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Thu., Jul. 12, 1855 1855 Commencement
Thu., Jul. 12, 1855 William Darlington Receives Honorary Degree
Thu., Sep. 20, 1855 Spalding & Rogers Circus Comes to Town
Tue., Sep. 25, 1855 Students Attend State Fair
Sat., Oct. 20, 1855 Students Take Trip to Mechanicsburg
Wed., Nov. 21, 1855 Students Hold Concert in Town
Mon., Nov. 26, 1855 Student Begins Painting Lessons
Sat., Feb. 16, 1856 Students Dance and Play Games
Sat., May 24, 1856 Students Go On Picnic
Thu., Jun. 26, 1856 Phi Kappa Sigma Initiates New Member
Fri., Jul. 4, 1856 Students Celebrate 4th of July
Thu., Jul. 10, 1856 Spencer Fullerton Baird '40 Receives Honorary degree
Thu., Jul. 10, 1856 1856 Commencement
Thu., Jul. 10, 1856 Jonathan Townley Crane Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Oct. 15, 1856 Cumberland County Agricultural Fair Opens
Tue., Nov. 11, 1856 North College Burns
Mon., Dec. 1, 1856 Students Create Mischief in Town
Mon., Dec. 15, 1856 Students Bury Book
Thu., Jan. 29, 1857 Dramatic Association Meets
Tue., Mar. 24, 1857 Students Attend Lecture by Henry Ward Beecher
Thu., Jul. 9, 1857 George Richard Crooks '40 Receives First Honorary Degree
Thu., Jul. 9, 1857 1857 Commencement
Tue., Oct. 27, 1857 Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity Disbands and Reorganizes
Wed., Oct. 28, 1857 Students Hold Debate
Sat., Oct. 31, 1857 Students Take Trip to Papertown
Sat., Jul. 3, 1858 Oratorical Prize Contest 1858
Thu., Jul. 8, 1858 Isaac William Wiley Receives Honorary Degree
Thu., Jul. 8, 1858 1858 Commencement
Sat., Jul. 9, 1859 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1859
Thu., Jul. 14, 1859 1859 Commencement
Thu., Jul. 14, 1859 John McClintock Receives Honorary Degree
Sat., Jul. 7, 1860 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1860
Thu., Jul. 12, 1860 1860 Commencement
Thu., Jul. 12, 1860 Henry Slicer Receives Honorary Degree
Mon., Jul. 8, 1861 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1861
Thu., Jul. 11, 1861 Edward Bates Receives Honorary Degree
Thu., Jul. 11, 1861 George Fisher McFarland Receives Honorary Degree
Thu., Jul. 11, 1861 1861 Commencement
Thu., Jul. 11, 1861 William Henry Brisbane Receives Honorary Degree
Sat., Jun. 21, 1862 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1862
Sat., Jun. 21, 1862 Spoof of the Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1862
Thu., Jun. 26, 1862 1862 Commencement
Thu., Jun. 26, 1862 James Hutchinson Graham '27 Receives Honorary Degree
Mon., Jun. 22, 1863 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1863
Thu., Jun. 25, 1863 1863 Commencement
Mon., Jun. 27, 1864 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1864
Thu., Jun. 30, 1864 Robert Samuel Maclay '45 Receives Honorary Degree
Thu., Jun. 30, 1864 1864 Commencement
Mon., Jun. 26, 1865 Oratorical Junior Prize Contest 1865
Thu., Jun. 29, 1865 1865 Commencement