Commencement. Annual oratorical contests are held. May Day Fete is held. Raven’s Claw initiates new members. List of members of graduating class. Phi Beta Kappa initiates new members. Dr. Mervin G. Filler is appointed the International YMCA’s delegate to the War Service Exchange. Tau Kappa alpha initiates new members. Theta Chi holds annual banquet. Comus Club dance is held.
Annual Tug-o'-War between Freshmen and Sophomores. The War Department requests that the college form a rifle club. The Greek Club will perform in Old West. Officers for all women organizations are chosen. Preparations for Alumni Day. Preparation for commencement activities. Dickinsonian Managerial Board elections. Belles Lettres Society and Law Club debate postponed. Professor Prince speaks at the Harrisburg Teachers' Association. Proposed Budget System was approved by student senate. John Hays will give a radio concert. Obituary for Miss Mary Dillon. Sophomore Oratorical Contest.
Commencement Weekd is held. The speeches given at Commencement are all listed. The Board of Trustees motions to request Faculty imput on the admittance of ladies to the college. A new building, the Bosler Memorial Library Hall, is planned. The Junior Oratorical Contest is held.
Account of commencement. Junior Oratorical Contest is followed by a Junior Promenade. Board of Trustees meets, decides to purchase the athletic field, and authorizes the construction of a new building for offices, recitation rooms, and literary society halls as soon as funding is secured. UPS and Belles Lettres hold annual general meetings. Frank Moore wins and George Edward Mills receives second place in Senior Oratorical Contest for Walkley prize. President Reed holds a reception for the senior class in his mansion. Phi Kappa Psi holds its annual symposium.
Commencement is held. Bishop Foss holds a sermon for the YMCA. The Junior Oratorical Contest is held is Bosler Hall. Class Day is celebrated by the Class of 1889. The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies elect officers and honorary members. The Alumni Association also elects officers. An inter-class baseball
A harmonious and progressive year ends for the college with the 105th Commencement Ceremony. The Junior Class Oratorical Contest is held. Theta Nu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, and Chi Phi hold their annual banquets. Dr. Himes photographs students in the gymnasium. The classes of 1890 and 1891 play baseball, with the freshmen winning the day 28 to 18. The freshmen lose a baseball game to the preparatory students, 21 to 11. Dickinson’s baseball team also wins against teams from Carlisle, Harrisburg, and Pennsylvania College.
The Annual Junior Oratorical Contest occurs. The Honorable Richard Wigginton Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, delivers an oration to the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies.
Phi Beta Kappa meetings. Professor Harry F. Whiting is married to Miss Grace Derland. Junior Oratorical Contest held for the Pierson Prizes in Bosler Hall. Commencement notes. Stopper and Fisk Orchestra concert given in Bosler Hall. Literary Society election results. Banquet held for Professor Fletcher Durell. Union Philosophical Society and Belles Lettres Society contests. Dickinson defeats the Carlisle Indians in baseball. Beta Theta Pi banquet. The Alpha Zeta Phi fraternity no longer exists at Dickinson. Sigma Chi banquet.
President McCauley's baccalaureate speech. A junior oratorical contest is held. Class day. Commencement. Alumni meeting is held. Classes of '66 and '71 hold reunions.
Dickinson defeats University of Pittsburgh twice in baseball in one day. Carlisle Indians win the Harrisburg intercollegiate track meet. Herman Bosler Biddle Memorial Athletic Field to be presented to the school. Coach J. A. Pipal retires. Junior oratorical contest. Winner of the Department of Oratory oratorical contest is announced. Dickinson Club smoker. Notes on Conway's commencement.
Commencement is held. The Junior Class Oratorical Contest is held. The Board of Trustees defends President McCauley and the actions of the Faculty regarding the Hill Case. Sigma Chi, Chi Phi, and Phi Kappa Psi hold banquets. Field Day is held. Dickinson beats Letort in baseball 17 to 6.
Commencement and Junior Oratorical Contest speeches are summarized and published. The 102nd annual Commencement is held, as well as the Junior contest and alumni reunions for classes and for the societies. Professor Little leaves Dickinson despite a petition by the students that the Trustees should make every possible effort to retain him. The Sigma Chi Fraternity is re-established. Praise is given to Miss Bender for receiving the Greek Award, a signal of the falsehood of the theory of the inferiority of women.
The college catalogue is released. Planning begins for the Junior Contest and Belles Lettres Sophomore Contest. A reunion is called for the class of 1882.
Junior's have their cremation and banquet. Phi Kappa Psi has a card party. The Junior Oratorical Contest is held. The Glee, Mandolin and Guitar clubs give a commencement concert in Bosler Hall. Dickinson loses to the Carlisle Indians. The Dickinson College Preparatory School has its commencement in Bosler Hall.
Juniors will be allowed to take classes at the Law School. Letters given out to 11 men, including 9 Freshmen. President Waugh puts forth a plan to delay rushing before the Interfraternity Council. Article on Dickinson in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Club members abolish the International Relations Club. Article on the Commuter's Room and the ways in which this privilege has been abused. Lawn party to be held at Metzger Hall. Dean Meredith won prize. Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall tie in annual track meet.