Party in an attempt to establish unity among women on campus. Dr. Kenneth Short discussed British propaganda films as a way of eliciting an Anglo-American alliance during World War II.

Controversy surrounds the Finance Committee's budget for the fraternities and sororities for the 1988-89 school year, and several anonymous threatening letters were sent to members of the Finance Committee. Beta Theta Pi reversed their decision to withdraw from the Inter-Fraternity Council due to conflicts between the fraternity and the council, among other reasons. Freshman Dennis Albertson established a "national service fraternity" called Alpha Phi Omega and will be co-ed and open to both Greeks and Independents.

College Trustees pass 1992-93 tuition, exceeding $21,000. New Dining Hall layout needs time to work. New measures will keep HUB open 24 hours. Russian students report of economic depression in Russia. New doors to be put on HUB entrances. Winter break too long. Student looks for answers to educational crisis. Unequal and sacred tradition discovered in Southeast Asia. The new Music scene in the wake of Nirvana.

Judy Gill chosen as director of the Writing Center. Carlisle Police arrest campus intruder. 1992-93 budget eliminates stipend for freshman seminar instruction. IBM computer owners prepare for Michelangelo computer virus. Number of African-American students on campus declines as diversity is emphasized. Administrators explain and complain about gender barriers and sexism. Students work for cruelty free campus, bookstore, and world. Dickinson and Penn State choirs perform joint concert. Leon Golub receives arts award. Mermaid Player's production of Cloud Nine spurs discussion on sexuality

Pres. Banks confirms divestment of College's Interdata 7/32 computer. College to co-host Presidency's Sixth Annual Leadership Symposium. To reduce deficit, College cuts Library's budget. Editorial cartoons related to James Buchanan will be featured in Library's May Morris Room. WDCV is set to expand its broadcast schedule. A weekly luncheon series by the Women's Resource Center is to begin. In the HUB, Prof. Clive displays truck art exhibit. Jay Levins and John Chung feature photos of Vietnamese refugees at Indiantown Gap.

The Pittsburgh Symphony chamber Orchestra will play again in ATS. The College continues to make budget cuts due to the slow economy. A review of bars in Carlisle is given.

Treasurer John Woltjen announces improved financial position at College. Wayne Modney assumes position as Food Service Director.

Trustees approve budget allocations. Groups including The National Federation of State Poetry Societies are to visit Dickinson this summer. Michael K. O'Heeron, Jr., head of computer operations, predicts greater future applications of computers in the classroom.

The facts and figures of the revised budget are presented to faculty. SAE allows women to be social members in a fraternity for the first time. Student Senate will contribute to the tree fund by matching one quarter of the student funds raised with senate funding. The Senate voted to allow $100 to the Pennsylvania Environmental Study Team (PEST). SDS formulates a plan of action for this coming school year. Plans for the dedication of ATS begin. There is a two page spread on the EYE program complete with pictures of excursions.

The Board of Trustees focuses on revising the budget and making cuts. A fundraiser will be held to collect $2000 for tree replacement. Students meet with Dean Hawkins to discuss problems of freshmen. The campus will host a state conference on environmental issues to be presented to the governor. Sigma Chi moves into first place in IF Football. The Red Devils win the Second Annual Dickinson Invitational Golf Tournament by four strokes from defending champion Gettysburg.

Professors Peter J. Lardner and Marvin Meyer will run an "Upward Bound-type program" that introduces children in the Carlisle community to nature, in a program called "Adventures in the World of Plants and Animals". President Rubendall announces four changes in administration personnel. The NCAA awarded Jerry Weiner a $1,000 scholarship for his proficiency in the Discus throw. The Dickinson Fund exceeded expectations in the amount of money it raised during the school year.

The Public Affairs Symposium is bringing in four television professionals for February 4-7. The Magnificent Men are set to perform a concert to commemorate the end of rush season. An announcement for nomination for student senate is included. Representatives from the college study the curriculum of Beloit College. The Cultural Affairs Committee will sponsor a concert with opera, rock, and choral music. William Bloodgood, comptroller of the college, promises greater economy with better quality of service for the school.

Geology students leave for a trip to Alaska with Professor Henry Hanson. Preparations for the Allenberry Conference and an assumptions workbook continue. A sum-up of summer events is given. The budget assumption for the next five years is published. The Board of Trustees reveals potential solutions to the housing problem.