1877

The Senior Class takes a Class Day to plant their class tree.  Certain students are punished for property damage after a prank.

Professor Himes hopes to hold a lecture on the telephone.  Photographs of the college are taken by a Mr. John Choate.  The upper and lower classmen hold a football game, which the upperclassmen win 10 to 7.

The upper class beats the lower class in a football game, 14 to 1. The College Glee Club organizes.

The new chapel portion of West College is completed and finished.  Seniors are slow to leave Carlisle after Commencement.

The 94^th Annual Commencement is held at the college.  The new college chapel is nearing completion.  The class tree of 1977 is planted.  The Belles Lettres Society plans to add more volumes to their library.

Belles Lettres Society holds a sophomore oratorical contest. The Freshman begin the croquet season. The decision is made to close the college chapel. The Temperance Movement comes to Carlisle, with dramatic results. Seniors hold a shooting match in the lawn of South College. The choir of the Second Presbyterian Church entertains students on campus.

The Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity holds a reunion in Carlisle. Slight changes are made to the landscaping around campus in preparation for Commencement. The Sophomores and Freshman hold a baseball game, won by a score of 36 to 12 for the class of 1879. A baseball game is also held between a group of college students and members of the local community, won by the student with a score of 34 to 12. 3 students have an egg-eating competition, with 18 eggs a piece.

The Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 88th anniversary in Emory Chapel. The Belles Lettres celebrates its 91st anniversary, also in Emory Chapel.

An alumnus reminisces about the long-forsaken Shakespeare Club.  The Union Philosophical Society challenges the Belles Lettres Society to a joint debate in the College chapel.  Religious meetings are held with the President of the College.  Seniors have dinner with President McCauley and his family.  Sophomores travel to Mechanicsburg by sleigh overnight, perhaps to visit a female college.

Natural science education in schools is discussed. Students bemoan coming examinations.