Omicron Delta Kappa taps six juniors for membership. Union Philosophical Society, Belles Lettres, Wheel and Chain, and Lambda Sigma Pi (honorary scientific society) elect officers.
Doctor Gaylord H. Patterson, Professor Emeritus, dies at the age of 73. Bishop E.H. Hughes is announced as the year's Commencement speaker. Ten seniors are elected to join Pennsylvania's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Edwin E. Willoughby '22 donates...
The Young People's Fellowship plans a hayride to disprove the rumors that they are a "stuffy" organization. The four women's fraternities pledge forty-three freshmen and transfer students. Dickinson is asked to take part in the Civilian Pilot...
The passage of the Selective Service Act requires ninety-two of the colleges' four hundred and twelve male students and seven faculty members to register for the United States military. This is the first peace-time conscription in the history of...
It’s the second annual Parents’ Weekend! Fifteen students meet to discuss their desire to start a Spanish Club on campus. Twenty students begin working with the Civil Aeronautics Authority to receive private pilot’s licenses. The Willkie Club of...
The reorganization of the Harman Literary Society is decided by a group of seven female students interested in the furthering of a literary and discussion group. The Dickinson Dramatic Club selects "Charley's Aunt" for their first production of...
The Commons Club's furniture mysteriously disappears. The third Dickinson Horn Book will be published in the coming weeks. It's homecoming/alumni weekend! A group of girls fights to get a cheerleading squad for athletic contests.
An unidentified man breaks into the room of a female freshman in Metzger Hall. He smothers her screams with his hand and tries to remove her bedclothes before being frightened away by her second scream, which is not smothered. The Dramatic Club...
The Dickinson Alumni Club of Ohio is formed in Cleveland, the twenty-second alumni organization to be formed. Seven freshmen are tried by the Student Tribune for laughing at their classmates who had to perform for upperclassmen. The intrusion of...
Student Senate organizes a pep rally for the big game against Gettysburg in response to the noticeable lack of spirit by students in the recent past. The head librarian at Dickinson, May Morris, suffers a fall from the library stairs, leaving her...
Dickinson joins a nation-wide Christmas stamp-selling campaign that raises funds for the National Tuberculosis Association. The Woman's Choral Club performs for the first time this semester, singing at the College Chapel Service. The renovations...
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will hold a Christmas party for needy children in the Carlisle area featuring a dinner, a trip to the movies and a gift. It is hoped that this will become and annual event. The Sociology Department announces the creation of a...
The college treasurer, Gilbert Malcolm, falls in a hotel room and injures both of his ankles.
The College Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert of the academic year, the customary Winter Concert. Student Senate proposes a change in the extra-curricular activities policy in place, fighting to eliminate value points and hour...
Dr. Fred P. Corson is elected President of the Association of College Presidents of Pennsylvania. Marion Van Auken is selected as the Queen of the Mid-Winter Ball. The new James W. Bosler Library nears completion. The Basketball Team beats Drexel...
The College Social Committee plans the Mid-Winter Dance for March 7 and campus elects the queen and her attendants. All major construction on Bosler Hall is completed and it is expected that the building will reopen on March 1. Dramatic Club...
The student body chooses seven male athletes to fill vacancies in the Athletic Association. The students work with the Board of Athletic Control which directs the athletic policies of the college. The Biology Department receives a donation in the...
Hell Week for fraternity pledges leaves Phi Kappa Psi pledges sweeping walkways for active members, Sigma Chi pledges going back to freshman rules, Phi Delta Thetas conducting mass on Molly Pitcher's grave and Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges carting...
A shake-up of Dickinson's intramural system is under consideration by the Intramural Director which will reduce the number of intramural teams with hopes of students participating in different activities instead of intramural sports and in...
March 3, 1773 is adopted as the official date of the founding of the college by the Board of Trustees, making it the eleventh oldest college in the nation and the oldest west of the Susquehanna River. President Fred Pierce Corson presents a creed...
George Myers, a junior, receives the 1902 Award as he is determined to be the best all around Dickinsonian. The most recent chapel speaker scolds Dickinson students for their disinterest in national and student affairs. The Dickinsonian...
The eighth annual Guest Day for prospective students and their families is planned. A ten minute period between classes and an amendment to Chapel policies are implemented at the recent faculty meeting to help to eliminate student tardiness...
Fifteen students attend the Intercollegiate Conference on Government in Harrisburg. Three of these students hold considerable positions at the conference such as registrar, secretary of a committee and regional director. The 1941 issue of the...
Wheel and Chain and Omicron Delta Kappa hold the third annual song fest on the steps of Old West. All the fraternities and sororities are expected to attend. The new pastor of Allison Methodist Church, a Dickinson alumnus, will be serving as the...
The Salvation Army is expected to receive a new high of $2,600 from a drive held in Carlisle to which several Dickinson students and faculty have contributed. Skull and Key and Wheel and Chain tap their new members for the coming semester....