Phi Delta Theta

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.

Miss Mary Buttorff to be featured in the Philomel concert. All college miniature circus event. Microcosm story winners are announced. The shifters appear on campus. Sophomores are allowed to choose punishments for Freshmen guilty of violating rules. The common cold is spreading through campus like wildfire. Banquet to be held for basketball players. Alumni of the College has two banquets. Sigma Alpha Epsilon formal. Phi Delta Theta informal. Kappa Sigma informal. Alpha Chi Rho stunt and dinner. Beta Theta Pi St. Patrick's Day event. Phi Mu banquet.

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.

Creation of the National Student Committee for the Limitation of Armament. The College Social Committee's plans for an all school event. Colonel Stanley Dunbar Embick addresses the college. Annual doll show. Article on Antonio Andrea Arrighi. Phi Delta Theta has an informal. Professor Baumgartner gives a health talk. French Club meeting. Chi Omega entertained Pi Beta Phi and Phi Mu. Formation of women's honorary society, Theta Omicron.

Celebrations for Washington's Birthday are planned.  Phi Delta Theta holds its annual dance in the Armory.  A senior writes a letter to the editor on the deplorable state of the bathing facilities in the gymnasium.  Essays to compete for membership on the Dickinsonian board due soon.  Applicants are reminded that the positions require hard work.  Gaps left in baseball schedule because Carlisle Indian School not playing in 1910.

Note: Pages 5 and 6 are missing from the only copy of this edition known to exist.

Dickinson begins its 127th year with an assembly in chapel, including a speech by Dr. Reed.  Sophomores successfully put up their posters, unmolested by Freshmen.  Sophomore girls hold a reception for the Sophomore boys in Assembly Hall.  The YMCA holds its annual all college reception in Chapel Hall.  Freshmen posters must be up by October 14th.  Freshmen win agains the Sophomores in the annual rush.  Second Section holds a feed.  The subject for intercollegiate debate is announced.  Phi Delta Theta gives an informal dance.

Senior Class takes trip to Luray Caverns. Results from track, baseball, tennis. Dr. George Katzge gives three lectures on Education in Germany. Minutes from Der Deutscher Verein. Copy of the Carlisle Herald from 1820 found with article about the conversion of early Dickinson to a Methodist college. More student contributions to the May literary contest.

Essay on the position of the law man (law student) on the athletic committee. Freshman class takes a straw-ride to Mechanicsburg. Sophomore Class holds outing in Mount Holly Springs. Class to be offerred on the principles of debate. Senate passes a resolution on the treatment of underclassmen by upperclassmen. Organ recitals to be given at Allison Methodist Church.

Business manager of the 1911 Microcosm, C. Leroy Cleaver, announces impressive balance in accounts.  "Songs of Dickinson" songbook compiled by Ben Hinchman, '05, with 117 songs, available for purchase.  All students made subscribers to Dickinsonian.  Prizes for best literary contributions announced, sponsored by local businesses.  Mr.

Class of 1900 plans to erect a new gate to the campus at the corner of High and West streets.  Phi Delta Theta plans to raise funds for an ambulance to service the battlefields of France.

Dickinson beats Lebanon Valley at baseball.  The track team has a meet and the tennis team wins a match against Franklin & Marshall.  A professor’s Ford automobile is stolen and driven through Bosler Hall.  The Freshman Oratorical Contest is held.  Phi Delta Theta holds a smoker.  Sigma Chi holds a dance.  Union Philosophical Society holds elections.

Central Pennsylvanian Conference in Williamsport. Philadelphia Conference is held. Professor Charles F. Himes, the head of the Physics department, resigns. Professor Himes lecture on electricity. Beta Theta Pi reunion in Philadelphia. Phi Delta Theta ride to Mt. Holly. Phi Kappa Psi banquet.

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

The Inter-Society Oratorical Contest is held.  Debate and controversy of the acceptance of women to the College, and their roles in student organizations, is reflected in an article concerning the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies.  The history of the buildings on campus is presented.  The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies hold officer elections.  The Student’s Republican Club adjourn

Dickinson is represented at a YMCA Convention in Allentown.  The Glee Club begins planning for concerts.

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.

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.

Prohibition of Freshmen burlesque. Sophomore and Freshmen classes adopt class headwear. Update on the new Microcosm. Beta Theta Pi dinner and reunion. Alumni Day of Phi Delta Theta.

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.

Rumors that the girls of the college will form their own fraternity. Organization of Baltimore Alumni Association. Kappa Gamma initiations. Phi Delta Theta banquet. Criticism of the Athletic Association. Announcement of a new recitation hall.

Article on Noah Pinkney, former restaurant keeper in Carlisle. Phi Delta Theta conference in Meadville. Students of the Carlisle Indian School entertain in Bosler Hall. The Carlisle Indians defeat Dickinson in football.

Summary of Washington's birthday celebration. Sophomores win the annual Sophomore-Freshmen basketball game. Phi Delta Theta dance. Freshmen hold a smoker. James N. Brown will address the college.

School trip to Gettysburg. Formation of the Press Club. New rules are placed upon Freshmen. Republican Club mass meeting in Chapel Hall. Phi Kappa Sigma Founders' Day anniversary ride to Dillsburg. Civic Club concert. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Inter-Fraternity Smoker. H. H. Mercer to speak at Bryan League meeting. Phi Delta Theta smoker.