The football team finds a new coach who signs a three year contract. Founders' Day celebrations begin this day. The senior picnic is planned for the following Monday where many athletic events will take place. Two men's literary societies, Belles Lettres and the Union Philosophical Society, see their organizations losing membership and seek aid from the college administration to keep their clubs alive. The Jewish fraternities gain representation in Senate.

Work begins on the new Phi Delta Theta colonial house. Distribution and sale of the 1932 Microcosm will take place in Bosler starting next week. Senate approves the 1931-1932 budget and passes two new rules involving elections. Founder's Day breakfast will be held by YWCA. The freshman badges for next year will be metal instead of paste-board cards.

A radio transmitter made by Dickinson students is now being tested in the physics lab and will be the basis for the new college radio station W3CY. The dramatic club casts its next production "Holiday" which will be performed around commencement time. A constitution and by-laws are set up for the varsity D Club.

Several Dickinson men plan to go abroad this summer to western Europe and norther Africa. The Beta Psi fraternity and the Commons Club merge and now will collectively be called the Commons Club Incorporated. Edward Biddle, president of the Board of Trustees creates a committee of trustees that will consider men for the office of president of the college. The Microcosm is sent to the printers and will be ready for distribution for the price of $4.50.

All freshman rules are suspended for the rest of the semester by the Tribunal, marking another step in the evolution away from traditional rules.

Dr. Mervin Grant Filler, president of Dickinson College, dies in Philadelphia after suffering from a severe case of influenza. Dr. James Henry Morgan, previous president of the college, will be acting as head of the institution until a new president can be found. The superintendent of grounds and buildings at Dickinson, Joseph Burns, dies of a heart attack.

Funds for a new library are expected to be raised over the next four years. The Dramatic Club announces the cast for their April production of "Tommy." The Interfraternity Council announces a new resolution regarding alumni in the rushing process. Student Senate passes a resolution that will require all organizations to submit an itemized budget to Senate. Dickinson women are invited to "play day" at Bucknell University which will allow women from different schools in the area to play each other in athletic contests.

The German Club's showing of the film "Anna Christie" brings in $120.29 to be added to the travel fund that will allow students to travel to Germany. A new Dickinson alumni club will be forming in New Jersey. Six college students, including representatives from Dickinson, are collecting 1,000,000 signatures annually to pledge total abstinence from intoxicating beverages. Three men from the Dickinson basketball team are chosen to be members of the Franklin and Marshall honor team. In their first inter-collegiate swim meet, the Dickinsonians emerge victorious.

The basketball team ends its season, perhaps its best in school history. Sophomore Milton Davidson is awarded the sophomore cup for exemplary character and achievement by Omicron Delta Kappa. The winners of the 1932 Microcosm beauty contest are decided and include both fraternity and non-fraternity girls. Student Senate makes plans for a D Club on campus which will ensure that deserving athletic teams are adequately awarded. The Interfraternity Council revises rules for rushing. A distinguished alumnus is lost with the death of Dr. Clyde Bowman Furst.

Former Dickinson student and Dickinson Law School alumni Judge Sylvester Baker Sadler dies. Dr. Horace Rogers, associate professor of chemistry at Dickinson, is invited to submit his biography for inclusion in the next edition of American Men in Science. The Dickinson basketball team defeats its last two opponents to become champion of the Central Pennsylvania conference. The Athletic Association proclaims that Dickinson will not be joining a new basketball league of small Pennsylvania colleges including Drexel, Ursinus and Gettysburg among others.