Dickinson College

The Annual Junior Oratorical Contest occurs.  The Honorable Richard Wigginton Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, delivers an oration to the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies.

The Belles Lettres Society holds their 8^th Annual Sophomore contest.  Professor Himes holds a lecture on the telephone, at which he receives music from the Philadelphia orchestra via wire.  The Union Philosophical Society also holds their Annual Sophomore contest.  The Seniors hold their annual shooting contest.  The Seniors hold a joyous party celebrating the coming of final exams.

The 95^th Annual Commencement is held.  The classes of 1858, 1868, 1872, and 1875 hold reunions.  Professor Himes is called to assist in the investigation of a possible case of arsenic poisoning near Newville, P.A.  Croquet becomes popular on campus.  Members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity visit the Gettysburg College chapter a visit, much to their delight.

Dr. Himes hosts the Senior class for a dinner party and the roll-call of grades.  A telephone is also used at this party, to the delight of all in attendance.  A notice goes out to students requesting that they not stamp their feet or spit while in the chapel.  The students begin practicing baseball and football.  The Scientific Society tells the history of the college to students through photographs.  The Alumni Association of New Jersey holds a banquet in Burlington, N.J.  New editors for The Dickinsonian are elected from the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres Societies.

Dr. Harman hosts the Senior class for a dinner in his home. The class of 1868 plans a reunion to take place on the Wednesday of Commencement Week. The class of 1858 also hopes to have a reunion during Commencement Week.

President McCauley holds tea time with the students of the Senior class.  The Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society hold their anniversaries, for which they reinstate the tradition of having invitations.   

The Scientific Society holds elections.

The Senior Class takes a Class Day to plant their class tree.  Certain students are punished for property damage after a prank.

Professor Himes hopes to hold a lecture on the telephone.  Photographs of the college are taken by a Mr. John Choate.  The upper and lower classmen hold a football game, which the upperclassmen win 10 to 7.

The upper class beats the lower class in a football game, 14 to 1. The College Glee Club organizes.