Belles Lettres Society

James L. Beighle is elected president of Student Senate. Juniors select officers in final class elections. The town members of Carlisle plan to decorate the town for commencement. Athletic Association is considering making an athletic club house. Skitch-a-Genee initiations. Dramatic Club production. Inter-Fraternity Council elections. Belles Lettres Society elections. Tau Kappa Alpha initiations. Carlisle loses to Harrisburg in chess. Debating conference at Penn State. Mohler Scientific Club elections. The Tennis Team may compete in championships. Update on Greek Club production.

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.

The Carlisle Chamber of Commerce supports the college's fundraising campaign. Nina Morgana will give a performance at the Carlisle Opera House. Updates on commencement. Notes on J. Stitt Wilson lecture. Eight Freshmen are chose in the Declamation Contest preliminaries. School superintendent election results. Belles Lettres Society and Law Club debate. Former athletic trainer at the Carlisle Indian School accepts position at Leland Stanford University. Pinchot for Governor Club is organized. Professor Mohler gives demonstration on liquid air. Greek Club will present play. Theta Chi formal.

Review of the performances seen at the Drama Festival. J. Stitt Wilson will lecture the college. Updates on the college fundraising campaign. Religious summer school to be held in July. John Hays will give a demonstration of a radio concert to the Mohler Scientific Club. Tryouts for the Freshmen declamation contest. Belles Lettres Society election results. Cast of the play Antigone announced. Dr. Arthur Delroy addresses the college. News from China. Y. M. C. A. election results. Chi Omega Founders' Day formal. Travelers' Club smoker.

Plans for Washington's birthday celebration. Announcement of debate with State College. Fred F. Shedd to speak to the Press Club. Dr. Ira Landrith will speak at the college. Sophomores and Freshmen classes win the four set of interclass basketball games. Anniversary of the Belles Lettres Society held in Kressler-McFadden Hall. Suggestions for the Nesbit Day Program.

Kenneth Bixler obituary. Edgar C. Raine to give lecture on Alaska in Bosler Hall. Dr. Ira Landrith of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association will address the college. Union Philosophical Society defeats the Belles Lettres Society in the inter-society contest. Update on Week of Prayer. Miss Mary Anderson address. Dr. Robert William Rogers lecture. Mr. Biddle addresses the Mohler Scientific Club in Denny Hall. Freshmen class has walk around to celebrate liberties. Annual meeting of college presidents from Pennsylvania.

Lewis S. Sadler obituary. Mr. Shedd will address the College Press Club. Preparations for the Week of Prayer. The Freshmen and Sophomore classes win the second round of the interclass basketball games. Belles Lettres Society election results. Notes on Norman Angell address. Reverend Mudge address. Dr. John W. Handcher is placed in charge of the college fundraising campaign. Professor Norcross address on "The Psychological Effects of Adequate Street Lighting". Tryouts for the Dramatic Club's production of "Officer 666". College Orchestra refused financial remuneration.

Portrait of John Dickinson given to college. Grand officers of Phi Kappa Sigma announced. Athletic Association Officers election results. Death of student Charles Engle Bates. Glenn Killinger elected as football coach. Professor Vuilleumier gives a reading. Belles Lettres Society election results. Microcosm offers prizes to students.

Belles Lettres Literary Society wins annual debate against Union Philosophical Literary Society.  The Ben Greet Players present "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Twelfth Night", hosted by the Civic Club.  Suggestions for ways to revise the cap scrap are requested by the Senate.

Dr. Lippincott leaves Dickinson to become Chancellor of Kansas State University, and two new professors, Professor Durell and Dr. Rittenhouse, join the college's staff.  The sophomore baseball team beats the junior team.  An inter-society debate between the Union Philosophical Society and the Belles Lettres Society is planned.The Board of Trustees votes to construct a new Scientific Building between East and West College.

Inter-society debate held, presided over by Professor Hitchler, Union Philosophical Society wins. Dr. Reed gives lecture on socialism. Mr. Irving E. Vining gives a lecture to Belles Lettes on "The Art of  Knowing and Influencing Men". Day of prayer for colleges observed. 

The Junior and Sophomore classes win the first night of the Inter-class series. The Belles Lettres Society won the Inter-Society Debate held in Bosler Hall. The Skull and Key Dance was held in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.

The Belles Lettres Society announces its officers for the winter term. Students are given words of encouragement as a new semester begins on campus.

Finishing of the Senior Forensics. Rumors of a Freshmen banquet. Y. M. C. A. officers elected. Organization of Gamma Zeta sorority. Phi Kappa Sigma reunion dinner. Belles Lettres Society wins against the Union Philosophical Society in debate.

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.

Program for commencement week. YMCA elects officers. Cole and Walkley prizes for declamation are awarded. UPS holds elections; H. M. Stephens is president. Belles Lettres holds elections; Chester N. Ames is president. Montgomery P. Sellers wins Belles Lettres Sophomore Oratorical contest; Clarence Balentine wins UPS sophomore oratorical contest. Freshmen hold burlesque. Dickinson competes at the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association of Pennsylvania's annual field day.

Committee created to raise money for the endowment of a chair of The English Bible and Semitic History. Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 102nd anniversary with a banquet. UPS holds elections; S. A. Lewis '91 is president. Belles Lettres holds elections; W. A. Hutchinson '92 is president. Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association holds annual meeting; Ralph W. Illingworth of Dickinson is elected president.

The prep school boys continue to use up all the hot water in the gym, leaving none for the college athletes. The Glee Club continues to practice for its performances this year. Lyman Abbott writes a column about the issue of unqualified professors holding positions in the college. This year the Junior class will return to the tradition of publishing the yearly annual. The athletes of the school are encouraged to use the gymnasium facilities to inspire some friendly competition among themselves. The Belles Lettres Society and the Union Philosophical Society each elect new officers.

The Athletic Association constructs a new constitution that allows it to hold property and protects its rights and privileges. Over the summer there were several improvements made to the college buildings and grounds. Students are urged to patronize those businesses that advertise in The Dickinsonian. This year’s freshman class includes seven women. The Belles Lettres Society, the Union Philosophical Society, the freshman class elect officers. An article defends the merits of American football and talks about this year’s football team.

Notes on Sunday's Commencement. Notes on Dickinson College School of Law Commencement. Trustee meeting in Jacob Tome Scientific Building. Concert given by the Dickinson College Orchestra. Junior class promenade. Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society election results. Celebration of Class Day. Alpha Sigma banquet. Phi Delta Theta trip to the Ziegler farm. Establishment of Kappa Gamma fraternity on campus. Union Philosophical Society Sophomore Oratorical Contest. Freshmen Oratorical Contest in Bosler Hall.

The editors ask the student body to remember that the reputation of Dickinson is in their hands.  Rev.

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.

Demorest Temperence Contest held at the Lutheran Church. Anna Shaw lecture on the "New Man". Freshmen banquet. Update on the Microcosm. Rod and Gun club is organized. President Reed's reception to members of the Senior class. Debate between Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society, the Union Philosophical Society the victor. Obituary for Dickinson student Leon Chamberlain. Freshmen Oratorical Contest for the Cole and Walkley prizes held in Bosler Hall. New fraternity song for Phi Delta Theta. Y. M. C. A. Northfield convention.

President George Reed address for the State Epworth League. Belles Lettres Society anniversary. Baltimore Alumni Association of Dickinson College meeting.

Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society program listings. Obituary for brother of James Buchanan, Reverend Edward Young Buchanan. Phi Delta Theta sleigh ride to Mt. Holly. First lecture in the Y. M. C. A. Star Course.