Dickinsonian, May 1, 1897
The YMCA campaigns for financial support such that some of its members may attend The World's Student Conference. The annual Freshman Oratorical Contest is held in Bosler Hall for the Cole and Walkley prizes.

The YMCA campaigns for financial support such that some of its members may attend The World's Student Conference. The annual Freshman Oratorical Contest is held in Bosler Hall for the Cole and Walkley prizes.
Dickinson's baseball team is barely bested by the Cuban Giants by a score of 17 to 13. The Dickinsonian remarks on a medical breakthrough in Germany - a supposed newly discovered remedy for fever.
The makeshift Dickinson baseball team is defeated by the Carlisle Indian School. Former slave, Civil War veteran, and college janitor Henry W. Spradley dies.
Humorist Professor S. T. Ford puts on a comedic act for students. The Athletic Association publishes its ratified resolutions from the previous year. Dickinson receives a book on cursory Japanese from Rev. Clay MacCauley.
The College Concert Company returns from a trip to northeastern Pennsylvania. Englishman, former renown cricket player, and recent missionary to China Charles T. Studd addresses different associations around Carlisle including the YMCA and the Carlisle Indian School.
General John Eaton greets a full house for his talk on "Personal Memories of Lincoln and Grant" at the Carlisle Indian School Commencement ceremonies. Furthermore, those in attendance listened to the translated words of chiefs Antonio Apache and Sassy Chief. A lecture is given in Bosler Hall on missions in India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Rev. Geo. W. Leitch.
The annual debate between the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Literary Societies takes place in Bosler Hall. Dr. Super gives a lecture on German author Heinrich Heine on the role of the roles of the senate. Transcripts of the rebuttals are included.
The College Quartette returns from a trip through Central Pennsylvania. The Carlisle Indian School holds commencement ceremonies despite a measle epidemic. Former professor of mathematics and astronomy Dr. Fletcher Durell lectures on "the sun" for the benefit of the Athletic Association.
The Baltimore Alumni Association of Dickinson College holds their second annual reunion at the Merchants' Club in Baltimore, Maryland. The YMCA holds its annual officer elections.
George Washington's birthday is celebrated with the assistance of the Harman Literary Society. The Belles Lettres Literary Society celebrates its 111th anniversary. Plans are made for reform of the Dickinsonian.