Dickinson College

Construction begins on a reading room in Old West. W. F. Spottswood, J. H. Black, and O. B. Super are elected editors of the Microcosm.

Dickinson students are accused of being behind an apparent haunting in Carlisle. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania denies college students the right to vote at school. J. W. Hendrix donates rocks to college museum.

YMCA holds convention in Carlisle. President Robert L. Dashiell resigns and President James A. McCauley is inaugurated. The administration considers creating a reading room.

Commencement is held.  The Junior Class Oratorical Contest is held.  The Board of Trustees defends President McCauley and the actions of the Faculty regarding the Hill Case.  Sigma Chi, Chi Phi, and Phi Kappa Psi hold banquets.  Field Day is held.  Dickinson beats Letort in baseball 17 to 6.

The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies abolish their initiation fees.  The Belles Lettres Sophomore Contest  and Union Philosophical Society Sophomore Contest are held.  A group of undergraduate students steal from a senior reception two freezers full of ice cream.  Students visit Gettysburg Battlefield on Decoration Day.  The second annual Field Day of the State Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association of Pennsylvania is held.  Dickinson ties Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg in baseball. 

The Class Tree of 1873 is sawed down in an act of vandalism.  The seniors go on the traditional class ride.  The baseball team goes undefeated for 6 games against Mechanicsburg, Lehigh, Chambersburg, and Carlisle. 

The Union Philosophical Society celebrates its 98th anniversary in Bosler Memorial Hall. The walk between West College and South College is "almost impassible" in rainy weather.

The legal battle between the Faculty and a reprimanded student over the issue of freshman hazing reaches a peak when Judge Sadler issues a mandamus against the Faculty.  To this point, a very detailed summary of the case proceedings is presented.  Mr. W. C. Allison, a benefactor of the college, visits and pledges more money so that the gymnasium can be supplied with proper equipment.  The Belles Lettres Society holds its annual anniversary banquet.

A legal case agaisnt the Faculty erupts after a student is suspended for the hazing of a Freshman student earlier in the school year, and multiple students are called to testify.  Funds are raised to equip the new gymnasium with equipment.

The history, present condition, and staff of the college are all outlined in an extensive piece.  The college's Philharmonic Club is reorganized.