Phi Kappa Sigma

Former ambassador to the European Community J. Robert Schaetzel visits Dickinson. The Interfraternity Council votes to ban upper-class Independent men from the Quads. The proposed $500 tuition increase is formally approved by the board of trustees. A new portrait of alumnus Horatio C. King is gifted to the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity to replace one that has been missing since 1976. The field hockey team enjoys an extremely successful season, matching their record from last year with four games still to go.

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.

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.

Adelaide Fisher performance at the Orpheum Theater of Harrisburg. Winners of the "D" will receive certificates. Announcement of Dramatic Club productions. Dramatic Club productions. Professor Baumgartner lectures on health. Thanksgiving day reunion of the Camp Moosilauke Lads. Good-English week. Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, and Theta Chi all have Thanksgiving dances. Alpha Chi Rho has a luncheon.

Freshman Oratorical Contest is held.  Mary C. Love Collins writes on the state of the identity and situation of the college.  Phi Kappa Sigma holds its annual dance in the Armory.  Boston Festival Orchestra and "Samson and Delilah" both musical successes.

Trophy Room begun to be reestablished by Press Club, but funds found lacking; students asked to contribute.  Phi Kappa Sigma holds informal farewell reception for Professor Rowe.  Seniors encouraged to become members of the Library Guild.

Swarthmore wins debate against Dickinson on the issue of an inheritance tax.  Senate passes rule on Freshmen cap wearing.  Phi Kappa Sigma holds a smoker.  Prof. P. B. Rowe announces his retirement.

Masquerade Carnival to be held for Halloween.  The Music Department to host a musical.  New alumni page a great success so far.  Comus Club to hold its first dance.  Rhodes Scholar D. R. Porter addresses the YMCA.  Phi Kappa Sigma celebrates Founders' Day anniversary with ride to Dillsburg. 

Dickinson defeats Swarthmore in intercollegiate oratorical contest. American Flag and set of silver presented to President George Edward Reed to mark his 22nd anniversary as president of the college. Professor Filler attended the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic, found other Dickinsonians in attendance. Phi Kappa Sigma held spring dance. Carlisle held its annual spring festival. Harman Literary Society announces programs about women's suffrage. Long opinion piece about exploitation and conservation.

Former Dickinson Professor Major James Evelyn Pilcher dies in Georgia, President Reed leads funeral. Deutcher Verein hold first meeting of the semester. Doctor Crider treats the band to a banquet. Student writes his "Thoughts of Mark Twain" Student saves a robin whos feet had been tangled in string.

Response to the Previous weeks letter to the editor from the Law students about the Athletic Association. Letter to the Editor from Physical Director Forrest Eugene Craver about the athletic situation of athletic success at the college. Der Deutche Verein held its first meeting of the year. Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Theta Pi and Delta Chi all hold Halloween Events. Reporter Herbert Francis Sherwood to give a lecture on immigration.

Mohler Scientific Club organizes and elects officers. An optional course in music has begun and is offerred to all students of the college. Phi Kappa Sigma holds an anniversary hay ride to doubling gap. Men of West College hold a banquet held in the Y.M.C.A. reading room. Essay on Ralph Waldo Emerson's views of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.

The Student Senate votes to incorporate the Honor System. Dickinson beats Villanova in baseball. The track teams beats Gettysburg. J.H. Baker, of the class of 1893, wins honor for his work as the President of Baltimore’s Board of Liquor License Commissioners. The Student Senate makes several changes to the annual events calendar. Phi Kappa Sigma wins the first game of the Inter-fraternity baseball series.

The baseball team defeats Johns Hopkins 7 to 1. Dickinson places third in the Penn Relays. The Inter-fraternity baseball series is announced to begin during the next week. The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity held their annual dance in the armory. An essay talks about the merits of fraternity life, and another argues against the use of tobacco.

The Inter-class basketball series begins. There is a call for the men of the college to go out for the track and gymnastics teams. Everyone is called to go out for the Dramatic Club. The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity holds a dance at their house.

Both the Wilson and Progressives clubs are formed. A poll reveals that more students favor Wilson to win over Roosevelt, Taft, Chafin, and Debbs in the presidential election. The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity hosts their annual Founder’s Day ride to Doubling Gap. The Kappa Sigma fraternity hunts for chestnuts in Mt. Holly. The Glee Club has tryouts, and twenty-five men were selected to join the team.

Football defeats Navy in an unofficial game. Phi Kappa Sigma holds a reception for Professor W. H. Norcross. Freshman women hold reception for freshman men at Metzger Hall. List of incoming students.

The basketball schedule for the winter term is posted. Phi Kappa Sigma held their second “at home” night of the year. The officers of the Athletic Association are announced. There are mentions of other universities beginning to ban alcohol.     

Dickinson wins its last home football game against Lebanon Valley. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity held a gathering in their chapter house in honor of Professor and Mrs. George F. Cole. The sophomore class elects a new president. The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity holds their first “at home” of the year.

Preparations for the Orchestra and Glee Club concert. Resignation of Professor Harman. Y. M. C. A. Northfield conference. President Reed's sixth anniversary as the head of Dickinson College. Phi Kappa Sigma smoker. Phi Kappa Sigma dinner.

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.

Christiane Amanpour will give the commencement address. Robert Massa accepts a position at Lafayette College. Senior applications for a Fulbright Scholarships. Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity is suspended.

Both DPS and the Carlisle Police Department are called to the Phi Kappa Sigma house to investigate a report of a fight. They find several underage pledges in an inebriated state. Disciplinary actions will be forthcoming and possibly detrimental as the fraternity had been suspended just two years ago. DPS works to change their relationship with students from policing to purely ensuring safety. The Keystones hold a wheelchair basketball game featuring the Temple University Rollin' Owls and the Dickinson College men and women's basketball teams.

Summary of Glee and Madonlin Club's spring tour. Philadelphia Conference Alumni Association banquet. Annual Indoor Sports event. Freshman oratorical contest. Phi Kappa Sigma dance. Minstrel shows are a success.

Old athletic field sold to the Cumberland Valley Railroad. Comus Club dance. Union Philosophical Society election results. Mrs. John Linder obituary. Phi Kappa Sigma party. Notes on the boys of Conway Hall. Phi Kappa Psi dance. Problems of the timing of Mission Study Classes.