Dickinsonian, December 15, 1939

Attendance is high at the Alumni Football Banquet. Mrs. Bradford McIntire, one of the original planners of the Doll Show, arrives on campus to fulfill her role as guest of honor at this year's incarnation of that event. John Bunting wins the Belles Lettres essay contest with a piece titled "Public Enigma Number 1." The basketball team wins the first two games of their season, to Blue Ridge and Susquehanna, respectively.

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Dickinsonian, November 30, 1939

Pi Beta Phi plans to move their house from Louther Street to 157 West High Street. The Kittochtiny Players, a local drama troupe of which seven Dickinsonians are members, performs Helen Jerome's adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." The ten students receiving flight training from the Civil Aeronautics Authority take to the skies for the first time.

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Dickinsonian, November 16, 1939

Author, journalist, and radio personality John Kieran is announced as the speaker for the Alumni Football Banquet. The Drama Club's fall production, "Petticoat Fever," is set to open the evening of publication. Several pranks were pulled over Homecoming weekend, including the placement of a live horse in the Chapel and the dismantling of the bell in Denny Hall.

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Dickinsonian, November 11, 1939

George S. Williams '00, Delaware's lone Congressional Representative, speaks in chapel for Homecoming Weekend. Members of the Dickinsonian editorial staff travel to Lewisburg for a conference of the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association, of which current editor-in-chief Paul Gorsuch '40 is president. Union Philosophical Society reverses their previous decision and accepts Belles Lettres' invitation for an inter-society debate. The Mermaid is returned, and President Fred P. Corson announces that it will move to the Tome Scientific Building, replaced by a replica on top of Old West.

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Dickinsonian, November 4, 1939

The traditional Dad's Day, during which fathers of Dickinson students were welcomed to campus, is changed into the first all-inclusive Parent's Day. The results of an Intercollegiate Newspaper Association poll suggests that Dickinsonians are growing more liberal. Students protest the long-standing policy of only offering one day of vacation for Thanksgiving. A new physical education policy, requiring 112 hours of gym time by the end of sophomore year, is enacted. The campus surpasses its $800 goal for the local Chest Drive. The Mermaid is stolen from atop Old West.

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Dickinsonian, October 26, 1939

The Bobolino Group Theatre performs "Candida" to an audience of 200 in Denny Hall. Union Philosophical Society rejects Belles Lettres' invitation for an inter-society debate and appoints Professor Wellman J. Warner as its new adviser. Chinese student I-Ying Li finally arrives on campus after significant problems leaving his home country due to war activity. The football team loses their first game of the season to Washington and Jefferson, after going four games undefeated.

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Dickinsonian, October 19, 1939

Dr. James Henry Morgan, former president of the College, dies at the age of 82 from an "illness of many months." The College plans to take part in the Carlisle Community Chest Drive to raise money for various charitable causes. The Civil Aeronautics Academy sponsors Dickinson and offers to train 10 students in amateur flying.

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Dickinsonian, October 5, 1939

President Corson addresses the 556-strong student body at Convocation. Belles Lettres announces that it will publish the Hornbook for the first time since 1934. Three foreign students (one Chinese, one French, and one German) are unable to come to Dickinson on schedule or at all, and another is unable to return home to France during the summer due to the escalation of World War II. The Dickinsonian, meanwhile, runs a poll whose results suggest that most students oppose U.S. involvement in the war effort and agree that the Allies will ultimately win.

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Dickinsonian, May 18, 1939

Dickinson College to reconstruct Bosler Hall. Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox to speak at Commencement. Former Cumberland County resident, Daniel Drawbaugh laid claim to title of inventor of the telephone in 1881. Alice Abbott, the first girl to make the men's varsity tennis team at Dickinson, has been asked to play on the Junior Wightman Cup Tennis Team. Hazel Fager takes victory in archery.

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Dickinsonian, May 11, 1939

Details of several new student elections and awards. Baseball team beats University of Delaware and Temple University. Golf team wins against Western Maryland University. They also earned their first intercollegiate invitation tournament by defeating Baltimore University.

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Dickinsonian, May 4, 1939

At the Tau Kappa Alpha Convention, Leon Robinson receives first prize for debate. Robert E. Banker and Beatrice V. Sautter both earn French exchange awards. Dickinson Tennis beats Lebanon Valley. Golf team wins first match of the season against Gettysburg College. Track team beats Juniata at first home meet, and Jerry Darr sets a new record in hurdles.

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Dickinsonian, April 29, 1939

Dr. Popenoe, Director of the Institute of Family Relations in Los Angeles, holds a marriage clinic during chapel. Mal Hallet and his nationally famous orchestra will play at the Commencement Ball. Details of Founders' Day event. Dickinson Baseball defeats Mt. St. Mary's in Guest Day match. Track team beats Susquehanna and breaks two records.

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Dickinsonian, April 22, 1939

Delegates from Dickinson College attend the Inter-Collegiate Government Conference in Harrisburg. Members of the Dickinson Dramatic Club present "Swamp Spirit" at the Cultural Olympics in Philadelphia. Student athlete Kinzie Weimer receives the Jacob Cohen, Phi Epsilon Pi trophy. Premier concert baritone, John Charles Thomas gives a concert in Carlisle. Dickinson alum Colonel William A. Ganoe to speak at Founders' Day event.

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Dickinsonian, March 2, 1939

Rev. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, leader in the world movement for peace and Christian unity , speaks on "Germany's New Religion" at a meeting of the Young People's Fellowship.  Bill Nickels speaks about the trips taken by the Social Survey Committee.  Fraternities Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi hold a dance entitled the "Miami Triad," with music from Don Peepbles.  Donations from James W.

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