Boyd Lee Spahr, former President of the College and then-President of the Board of Trustees, donates funds to build a cupola atop South College. Track star Gil Dodds visits campus and speaks on his experiences. The Bridge Club is invited to compete against 300 other colleges in the National...
The Dickinsonian elects John Shumaker '51 editor-in-chief for the 1950-51 academic year. The Sociology Department begins an extensive project to interview Carlisle residents, with over 70 Dickinson students taking part. The Bookstore announces that it will extend its hours during the beginning...
Reverends Miles DePagter and Alson J. Smith, as well as Professors Earl H. Furgeson and William R. Barnhart, are announced as the primary speakers during Religion in Life Week, scheduled for February 12 through the 16th. Bob Barron and his orchestra, "America's Favorite College Band," are hired...
Harriet Lane '53 is elected Mid-Winter Ball Queen; Mary Ellen Dykstra '52 is elected Maid of Honor. Religion In Life week is set to open on Sunday, February 12 with an address from key-note speaker Rev. Miles DePagter. The Mermaid Players announce the commencement of production for a performance...
Richard A. Campbell, Warren F. Coolidge, Janet C. Elder, Arthur C. Flandreau, William I. Mudd, Jr., Bruce R. Rehr, and Eleanor L. Uhland (all '50) are elected to join Phi Beta Kappa, the national honorary scholastic fraternity. Dean Russell I. Thompson announces the names of the students on the...
In a surprise upset, the Red Devils basketball team defeats a top-notch Gettysburg squad 66-51. Dean Amos B. Horlacher, after attending a conference to discuss low grades among fraternity members, returns to campus to address dismal performance in the previous week's campus-wide fire drills....
Plans for the D Club Dance, to be held the night after this publication, and for Interfraternity Weekend, to be held a week later, are made. Dr. Milton E. Flower opens a new art exhibit in Bosler Hall, titled "Is Picasso Mad?" President WIlliam W. Edel gives a talk on the early history of the...
The Red Devils basketball team ends its highly successful season with an 80-68 victory over Bucknell. A fire breaks out at the Phi Kappa Psi house, requiring the Fire Department to visit twice but ultimately damaging little beyond the stove it started in. Professors Ernest A. Vuilleumier and...
The 1950 Chest Drive, sponsored by the Interfaith Council and aimed to support six charities, kicks off. Students are asked to pledge $3.00 apiece, the ultimate goal being $3,000 in donations. A group of pranksters steals the hand-made weather vane from South College's under-construction cupola...
Head Football Coach Ralph Ricker resigns his position to take a job at Lebanon Valley College. The Mermaid Players' third production of the season, The Tempest, opens at Metzger Hall. Jane Lehmer, member of the Debate Team, is named "Gavel Girl of Pennsylvania" at the annual all-state debate...
The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, tackles various aspects of college life in a satirical manner.
James Arnold, Robert Crow, Richard Eisenhour, Larry Lichtenstein, and John Shumaker are tapped to join Omicron Delta Kappa, nationla leadership honorary society; meanwhile, nine sophomores are chosen to join the Skull and Key Society. Asa W. Climenhaga is hired to replace Raymond P.G. Bowman as...
Coach Dave Kirk of the Physical Education Department announces that he will resign his post at the end of the year in order to take a job at Friend's Central School in Philadelphia. The Spring Formal, scheduled for the night of publication, will feature two bands and follow a Spring Garden Party...
The Dickinson Follies production "Out of the Red" will open the following Thursday, with huge crowds anticipated. The Inter-Fraternity Council adopts a new constitution. Nine junior women are tapped to join the Wheel and Chain Society. Popular pianists Ozan Marsh and Patricia Benkman give a free...
The Class of '51 elects its new officers: James Arnold, President; Paul Strickler, Vice-President; Jane Lehmer, Secretary; and Lawrence Lichtenstein, Treasurer. Student Senate also elects new officers: George Mooradian, President; Robert Hobson, Vice-President; Joyce Ingham, Secretary; and...
Over 1000 students, alumni, and guests are expected to attend the weekend's Commencement exercises, at which Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam is the key speaker. The College announces that it will award 8 honorary degrees, and that an additional 15 seniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the...
Dr. A Victor Murray, President of Chesnut College, Cambridge, England, receives an honorary degree. Tom Carey elected as the Editor-in-Chief of the Microcosm. Professor J. Clair McCullough named the new Dean of the College. The total number of credit hours required to graduate is reduced from...
Professor John C. Pflaum speaks at the first meeting of the International Relations Club about his trip to Europe over the summer. Senate President Morrad G. Mooradian addresses students at a recent chapel meeting. Profile on student athlete, John "Punky" Lyter.
Mr. L.E. Tsao speaks in chapel about China's position in the recent war. Mrs. Welthy Honsinger Fisher will give a lecture called "Present Tensions in Asia." Profile on student athlete, William Falen.
College confirms plans for campus renovations, including a new women's dormitory. Grant Reynard speaks in chapel about the importance of artistic expression. Students will vote to select a winner for the "Miss Esquire Calendar Girl , 1951" competition. Profile on student athlete, Larry Stevens...
Freshman Miss "Ricky" McCoid is selected to represent Dickinson College in the Esquire Calendar Contest. Mrs. Helen Woods speaks at chapel about traditions in the United States. The Social Committee presents plans for a snack bar to President Edel. Dr. Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. gives a speech at...
Famous trumpeter, Hank Hoffman will play in the band during Homecoming.The International Relations Club sponsors a U.N. display in the window of the Kronenberg clothing store. Professor Frank Ayres , Jr., announces his publication of a new math book. Dickinson alum General James G. Steese, a...
President Edel speaks at chapel. Dean of Women, Phoebe G. Follmer takes a leave of absence and Mary Margaret Kellogg is appointed the acting Dean. Article discussing the upcoming Homecoming football match for the Old Mahogany Bucket between Dickinson and Gettysburg College. The Dickinson Mermaid...
The Student Senate censures a number of men for participating in a raid of Gibbs House on October 31. Famous British novelist, Elizabeth Bowen will speak at the College. Kappa Sigma wins the contest for best display during Homecoming. The Dickinson Mermaid is returned to President Edel and the...
President Edel approves the plans for the snack bar sponsored by the All-College Social Committee. The Inter-Fraternity Council seeks independence from the Student Senate. Dr. Calvin Stout, headmaster of The American School for Boys in Baghdad, Iraq, speaks in chapel. Article about the...
