Dickinsonian, December 16, 1908

Dickinson loses to Franklin and Marshall in debate. Dickinson College Alumni Association of New York dinner. Freshmen win against the Juniors in inter-class basketball. The Seniors tie with Sophomores in inter-class basketball. Belles Lettres Society election results. Dramatic Club election results. Theta Lambda Phi banquet. Athletic Association election results.

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Dickinsonian, December 9, 1908

Freshmen are victorious in the annual Freshmen-Sophomore football game. Doll show held in Lloyd Hall. More detail on the fight between Freshmen and Sophomores. Intercollegiate debate with Franklin and Marshall. Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society debate. Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir concert. Freshmen reception in the Assembly Hall.

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Dickinsonian, December 2, 1908

Freshmen win the annual Freshmen-Sophomore football game. Update on the 1910 Microcosm. Frank Mt. Pleasant, formerly of the Carlisle Indian School, is elected as captain. Large fight between Sophomores and Freshmen. Philadelphia Club election results.

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Dickinsonian, November 18, 1908

Old athletic field sold to the Cumberland Valley Railroad. Comus Club dance. Union Philosophical Society election results. Mrs. John Linder obituary. Phi Kappa Sigma party. Notes on the boys of Conway Hall. Phi Kappa Psi dance. Problems of the timing of Mission Study Classes.

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Dickinsonian, November 11, 1908

Finals for the inter-collegiate debate team held in Denny Hall. Comus Club Dance. Leap year dance. West Virginia Club elections. Special Y. M. C. A. meeting. Update on the 1910 Microcosm. Second Civic Club Entertainment Course.

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Dickinsonian, November 4, 1908

Kappa Sigma throws a Halloween party in the Assembly Hall. Harmon Literary Society debate. Obituary for Mrs. Hutchinson, wife of Dr. W. A. Hutchinson. International Bible Study Conference in Columbus, Ohio. Update on 1910 Microcosm. Article on how smoking effects intelligence.

 

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Dickinsonian, October 28, 1908

Publishing of the school's athletic eligibity rules. Pi Beta Phi reception. Debate over Taft or Bryan for president. Reverend John N. Forman will speak to the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.. Dickinson College Shakespeare Club is organized.

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Dickinsonian, October 21, 1908

School trip to Gettysburg. Formation of the Press Club. New rules are placed upon Freshmen. Republican Club mass meeting in Chapel Hall. Phi Kappa Sigma Founders' Day anniversary ride to Dillsburg. Civic Club concert. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Inter-Fraternity Smoker. H. H. Mercer to speak at Bryan League meeting. Phi Delta Theta smoker.

People
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Dickinsonian, October 14, 1908

Notes on the progress of the Student Assembly. A class letter from the class of '98. Comus Club election results. Civic Club announces its entertainment course. Republican Club meeting. Update on the 1910 Microcosm.

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Dickinsonian, October 7, 1908

Bryan League organized in Prettyman Hall. Installation of Mergenthaler Linotype Machine for the Dickinsonian. Third Section banquet. Preliminaries for Inter-Collegiate Debate Team held in Denny Hall. Pr0fessor Charles Hilliard lecture. Female members of the Carlisle Indian School entertained the women Dickinson's Y. W. C. A.. Old West banquet. Phi Delta Theta dance. Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association tournament.

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Dickinsonian, September 30, 1908

School trip to Gettysburg. Student from the Carlisle Indian School, Frank Mt. Pleasant, transfers to Dickinson to play on the football team. Y. W. C. A. lemon reception in Lloyd Hall. Sophomore reception in the Assembly Hall. Formation of a Republican Club at Dickinson. Second section banquet. Pennsylvania Chautauqua held at Mt. Gretna. Beta Theta Pi informal dance. Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance at Mt. Holly.

Athletics
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Dickinsonian, September 23, 1908

Largest class in the history of the college enters. Opening of Conway Hall. Annual Freshmen-Sophomore rush. Y. M. C. A. reception. Mr. Edwin J. Decevee will head the new Music Department. The Herman Biddle Memorial Athletic Field is presented to the college. Diary of a Dickinson student from years back is published in the paper.

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