Thomas, Norman

The International Relations club brings in a speaker from France. Norman Thomas, the county’s leading Socialist, speaks to the college. The Freshman begin a revolt against class rules, but the event quickly dies out. Joseph H. McCormack, the college’s football coach, resigns. Dickinson beats Villanova in basketball. Omicron Delta Kappa plans to create an All-College organization that examines problems particular to Dickinson student life. The movies debate continues. The Women’s Glee Club plans its activities for the semester.

Dickinson holds its twentieth Homecoming weekend, including a football game against Swarthmore. Senior Russell D. Fettrow receives the British Distinguished Flying Cross for his wartime service in the air force. Norman Thomas gives a lecture highlighting the need for disarmament and the basis of his socialist views. A guest editorial by Henry Wallace examining attacks on civil liberties in the right against communism appears. A small exhibit of college history is held in Bosler Hall. The administration declares a legal holiday for all students registered to vote.