Dickinsonian Newspaper

1937

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The German Club sponsors a movie entirely in German. The Junior Prom Committee is announced. The story is told of former students climbing atop Old West to fill the bell with water so that it froze and could not call them chapel in the morning. A Faculty Committee is appointed to examine the...

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The Belles Lettres Society draws up a new constitution and plans to elect new officers. Twelve students from Dickinson and Gettysburg came together for a luncheon, at which they discussed the relationship between the two rival schools. The Dickinsonian elects its officers for the coming...

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Plans for the content of this year’s Microcosm are expanded. The Dramatic Club has started rehearsing for its next production, The Royal Family. The Student Senate discusses ways to create a better relationship between Gettysburg and Dickinson and how to increase scholarship...

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Robert L. Myers gives a talk on the newly enacted Social Security Act and unemployment in the country. After buying the adjacent properties, Dickinson plans to enlarge Biddle Field. The Debate Team schedule is posted. Fraternities and Sororities induct new members. In an effort to make peace...

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The basketball team loses to Gettysburg. The Greek Club discusses ancient Greek elements in present day life. The Executive Committee of the Athletic Association makes decisions on issues regarding the freshmen. The Microcosm revises its staff. The Social Service Committee plans to...

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William Pearson Tolley, President of Allegheny College, gave a talk warning about the abandonment of land and a regression to wilderness, in contrast to the establishment of civilization. Clarence B. Hendrickson was given the award as All-Around Dickinsonian. The first baseball practice of the...

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The Debate Team loses the first debate of the season. A date for the premiere of the Dramatic Club’s play The Royal Family is set. An article is found explaining that Dickinson was the beneficiary of the lottery in 1790. The All-College Social Committee plans a Pan-Hellenic week. An...

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Plans for a Pan-Hellenic Week continue, and it is said that if successful, it will become a Dickinson tradition. The Belles Lettres Society discusses three modern novelists, Undst, Lewis, and Mann. Gettysburg beats Dickinson at a swim meet. The Debate Team wins against Ursinus and Ashland in the...

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The Library’s annual budget of $6,000 will be reduced to $5,000 due to the end of a grant usually given to the library. Jocko, the Biology Lab’s six-foot boa constrictor, died after losing a fang and contracting an infection. Columbia won against Dickinson in the debate over minimum wage...

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The Microcosm announces its newly revised staff. At a faculty meeting, it is decided that students with an average 90% and higher will be granted an unlimited number of absences, given that they maintain their A average. The Dramatic Club presents its newest show, a comedy entitled ...

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The Guest Day issue of the Dickinsonian. The annual celebration of Founder’s Day turns into a double celebration with the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Bill Depp wins the Skull and Key Award for Outstanding Activity. Pennsylvanians celebrate the...

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The Founder’s Day issue of the Dickinsonian. President Corson gives a speech concerning the childish views in which most people view religion, and promotes introspection as a way to fix personal problems and be happy. Wheel and Chain taps eight new members. Methodist Bishop and former...

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The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, tackles various aspects of college life in a satirical manner.

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The track team loses a meet at Haverford College. An article relates that the results of surveying Dickinson students show that the birth rate is decreasing. An old pamphlet entitled “Simple Rules for the Good Conversationalist” is printed in an effort to help Dickinson students. Clubs elect new...

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The seniors are honored in a five day program, including addresses and the academic procession. The baseball team ended their losing streak in a victory against Delaware. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation of the first woman of Dickinson College. A Dickinson songbook is...

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The Commencement issue of the Dickinsonian. All of the fraternities elect new officers. Dr. William D. Gould will take the faculty position vacated by the death of Professor Leon Prince. Dr. Walter A. Jessup will give the Commencement Address. Seven people will be awarded honorary...

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The Spencer Fullerton Baird  Biology Building is dedicated at opening chapel services. College purchases five lots for new athletic fields. Dr. Howard Thurman gives talk to Young People's Fellowship. Postmaster General James A. Farley visits Carlisle post office, greeted by crowd of several...

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Five Dickinson fraternities robbed. Old biology rooms in Denny Hall to be converted into new rooms for female students. FDR's pastor and 1900 alum of the College Rev. Howard Wilkinson visits campus.

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Tribunal interviews and sentences five "unruly" freshmen, punishments to be a warning to other freshmen. Debate Club experiences a previously unheard of sixteen female students trying out for the squad, indicating future need for a women's squad. The Social Pathology class inspects the Tressler...

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Renown chemist and member of the class of 1869 Dr. Wilbur Fiske Horn passes away at the age of ninety-one. Student Senate calls special meeting in response to police intervention in freshmen and sophomore fights

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C. William Duncan of Philadelphia's Evening Public Ledger speaks at chapel assembly. American University football coach Gus Welch introduces female kicker to team.

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Noted lecturer and commentator on Japan T.T. Brumbaugh begins four day visit to campus with chapel address. President Judge E. Foster Heller addresses annual Homecoming chapel. The undefeated Red Devil football team anticipates annual match against rival Gettysburg. Dramatic Club prepares fall...

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Editorial on the "deadly parallels" between 1917 and 1937 in international affairs is published. Undefeated football team beats Gettysburg for the third year in a row. Spotlight on Dr. Julia Morgan's, daughter of former college president, experiences in China during war conditions.

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Banquet held in honor of undefeated football team. Story on Dickinson and the Civil War is published, highlighting students' involvment in both the Union and Southern armies. Basketball team looking forward to successful season.

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Football team finishes their first undefeated season season since 1917 with win over Muhlenberg. The Dramatic Club's production of "Ghost Train" is reviewed. College president Fred P. Corson initiated as honorary member of Tau Kappa Alpha.

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