Dickinson College

Orchestra instruments to be provided for several Dickinson College students. Pan-Hellenic party held to welcome freshman women and transfers.

New plan for awarding varsity letters is announced. Miss Cornelia Stabler,a monologist, presents a program at Bosler Hall. The Conference and Appointment Bureau works to acquaint Air Crew students with Dickinson girls. Several students elected members of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges." Intramural sports program begins on campus.

W.W. Edel is elected college President by Trustees. Ph. B degree is dropped. Trustees appoint new faculty. Phi Beta Kappa choose nine seniors. Wheel and Chain and Debate Squad Reactivate. Professor Craver retires. Student Senate reorganizes. College Award honorary degrees.

Omicron Delta Kappa taps six men. Board of Athletic Control selects committee to elect new coach. Married Vets plan banquet. Dr. Eric Barnes is appointed head of the English department. New fence to be erected around Biddle Field.

Editors of 1947 Microcosm are chosen. The Hornbook resumes publication on campus. Carlisle takes action on Veteran Housing issue. College pranksters put goldfish in College pool. Elliot Lawrence to provide music for Spring Formal.

Faculty recommends the elimination of the Bachelor of Philosophy degree and associated classes. Choir travels on concert tour. Warning against prank fire alarms is issued. Board of Athletic Control meets to consider applications for appointment of football coach.

Representative John Kunkel gives address at Saturday chapel. Dickinson debates Gettysburg on the Air. Professor F. Eugene Reader resigns from Dickinson School of Law. Arthur D. Kalher resigns as director of athletics and head football coach at Dickinson. Chi Omega purchases house for national headquarters. Men's baseball beats Elizabethtown 4-2 in first game of season.

Dickinsonian get new staff. Staff open for 1947 Microcosm. Honors program opened to students. The Raven's Claw, the Senior honorary society of Dickinson, celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Enrollment cap is increased to 800; women's quotes set at 200. Skull and Key chooses nine. Three one-act plays to be performed by Little Theater. Panhellenic Day held.

Forty veterans enroll at Dickinson. Skull and Key Society reactivates on campus. Orientation Committee becomes new and permanent section of the Student Senate. John Gibson '47 is elected president of the Methodist Student Conference. Dickinson Students attend Mock Congress. Plans for a new women's dormitory are discussed.