Dickinson College

The annual Commencement issue honors the class of 1936. Honorary degrees are presented to Vice-Admiral Arthur Jay Hepburn, Judge W.A. Valentine, Rev. Roy N. Keiser, and Rev. George Henry Ketterer. Twenty-eight students, including one woman, receive Bachelor of Law degrees. The Dickinsonian enters the Associated Collegiate Press Spring Contest and receives an all-American rating. Eight men are inducted into the national honorary fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa. The Dramatic Club's presentation of Torch-bearers opens in Bosler Hall.

The Athletic Association compiles the "official" rules for all intramural sports to be presented in a handbook for the upcoming academic year. Student Senate elects a new president and members of the Committee on Committees for the 1936-1937 academic year. 

The rising junior class holds elections for the upcoming year, already beginning to discuss such events as the 1937 Junior Prom. Wheel and Chain, the women's honorary senior fraternity, selects its new members. Belles Lettres Literary Society plans its sesqui-centennial celebration. Charles R. Gay, president of the New York Stock Exchange, is announced as commencement speaker. Five members of the Debate Squad are inducted into Tau Kappa Alpha, an honorary forensic fraternity. 

The Freshman class plans to hold an annual class picnic. The Men's Glee Club gives a concert at Carlisle High School. The club additionally hopes to revive the tradition of singing on the Old Stone Steps every Tuesday. Dickinson Law School introduces a summer term, during which Dickinson College students can take courses for credit. The Women's Glee Club performs in Mechanicsburg at the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Guest Day is held for students potentially enrolling in the college. Most of the fraternities hold elections for the next academic year. The Board of Trustees change the college seal to include the date of the founding, 1783, at the center of the seal.

The College celebrates Founder's Day. Delegates are sent to the Inter-collegiate Conference on Government in Harrisburg, one of which is named chair of one of the event's nine major committees.

The All-College Social Committee plans "Leap Year Week" at the urging of students. During this week, several events for women are planned, culminating in the Pan Hellenic Dance on April 4. The Dramatic Club holds auditions for their final production of the year: Torch-Bearers. The college raises money to benefit the communities around Harrisburg affected by a recent flood. The Dramatic Club presents their past production Big Hearted Herbert at the Carlisle High School to raise money for the American Red Cross and flood relief.

The Drinkinsonian, the annual spoof edition of the paper, offers a satirical look at college groups and individuals.

The Dramatic Club's production of Big Hearted Herbert, a three-act comedy by Sophie Kerr, opens in Bosler Hall with much praise. The Protestant branch of the Religious Association holds elections.

The Dickinsonian holds a short story contest open to the entire student  body. The winner will be awarded with three dollars, and the runners-up with two. Conway residents are staying up until nearly the break of dawn playing Monopoly. The Women's Glee Club sings at the YMCA's Fireside Hour. The radio station W3YC enters an international radio contest. Professors Clarence Carver and Arthur Bishop publish a book on "Suggested Certification Requirements in the Various Subjects of Secondary Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania".