Plans for an inter-society debate are taking shape. Calls for a song about Dickinson are published. Inter-class baseball games are planned between the Seniors, Juniors, and Freshmen. The Bosler Memorial Library Hall is almost finished, and in the wake of its opening the societies discuss...
The Senior class splits over elections for Class Day due to fraternity alliances, so it appears as though they will not hold one. The popularity and purpose of society anniversaries is discussed.
The formation of the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association give Dickinson students access to larger fields of play and more opponents. Efforts to produce a Microcosm cease. The Athletic Association decides to reject...
The challenge of combining and cataloging the society libraries is discussed. The Ramblers' Walking Club is the latest craze at Dickinson. The Sophomore Oratorical Contest is planned. The recently formed Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association is disbanded due to a lack of...
Rumors that President McCauley will resign are dispelled by multiple sources. Some minor renovations are made to the college during the clean-up of the mess after the construction of Bosley Memorial Library Hall. Two baseball games, played against Mechanicsburg and Gettysburg, are both won by...
Tempers flare and issues arise regarding the rumors of President McCauley's resignation. Dickinson is challenged to a boat race by Wilson College in Chambersburg, but it is cancelled due to an injury. The Union Philosophical Society holds their annual Oratorical Contest, as does the Belles...
The 103rd annual Commencement Week is held. Bosler Memorial Library Hall is formally presented to the Board of Trustees in an elaborate ceremony. Professor Lindsay is elected to a full professorship position for Chemistry. The baseball team loses to a Harrisburg team 12 to 6, with complaints...
A portrait of Mr. Jacob Tome, donor of the Tome Scientific Building, is placed in the lecture hall of Dr. Himes. South College undergoes dramatic renovation and is renamed the Preparatory School. Freshman lose the Cane Rush.
Strong censure is placed on some members of the Freshmen class after they haze a fellow first-year student as punishment for attending recitation on time. A Mr. W. C. Allison of Philadelphia donates funds so that Memorial Hall can be heated in the winter. Dickinson loses a football game to...
Phi Beta Kappa is granted a charter for Dickinson College. The football program comes under scrutiny after the death of E. Herbert Garrison the previous month. Rumors fly around the school regarding the admittance of a "colored boy" in the Preparatory School, as well as the hazing of a...
