List of new courses to supply war needs. Alpha Chi Rho holds banquet in celebration of its 13th anniversary. Junior class decides not to publish a Microcosm due to financial constraints.
Professor Mohler to offer a course in mechanical drawing to give students skills useful for war. Financial costs of 1917 football season.
College to offer a course in wireless telegraphy. Union Philosophical Society elects officers.
The Law School opens with its largest number ever, and an improved course of three years, rather than two. The class of 1898 elects its class day officers. An article encourages faithful participation in the YMCA Bible study courses offered. A new elective in English Drama is offered.
Delta Chi holds a banquet. The new Scientific Course is announced and its requirements and curriculum detailed. A lecture series is announced. The results of the Senior Class Day and Union Philosophical Society elections results announced. Low attendance at the YMCA Star Course's first event is lamented. Donations to support athletics at Dickinson are encouraged. The establishment of a trophy room is proposed. The class of 1899 elects its athletics committee. Science facilities are improved with new laboratory space and an aquarium. 
The Library’s annual budget of $6,000 will be reduced to $5,000 due to the end of a grant usually given to the library. Jocko, the Biology Lab’s six-foot boa constrictor, died after losing a fang and contracting an infection. Columbia won against Dickinson in the debate over minimum wage regulations. During Pan-Hellenic Week, the boys and girls switch places to get a glimpse into the lives of the opposite sex. The week ended with a dance. The College Library opens a Newspaper Room in the basement of Bosler Hall.