Dickinsonian, April 1893

Baseball plays against Carlisle Indian School. Debates about the validity of the honor system take shape within the pages of the editorial section.  A chapter of the Delta Chi Law Fraternity is founded at the Law School.  Dickinson wins one game and loses one game of chess with Bucknell.  The Belles Lettres Society holds elections.  Improvements are made to the athletic fields.

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Dickinsonian, October 11, 1924

Football team defeats Villanova, to play F and M later. Debate Team to start training. World Series baseball games shown on newly installed grid-graph in College gymnasium. Union Philosophical Society to celebrate "Roosevelt Day". Law School graduate Daniel Reese, '99, recognized for being published in The American Magazine.

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Dickinsonian, May 25, 1933

Juniors will be allowed to take classes at the Law School. Letters given out to 11 men, including 9 Freshmen. President Waugh puts forth a plan to delay rushing before the Interfraternity Council. Article on Dickinson in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Club members abolish the International Relations Club. Article on the Commuter's Room and the ways in which this privilege has been abused. Lawn party to be held at Metzger Hall. Dean Meredith won prize. Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall tie in annual track meet.

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Dickinsonian, March 30, 1933

President Waugh and Dean Hitchler give alumni assurances about the direction the college is going in, even though it is a tough economic time. Dickinson's dog population continues to increase. Elections to the Board of Trustees are soon to come. Schedule of upcoming speakers at Chapel. Lindsey Richard won the annual Omicron Delta Kappa sophomore cup award. The winter edition of the Hornbook to appear March 31, 1933. New leaders elected to the YWCA and WSGA.

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Dickinsonian, June 5, 1936

The annual Commencement issue honors the class of 1936. Honorary degrees are presented to Vice-Admiral Arthur Jay Hepburn, Judge W.A. Valentine, Rev. Roy N. Keiser, and Rev. George Henry Ketterer. Twenty-eight students, including one woman, receive Bachelor of Law degrees. The Dickinsonian enters the Associated Collegiate Press Spring Contest and receives an all-American rating. Eight men are inducted into the national honorary fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa. The Dramatic Club's presentation of Torch-bearers opens in Bosler Hall.

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Dickinsonian, May 7, 1936

The Freshman class plans to hold an annual class picnic. The Men's Glee Club gives a concert at Carlisle High School. The club additionally hopes to revive the tradition of singing on the Old Stone Steps every Tuesday. Dickinson Law School introduces a summer term, during which Dickinson College students can take courses for credit. The Women's Glee Club performs in Mechanicsburg at the Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Dickinsonian, February 12, 1942

Three new members elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The semester begins with one new member to the faculty and one to the administration. Changes made to the structure of the Army to enable easier mobility through the ranks. Dickinson Law School changes the structure of its semesters to enable students to finish law school in 2 years, which would enable them to serve in the military. The new Mid-Winter Queen was chosen. The Marines were on campus to talk to students, give out applications and receive applications.

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Dickinsonian, October 23, 1941

Committee recommends that college end its policy on extra-curricular activities requiring participation with limits on number of activities as student may participate with. The thirty-one students arrested last week have each been ordered to pay a fine of $1.62. Dickinson's first all-college choir is created. Editorial on possibility of drafts and the role of education in men's lives. Dickinson's football team loses to Delaware 28-0. Inter-class badminton will be created for girls.

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Dickinsonian, October 12, 1956

President William W. Edel appoints a committee to organize the Danforth Fund to improve religious activities on campus. Female students move to form a women's group. Dickinson students invited to attend a senatorial and presidential debate at the Dickinson Law School. Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review, plans to speak in Bosler Hall in the first Cultural Affairs program of the academic year. Politicians David Lawrence and W. Thatcher Longstreth plan to speak in chapel to acquaint students with issues of the upcoming election.

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Dickinsonian, February 25, 1955

Dickinson College and Dickinson Law School have developed a combined elective program to allow students who may be interested in pursuing law, but aren’t certain, to take some classes. This way they will not have to pay for graduate school if they decide the career is not for them. New study abroad options are now available in Cuba and Austria for students through the Dean of Men. The chair of the English Department of Dickinson College, Dr. William Sloane, writes a book entitled Children’s Books in England and America in the Seventeenth Century.

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Dickinsonian, October 8, 1954

Rush ends and 126 freshmen men pledge fraternities including Alpha Chi Rho, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Epsilon Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi and Theta Chi. The Dickinson Law School begins to require all applicants for admission to take the Law School Admissions Test. The annual trip to the UN is scheduled for October 17 and 18 which will allow students to attend a General Assembly session. A new Methodist church is being built on Benjamin Rush Campus. Parents' Day will be observed on October 16.

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Dickinsonian, February 9, 1995

Dean Mench leaves College after 21 years. Robert Novak speaks at the Dickinson School of Law, critiques Clinton. Mermaid Players, College to put on a production of Sondheim's 'Into the Woods'. Job outlook for college grads brightens in 1995. Common Hour looks at the honor code, discusses its pros and cons.

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Dickinsonian, February 4, 1993

Corporations and stats show that GPA's are not a big question. ROTC addresses Clinton mandate on homosexuals. Seniors denied classes during spring registration. Ed Sweeney leaves Devils Football for Div.1 AA. US Supreme Court Justice Henry Blackmun to address law school. Professor Jane Hill dies while on sabbatical. PAS takes on violence in American society. Students unite for Beyond the Dream. Silly or serious, many campus traditions are here to stay. Fine Arts students display a semester's worth of research and hard work.

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Dickinsonian, October 3, 1975

24 students help Carlisle Water Works deal with Hurricane Eloise flooding. Delta Nu furniture stolen from storage. According to article "[a]nimosity has decreased" between Campus Police and students over the past five years. Women's Law Society of Dickinson Law School is to present a lecture by Katherine Bard.

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Dickinsonian, March 15, 1968

The Agency for International Development held an interview with President Rubendall and Editor-in-Chief of the Dickinsonian David Totaro, during which Totaro was allowed to see the inside of the "White Building" next to South Campus. AID confirmed that the building was being used as a safe house for the Agency should a national security emergency occur. The Cultural Affairs committee is set to present the folk duo Ian and Sylva at the Gymnasium on Wednesday, March 20. Thomas Fornwalt will direct The Follies April presentation of "Kiss Me Kate".

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Dickinsonian, October 4, 1963

Chaplain Joseph Washington delivers speech on the difference between integration and assimilation of African-Americans into society. Survey of planned events for Homecoming Weekend. The number of foreign students increases to record levels. First-year students discuss Orientation. ROTC program is questioned. Meaning of graduation gowns' colors explained. Nurse Fink's role on campus discussed. New biology professor, Paul Biebel, specializes in algae and plans new plant biology classes. Marianna Bogojavlensky to teach German and Russian.

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