Dickinson College

A harmonious and progressive year ends for the college with the 105th Commencement Ceremony.  The Junior Class Oratorical Contest is held.  Theta Nu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, and Chi Phi hold their annual banquets.  Dr. Himes photographs students in the gymnasium.  The classes of 1890 and 1891 play baseball, with the freshmen winning the day 28 to 18.  The freshmen lose a baseball game to the preparatory students, 21 to 11.  Dickinson’s baseball team also wins against teams from Carlisle, Harrisburg, and Pennsylvania College.

Students are criticized for “jumping the fence” to get into baseball games at the fairground without payment.  The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies’ Sophomore Contests are held.  The disciplinarian from the Indian Training School is criticized for poor sportsmanship and rude behavior during a baseball game between preparatory students and students from the School.  Tennis becomes popular on campus, with many fraternities creating courts.  The election for Directors of Athletics is held.  The town of Carlisle bans the use of college yells in the streets.  Th

Issues with misbehaved Carlisle children wandering Dickinson's campus becomes an issue of contention between students and the greater Carlisle community.  Seniors go on the traditional Class Ride.  Lehigh beats Dickinson in baseball 17-14, and Johns Hopkins beats Dickinson in baseball 10-4.  Dickinson beats Pennsylvania College in baseball 16-4.  The Sophomores beat the Freshman in baseball 24-18. 

The Glee Club goes on tour over Easter vacation up and down the eastern seaboard.  The Union Philosophical Society holds its annual banquet.  Electricity is to be installed at the college.  Plans for baseball games against Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, Pennsylvania College, and Bucknell are all arranged.

Some students insist on a change of the college colors for various reasons.  The Central Inter-Collegiate Press Association is formed, with representation from the Dickinsonian present at a recent meeting.  The library is praised for its large holding of old and ancient books.  The College Glee Club holds a concert in the Opera House.  Washington's birthday is commemorated, and classes are suspended for the day.  A Mr.

A lengthy, in-depth article about the social dynamic at the school is published.  The Union Philosophical Society plans its 99th anniversary.  A day of prayer is held in Bosler Hall.  The Belles Lettres Society plans its annual banquet to be held in a local hotel, Florence House.  The college bell breaks because of a detached clapper. 

The Dickinsonian suggests the creation of a school bookstore on the part of some enterprising student.  Outrage is displayed after an unidentified student pours cold water over two co-eds in zero-degree weather.  Flaws in the construction of Bosler Hall's water runoff system become apparent with increased precipitation in Carlisle.  The school's gymnasium is finally opened on January 6, followed by a busy night of banquets and celebrations. 

Tensions rise between Dickinson fraternity members and the Carlisle Police Department, with the Sentinel defending Dickinson's students.  Criticism is levied on students for their behavior during chapel when a visitor is present.  The co-eds in the school are criticized for hazing other students.  Dickinson loses to Swarthmore 6-22 in football.  Mud-slinging between Dickinson and Lafayette continues, and Lehigh also begins criticizing Dickinson's football team. 

The Dickinsonian criticizes students for poor behavior during chapel exercises, and chastises the freshman class for not acting as a better "police force" to keep unwanted visitors off campus, as was custom at this time.  Emory Hall falls into disuse and ruin, prompting requests for some purpose to be made for the facility.  Issues of disrespect arise between Dickinson's students and fraternity members and the greater Carlisle police force.  The Sophomore class refuses to participate in a cane rush with the Freshmen, a pleasing sign to the Dickinsonian about the end of tha

The gymnasium is finally outfitted with the proper equipment, as well as a superintendent to instruct students.  Two students die over the summer; Samuel Philson Black '89 of Consumption (Tuberculosis), and Charles Bambridge Morse '90 of heart disease.  Spencer Fullerton Baird '40, an eminent zoologist and former professor, also dies.  Dickinson loses a game of football to Lafayette 0 to 12.