1872

Construction begins on a reading room in Old West. W. F. Spottswood, J. H. Black, and O. B. Super are elected editors of the Microcosm.

Dickinson students are accused of being behind an apparent haunting in Carlisle. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania denies college students the right to vote at school. J. W. Hendrix donates rocks to college museum.

YMCA holds convention in Carlisle. President Robert L. Dashiell resigns and President James A. McCauley is inaugurated. The administration considers creating a reading room.