Holland Union Building

Interfraternity Weekend to showcase Higwaymen and Orlons; Skull & Key initiates to be selected. Orientation Leaders announced. Hiram Haydn to speak. Editorial updates issues raised by Dickinsonian, including course system transition, critique of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, and college newsstand. Professor Wishmeyer continues column inspired by interesting people he met during career. Mermaid Players final performances reviewed. ROTC recognizing members.

Fine Arts Festival includes Mermaid Players production of "The Divine Comedy", Faculty present "Of Thee I sing". Pres. Rubendall turns ground for construction of new Biology building. Freshman and upperclass counselors announced. Arts Festival shows two films by Sergei Eisenstein. History of Founders' Day. Ugandan student Anita Kabenge discusses education system differences. George D. Kilsey and Joseph H. Schiffman to speak at chapel. Dr. Donald T. Graffam conducts study on small college student personalities. "The Open Door" coffee house opens in Matthews.

Prof. Joseph H. Schiffman receives Fullbright to teach at University of Bordeaux. Charles Abrams speaks at Public Affairs Symposium. Fine Arts Festival features Gershwin Operetta "Of Thee I Sing". College to appear on the General Electric College Bowl. Dionne Warwick to appear in College Union. Follies end "Once upon a Mattress". Latin American critic and writer Emir Rodriguez-Monegal to speak. Dr. Elmer Herber named honorary collaborator of the Smithsonian Institute. Works of Irma Gonzalez Alcantara on display in Dickinson College Union. Winter Sports Banquet awards letters.

Major Changes in curriculum especially in Contemporary Science and seminars. Mermaid Players present "The Devil's Disciple". Student Senate election results. Dickinson garnered "Highly Selective" in Admissions rating. Robert L. Short to speak in chapel. Prof. Windan Phogbound announces publication of research on Carlisle climate. Biography on Lieutenant Pratt and the Carlisle Indian School. Dr. Barbara McDonald conducting research on cells. Dr. Ferdinando D. Maurino writes French reader. Anselm Buluda of Tanzania compares Dickinson class size to larger institution. Dr. Winthrop C.

Susan Jagiello is made the new editor-in-chief of the Dickinsonian. Three students tapped by Omicron Delta Kappa for their outstanding contributions to the college. Fifteen students to study in Bologna. "Urbanization in the American Society" to be the theme for Dickinson's second Public Affairs Symposium. Dickinson graduate Paul Murphy serves in Bogota with the Peace Corps. Annual production of the Freshman Plays performed the previous weekend. Students plan cultural trip to museums in New York. Six fraternities choose officers for coming year.

James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, will speak October 29th. Events of homecoming are reported. Betty Kay Griesemer crowned Homecoming Queen.In preparation for the upcoming presidential election, a mock election will be held October 29th in the Student Union. Professor Allan I. Ludwig receives a grant for a new book about New England Puritan stone sculpture. The American Chemical Society has formed a chapter at Dickinson. Thirty-six seniors are currently working in an honors degree program. Professor Mac E. Barrick joins the Modern Language department.

College President Howard L. Rubendall opens 1964-1965 academic year at 192nd opening convocation. The complete text of his address is included in this issue. New student center opens. Students are "amazed" despite incomplete facilities. Rush regulations are reviewed. The freshman class is the largest in the history of the school with 452 freshman from 23 states and 6 foreign countries. An article gives advice to incoming freshman. A series of chapels is announced with the theme "Reflections on Freedom." The issue contains two pages of photos documenting recent changes in the campus.