The Athletic Association elects a new president, but protests the lack of publicity regarding the elections, blaming Student Senate for the poor turnout. The Biology department, under the leadership of Elmer Herber and the Mohler Scientific Club, presents three films relating to the study of...
Dickinson alumnus Professor Clarence Anderson of Pennsylvania State College dies following an operation at a hospital on Huntingdon. Upon the recommendation of the Special Athletic Committee of the Alumni Council a new committee was appointed to survey the athletic situation on campus. Every...
Fraternities, sororities, honorary societies, several classes, and the Athletic Association have plans for several social events to be held in the coming months, including many dances by popular demand. The Microcosm adds a feature on women's athletics for the 1932 issue of the yearbook, a...
Westford Warner of the senior class is nominated to attend the Midwest Student Government Conference. Several poems composed by a Dickinson alumnus, Louis Olmstead '30, will be published in popular literary magazines.
John Hall Hopkins of the junior class is named the most outstanding Dickinsonian as he receives the distinguished 1902 Award. The German department expands is repertoire of classes to include a course entitled Cultural History of the German and Scandinavian People. German will be made the...
Former Dickinson student and Dickinson Law School alumni Judge Sylvester Baker Sadler dies. Dr. Horace Rogers, associate professor of chemistry at Dickinson, is invited to submit his biography for inclusion in the next edition of American Men in Science. The Dickinson basketball team defeats its...
The basketball team ends its season, perhaps its best in school history. Sophomore Milton Davidson is awarded the sophomore cup for exemplary character and achievement by Omicron Delta Kappa. The winners of the 1932 Microcosm beauty contest are decided and include both fraternity and non-...
The German Club's showing of the film "Anna Christie" brings in $120.29 to be added to the travel fund that will allow students to travel to Germany. A new Dickinson alumni club will be forming in New Jersey. Six college students, including representatives from Dickinson, are collecting 1,000,...
Funds for a new library are expected to be raised over the next four years. The Dramatic Club announces the cast for their April production of "Tommy." The Interfraternity Council announces a new resolution regarding alumni in the rushing process. Student Senate passes a resolution that will...
Dr. Mervin Grant Filler, president of Dickinson College, dies in Philadelphia after suffering from a severe case of influenza. Dr. James Henry Morgan, previous president of the college, will be acting as head of the institution until a new president can be found. The superintendent of grounds...
All freshman rules are suspended for the rest of the semester by the Tribunal, marking another step in the evolution away from traditional rules.
Several Dickinson men plan to go abroad this summer to western Europe and norther Africa. The Beta Psi fraternity and the Commons Club merge and now will collectively be called the Commons Club Incorporated. Edward Biddle, president of the Board of Trustees creates a committee of trustees that...
A radio transmitter made by Dickinson students is now being tested in the physics lab and will be the basis for the new college radio station W3CY. The dramatic club casts its next production "Holiday" which will be performed around commencement time. A constitution and by-laws are set up for...
Work begins on the new Phi Delta Theta colonial house. Distribution and sale of the 1932 Microcosm will take place in Bosler starting next week. Senate approves the 1931-1932 budget and passes two new rules involving elections. Founder's Day breakfast will be held by YWCA. The freshman badges...
The football team finds a new coach who signs a three year contract. Founders' Day celebrations begin this day. The senior picnic is planned for the following Monday where many athletic events will take place. Two men's literary societies, Belles Lettres and the Union Philosophical Society, see...
The men's and women's glee club put on their first combined performance since 1925. The old Phi Delta Theta house will be turned into a psychology lab. The radio transmitter built by Dickinson students is fully operational and reaches several other radio stations in the eastern half of the...
For the first time since its founding in 1886, the full quota of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity keys are to be given to graduating seniors at graduation on Monday. Senior class day exercises, including the induction of the seniors into the Alumni Association, will take place in one day. Belles...
A complication in a medical surgery proves fatal for senior Isabel Super. Professor Gerald Burns joins the Sociology Department and Miss Janet Sinclair hired as an assistant at the library. Discussion of the selection of the new president. Eighty new books are added to the library's holdings....
Senior Isabel Super dies of complications following appendicitis operation. Professional acts and favors to freshman are eliminated from rushing program. Microcosm awards contracts. Gerald Barnes becomes associate professor of sociology. Janet Sinclair becomes assistant librarian. List of...
Radio station plans to attempt to send radiogram. Profile of new Professor Gerald Barnes. Joint council created for YMCA and YWCA.
Students parade in midnight march after football victory over Penn State; police resort to tear gas. Annual college picnic is held. German club plans activities, including hike modeled after German youth movement. Tribunal convicts two freshmen of breaking freshman rules, gives punishments....
German exchange student discusses school life in homeland. Plan for homecoming weekend. Interior designers work on Phi Delta Theta house. Burgess J. Fred Myers fines college $100 for damages resulting from student victory demonstration.
Freshman football team plays charity game against Gettysburg to benefit Emergency Relief Fund of Carlisle. Phi Delta Theta House opens with festivities. Intercollegiate Newspaper association meets at Dickinson. YMCA plans Armistice day service. Football team begins to use water wagon designed by...
Homecoming weekend is a success. President Karl T. Waugh gives first address to college.
