Charlie Barnett, millionaire band leader, to play at Junior Prom.
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1938
College to hold forum to discuss threats to freedom of religion. Phi Beta Kappa elects four new seniors for honors in scholastic achievement. Swing saxophonist Charlie Barnet and his band play at Prom.
Head speakers in religious forum announced. Senate recommends three new bylaws be added to Constitution. Track team announces plans for season.
Representatives of the Dramatic Club visit U. Penn to attend Cultural Olympics. Charlie Barnet plays at Junior Prom.
National leaders express widespread approval of religious forum. President of the American Council of Education George F. Zook to speak at commencement exercises.
Professor emeritus Dr. Bradford O. McIntire dies, tribute published. Social Service Committees work on projects in area. Women's Athletic Association holds Play Day.
Survey of classrooms determines that many are improperly lit. College to offer free Syphilis testing to student body.
124 students take advantage of free Syphilis testing on campus. Dramatic Club to present "Fly Away Home" for spring production. Women's Pan-Hellenic Council plans "Pan-Hell" week.
College to conduct student poll on international issues. Faculty to require participation in extra-curricular activities for graduation. Charles Alvin Jones, 1910 graduate of the Law School and Democratic candidate for Governor, speaks in Carlisle on campaign tour.
E.C. Herber, member of the Biology faculty, writes paper to be published in parasitology journal. The Dramatic Club's production of "Fly Away Home" is reviewed. Results of student poll on international issues are published. Tennis team starts season.
Dr. Milton W. Eddy, head of the Biology department, is recognized for his work in analysis of hair samples in criminal investigations. Spotlight on baseball player Pete Sivess '36 and his time with the Phillies and Cardinals.
John W. Kephart, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, speaks at Founders' Day chapel services. Basketball team opens season with win over F&M.
Seniors get fellowships for graduate study in Germany. Carlisle citizens foster program to beautify community.
Dr. James Pearsall Earp, instructor at the College, accepts assistant professorship at Western Maryland College to help start their sociology department. Swing musician Bunny Berigan to perform on campus.
Prof. William Gould to travel around Asia. Dr. Eddy to provide exhibit at court trial.
College hires two new professors for upcoming academic year. Bunny Berigan performs at Commencement Ball. Dr. George F. Zook, president of the American Council of Education, to speak at commencement exercises.
Rushing activities for women's fraternities end as freshman girls and fraternities hand in pledges to Pan-Hellenic Council. Belles Lettres Society begins its 152nd year of existence at Dickinson with October meeting. John Burton Nicholson, Jr., accepts position as assistant librarian. ...
The All-College Social Body plans a series of events for the coming year, including a Dad's Day, a barn dance, and an open house. President Corson announces the new heads of ten committees. Judge Karl Richards is selected as speaker for the annual Homecoming chapel service. Dale O. Hartzell...
The editorial board of the Dickinsonian publishes an open letter to the Board of Deans regarding the findings of a report conducted by the Faculty committee on Extra-Curricular Activities. The Debating Association of Pennsylvania Colleges selects three topics for the coming debate...
Dr. Everett R. Clinchy gives chapel address linking Nazi rise to power to the vindictive retaliation of America and its European allies towards Germany after World War I. Hon. Karl E. Richards, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Dauphin County and Dickinson alumnus, speaks at the Homecoming Day...
Henry C. Hill, warden of the Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg, gives speech on "The Problem of the Criminal" before the Young People's Fellowship at the Allison Memorial Methodist Church. Johnny Bruner organizes a jazz band on campus composed of seven undergraduates. The Dramatic Club...
Charles W. Boote, city judge of Yonkers, New York, plans to speak at Dad's Day program. Union Philosophical Society elects twenty-four new members. The Halloween Barn Dance succeeds socially and financially. The Greek Club is set to re-enact an ancient Greek wedding. Prof. Mulford Stough...
Dickinson's newly founded Religious Association established policies, precedents, and procedures at their first ever meeting. A group of students will assist the Religious Association in a social survey of hospitals, plants, and prisons. Union Philosophical Society makes Wilbur M. Rabinowitiz...
Dickinson College Religious Association decides to embrace Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism as the tree faiths represented on campus, and to restrict membership to only those who demonstrate interest in religion and sign up on the membership roll. The French Club plans to show the French...
John W. Ell discusses the meaning of "Dickinson's Tradition," and its place in Old West. Football coach Arthur D. Kahler selects a virtual "all-opponent team" composed of the best players at every position from the teams against which Dickinson has played thus far in the year. The Dickinson...
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