Dickinson defeats Swarthmore in the Fourth Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest. The Junior physics class went to study the organ in Allison M. E. Church. Rev. Samuel Parkes Cadman gives an excellent lecture. The combined musical clubs give a concert at Shippensburg. Dr. W. V. Kelley's lecture...
Eugene Allen Noble assumes the presidency. Beginning of the year reception. Simon F. Pauxtis resumes his position as football coach. President Noble sets up office in Denny Hall. Freshmen and sophomores engage in flag scrap and poster scrap. List of the freshman class and its hometowns.
S. Carroll Miller, '12', is elected tennis captain. Freshman Poster Scrap is preempted by sophomores, delayed by Senate.
Annual Old West Feed is held. The freshman class of 1915 elects its officers. Theta Lambda Phi holds annual smoker for junior class at new house on Parker Street. Duke, Phi Kappa Sigma's St. Bernard, dies.
President Nobel delivers his address to the freshman to launch the new school year. The Dickinson College Athletic Committee elects a new coach for the football team- Dr. S.W. Harrington, who had previously coached at the University of Pennsylvania. It is resolved that hazing or trespassing into...
David June Carter becomes temporary professor in the Department of Philosophy, Psychology and Education. J. Q. Wood speaks on experiences as Consul to Abyssinia. Phi Kappa Sigma holds annual Founders' Day ride to Pine Grove. Sophomore Senate committee hazes freshmen. Contemporary Club takes ride...
Union Philosophical Society holds elections. Belles Lettres holds a spelling bee. Sophomores interfere with taking of freshman class picture.
Freshmen succeed in taking class picture. The Dramatic Club cancels its winter play, "The Prince Chap", due to faculty disapproval. Herman J. Shuey is elected editor-in-chief on 1917 Microcosm; Albert Strite is elected business manager of 1917 Microcosm.
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.
Football team beats Gettysburg but loses to Marines. One marine injured and seven others escaped as their plane crashed heading to game. Literary Societies to hold Armistice Day program. Tribunal to enforce Freshmen rules more strictly.
Alumni Day is planned. Tau Kappa Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa add members from graduating class. Four alumni trustees are elected: Merkel Landis, Robert Y. Stuart, Lewis M. Bacon Jr., and S. Walter Stauffer. Dr. Francis A. Waterhouse and Professor C. W. Fink to join faculty. Omicron Delta Kappa...
The sophomore class captures the leader of the freshman class on the eve of the freshman Halloween party. The Macbeth performance drew a full house with more than one hundred of these guests coming from out of town. At a faculty meeting it is decided that Thanksgiving break will be extended to...
Senior Isabel Super dies of complications following appendicitis operation. Professional acts and favors to freshman are eliminated from rushing program. Microcosm awards contracts. Gerald Barnes becomes associate professor of sociology. Janet Sinclair becomes assistant librarian. List of...
Students parade in midnight march after football victory over Penn State; police resort to tear gas. Annual college picnic is held. German club plans activities, including hike modeled after German youth movement. Tribunal convicts two freshmen of breaking freshman rules, gives punishments....
Tribunal punishes freshmen for breaking freshman rules. Helmuth Joel (German exchange student) describes the plight of the working class in Germany. Arthur J. Hepburn, '96, is appointed to attend Geneva Conference. Students plan to participate in YMCA's Peace Conference at Bucknell University....
Freshmen kidnap sophomore president; sophomores rescue him and kidnap freshman president. International Relations Club holds second meeting on Japanese activities in Manchuria. Tribunal punishes three freshmen. Annual freshman dance held.
Tribunal punishes two freshmen. Miami Triad dance planned. Classes are cancelled in honor of George Washington's 200th birthday. Joseph F. Lipinski receives Class of 1902 Award. James H. Morgan completes history of college.
Alpha Chi Rho places automobile in Bosler hall. Tribunal punishes five freshmen. Annual Dickinsonian banquet is held. Women's Student Government Association petitions President Waugh to explain ambiguous demerit system to student body. Sigma Chi wins intramural basketball championship.
Helen Dickey is elected president of Women's Student Government Association, and Francis Yard is elected YWCA president, both unanimously. Cheerleader E. Huber Jessop is held up. Tribunal finds twelve men guilty of not moving bleachers. William M. Gilbert and Elwood J. Disque receive fellowships...
"D" Banquet held; new rules of football league are presented. Men's Senate resolves to increase freshman rules. Annual prayer week begins. President Karl T. Waugh creates teacher placement bureau to assist Dickinson alumni and undergraduates in finding teaching positions.
Men's Senate revises freshman rules and stresses the importance of the four (named) all-college rules. Sigma Chis win intramural boxing. William M. Gilbert, '32, wins German scholarship prize and German travel scholarship. Athletic Association proposes changs to its constitution. Class of 1912...
Mothers' Day and joint Founders' Day-May Day programs are planned. Dickinson to host Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men's Senate votes to add a thirteenth member to its body, then rescinds this vote. Tribunal punishes freshmen for failing to wear dinks. Sigma Chi wins intramural...
Dickinson changes policy to an absence based policy from a demerit system. The size of the campus is enlarged after the college buys the Mooreland Estate and deer park. The Football team has high hopes for their season and appear to be in a good position to win games this season. The rush...
Gilbert Malcolm becomes president's assistant. American Association of University Women plans to create Mary Curran Morgan Memorial Fellowship for women graduate students. Members of sophomore class instigate fight with members of freshman class. Herschel E. Shortlidge, Jr. becomes managerial...
Collections in center room of Tome Scientific Building are exhibited. Homecoming and Sesqui-centennial. Telescope is repaired and moved from South College to Conway Hall rooftop. Equipment is built for W3YC. Vigilance committee gives haircuts to freshmen convicted of being cocky. Tribunal...
