Dickinsonian, June 1883

Chi Phi Fraternity forms a lawn tennis club.  A pickup game of baseball is played between Dickinsonians and residents of Carlisle, with the college students winning 25 to 1.  The faculty holds a stag dance at the house of Professor Little.  The baseball team loses to Franklin and Marshall 14 to 11, wins against Harrisburg's professional team 18 to 9, loses to Chambersburg 18 to 5, and then loses to Harrisburg 12 to 1.  The Belles Lettres Society holds their Sophomore Contest. 

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Dickinsonian, July 1885

Commencement and Junior Oratorical Contest speeches are summarized and published.  The 102nd annual Commencement is held, as well as the Junior contest and alumni reunions for classes and for the societies.  Professor Little leaves Dickinson despite a petition by the students that the Trustees should make every possible effort to retain him.  The Sigma Chi Fraternity is re-established.  Praise is given to Miss Bender for receiving the Greek Award, a signal of the falsehood of the theory of the inferiority of women.

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