Dickinsonian, October 12, 1934

Dickinsonian, October 12, 1934

The football team loses to Albright. The Sophomore Vigilance Committee, with a new chairman, will be in charge of enforcing the freshmen rules. The schedule for the Homecoming program is announced. The Dramatic Club announces that its first production of the year will be Death Takes a Holiday. At the end of the rushing season, the fraternities pledge a total of seventy-six men. The soccer team loses to West Chester.

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Dickinsonian, October 4, 1934

Dickinsonian, October 4, 1934

President Corson begins his term in office. The sophomore class wins the annual freshman-sophomore flag scrap. The Athletic Board decides to institute a student price for football tickets. The football team ties Hobart in the first game of the season. It is announced that the French exchange student has arrived on campus, and relates her criticisms of the US. A grant has made it possible for Dickinson to pay sixty-eight part-time student workers. The Omicron chapter of Sigma Chi will celebrate its 75th anniversary at Dickinson this year. The retiring president, Dr.

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Dickinsonian, September 27, 1934

Dickinsonian, September 27, 1934

The Board of Trustees chooses Reverend Dr. Fred Pierce Corson to be the college’s twentieth president. The freshmen beat the sophomores in the Evening Scrap. In addition to choosing a new president, the Board of Trustees also created an alumni fund and a new scheme of athletic control. Senate Committees are appointed to govern sports, religion, and aspects of social life at the college. The formation of the Union Literary Society is a result of the merging of the Belles Lettres Society and the Union Philosophical Society. Mrs.

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Dickinsonian, June 4, 1927

Dickinsonian, June 4, 1927

New system and rules for fraternity rushing described. The Dickinson Players presented the annual Commencement Play, performing "Are You a Mason?" Opening of the new Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Miss Edna E. White presented to the College a large Galilean reflecting telescope. S. Marsh Johnson resigns from his post as the Varsity Coach, and Robert H. Duffy is elected to replace him. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded an art collection to the College of "considerable value." An article outlines the events of Alumni Day.

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Dickinsonian, May 19, 1927

Dickinsonian, May 19, 1927

The Omicron Delta Kappa national honorary fraternity is officially installed at Dickinson College. Only three track men will go to the Middle Atlantic Championships at Schenectady on Saturday as a result of the Athletic Association's refusal to appropriate the funds necessary to take more. Details of the Founders Day event activities. Robert Knupp receives the Miller prize offered for first place in the Freshman oratorical contest, and Miss Marion Morf receives the Walkley Prize for second place.

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Dickinsonian, May 12, 1927

An article outlines Professor Norcross's reasoning surrounding the rise in student suicides. Professor Leon C. Prince has eleven speeches to give in various states between mid-May and Commencement, including nine Commencement addresses. The Dickinson Tennis team opened the season successfully when it returned victorious in matches against Washington and Jefferson, Grove City, and the University of Pittsburgh. The principle speakers at the annual Dickinsonian Banquet included M.H.

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Dickinsonian, May 5, 1927

Dickinsonian, May 5, 1927

Plans to revive an old tradition on Alumni Day: Alumni address assembled students on the traditions and conditions of the College in their day. The Dickinson One Mile Relay Team won the Class B Middle Atlantic States College Championship event at the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival.

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Dickinsonian, April 28, 1927

Dickinsonian, April 28, 1927

Work on the new gymnasium starts on the grounds of Old South College. President Morgan's wife dies unexpectedly of a heart attack and is buried in Carlisle. Omicron Delta Kappa, a national honorary fraternity, has granted a charter to Dickinson College. Raymond R. Brewer, Dickinson's representative at West China Union University, is on a leave of absence and expected to visit the College campus very soon.

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Dickinsonian, April 21, 1927

Dickinsonian, April 21, 1927

Arrangements for the contests in oratory and declamation for members of the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes have been completed by the faculty members in charge - Several awards will be given. Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt has been chosen to deliver the Commencement address this year. Discussion of well-received lecture in chapel given by Dr. F. D. Losey on "Macbeth." Glee Club will give a concert at the Allison Methodist Church. Article shedding light on college student suicides.

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Dickinsonian, April 14, 1927

Dickinsonian, April 14, 1927

Raymond R. Brewer, Dickinson's representative at West China's Union University, will revisit the College. Fourteen graduates of the College were in China amidst civil unrest, but were able to leave without danger. Taylor and P.E. Smith earned first place medals in the two cross country races held for the T. Marshall West Awards. Women's Glee Club holds a rally in the Metzger Hall gymnasium. Details regarding the Senior Class Ball to be held on May 14. Ten Freshmen were punished by the Student Tribunal.

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