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Improvements are made to the athletic fields to keep the crowd from surging onto the field. Students are encouraged to attend the upcoming football game against the  Carlisle Indian School and ticket prices are reduced so more students can attend...

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Every student is encouraged to attend the first football game in three years between Dickinson College and the Carlisle Indian School where souvenir programs will be distributed. A large meeting is held in Bosler Hall to practice yells and songs...

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In their first meeting in three years, Dickinson College loses the football game against the Carlisle Indian School with a final score of 36-0. Dickinson Alumni Claud M. Stauffer, class of 1905, leads the Carlisle Indian School band during the...

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The Freshmen hold a Freshmen Banquet in the fall term for the first time. Corrections are made to the membership list of the Belles Lettres Literary Society. The obituary for Miss Carolyn Eppley, '05, is published. An announcement is made for...

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Members of the sophomore class take a straw ride and play games. President George E. Reed returns from vacation and is greeted by a cheering crowd, a good demonstration of college pride. 

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The Dickinson branch of the YMCA will present the annual Week of Prayer November 20-24. For the first time in several years a home football game is celebrated with a parade, following the team's victory over Lehigh. Saturday morning chapel is...

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With the conclusion of the football season, student focus shifts to the debate team as they challenge Franklin and Marshall. Week of Prayer begins and goes precisely as planned. Union Philosophical Society and Belles Lettres Literary Society...

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Dickinson defeats Franklin and Marshall in the first debate of the season. The manager of the 1907 Microcosm develops a plan which will require students to lay a down payment on their yearbooks, hoping that this will make the book more...

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The tour schedule for the college's musical clubs is released with expectations for great success. Dickinson sends a delegate to a New York conference discussing potential amendments to the game of football. The passed resolutions serve to...

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The schedule for the upcoming baseball season is released. Rumors of an engineering course being offered at Dickinson in upcoming terms circulate. 

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The Athletic Committee and President Reed discuss the possibility of introducing soccer to the campus on an inter-class and inter-fraternity level. The resources for a varsity team are not yet available, but if enough interest is shown such a...

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President Reed addresses the campus, speaking out against the current state of football and threatens to abolish it if major amendments are not made to the nature of the game. The college catalog for 1905-1906 is published. The Dickinsonian...

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The annual mid-winter sports cup is held in the college gymnasium. Those men wishing to join the baseball team are called to begin practice for the upcoming season. Horatio C. King, '58, author of Songs of Dickinson and A History of...

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The annual banquet of the Baltimore Alumni of Dickinson College is held, presenting the progress of the College over the years. The evening ends with the presentation of $1000 to President Reed to be spent in whatever he considers the College's...

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Members of the Phi Beta chapter of Alpha Chi Rho attend the fraternity's annual convention. A meeting of the Association of College Presidents of Pennsylvania is called to discuss the recent controversies surrounding football, as well as the...

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The Glee and Mandolin Clubs open their season in Newville, Pennsylvania and prepare for their upcoming concert in Harrisburg. Coach Williams is scheduled to give a lecture on soccer football for the sport's inaugural game. The College Camera Club...

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The Glee and Mandolin Clubs return after a tour comprised of ten concerts in three different states. President Reed requests submissions for a new college song. The writer of the song deemed the best will receive a prize. The Philadelphia Alumni...

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The annual banquet of the Alumni Association of New York is held. The association's president Horatio King distributes new college songbooks to the attendees and President Reed speaks about the college's current state. The 1906 Microcosm procures...

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The Comus Club holds an Easter Dance. Students prepare for the upcoming tennis tournament. 

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Belles Lettres Literary Society holds its annual oratorical contest for its sophomore members. The senior class easily claims victory at the inter-class track and field meet. The freshman cap scrap occurred, free from faculty interference. 

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The new Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which met in December at the height of the football controversy, produces a constitution and bylaws which are distributed to institutions throughout the nation. Dickinson faculty accepts the documents...

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The 1906 Commencement Issue celebrates the end of the academic year and outlines the schedule of events for the week. Representatives from colleges around the area congregate in Harrisburg to organize a college athletic association of Central...

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The 124th year of Dickinson's history is entered upon, welcoming large classes into all of its departments.  The Athletic Association holds team manager and vice presidential elections.  Professor Leon C. Prince publishes A Bird's Eye View of...

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Harvard man Fritz S. Darrow, Ph. D. joins the college faculty.  Dickinsonians await a performance by the 50-piece New York Symphony Orchestra.  The annual Y.M.C.A. reception is held for new members in Conway Hall.

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Various works, including Life of Bishop Hurst, are added to the library's collection.  A college-wide holiday is granted for the dedication of the state capitol in Harrisburg.  Walter Damrosch to lead the new York Symphony Orchestra in a...

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