Dickinsonian, October 14, 1926

College-wide survey results regarding name popularity - John and Mary are most numerous, with William and Dorothy as close seconds. Football quarterback, Aurance Shank is injured and cannot play for the remainder of the season. Steps being taken by the College to cooperate in a new system of student loans proposed by the Division of Student Loans of the Harmon Foundation of New York City.

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Dickinsonian, September 30, 1926

The Dickinson Men's and Women's Glee Clubs have been invited to sing at a regional College Glee Club Festival. This year about 110 students out of the 543 total did not return to Dickinson after their first year. The Chairman of the College Social Committee, Blanchard Antes announces the upcoming annual College Picnic. The Senior class decides to end the tradition of Seniors using canes, choosing instead to purchase blue blazers for the entire class. Six Freshman girls receive punishment for breaking the "armband rule."

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Dickinsonian, June 3, 1932

Professor Russell I. Thompson to receive PhD from Yale due to thesis focusing on Carlisle public schools. Class Day held for seniors. President Karl Tinsley Waugh inaugurated. Profile of Karl Tinsley Waugh. The Dickinsonian places ninth in the nation at collegiate newspaper competition. Summary of 1931 football season. General Alumni association holds elections to its board. John Wesley Oler is highest academic achiever of class of 1932, receives James Fowler Rushing prize. Davis Roland Hobbs is second-highest academic achiever of class of 1932, receives John Patton memorial prize.

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Dickinsonian, May 12, 1932

Microcosm is published. Professor G. H. Patterson returns from leave of absence. YWCA holds May Day breakfast. College radio plans to broadcast vocally; prospective radio operators build vocal broadcasting devices. Professor E. A. Vuilleumier is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry. Senior picnic is planned. Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference meets at Dickinson. Mothers' Day service held.

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Dickinsonian, May 5, 1932

Mothers' Day and joint Founders' Day-May Day programs are planned. Dickinson to host Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men's Senate votes to add a thirteenth member to its body, then rescinds this vote. Tribunal punishes freshmen for failing to wear dinks. Sigma Chi wins intramural volleyball tournament.

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Dickinsonian, April 28, 1932

Student referendum vetoes proposed changes to Athletic Association constitution; student-drafted alternative is advocated. Women's Student Government Association presents petition for changes to chapel services. Seniors to take third set of Carnegie Foundation experimental tests. Altoona Dickinson Alumni Club is formed.

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Dickinsonian, April 21, 1932

Men's Senate revises freshman rules and stresses the importance of the four (named) all-college rules. Sigma Chis win intramural boxing. William M. Gilbert, '32, wins German scholarship prize and German travel scholarship. Athletic Association proposes changs to its constitution. Class of 1912 plans to donate four lighting standards to be placed outside Alumni Gymnasium. Annual YMCA Tri-College Retreat held at Dickinson.

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