Revisions made to the Pennsylvania Constitution by the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention are discussed. A letter from Representative Hendrick B. Wright is published.
Freshman class is characterized by the relatively advanced age of its members. Belles Lettres Society refurnishes its library. Sophomores defeat Juniors in baseball.
A sum of $20 is donated to the Dickinsonian by an unnamed alumni. A new professor is welcomed to the College by serenading students at West College late in the night. Chi Phi Fraternity holds is 51st Convention. The announcement for the 92nd Annual Commencement is published.
Elections for the officers of the Dickinsonian for the coming year take place. Phi Kappa Psi holds their 16th Annual Symposium. Phi Kappa Sigma holds their annual session in Philadelphia. The class of 1872 holds a reunion. The history of Dickinson College is outlined “in brief,” and the editors apologize to non-alum readers for the length of the piece, defending its importance.
The Belles Lettres Society holds their anniversary celebration, with a disappointing Anniversarian speaking. The Union Philosophical Society also holds its anniversary celebration, with a more adept Anniversarian. Complaints of the marking system run rampant around campus.
The need for secular books in the college’s reading room is discussed. Alumni in Philadelphia move for the creation of a national alumni association, the American Alumni Association. The Union Philosophical Society abolishes customary invitations to their annual banquet. The story of President Jesse T. Peck’s brief stay in an insane asylum is recounted.
Legal suits against the College by Professors Trickett, Stayman, and Hillman over their removal from chairperson positions are settled. Theta Delta Chi Fraternity holds an annual banquet at which many local esquires and members speak.
The need for a gymnasium is asserted. A representative is elected to attend the Inter-Collegiate Literary Contest. The Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity holds a banquet for its members.
Professor C. F. Himes of the Natural Sciences Department is elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge. A legal suit between Professors Trickett and Fisher regarding the rightful occupancy as Chairperson of Modern Languages is settled by Judge Junkin. The Sigma Chi Fraternity holds their 13th biennial convention.
The College Regatta is discussed, and its benefits debated. The Dickinsonian announces the possible institution of a law course into the curriculum. The death of the valedictorian of 1874 in memorialized, with special inserts by the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and the Union Philosophical Society. President McCauley returns from the British Wesleyan Conference to fanfare from the Carlisle Band.