Fraternities, sororities, honorary societies, several classes, and the Athletic Association have plans for several social events to be held in the coming months, including many dances by popular demand. The Microcosm adds a feature on women's athletics for the 1932 issue of the yearbook, a novelty. Congressman Robert Rich, Dickinson class of 1907, tells Congress to adjourn on account of his constituents being afraid of the United States Congress. The oldest living Dickinson alumni, Alexander Smead, dies after a colorful life in military service.

John Hall Hopkins of the junior class is named the most outstanding Dickinsonian as he receives the distinguished 1902 Award. The German department expands is repertoire of classes to include a course entitled Cultural History of the German and Scandinavian People. German will be made the language of the classroom. The Microcosm will sport a Scotch theme including a drawing of Carlisle Castle in England, which is both close to the Scottish border and from where the town derives its name.

Westford Warner of the senior class is nominated to attend the Midwest Student Government Conference. Several poems composed by a Dickinson alumnus, Louis Olmstead '30, will be published in popular literary magazines.

Dickinson alumnus Professor Clarence Anderson of Pennsylvania State College dies following an operation at a hospital on Huntingdon. Upon the recommendation of the Special Athletic Committee of the Alumni Council a new committee was appointed to survey the athletic situation on campus. Every branch of the college is represented on this committee. The 128 anniversary of Old West's burning is recognized.

The Athletic Association elects a new president, but protests the lack of publicity regarding the elections, blaming Student Senate for the poor turnout. The Biology department, under the leadership of Elmer Herber and the Mohler Scientific Club, presents three films relating to the study of cancer but are interdisciplinary. At the faculty meeting it is decided that preliminary examinations will be done away with beginning immediately to lessen the work for both students and their professors.

Men's fraternities receive their pledges. Eighty men are pledging the eight fraternities. The Athletic Council draws up new requirements for achieving a letter in cross country which mainly require the runner to place first, second or third in some kind of race or meet. The freshmen class gets stopped by the fire department for having a bonfire outside Conway Hall. A group of Dickinson alumni meet in Philadelphia weekly to discuss problems with the world and Dickinson in general.

Plans for the 1932 edition of the Mircocosm include a Scottish motif, professional artwork and a section about intramural sports. The German Scholarship fund collected under the guidance of the German Department will be even larger this year so that the recipient will be able to travel to Germany on it. A new electric scoreboard will be purchased for the gymnasium by the Athletic Association. The death of Frank Mt. Pleasant, as reported on in the previous issue of the Dickinsonian, turns out to be untrue as the subject was found in New York a couple of days ago. Mt.

Dickinson will play the Carlisle Army Post in a football game for charity since the community is suffering from unemployment. Dickinson students have been asked to play Santa Claus for children at the Shiremanstown Methodist Home. Last year they brought many gifts for the girls and boys much to their delight. The thirty-first annual Doll Show will be held December 19 and will exhibit two hundred dolls donated by the women of the college in addition to a play. Rushing stunts begin to wrap up the fall rush season.

An elderly Carlisle local is released from the hospital after over a month after being injured by Dickinson freshmen during a pep parade. The undefeated freshman football team will battle another undefeated team, Gettysburg, in a game this weekend. Esther Chambers, vice president of the Women's Student Government Association, attends the annual meeting of the Women's Intercollegiate Association as one of sixty delegates from forty-two universities across the nation. Two students, Edgar Bayler and Anna Greene, are involved in an automobile accident due to wet roads.

A meeting for the celebration of the 150 anniversary of Dickinson College is set for tomorrow. A new president of the Tribunal is elected after the previous one withdrew from school last week. Five Dickinson College alumni are victorious in state elections. The Microcosm Photo Contest is underway.