Dickinsonian Newspaper

1911


Dickinsonian, January 11, 1911

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Smoker all arranged. Student Senate criticized. Major William Eccleston Stewart, class of 1859, dies of typhoid. Alumni send letter from Panama. President Reed explains resons behind procedure for paying term bill.

Dickinsonian, January 18, 1911

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Mid-Winter smoker held. Irving E. Vining to give a lecture on joining the business world. Organ recital given at Allison Methodist Church. Athletic financial statements. Editorial calls for Student Senate to legislate physical violence among underclassmen.

Dickinsonian, January 25, 1911

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Dr. Gooding gives address to Deutcher Verein. Lecture given by Mr. William S. Roney on railroading. Money raised for a new law school building. Irving E. Vining to visit campus for a lecture and an oration.

Dickinsonian, February 1, 1911

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Inter-society debate held, presided over by Professor Hitchler, Union Philosophical Society wins. Dr. Reed gives lecture on socialism. Mr. Irving E. Vining gives a lecture to Belles Lettes on "The Art of  Knowing and Influencing Men". Day of prayer for colleges observed. 

Dickinsonian, February 8, 1911

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Exceptionally large attendance at the Deutscher Verein meeting. Dr. William Prettyman, abroad in Germany, publishes article. Baltimore Alumni hold banquet. Carlisle alumni criticized for inactivity. Shearer's Drug Store Literary prize awarded. Y.M.C.A. to bring in a Drum and Fife duo to perform...

Dickinsonian, February 15, 1911

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Y.W.C.A. organizes one acts as entertainment to large audience. Various fraternities hold functions. Dramatization of the novel "If I Were King" in Bosler Hall. Article about Horatio Collins King published in the Brooklyn Citizen. Several alumni hold graduate fellowships at the University of...

Dickinsonian, February 22, 1911

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Freshman Banquet held in Harrisburg. Skull and Key society holds meeting. Annual fundraising for the Library Guild successful. Money for an academic prize donated to the economics department. Washington Alumni look to form permanent organization. President George Edward Reed submits letter of...

Dickinsonian, March 1, 1911

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Prospects for the track team "forecast probable strength". Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest held in Bosler Hall. Freshman smoker held. Oratorio of the Holy City to be held. Y.M.C.A. to host a performance by the original drummer boy of Rappahannock. The Mohler Scientific Club held a meeting to...

Dickinsonian, March 8, 1911

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Annual indoor sports competition held in Gymnasium including boxing and a potato race. Charles E. Ziegler, class of 1896, elected Director of the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital for Women being built in Pittsburgh. Judge Charles Brown Lore, class of 1852, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme...

Dickinsonian, April 5, 1911

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Combined musical clubs, including Glee Club, Mandolin Club, complete a tour giving performances throughout Central Pennsylvania. Roy M. Dunkleberger, class of 1906, marries in India while serving as a Missionary. Alumni Gatherings to take place in New York City and Bloomsburg, PA. President Reed...

Dickinsonian, April 12, 1911

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Former Dickinson Professor Major James Evelyn Pilcher dies in Georgia, President Reed leads funeral. Deutcher Verein hold first meeting of the semester. Doctor Crider treats the band to a banquet. Student writes his "Thoughts of Mark Twain" Student saves a robin whos feet had been tangled in...

Dickinsonian, April 19, 1911

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The Skitchagenee Sophomore club held a dance at the Phi Kappa Psi house. President Reed told a story about improper youthful behavior, but the moral is lost on the student body. The Mohler Scientific club held a discussion of the Busch Magneto. A list of novels worth reading. Long essay titled "...

Dickinsonian, April 26, 1911

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Dickinson defeats Swarthmore in intercollegiate oratorical contest. American Flag and set of silver presented to President George Edward Reed to mark his 22nd anniversary as president of the college. Professor Filler attended the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic, found...

Dickinsonian, May 3, 1911

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Freshmen win sophomores in annual cap scrap. Flag in college colors presented at chapel. Lecture to be given by Mr. Irving E. Vining about the " Types and tendencies of men". Phi Kappa Psi hosts housewarming to mark the remodeling of their house. Comus CLub dance postponed. Dr. W. A. Hunsberger...

Dickinsonian, May 10, 1911

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Senior Class takes trip to Luray Caverns. Results from track, baseball, tennis. Dr. George Katzge gives three lectures on Education in Germany. Minutes from Der Deutscher Verein. Copy of the Carlisle Herald from 1820 found with article about the conversion of early Dickinson to a Methodist...

Dickinsonian, May 17, 1911

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Results from Baseball, Track, Tennis. Oratorical Contest for the Samuel B. Goff Temperance prize held, winners announced. Lecture Given by Mr. Irving E. Vining on the "Types and Tendencies of Men" . 

Dickinsonian, May 24, 1911

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Results of baseball games against Ursinus and Washington and Jefferson. Glee Club performs ar Irving College. Final round of the oratorical contest held. Several students and professors to spend the summer abroad. Annual Track trophies presented. Literary section features poetry contest with...

Dickinsonian, June 3, 1911

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End of the year issue. Summaries of recent Baseball, Tennis, and Track Results. German Exchange teacher visiting Dickinson for six weeks. Annual reports of student clubs. Essay on Christian Science by Horatio Collins King. Listing of the Class of 1911 with student's activities. Pictures of class...

Dickinsonian, September 20, 1911

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Eugene Allen Noble assumes the presidency. Beginning of the year reception. Simon F. Pauxtis resumes his position as football coach. President Noble sets up office in Denny Hall. Freshmen and sophomores engage in flag scrap and poster scrap. List of the freshman class and its hometowns.

Dickinsonian, September 27, 1911

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S. Carroll Miller, '12', is elected tennis captain. Freshman Poster Scrap is preempted by sophomores, delayed by Senate.

Dickinsonian, October 4, 1911

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Annual sophomore class reception. Annual freshman reception. First Section Feed and Second Section Feed.

Dickinsonian, October 11, 1911

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Annual Old West Feed is held. The freshman class of 1915 elects its officers. Theta Lambda Phi holds annual smoker for junior class at new house on Parker Street. Duke, Phi Kappa Sigma's St. Bernard, dies.

Dickinsonian, October 18, 1911

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Lucretia J. McAnney restarts the Dickinson Dramatic Club. Phi Kappa Sigma holds its annual Founders' Day ride.

Dickinsonian, October 25, 1911

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The Dickinsonian initiates a Dickinsonian Song Contest. The Dramatic Club reforms and elects officers. Press Club assumes control of Trophy Room and plans to open it to the student body.

Dickinsonian, November 1, 1911

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Football game with Ursinus canceled because Ursinus intended to play a five-year player. First College Dance held. Senior and junior class elections held; Paul Renn is president of senior class.

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