Carlisle England

Professor Elmer C. Herber receives grant from American Philosophical Society to write a biography of Spencer Fullerton Baird. College receives two ancient building stones from Carlisle, England; they are placed on display in Bosler lobby. Professor Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., receives grant from American Philosophical Society to compile and edit a collection of Benjamin Franklin's letters. Student Senate makes recommendations for reducing cheating.

The City of Carlisle, England, will inaugurate automatic telephone service with a trans-Atlantic telephone call between that city and its American namesake, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - the first beyond British shores via the new automatic system. Herman Stuke, a German student who studied at Dickinson during his junior and senior years, writes to the College.