Baltimore Alumni Association meets. Schedule for commencement week. Belles Lettres Society holds sixth annual oratorical contest; James C. Nicholson wins. Union Philosophical Society holds its sophomore oratorical contest. Dickinson baseball defeats State Normal School of Shippensburg.
An alumni reunion is held in Philadelphia. Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 87th anniversary. Charles F. Robbins, student, dies of typhoid fever, to which an article is written in memoriam. The Belles Lettres Society and the Sigma Chi Fraternity also present their condolences. The Belles Lettres Society celebrates its 90th anniversary. An instance of a duel that almost took place in the 1850s is recounted by an alumni.
Belles Lettres challenges Union Philosophical Society to a public debate. Alumni plan a Grand Centennial Reunion in Philadelphia.
Glee and Mandolin Club's annual spring tour. Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society election results. Union Philosophical Society wins the debate against the Belles Lettres Society. Dr. Prettyman lectures the Shakespeare Club. Belles Lettres Society anniversary. Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance. Phi Kappa Psi reception. Minstrel show will be given. Pi Beta Phi entertains in the Assembly Hall. Dr. Abbee address in Chapel Hall. Dickinson loses to Swarthmore in an oratorical contest. Summary of James N. Brown's address to the college.
Dickinson loses to Franklin and Marshall in debate. Dickinson College Alumni Association of New York dinner. Freshmen win against the Juniors in inter-class basketball. The Seniors tie with Sophomores in inter-class basketball. Belles Lettres Society election results. Dramatic Club election results. Theta Lambda Phi banquet. Athletic Association election results.
A report of the whereabouts and activities of the class of 1897 is published. Traditional "Fair Week" half-holday is canceled, and Friday after Thanksgiving is proposed as a substitute. After a year's break from the usual custom, the requirement of upper classmen to answer to church roll is revived, with disapproval from the editors. United States President William McKinley, Professor Cramer, and Dr. Stauffer are elected to honorary membership in the Belles Lettres Society. The editors call for improved exits from the athletic field.
Multiple pages of notes about this year's commencement. Alumni banquet is held. Phi Delta Theta banquet. Sigma Alpha Epsilon banquet. Phi Kappa Psi's annual reunion and Symposium. Beta Theta Pi banquet. Sigma Chi banquet. Announcement of Y. M. C. A.'s annual conference in Northfield. Belles Lettres Society held a contest in Bosler Hall. The semi-annual meeting of the Inter-Collegiate Press Association of the Middle States was held in Philadelphia. Results of the Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society are announced.
Announcement of the new editors of the Dickinsonian. Criticism of the course selection policy and process. Criticism of library procedure. Article on "Dickinson Catalogues of 1813-1890. 5 vols. 218 D.". The Middletown District convention was held. Phi Delta Theta's annual banquet will be held during commencement week. Phi Kappa Psi will hold it's Annual Symposium in June. Beta Theta Pi attended their annual Dorg of New England with many other universities. Sigma Chi was represented at the Provincial Convention of the First Province.
Student representatives are elected to the Intermediary Committee. Carlisle Alumni Association is formed. Beta Theta Pi brothers attend a reception and meet General James F. Rusling (Class of 1854). Balcony is removed from east end of East College. Belles Lettres Society elects officers; Strite is president.
Commencement and commencement week are detailed. UPS and BLS hold their annual general meetings. List of members of class of '92 with vocation, favorite study, favorite swear, measurements, clothing sizes, mottoes, etc. President gives annual Levee. Joseph Webster Stayman wins BLS sophomore oratorical prize. Frank McDaniel wins UPS sophomore oratorical prize. Frederick Elliot Downes wins gold Pierson prize; Clarence Balentine wins silver. William Perry Eveland wins senior oratorical prize. Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta hold annual banquets.
Students form the Blaine Republican Club of Dickinson College; Edwin Storer Janes Kulp is president. Belles Lettres Society wins Wallower Prize in inter-society debate on Democratic party policy concerning tariff and silver legislation.
