Doll Dance. Dean's Committee created to govern Metzger Hall. Little Theater Group elects officers; Ivan D. Fickes is president. Campus Chest Drive begins.
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1947
March of Dimes begins. Fred Wilson is elected Student Senate chairman. William Lonsdale Taylor becomes head of political science department. Virginia Rickenbach elected Mid-Winter Ball queen.
Student Senate amends its constitution. Faculty denies Student Senate request for coeds to be permitted to visit fraternity houses without chaperones. Freshmen win women's interclass basketball tournament.
Allyn Welliver elected president of Dickinson College Religious Association. Frank Noonan is elected head of Student Athletic Association. James D. Bowman and Richard C. Hudson join faculty.
Dickinsonian changes its constitution and staff; Edgar Owens is editor in chief. Wheel and Chain hold tea for faculty wives. Campus Chest Drive exceeds goal.
George G. Landis donates money to be used as a math prize. Tolbert J. Scholl donates money to be used as a prize in honor of former president Filler.
Miriam Koontz, Jean Uhland, Fenton Adams, and Blake Spahr are elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity. Omicron Delta Kappa taps seven new members. William T. Avery, Stacey E. Eaton, Richard M. Spong, John C. Pflaum, and John R. Embock are promoted from instructors to assistant professors....
Neil Bachman, Margaret Bottwright, Rosalie Enders, Robert Furuno, John Gibson, Daniel Koon, Ellen Peterson, Thomas Richards, Edwin Thomas, and Allyn Welliver represent Dickinson at the third annual Pennsylvania State Methodist Student Conference. Miami Triad to hold annual dance. Dickinson ties...
President William W. Edel and Associate Professor Harold W. Weigel are elected to Omicron Delta Kappa. Oliver Hormell, Philip E. Jones, John Dodge, and Carl Lundquist to represent Dickinson at twelfth annual Pennsylvania State Debaters Convention. Phi Mus win women's IF basketball championship...
The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, tackles various aspects of college life in a satirical manner.
Dickinson sends delegates to Intercollegiate Conference on Government; Robert Crist chairs Rules Committee. Independent women hold meeting in new room in Denny and elect Estelle Bernard president.
Theta Chi hosts convention. Dickinson delegates lead small school block at Intercollegiate Conference on Government. Richard Buckheimer is elected president of Little Theater. Founders' Day is planned.
Wheel and Chain, Skull and Key tap new members. Founders Day is celebrated. Dwight Fickes wins ODK outstanding sophomore award. Weston C. Overholt, Jr. wins Skull and Key outstanding freshman award. Mary Jeanne Reynolds receives Wheel and Chain outstanding senior ring. Theta Chi hosts convention...
Hiram Andrews becomes honorary member of Union Philosophical Society. Young People's Fellowship holds elections; Austin Armitstead is president.
Little Theater performs "R.U.R." Omicron Delta Kappa taps five new members.
Ten seniors elected to national scholastic honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Raven's Claw taps seven seniors. Herbert Sheidy is elected president of Student Senate. Editorial staff for 1947-1948 Microcosm is announced. Russell I. Thompson succeeds Ernest A. Vuilleumier as College Dean. Whitfield J....
Professor of English Charles L. Swift retires. Enrollment rises above 900 for the first time in college history. A massive reappraisal project is undertaken to include all academic departments and extra-curricular activities. Significant changes are made to attendance, grading, and vacation...
The Dickinsonian celebrates its 75th year of publication by briefly examining its evolution over time. The Student Social Committee discussed plans for the upcoming year, including the Homecoming Ball (to be informal this year), dates for the five all-college dances, and fall appearances by...
Fraternities pledge 125 new members among the men's fraternities and 60 among the women's for a total of 185 in their most active rushing season since before World War II. George W. Rickey presents a lecture on art and a demonstration of portrait painting. A guest editorial by Senator Harry Bird...
Dickinson's journalistic fraternity, Alpha Sigma Gamma, petitions national journalistic fraternity Pi Delta Epsilon for a charter. A group of 12 students visit the U.N. in New York. Ozan Marsh performs a piano recital, his second visit to Dickinson. A new program of inter-college cooperation...
Dickinson holds its twentieth Homecoming weekend, including a football game against Swarthmore. Senior Russell D. Fettrow receives the British Distinguished Flying Cross for his wartime service in the air force. Norman Thomas gives a lecture highlighting the need for disarmament and the basis of...
Dickinson holds its first Parent's Day, including a football game against Drexel and a faculty reception. The creation of a student-led honor system is discussed to mostly positive reactions. In a survey of college freshmen, Dickinson students rank 66th out of 317 colleges rated. The...
Dean of Students Russel I. Thompson declares that no exams will be given on the day after major dances. An exhibit of American Folk art is held in Bosler Hall. The psychology department begins offering career aptitude examinations to students. The student senate president calls for an inquiry...
The first exhibition of primitive and folk art in central Pennsylvania opens in Bosler Hall, drawing more than 200 people. The Little Theater drama group declares support for a non-affiliated production of Macbeth despite controversy. The Intercollegiate Conference on Government begins drafting...
Dr. George Michaelides presents a lecture on imperialism in Greece and the US's role in the nation. The basketball season, expected to be particularly challenging, opens at home against Elizabethtown. A representative from the World Student Service Fund gives a presentation on conditions in post...
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