Dickinson College

The Dickinsonian is ranked the second oldest college newspaper in the state. Dickinson offers a summer engineering course for recent high school graduates not entering college this fall. This is part of the federal government’s defense training plan. The points and hours system for extra-curricular activities, as well as the required activities and limits on activities for those in good academic standing, are eliminated and Student Senate reorganizes itself to govern under this new system.

The potential measles epidemic in Metzger Hall that threatened the entire Dickinson community is no longer a threat. There have been no new cases reported in the past forty-eight hours and those infected have been placed in the infirmary or sent home.

The Salvation Army is expected to receive a new high of $2,600 from a drive held in Carlisle to which several Dickinson students and faculty have contributed. Skull and Key and Wheel and Chain tap their new members for the coming semester. Bernard Keating, Dickinson senior, signs with the Boston Red Sox and will join them immediately after graduating. The track team ties the Albright team, something that almost never happens and will likely not happen for many years to come.

Wheel and Chain and Omicron Delta Kappa hold the third annual song fest on the steps of Old West. All the fraternities and sororities are expected to attend. The new pastor of Allison Methodist Church, a Dickinson alumnus, will be serving as the student religious advisor. The track team has the highest win percentage of any Dickinson team over the past three years.

Fifteen students attend the Intercollegiate Conference on Government in Harrisburg. Three of these students hold considerable positions at the conference such as registrar, secretary of a committee and regional director. The 1941 issue of the Hornbook goes to press, its main attraction this year being a poem written in German and translated into English by the Swiss exchange student. A French World War II refugee will be studying at Dickinson next semester. “Vivacious Lady,” a production being put on by the Dramatic Club, will premier May thirteenth at Carlisle High School.

The eighth annual Guest Day for prospective students and their families is planned. A ten minute period between classes and an amendment to Chapel policies are implemented at the recent faculty meeting to help to eliminate student tardiness issues. Women's intramural spring activities are planned including an interclass badminton tournament which would allow the winning women's team to battle men's teams. The first social event to occur between the Dickinson and Gettysburg chapters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is held in the form of an informal dance.

George Myers, a junior, receives the 1902 Award as he is determined to be the best all around Dickinsonian. The most recent chapel speaker scolds Dickinson students for their disinterest in national and student affairs. The Dickinsonian changes its way of reporting on fraternity news, requiring that a representative from each organization submit news each week to eliminate error and confusion.

March 3, 1773 is adopted as the official date of the founding of the college by the Board of Trustees, making it the eleventh oldest college in the nation and the oldest west of the Susquehanna River. President Fred Pierce Corson presents a creed for national defense in chapel, asserting that although the United States have not yet declared war, they are a part of the war. Corson appoints a committee of four faculty members and two students to review the extra-curricular activity point system that is being challenged.

A shake-up of Dickinson's intramural system is under consideration by the Intramural Director which will reduce the number of intramural teams with hopes of students participating in different activities instead of intramural sports and in response to the slightly low number of participants in these sports. The College Religious Association raises funds for food for war-weary residents of England and occupied France. The Mid-Winter Ball is characterized by misfortune as the queen of the dance was bed-ridden in the Carlisle Hospital and the orchestra was five seven hours late due to snow.

Hell Week for fraternity pledges leaves Phi Kappa Psi pledges sweeping walkways for active members, Sigma Chi pledges going back to freshman rules, Phi Delta Thetas conducting mass on Molly Pitcher's grave and Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges carting actives around like horses. Four students are admitted into Phi Beta Kappa and three more into Omicron Delta Kappa. President Fred Pierce Corson tells all students present in chapel that it is essential to read the bible as a part of a national effort to promote religion in colleges.