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Sun., May 25, 1969 James Herman Robinson Receives Honorary Degree
Tue., Sep. 9, 1969 197th Opening Convocation
Tue., Oct. 7, 1969 Music Department Presents First Noonday Concert
Sun., Oct. 12, 1969 Rev. Calvin S. Morris Speaks at College Chapel
Wed., Oct. 15, 1969 Hundreds Protest the Vietnam War
Thu., Oct. 16, 1969 Dr. Arthur Bacon Biology Lecture
Fri., Oct. 24, 1969 Mermaid Players' Production of "Richard III" Opens
Sat., Nov. 8, 1969 Homecoming Football Game 1969
Sat., Nov. 8, 1969 First Athletes Inducted Into Hall of Fame
Tue., Dec. 2, 1969 Noonday Concert
Sun., Dec. 7, 1969 Collegium Musicum Presents "A Program of 20th-Century Miniatures"
Wed., Dec. 10, 1969 African Studies Workshop
Sun., Dec. 14, 1969 1969 Christmas Concert
Tue., Dec. 16, 1969 1969 College-Community Orchestra Winter Concert
Fri., Jan. 30, 1970 Mermaid Players' Production of "Lysistrata" Opens
Fri., Jan. 30, 1970 Rhody McCoy Speaks on Brownsville Crisis
Fri., Feb. 27, 1970 Mermaid Players' Production of "R.U.R." Opens
Sun., Mar. 1, 1970 Music Groups Present "The Music of Bela Bartok "
Sun., Mar. 8, 1970 Chapel Choir Presents "Stations of the Cross"
Tue., Mar. 10, 1970 George Wald Receives Priestley Award
Fri., Mar. 13, 1970 "A Thurber Carnival" Opens
Sun., Mar. 15, 1970 Chapel Choir Presents "Ten Canticles of the Eastern Orthodox Church"
Sat., Apr. 4, 1970 Kulkarni Exhibition Opens
Tue., Apr. 7, 1970 Noonday Concert
Wed., Apr. 8, 1970 John Cage Receives Arts Award
Fri., Apr. 24, 1970 Mermaid Players' Production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" Opens
Sun., Apr. 26, 1970 Collegium Musicum Presents "Musica Britannica"
Wed., Apr. 29, 1970 1970 College-Community Orchestra Spring Concert
Sun., May 3, 1970 1970 Spring Choir Concert
Tue., May 5, 1970 Noonday Concert
Sun., May 24, 1970 Jay Saunders Redding Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., May 24, 1970 Thomas Grey Wicker Gives Address
Sun., May 24, 1970 Nelson Glueck Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., May 24, 1970 Frank William Stringfellow Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., May 24, 1970 1970 Commencement
Sun., May 24, 1970 Samuel Weiler Witwer '30 Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., May 24, 1970 1970 Baccalaureate
Wed., Jul. 1, 1970 Howard Figler Becomes Counselor
Thu., Jul. 9, 1970 Carlisle Council Restricts Marches
Sat., Aug. 1, 1970 Stephen Markwood Becomes Dean of Men
Thu., Aug. 13, 1970 Geology Department Trip to Alaska
Sat., Aug. 15, 1970 Boyd Lee Spahr Dies
Sun., Sep. 6, 1970 Carlisle Youths Assault Four Freshmen
Wed, Sep. 9, 1970 198th Opening Convocation
Mon., Sep. 14, 1970 Meeting About Tree Cutting Controversy
Mon., Sep. 14, 1970 Students Meet to Oppose Tree Cutting
Mon., Sep. 14, 1970 Students Protest Tree Cutting
Fri., Sep. 25, 1970 B. B. King Performs
Sun., Sep. 27, 1970 1970 Homecoming Football Game
Wed., Sep. 30, 1970 Women's Self-Defense Training