Belles Lettres Society Library is remodeled. President's chimney catches fire; no damage is done. Students attend an African American festival and incite violence.
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A large number of fires during the winter prompts students to request the installation of fire escapes in the buildings. The gymnasium is now opened. President Grover Cleveland writes to the editors of the Dickinsonian.
A Dickinsonian pleas with the campus to be proud of and use original Dickinson songs and cheers after Lafayette accuses Dickinson of stealing their tune. William Perry Eveland class of 1892 contributes reminiscences of college days. Harry F. Pemberton class of 1903 submits a report about his...
Combined Glee Clubs to present operetta. Seniors selected to participate in annual class day program. Baseball team wins opening game, loses second. Track team opens with meet against Johns Hopkins. Tennis team to open season with match at Lehigh. Basso Clarence Tittman to perform recital at...
Basketball teams lose to Penn and Gettysburg, to play Temple next. Small fire in Conway Hall causes excitement, only light damage sustained. Girls basketball team opens season with win over Gettysburg.
Two orchestras to play at Junior Prom. Basketball loses to Princeton, defeats Gettysburg. Small fire breaks out in Theta Chi fraternity causing minimal damage. Men's Glee Club performs at Dickinson Seminary. Women's Glee Club performs in Harrisburg.
YWCA plans May breakfast for Founders' Day. Plans for senior class picnic. Glee club nominates officers. Students volunteer to fight forest fires on South Mountain. Interfraternity Council elects officers. Student Senate passes legislation concerning election of campus organization officers...
Fire in the Pi Mu sorority house. Details regarding the Annual Scholarship Dinner. James Stewart Leslie to discuss the Danforth Experiment in chapel. The Student's Party presents their political platform. The Cultural Affairs Committee presented a lecture by Hanson Baldwin, Military Editor of...
Student Senate requests its members declare their party affiliations. Dean of Contemporary American Poets Robert Lee Frost receives first Dickinson College Arts Award. Dean of Women Victoria Kathryn Hann resigns. Students extinguish fire in Gibbs House. Howard C. Long becomes physics professor...
This Dickinsonian opens with a story about a fire that destroyed several stores in Carlisle. The Student Rules Evaluation Committee voted to continue in order to improve social rules at Dickinson. WDCV programs are now on four days a week, four hours a day. Two guest editorials discussed chapel...
Another one of many recent fires in Adams Hall raises suspicion, an investigation and a need to make all dorms more safe. Pennsylvania universities are concerned with the lack of funding aid to higher education and worry about future crises. Professor Robert Entman calls for more student-faculty...
President Sam Banks proposes 'repositioning' and increasing tuition at "State of the College" address. Ben Bova to speak at PAS. Education included in Reagan's State of Union Address, Fire at Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity House, Exhibit of Ms. Toshiko Takaezu opens in new Trout Gallery in the Emil....
Fire in Quad 2 destroys room, forcing several students to move out of their rooms. Student Affairs and Services Committee approves BYOB policy at Campus events. Professor George Friedman creates controversy in Japan debate with book analyzing US/Japan relations. The Earth Issues Lunch Series...
