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Dickinsonian, December 1877

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The Senior Class takes a Class Day to plant their class tree.  Certain students are punished for property damage after a prank.

Dickinsonian, May 18, 1916

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Dickinson beats Lebanon Valley at baseball.  The track team has a meet and the tennis team wins a match against Franklin & Marshall.  A professor’s Ford automobile is stolen and driven through Bosler Hall.  The Freshman Oratorical Contest is held.  Phi Delta Theta holds a...

Dickinsonian, November 4, 1939

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The traditional Dad's Day, during which fathers of Dickinson students were welcomed to campus, is changed into the first all-inclusive Parent's Day. The results of an Intercollegiate Newspaper Association poll suggests that Dickinsonians are growing more liberal. Students protest the long-...

Dickinsonian, November 11, 1939

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George S. Williams '00, Delaware's lone Congressional Representative, speaks in chapel for Homecoming Weekend. Members of the Dickinsonian editorial staff travel to Lewisburg for a conference of the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association, of which current editor-in-chief Paul Gorsuch '40 is...

Dickinsonian, November 16, 1939

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Author, journalist, and radio personality John Kieran is announced as the speaker for the Alumni Football Banquet. The Drama Club's fall production, "Petticoat Fever," is set to open the evening of publication. Several pranks were pulled over Homecoming weekend, including the placement of a live...

Dickinsonian, February 29, 1940

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Over 300 people, mostly alumni, attend the Mid-Winter Ball, which ultimately makes a profit of $16.98. Alpha Sigma Gamma, an honorary journalistic society, elects nine Dickinsonians as members. The owner of the horse that was the subject of a student prank some two months earlier demands $200...

Dickinsonian, March 17, 1950

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The 1950 Chest Drive, sponsored by the Interfaith Council and aimed to support six charities, kicks off. Students are asked to pledge $3.00 apiece, the ultimate goal being $3,000 in donations. A group of pranksters steals the hand-made weather vane from South College's under-construction cupola...

Dickinsonian, March 24, 1950

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Head Football Coach Ralph Ricker resigns his position to take a job at Lebanon Valley College. The Mermaid Players' third production of the season, The Tempest, opens at Metzger Hall. Jane Lehmer, member of the Debate Team, is named "Gavel Girl of Pennsylvania" at the annual all-state debate...
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