A shake-up of Dickinson's intramural system is under consideration by the Intramural Director which will reduce the number of intramural teams with hopes of students participating in different activities instead of intramural sports and in response to the slightly low number of participants in these sports. The College Religious Association raises funds for food for war-weary residents of England and occupied France. The Mid-Winter Ball is characterized by misfortune as the queen of the dance was bed-ridden in the Carlisle Hospital and the orchestra was five seven hours late due to snow.

Hell Week for fraternity pledges leaves Phi Kappa Psi pledges sweeping walkways for active members, Sigma Chi pledges going back to freshman rules, Phi Delta Thetas conducting mass on Molly Pitcher's grave and Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges carting actives around like horses. Four students are admitted into Phi Beta Kappa and three more into Omicron Delta Kappa. President Fred Pierce Corson tells all students present in chapel that it is essential to read the bible as a part of a national effort to promote religion in colleges.

The student body chooses seven male athletes to fill vacancies in the Athletic Association. The students work with the Board of Athletic Control which directs the athletic policies of the college. The Biology Department receives a donation in the form of a two-headed calf to be dissected and researched. The Dickinson basketball team wins its fifth straight game, setting themselves up to be the most successful team of the past ten years.

The College Social Committee plans the Mid-Winter Dance for March 7 and campus elects the queen and her attendants. All major construction on Bosler Hall is completed and it is expected that the building will reopen on March 1. Dramatic Club players are performing a skit live on WHP Harrisburg radio station. Carlisle honors its American Hero, Jim Thorpe, with a celebration and event.

Dr. Fred P. Corson is elected President of the Association of College Presidents of Pennsylvania. Marion Van Auken is selected as the Queen of the Mid-Winter Ball. The new James W. Bosler Library nears completion. The Basketball Team beats Drexel. Alum of the Carlisle Indian School and former Olympian, Jim Thorpe will speak at the college next week.

The College Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert of the academic year, the customary Winter Concert. Student Senate proposes a change in the extra-curricular activities policy in place, fighting to eliminate value points and hour requirements to help keep academic averages up.

The college treasurer, Gilbert Malcolm, falls in a hotel room and injures both of his ankles.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon will hold a Christmas party for needy children in the Carlisle area featuring a dinner, a trip to the movies and a gift. It is hoped that this will become and annual event. The Sociology Department announces the creation of a new award, the Gaylord H. Patterson Prize, to be awarded annually to the upperclassman who writes the best essay on public policy. The award commemorates the late professor Patterson and is valued at twenty five dollars. The Winter Edition of the 1940 Hornbook comes out.

Dickinson joins a nation-wide Christmas stamp-selling campaign that raises funds for the National Tuberculosis Association. The Woman's Choral Club performs for the first time this semester, singing at the College Chapel Service. The renovations being made to Bosler Hall near completion and will include a reserve room, a reference room, a Dickinsonia room, a faculty study, a music room and a recreational reading room. In addition, it is now limestone to match the other buildings on campus.

Student Senate organizes a pep rally for the big game against Gettysburg in response to the noticeable lack of spirit by students in the recent past. The head librarian at Dickinson, May Morris, suffers a fall from the library stairs, leaving her with both wrists broken and severe spine and shoulder bruises. Tau Kappa Alpha holds a meeting regarding an annual debate with interested members of various campus organizations.