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Sun., May 15, 1949 Hester Cunningham Exhibit Opens
Sun., Jun. 5, 1949 1949 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 5, 1949 John Wesley Snyder Gives Address
Sun., Jun. 5, 1949 1949 Commencement
Sat., Nov. 12, 1949 Homecoming Football Game 1949
Wed., Dec. 14, 1949 1949 Christmas Choral Concert
Sun., Feb. 12, 1950 Choir Performs in Lebanon
Sun., Feb. 19, 1950 Choir Performs in Shippensburg
Sun., Mar. 12, 1950 Choir Performs for Inter-Fraternity Sunday
Thu., Mar. 16, 1950 Little Theater's Production of "The Terrible Meek" Opens
Sun., Mar. 19, 1950 Choir Performs in Newville
Tue., Mar. 28, 1950 Mermaid Players' Production of "The Tempest" Opens
Wed., Mar. 29, 1950 Choir Gives Lenten Concert
Sun., Apr. 23, 1950 Choral Club Gives Concert at Protestant Rally
Thu., May 4, 1950 Founders Day Special Convocation 1950
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950 Sebastian Spering Kresge Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950 1950 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950 1950 Commencement
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950 Garfield Bromley Oxnam Gives Address
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950 Boyd Lee Spahr '00 Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950 Catherine Drinker Bowen Receives Honorary Degree
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 President Edel Fills Eight Vacant D-son Posts
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 College Gets New Carillon
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 Professor J. Clair McCullough is New Dean
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 Class of 1954 is the Largest in D-son History
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 1950 Fall Art Exhibit Featuring Famous Painters
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 Social Committee Presents President Edel with Plans for a Snack Bar
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 1950 Fall Art Exhibit Featuring Famous Painters
Fri., Sep. 15, 1950 Hornbook Becomes Semi-Annual
Tue., Sep. 19, 1950 A. Victor Murray Receives Honorary Degree
Tue., Sep. 19, 1950 A. Victor Murray Delivers Address
Tue., Sep. 19, 1950 Special Convocation 1950
Sun., Oct. 01, 1950 Dean Discusses Red Problem at Student Christian Association
Tue., Oct. 03, 1950 Chinese Leader Discusses Shift of Political Center in China
Thu., Oct. 19, 1950 ECA Director Helen Woods Gives Talk
Wed., Nov. 1, 1950 Announcement of the New Dean of Women
Mon., Nov. 13, 1950 Theological Society Accepts Female Members
Tue., Nov. 14, 1950 President Edel Approves Snack Bar Plan
Tue., Nov. 14, 1950 British Novelist, Elizabeth Bowen, speaks at Dickinson College
Wed., Nov. 29, 1950 Mermaid Players' Production of "Night Must Fall" Opens
Wed., Dec. 6, 1950 Recap on West Point Conference from December 6th
Wed., Dec. 6, 1950 Dickinson Students attend the Second West Point West Point Student Conference on Student Affairs
Wed., Dec. 13, 1950 1950 Chirstmas Choral Concert
Tue., Dec. 19, 1950 Alpha Psi Omega Presents "The Nativity Play"
Mon., Jan. 29, 1951 First Summer Courses Begins After World War II
Tue., Nov. 13, 1951 IFC Gains Independence from Senate
Mon., Feb. 19, 1951 Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Features Exhibit in Bosler Hall
Tue., Apr. 17, 1951 Joyce Renee Gives Concert
Tue., May 1, 1951 Founders Day Special Convocation 1951
Sun., Jun. 3, 1951 1951 Baccalaureate