Annual mid-winter athletic competition is held. Allison Memorial Methodist Church opens. UPS and BLS elect officers; William T. Roberts and Van Pierce Northrup are presidents, respectively.
Obituaries for William C. Allison and Warren Pierce '94. Alpha Zeta Phi holds its first reception. Beta Theta Pi moves from its rooms on Hanover Street to rooms on High Street recently vacated by Chi Phi. Pennington Club elects officers; William Perry Eveland is president. Belles Lettres Society elects officers; Charles Coover Greer is president. Union Philosophical Society elects officers; Augustus Sayford Fasick is president.
The Union Philosophical Society emerges victorious against the Belles Lettres Society in the Annual Inter-Society Debate. The Combined Musical Clubs deliver an excellent program at Shippensburg, with Director John Craig King producing an exceptional Mandolin Club. Phi Delta Theta celebrates a fraternal Alumni Day with a banquet.
The annual inter-society debate between the Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society is set to take place. Dickinson's YMCA invite S.M. Sayford to speak to all "Christian men of the college." Dances are held by Phi Kappa Psi and the Comus Club.
"On a slippery field" Dickinson loses to State by one touchdown, 6-0. Dr. C.T. Winchester of Wesleyan University gives the first lecture of the Civic Club course in the opera house. Members of the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres literary societies choose question and candidate for the Inter-Society Debate.
Dickinson is the first team to play (and lose to) Penn on their brand new field. A student mass meeting is called by Coach Hutchins to thank students for their support before and after the Penn game. Class election results announced, and lemonade and cake are served at a "delightfully informal" Y.W.C.A. Reception.
The revised baseball schedule is announced. The Ladies of the college held a reception for the Freshman Class. The results of the Prep School strength tests are announced, revealing that on average the prep school students are stronger than the freshmen and sophomores. The Dickinsonian Board of Editors elects Boyd L. Spahr as Editor-in-chief. The new officers of the Belles Lettres Society are announced.
The Inter-Society Debate between the Union Philosophical Society and the Belles Lettres Society took place in Bosler Hall. The Belles Lettres Society won. The state convention for the Y. M. C. A. is held. A reader responds to the Dickinsonian's negative comments about the Law School. An address entitled “Carlisle Before and During the Revolution” is given at the Women’s Civic Club of Carlisle. The Mid-winter sports will begin on Friday.
The Union Philosophical Society held a celebration for its 110th anniversary in Bosler Hall. The Belles Lettres Society celebrated their 113th anniversary in Bosler Hall. The Senior Class held their class Banquet. Results of males physical examinations are published.
Through studies, a group of people in charge of the physical welfare of college students came up with a series of tests to ascertain the health of a student, and these tests will be administered at Dickinson. A mass meeting is called to address the problem of the destruction of college property by way of vandalism. Phi Delta Theta convention held in Ohio. The Union Philosophical Society, the Belles Lettres Society, and the Athletic Association elect new officers. Dickinson attends Y. M. C. A. convention.
The football team wins 6 to 0 against Bloomsburg Normal School. Both the Belles Lettres Society and the Union Philosophical Society admit new members to their ranks. A column outlines several improvements that need to be made to the college campus. Carlisle Indians play football against Susquehanna University.
Y. M. C. A. Presidents conference. First meeting of the Editorial Board of The Dickinsonian is held. Belles Lettres Society literary program inauguration. Comments on honor systems for examinations.
The Belles Lettres Society has its one hundred and fourteenth anniversary. The second section of Senior Forensics is held. Article on the French Reader. New resolutions are made by the Executive Committee of the Dickinson College Athletic Association.
The Union Philosophical Society and the Belles Lettres Society debate in Bosler Hall, the latter the victor. The J. Herman Bosler Library is opened. The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. has a missionary meeting in Chapel Hall. First section of Senior Foresnsics is held. Announcement of the annual Mid-Winter sports cup.