The challenge of combining and cataloging the society libraries is discussed.  The Ramblers' Walking Club is the latest craze at Dickinson.  The Sophomore Oratorical Contest is planned.  The recently formed Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association is disbanded due to a lack of interested schools.  The Union Philosophical Society holds their anniversary, and the Baltimore Alumni Association holds a reunion. 

The formation of the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association give Dickinson students access to larger fields of play and more opponents.  Efforts to produce a Microcosm cease.  The Athletic Association decides to reject recognition of the separate teams created by the pro- and anti- co-education factions in the Freshman class, and the idea of a combined team is also rejected.  An underground co-education group is created, with rumors that it is named The Dickinson College Co-Ed Woman's Rights Association

The Senior class splits over elections for Class Day due to fraternity alliances, so it appears as though they will not hold one.  The popularity and purpose of society anniversaries is discussed. 

Plans for an inter-society debate are taking shape.  Calls for a song about Dickinson are published.  Inter-class baseball games are planned between the Seniors, Juniors, and Freshmen.  The Bosler Memorial Library Hall is almost finished, and in the wake of its opening the societies discuss aggregating their holdings into one.  The alumni record of the college is about to be published, much to the satisfaction of all. 

Cheating and cutting are discussed and criticized.  The Dickinson Philharmonic Club is organized.  Dickinson plays Swarthmore in football, losing 6 to 34.  Dickinson's football team also plays a team from the Harrisburg Cricket Club, winning 16 to 0. 

The Freshman class is divided into factions, pro-co-ed and anti-co-ed.  The gymnasium opening is postponed for another school year.  The Athletic Association holds the first Field Day, and it is a great success. 

The junior class decides to publish a Microcosm, the first in many years to do so.  The Jacob Tome Scientific Building is opened.  The college is taking athletics more seriously, and the number of enrolled students increases.  With the opening of the Scientific Building, Professor Himes takes up specialty in Physics instruction and Professor Lindsay in Laboratory and Chemistry instruction.  The Trustees decide that students can enter the societies without pause once they enter the college.  The Seniors defeat the Juniors in baseball on October 3 with a scor

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.