Dickinson College

Superior Court Judge Robert E. Woodside to speak at fourth annual ODK Leadership Dinner. Debate team ties for fourth place in State Tournament. DePauw University Choir and Juilliard String Quartet to present concerts on campus. Mary Dickinson Day to feature President Sarah Gibson Blanding of Vassar College as the guest of honor. Dean Ness interviewed, answers questions submitted to the Dickinsonian.

Inter-Fraternity Weekend opens. Faculty Auction raises $450 for the Student Sanatorium in Istanbul, Turkey. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra to perform in Bosler Hall. Unofficial poll of College faculty reveals desire to abolish Saturday classes, administration now seeking student input. New Dickinson Viewbook, a pictorial representation of the College, to be released. College receives collection of rare documents from noted English poet and playwright John Drinkwater.

Fifth annual Follies production, "It's The Greatest", to be performed in the Carlisle High School Auditorium. Students to bid on faculty members at an auction to benefit the Student Sanatorium in Istanbul, Turkey. Dickinson Band to be divided into girls' and boys' sections, all female "pep band" to make their first appearance in the fall.

Religion-in-Life Week opens. Dr. Mary Elizabeth Burtis to deliver final Spahr lecture of the year. Two summer school sessions to be be held at the College. Benjamin Rush Chapter of Future Teachers of America to receive national charter. Faculty revises academic rating system, raises minimum academic standards. Dickinson Follies begins fifth season with "It's The Greatest".

Dr. Arthur Stanton Adams to speak at annual scholarship banquet. Annual Dickinson Follies to be performed. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra to perform on campus. Mermaid Players to perform "The Cardiff Giant", marking their third major production of the academic year. Diverse group of speakers to participate in Religion-in-Life Week.

Mermaid Players to introduce new mobile box office system to travel between dorms, offering tickets at reduced price; wrap up their tour of Antigone with a final performance at Gettysburg College. President Edel announces that the Board of Trustees has approved the construction of three new college buildings on the Benjamin Rush Campus, including a student activities building, a men's dormitory, and a new science building. Prayer Chapel dedicated to honor former College president John Price Durbin.

Mermaid Players plan spring production of "The Cardiff Giant", first time in MP history that faculty members will appear alongside students in a stage production. MPs also present production of Antigone. President of Vassar College Dr. Sarah Gibson Blanding to speak during Women's Day events. Choir sings at Church Convention in Harrisburg. Agnes P. Drayer - wife of trustee Samuel M. Drayer - dies after lingering illness, new women's dormitory to be named in their honor. Queen to be crowned at Mid-Winter Ball. G.O.P. of Cumberland County to hold dinner in Alumni Gym.

Professor Bell to give the first Boyd Lee Spahr Lecture in Americana of the year, named assistant editor in the project of collecting all of the know information on Benjamin Franklin. College to start Summer School program. New joint student-faculty committee to discuss possible changes to the College's social rules. Mermaid Players to schedule tour to Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg Colleges.

Professor Whitfield J. Bell resigns. Omicron Delta Kappa and Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary leadership fraternities, tap new members. Aquatic Club performs annual show. Adult Education Program to be extended into the spring. Dickinson resigns from the Eastern College Athletic Conference, efforts underway to make the College a member of the NCAA.

Aquacade Club to present annual show entitled, "Water Vagabonds". Harry E. Fosdick and W. Emory Hartman to address chapels. Campus clubs usher in holiday season with a number of themed events. Gershwin Concert Orchestra to give recital on campus. First year since 1901 that the heretofore annual Doll Dance will not be held.