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Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 Harry Bixler Stock '91 Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 Marlin Edgar Olmstead Gives Address
Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 Bradford P. Raymond Gives Address
Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 James Main Dixon Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 Hugh McCormick Smith Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 1908 Commencement
Thu., May 27, 1909 Final Contest of the Department of Oratory 1909
Sun., Jun. 6, 1909 1909 Baccalaureate
Mon., Jun. 7, 1909 1909 Commencement Concert
Wed., Jun. 9, 1909 William Uhler Hensel Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Jun. 9, 1909 1909 Commencement
Thu., Jan. 13, 1910 Robert Tempest Performs
Mon., Jan. 31, 1910 German Department Presents "Minna von Barnhelm"
Mon., May 23, 1910 Closing Exercises of the Department of Oratory 1910
Sun., Jun. 5, 1910 1910 Baccalaureate
Mon., Jun. 6, 1910 1910 Commencement Concert
Wed., Jun. 8, 1910 John Charles Black Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Jun. 8, 1910 1910 Commencement
Fri., Apr. 21, 1911 5th Annual Oratorical Meet: Swarthmore vs. Dickinson
Mon., Jun. 5, 1911 1911 Commencement Concert
Wed., Jun. 7, 1911 1911 Commencement
Thu., Nov. 16, 1911 "Music" Performance in Mentzer Hall
Thu., Feb. 8, 1912 Annual Inter-Society Debate 1912
Fri., Mar. 1, 1912 Inter-Collegiate Debate 1912
Thu., Mar. 7, 1912 Combined Musical Clubs Perform in Shippensburg
Mon., Apr. 8, 1912 6th Annual Oratorical Meet: Swarthmore vs. Dickinson
Tue., May 14, 1912 1912 Student Song Recital
Thu., May 23, 1912 Closing Exercises of the Department of Oratory 1912
Sun., May 26, 1912 1912 Baccalaureate
Mon., May 27, 1912 1912 Commencement Concert
Tue., May 28, 1912 Inauguration of President Eugene Allen Noble
Wed., May 29, 1912 1912 Commencement
Wed., May 29, 1912 Theodore Marburg Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., Jun. 8, 1913 1913 Baccalaureate
Mon., Jun. 9, 1913 1913 Commencement Concert
Wed., Jun. 11, 1913 Fitzroy Carrington Receives Honorary Degree
Wed., Jun. 11, 1913 1913 Commencement
Fri., Dec. 12, 1913 Dr. Fox lecture on Shakespeare
Wed., Jun. 10, 1914 1914 Commencement
Thu., Jul. 30, 1914 Jesse Bowman Young dies
October, 7, 1914 Samuel Higgenbottom speaks
Wed., Oct. 21, 1914 Clyde B. Furst escapes Europe
Wed., Nov. 4, 1914 Consul General Wood addresses students
Wed., Nov. 25, 1914 Carlyle Earp hosts stranded German sailors
Wed., Dec. 9, 1914 Robert Emmet MacAlarney becomes city editor of New York Tribune
Wed., Jan. 13, 1915 New Jersey Club forms
Wed., Jan. 27, 1915 William Edward Myers lectures on Argentina
Wed., Feb. 3, 1915 1915 Week of prayer
Wed., Feb. 17, 1915 125th Anniversary of the Union Philosophical Society
Fri., Apr. 16, 1915 Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Prohibition Association meets at Dickinson