Dickinson fraternities change the way rushing works. Dickinson College President William G. Durden '71 announces plans to retire. Grassfed beef enters the Dining Hall. Event Advisory Board organizes Club 40.
College interviewing candidates for new "Multicultural Scholar-in-Residence" position. New housing plan calls for integration of the incoming freshman class with upperclassmen in coed housing. SASC adopts student comments and recommendations proposed in open forum. Finance Committee presents allocations for the fall semester. College Republicans, College Democrats, and Pi Sigma Alpha hold group debate as part of Political Awareness Week. Education Society sponsors discussion series. Panel debate on free speech as the first part of a symposium entitled "Free Speech on Campus".
Week of Prayer ends. Measles quarantine of Metzger's first floor ends. Indoor Sports Meet is held. GPAs of the fraternities for the previous semester. Class Day is planned.
Alumnus Morris Swartz addresses YMCA. Phi Kappa Sigma holds annual spring formal. Scholastic record of fraternities. List of students who earned all A's last semester. YMCA elects officers; Dale Learn is president.
Varsity basketball is reinstated. Football team is composed of SATC men. List of new students. Alpha Chi Rho holds a banquet to celebrate its 14th anniversary. Phi Delta Theta holds annual pledge dance. List of fraternity initiates.
Military training begins at Dickinson, and seniors opt to take courses preparing them for military commision examinations. Woman's issue has fashion page and literary page focused on Metzger. Gaither P. Warfield encourages conscientious objectors to stand firm. GPAs of fraternities.
A chapter of the Theta Chi fraternity installed at the College. New rules concerning the enforcement of the Freshman Rules adopted by Senate.
Football team defeated by F&M. Freshmen win track meet against Sophomores. Inter-Fraternity Council charges Beta Theta Pi with violations of the Inter-Fraternity agreement.
The Enrollment and Student Life Committee (ESLC) place a moratorium on the consideration of new fraternities and sororities as President William Durden contemplates how large of a role Greek life should play on campus. A Senior Class Dinner is held with guest speaker Thomas S. Hutchinson, class of 1987. The college's Serve the World organization plans a winter trip to Jamaica. Author and women's right campaigner Selma James speaks at the college.
The Phi Psi fraternity faces a two-year suspension for "very serious hazing violations." Presidential candidates of each class are advertised. It is announced that hip hop artist Talib Kweli will perform in late September.
Dickinson Dining Services refutes the rumor that they put laxatives in their food as doing so would cause major issues with the state. As a response to Penn State's regulation of Greek parties, Dickinson's Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils consider such reforms as registering parties to prevent run-ins with public safety or the police. The First in America campaign makes its off-campus debut, beginning with its Philadelphia launch. Dickinson participates in the nationwide "Up 'til Dawn" campaign to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
More men are needed on the Track Team, all who are interested should report to Coach Pipal. Debate over Greek life as good institutions for a college campus.
Football team refuses to play against Carlisle Indian School because the latter will not agree to shortened halves. Dr. Hutchins replaces Ralph Hutchinson in department of Physiology and Hygiene and Physical Culture. Office of The Dickinsonian moves from South College to the former Book Room of East College. J. A.
Old West basement to be remodeled as a memorial room for L.A. Appold '81. Women's fraternities to change rushing system. Freshmen revolt against Tribunal ruling. Volleyball to be introduced into the women's athletic schedule.
Football team to travel to Allegheny. Athletic Association purchases a grid-graph for gymnasium. Prof. Vuilleumier advances a test for the presence of denaturant in alcohol. Kappa Sigma and Phi Mu win Inter-Fraternity Council scholarship cups. Student Tribunal imposes sentences on Freshmen who had broken the freshmen rules.
Dickinsonian elects J. Lawrence Jackson editor-in-chief, Robert Wayne business manager, and Robert J. Trace managing editor. Committee does not unanimously accept Dean Josephine B. Meredith's proposed changes to Metzger Council constitution aimed at elimating fraternity politics in student government. Edward First is elected president of Athletic Association. Dean of Women Josephine B. Meredith and YWCA president Elizabeth Hess choose committtee of students to promote fellowship among the Metzger girls.
124 students take advantage of free Syphilis testing on campus. Dramatic Club to present "Fly Away Home" for spring production. Women's Pan-Hellenic Council plans "Pan-Hell" week.
Tribunal punishes two freshmen. Miami Triad dance planned. Classes are cancelled in honor of George Washington's 200th birthday. Joseph F. Lipinski receives Class of 1902 Award. James H. Morgan completes history of college.
Students describe time spent studying in Germany. Sorority rushing.
Senior Isabel Super dies of complications following appendicitis operation. Professional acts and favors to freshman are eliminated from rushing program. Microcosm awards contracts. Gerald Barnes becomes associate professor of sociology. Janet Sinclair becomes assistant librarian. List of freshman class members is notable for number of female students (permitted to make up 25% rather than 20% of class). Radio station adds voice transmission system and reaches Russia and England. Schedule for sorority rushing. YMCA and YWCA plan religious events. Garbage Scrap tradition (hazing) is ceased.
Annual junior prom is held. Fraternities initiate new members. Professor Leon C. Prince is injured in an automobile accident.
Athletic Association institutes stricter ticket policy for game admission. Annual college picnic features faculty-student baseball game. Fraternities pledge new members.
Homecoming Weekend is planned. Sororities pledge new members.
Daily chapel services abolished; services will only be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. George Robert Stephens, Horace A. Rogers, Elmer Charles Herber and E. Winifred Chapman join the faculty. Renovations of Old West are completed. Lovers' Lane is removed. Freshman girls are each assigned five big sisters, one from each sorority and one independent, to introduce them to the college and win their loyalty.
181st Commencement Exercises to be the first to be held outside, with seven to receive honorary degrees. New set of social rules instituted, Social Code updated. Debate Council ends their most active season on record. Inter-Fraternity Council announces rushing rules for the upcoming academic year. New system of deferred rushing for women requires rules change. Phi Psi's take I.F. All-Sports trophy. Golf team ends season 6-2 and wins the Little Three Golf Title for the first time in seven years, surpassing all previous records. Allison Memorial Methodist Church destroyed in fire.