Fifteen Dickinson students chosen to represent "Who's Who" among the American university and college students. ROTC selects nominees for female representative, seven to be elected at the Military Ball. Noted author and lecturer James T. Flexner...
College Choir to sing in chapel as part of their new program. Debate Council hosted a debate on whether the United States should adopt a free trade policy. Former Dickinson student Conrad N. Trumbore gains recognition for his scientific article...
U.S. Foreign Service member William P. Cochran to speak on campus at the next International Relations Club meeting. Men's Glee Club presents annual winter Festival of Music. Mermaid Players to present "Antigone".
Current chair of the Political Science department Dr. Tayler is installed as the first occupant of the Robert Blaine Weaver Chair of Political Science. College Choir to present their annual winter concert. Dickinson ROTC to hold first ever...
Aquacade Club to present annual show entitled, "Water Vagabonds". Harry E. Fosdick and W. Emory Hartman to address chapels. Campus clubs usher in holiday season with a number of themed events. Gershwin Concert Orchestra to give recital on campus...
Professor Whitfield J. Bell resigns. Omicron Delta Kappa and Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary leadership fraternities, tap new members. Aquatic Club performs annual show. Adult Education Program to be extended into the spring. Dickinson...
Professor Bell to give the first Boyd Lee Spahr Lecture in Americana of the year, named assistant editor in the project of collecting all of the know information on Benjamin Franklin. College to start Summer School program. New joint student-...
Mermaid Players plan spring production of "The Cardiff Giant", first time in MP history that faculty members will appear alongside students in a stage production. MPs also present production of Antigone. President of Vassar College Dr. Sarah...
Mermaid Players to introduce new mobile box office system to travel between dorms, offering tickets at reduced price; wrap up their tour of Antigone with a final performance at Gettysburg College. President Edel announces that the Board of...
Dr. Arthur Stanton Adams to speak at annual scholarship banquet. Annual Dickinson Follies to be performed. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra to perform on campus. Mermaid Players to perform "The Cardiff Giant", marking their third major production of...
Religion-in-Life Week opens. Dr. Mary Elizabeth Burtis to deliver final Spahr lecture of the year. Two summer school sessions to be be held at the College. Benjamin Rush Chapter of Future Teachers of America to receive national charter. Faculty...
Fifth annual Follies production, "It's The Greatest", to be performed in the Carlisle High School Auditorium. Students to bid on faculty members at an auction to benefit the Student Sanatorium in Istanbul, Turkey. Dickinson Band to be divided...
Inter-Fraternity Weekend opens. Faculty Auction raises $450 for the Student Sanatorium in Istanbul, Turkey. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra to perform in Bosler Hall. Unofficial poll of College faculty reveals desire to abolish Saturday classes,...
Superior Court Judge Robert E. Woodside to speak at fourth annual ODK Leadership Dinner. Debate team ties for fourth place in State Tournament. DePauw University Choir and Juilliard String Quartet to present concerts on campus. Mary Dickinson Day...
Revised social rules proposed, final action must still be taken by faculty and administration. Freshmen to stage performances of O'Neil's "The Long Voyage Home" and Saroyan's "Hello Out There". Renowned contralto Marian Anderson to receive...
ROTC to hold open house with other local civilian units. College Choir and Harrisburg Orchestra give Founders' Day concert. Dr. Karl T. Compton to receive Priestley Award for scientific achievement. Singer Marian Anderson receives Honorary Degree...
Mermaid Players to give unique outdoor production of "The Taming of the Shrew". Student Senate elects officers for 1954-1955 school year. Glee Club to preview their concert on a nationwide radio program broadcasting from Harrisburg. College Band...
Dr. Goodrich C. White, president of Emory University to be commencement speaker. Eight honorary degrees to be conferred at commencement, three on graduates of Dickinson. Men's Glee Club to present concert featuring hit Broadway showtunes. Prof....
Dickinson Summer School to open in June, first session since 1951. Prof. Pflaum presides over open hearing on new social rules. ROTC presents annual awards. Wheel and Chain to initiate eight for the '54-'55 academic year. Captain Kennedy,...
181st Commencement Exercises to be the first to be held outside, with seven to receive honorary degrees. New set of social rules instituted, Social Code updated. Debate Council ends their most active season on record. Inter-Fraternity Council...
There will be three new buildings built on campus including a new men's dormitory, chemistry building and student activities center. The Dickinson College Student Counseling Program is implemented to help new Freshmen get used to life in college...
Outstanding visiting preachers will be visiting the chapel for worship services. Dickinson is holding a tax workshop to give business executives, bank representatives and other interested people a chance to familiarize themselves with new tax...
Rush ends and 126 freshmen men pledge fraternities including Alpha Chi Rho, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Epsilon Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi and Theta Chi. The Dickinson Law School begins...
The Admissions Test for Graduate School in Business will be offered this coming year as more schools require it for entrance into their graduate programs. Irvine Smith, the Director of Debate at Dickinson, is elected Vice President of the...