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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
A short history of the traditional Doll Show and dance appears in anticipation of the year's event. The Upsilon Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa society taps a total of 8 men, 6 seniors and 2 juniors. Dickinson's women plan a party for the...
Sociology students conduct a survey of housing conditions for white residents to Carlisle and a broader study of African-American residents' living conditions and experiences. The Board of Trustees approves significantly increased salaries for...
President Edel appoints 34 students from all class years to existing faculty reappraisal committees in the continued overhaul of the college's social and academic programs. The cast of Macbeth is chosen. An editorial on the importance of academic...
Delta Phi Alpha, a national honorary German fraternity, establishes a chapter with the tapping of twelve students and two honorary members. A student gives a talk on problems facing the Middle East, focusing particularly on Palestine. Twenty-four...
The Campus Chest drive opens with the goal of raising $3,000 to be distributed to six organizations. Seven students, including one woman, are elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity. A survey of the African-American community in...
Plans for the celebration of the college's 175th anniversary are announced. A committee of 50 students will help the administration to draw up the plans for this celebration. The Campus Chest drive reports having received 16% of their goal in...
A second meeting of members of the "Little Three" was held, at which several plans for inter-college cooperation were laid, including the immediate creation of a Little Three basketball team and the sharing of news items between the colleges'...
Eighty students are to be honored at the annual "A" banquet, given each year to recognize those students receiving an overall A average during either semester in the year preceding the banquet. A new president and executive board of the Student...
Three more speakers, including the Attorney General of the United States Thomas C. Clark, are announced for the college's 175th anniversary celebration. Dr. John H. Powell delivers a lecture on John Dickinson and the American Revolution as part...
The first annual Inter-fraternity weekend begins. A proposal for a student disciplinary committee is introduced to the Student Senate. Painter Grant Reynard visits Dickinson to give a lecture and a small demonstration of his work. The basketball...
An overview of Student Senate's report on popular elections appears, calling for a petition system to nominate candidates and outlining the duties of a popularly elected president. The local journalistic fraternity, Alpha Sigma Gamma, receives a...