Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Club is founded at Dickinson College. Union Philosophical Society holds elections.
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1912
Sophomore and freshman classes take sleigh rides. Freshman-sophomore scrap.
Preview of Dramatic Club's production of "The Private Secretary". Beta Theta Pi holds informal dance and reception to welcome Dr. and Mrs. Prettyman. Dickinsonian Song Contest ends with fewer than desired entries. The Dickinson Equal Suffrage Club and an anti-suffrage club form.
Belles Lettres defeats Union Philosophical Society in annual inter-society debate. Freshman banquet is held. Phi Delta Theta holds fifth annual dance.
Conference Committee of the Faculty denies Student Assembly's request that members of the college band be exempt from gym class. A defense of Student Senate's usefulness. Kappa Sigma gives third annual mid-winter dance. The Women's Suffrage League meets often.
Preview of "The Private Secretary". Annual Washington's Birthday College Banquet is held. Gettysburg defeats Dickinson in last game of basketball season. Annual Mid-Winter Sigma Chi dance is held. Annual freshman smoker and parade occurs.
Debut of "The Private Secretary". Swarthmore and Dickinson meet in intercollegiate debate. Loraine McAnney wins Miller prize and Gilbert Malcolm wins Wakley prize in declamation contest. Straw Poll of Dickinson favors Theodore Roosevelt.
Combined Musical Clubs make annual spring break tour. YMCA Presidents' Convention to be held at Dickinson. Simon Pauxtis is selected as baseball and football coach for 1912. Description of the work of the Library Guild. Sophomores win annual Sophomore-Freshman basketball game. Union...
Program for YMCA Presidents' Convention to be held at Dickinson. Swarthmore and Dickinson participate in sixth annual oratorical meet. Russel Hertzler, '12, receives position in Carlisle Grammar School.
Description of YMCA Presidents' Conference held at Dickinson. Seniors Carrie Woodward and John A. F. Hall receive teaching positions.
Juniors win inter-class track meet. Richard Shields, '12, wins annual cross country run. Summary of YMCA activities of 1911-1912 school year. Program for commencement.
Baseball defeats Gettysburg 4-3. Track ties Gettysburg. Gettysburg defeats tennis. President and Mrs. Noble hold reception for senior class. Senior class revives tradition of holding sings on steps of Old West. Adam Nagay and Lester W. Auman win sophomore oratorical contest. Senior class takes...
Inauguration of President Noble is planned. Professor George A. Crider leaves Dickinson to become a pastor. Summary of track and baseball seasons. Dickinson performs poorly in fifth annual intercollegiate track meet. Harry McKeown wins gold medal and Wesley P. Griffiths wins silver medal in...
Dickinson begins its 130th year, and President Nobles gives an address of welcome. Dickinson loses the first football game of the season. Each member of the freshman class is listed.
Two new faculty members are welcomed to Dickinson: Leonard Scott Blakey, professor of Economics and Sociology, and Edward E. Learned, professor of German Language and Literature.
The college holds a football rally. The juniors hold the Junior Party in Metzger Hall.
Both the Wilson and Progressives clubs are formed. A poll reveals that more students favor Wilson to win over Roosevelt, Taft, Chafin, and Debbs in the presidential election. The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity hosts their annual Founder’s Day ride to Doubling Gap. The Kappa Sigma fraternity hunts...
The Dickinson football team beats Lebanon Valley, 53-3. The Alpha Rho Chi fraternity takes their annual ride to Doubling Gap.
Skitchagenee held a dance in the Beta Theta Pi house. The Press Club is reorganized and chooses its members and officers. The College Band gave a concert for the campus. The Scientific Club also reorganizes and will hold its first meeting.
The football team beats Catholic University 54-0. The debating teams held their preliminary trials. The senior class officers are elected. Female students attend a Suffrage meeting in town.
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