Discussion begins on introducing running water in the buildings on campus. A stag dance is held under West College. The Jolly Grubbers club is formed, which focuses on Epicureanism and confections.
Complaints are made against those who write in library books and carve their names into the wood around campus. $30,000 in endowments is received by the college from an unnamed donor.
Over summer break, improvements are made to student residences. A porch on the north side of East College is also removed. Robert Emory Pattison, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, visits Dickinson. Fraternity rush is in full swing at Dickinson. The college baseball team plays the freshman, winning 7 to 3.
The Sophomore Contest is held in Emory Chapel. Dickinson beats Pennsylvania in baseball 21 to 15, and ties with Franklin and Marshall in a rained-out 5 inning game. The 99th Annual Commencement Ceremonies are held.
The fraternities publish two Annuals of the college: the Minutal from the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and the Microcosm from the other chapters. Freshmen are chastised for stealing eggs from birds’ nests. A fundraiser is put on by the Dramatic Association in support of the college baseball team, which was well attended by students and Carlisle residents.
Requests from the students for reduced fair rates on the Philadelphia Railroad are denied in the wake of conflicts with fare rates over winter break. Plans to create a Dickinson songbook are scrapped. The Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest is cancelled due to lack of interest. Seniors are invited to share supper with Dr. and Mrs. Harman. The Philadelphia Dickinson Alumni Association holds a banquet.
The Historian Edward A. Freeman of England visits Dickinson College, putting on a lecture concerning South-Eastern Europe in the First Presbyterian Church. The college walkways are improved. The sophomores hold a banquet.
The Union Philosophical Society holds their anniversary, while the Belles Lettres Society opts not to. The boys on campus hold a “Stag Dance” in the basement of Old West.
Students bemoan an attempt by the faculty to have them return early from winter break. Rumors that a professor will be leaving the school are dispelled. Annie Little, the daughter of Professor Little, dies and is buried.