Dr. Nancy A. Roseman is named the College’s 28th president. Dickinson is forced to cancel classes due to Hurricane Sandy. Sigma Alpha Epsilon attempts to revive its presence on campus with the Keg Stand Initiative. Men's and Women's Cross Country place second and third at Conference Championships.
Three new programs added to College's abroad options. Senate to absorb Public Affairs Symposium. Post-baccalaureate artist-in-residence Ethan Grosso '11 presents artwork at Goodyear Gallery. Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosts Leadership School. Carrie Scott '01 returns to Dickinson as Cogan Fellowship speaker.
Yoga Fundraiser held for Daniel Cozort. Dean Balmer visits China to recruit students. SAE hosts blood drive.
Reason for the rise in underage drinking incidents explained by Chief of Public Safety, Dolores Danser. Sigma Alpha Epsilon attempts a comeback after having several issues with the college. The NAACP establishes a chapter at Dickinson. Review of Kid Cudi concert. Women's Soccer continues winning streak with victories against Susquehanna and Juniata.
New sanctions are placed on Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The Clarke Forum hosted a candidates' symposium for Pennsylvania's 199th district. College releases the Strategic Plan Draft. Softball Team wins Centennial Conference Championships. Men's Track has a successful season.
Regina Spektor to perform Fall music concert. Sushi bar and Biblio Cafe come to campus. College prepares for H1N1 Outbreak. Sigma Alpha Epsilon is placed on social probation. President Durden gives his first Fireside Chat of the year in Adams Hall. Men's Soccer wins first three matches against Miscericordia University, Utica College, and Lycoming College. Women's Soccer wins the Crusader Cup. Football Team wins the season opener and quarterback Ian Mitchell is named Centennial Conference Player of the Week.
Omicron Delta Kappa and Blue Hats tap members. Junior Scott Mumma awarded the Presidential Scholarship by President Samuel A. Banks. Junior Bill Hill III receives 1902 Award. Alpha Chi Rho and Sigma Alpha Epsilon organize a 24-hour marathon volleyball game to raise money for UNICEF. Ted Kennedy visits Harrisburg. Professor Neil Weissman speaks of strive for immortality. State police investigate fraternity vandalism. English poet Gavin Ewart reads his poetry in a presentation in Memorial Hall. Golf Team remains undefeated. Bill Koltnow receives national collegiate boxing title.
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.
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.
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.
Student Senate considers new organization of itself. Athletic committee sells baseball season tickets in effort to engage townspeople. Sigma Alpha Epsilon celebrates its anniversary. Thermae Club holds Founders' Day banquet.
The YWCA holds a very successful night of entertainment, including musical and theatrical acts. The editors complain of the incorrect reports and anti-Dickinson attitude in the Carlisle newspapers and the Carlisle community of "know-it-alls" at large. The last Comus Club dance of the year is planned. Sigma Alpha Epsilon holds a dance at the Armory. YMCA holds its officer elections. Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Society celebrate their anniversaries with a lecture by Dr. W. V.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity holds a smoker. The Halloween Masquerade Carnival is a great success. Delta Chi hosts an evening at Holly Inn. Beta Theta Pi holds a Halloween dance in Assembly Hall. YMCA prepares for Week of Prayer. Phi Kappa Psi holds a Halloween dance in Armory Hall.
Annual indoor sports competition held in Gymnasium including boxing and a potato race. Charles E. Ziegler, class of 1896, elected Director of the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital for Women being built in Pittsburgh. Judge Charles Brown Lore, class of 1852, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, dies of Grippe attack. Students of Conway Hall are preparing a musical comedy performance titled "The Magic Billiken" to be held at the Carlisle Opera House. Sigma Alpha Epsilon holds Founder's Day dance. Charles T. Corman gives lecture on Poultry Culture to the Business Institutions class.
The baseball season opens up with a loss against Princeton, and a victory against West Point. The Musical Clubs went on their Spring Trip, performing in various locations throughout Pennsylvania. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity held their Annual Founders day dance. The new Dickinsonian board members are announced. Mr. Nillard, a seventy-two year old contortionist, gives a lecture at the college. The Washington Alumni Association of Dickinson celebrated their fourth anniversary with a huge banquet in Washington.
Formation of Philosophy Club. Formation of the Philadelphia Club. Literary Society anniversaries. Washington's birthday celebration. Junior cremation. Sigma Alpha Epsilon convention. Y. W. C. A. prayer meeting.
There is agitation over the question of whether to admit female students to the literary societies. Charles Sewell Weech, '93, dies. Sigma Alpha Epsilon opens a chapter at Dickinson.
Dickinson hires three new professors: Hazel J. Bullock (Romance Languages), Clarence J. Carver (Education and Bible), and (future Dean) Ernest A. Vuilleumier (Chemistry). Rev. Charles E. Ely '99 is hired as a pastor. Sigma Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon are cited for violating the College's new rushing rules.
A student assaults a fellow student late at night in the house of his ex girlfriend. He is arrested and and suspended from campus until further notice. Student Senate completely cuts funding for single-sex organizations on campus as per a previously unenforced bylaw. Delta Sigma Theta, a historically prominently black sorority, earns a charter from Dickinson College. The Sigma Phi chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is nominated for ten national awards. Two members of the baseball team are named to the Centennial Conference Team for their achievements during the season.
The process of competing for membership on The Dickinsonian board is explained, and the types of submissions wanted are described. Training in oratory is lauded. Participation in YMCA is encouraged. The editors respond to the Lutheran Church's condemnation of college's "senseless infatuation for so brutal a species of sport," football. Phi Kappa Psi takes their annual fraternity ride to Mount Holly Springs and Boiling Springs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon visit the Gettysburg battlefield. Deans and officers of the classes are selected. Dr.
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.
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.
School trip to Gettysburg. Student from the Carlisle Indian School, Frank Mt. Pleasant, transfers to Dickinson to play on the football team. Y. W. C. A. lemon reception in Lloyd Hall. Sophomore reception in the Assembly Hall. Formation of a Republican Club at Dickinson. Second section banquet. Pennsylvania Chautauqua held at Mt. Gretna. Beta Theta Pi informal dance. Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance at Mt. Holly.
Rev. Frank D. Gamewell, class of 1881 and professor at Peking University, China, presents a Chinese idol to his alma mater. Student preachers organize themselves into a Divinity Club. The Sigma Phi chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity celebrates their 42nd anniversary with literary exercises and a banquet.