Dickinsonian, May 2, 1929
Paul C. Meng, secretary of the Chinese YMCA in America, addresses the "Y" meeting of the week. The Glee Club enjoys a four day journey of singing and "warbling" through Central Pennsylvania.

Paul C. Meng, secretary of the Chinese YMCA in America, addresses the "Y" meeting of the week. The Glee Club enjoys a four day journey of singing and "warbling" through Central Pennsylvania.
"Grand Old Man of Dickinson" J.H. Morgan steps down from presidency as Mervin G. Filler, fourteen year dean, takes the reigns at the inaugural ceremony. Boyd Lee Spahr, class of 1900 and president of the Alumni Association, presides over a luncheon as part of the ceremony. Brigadier General Frank R. Keefer, class of 1885 and Surgeon General of the United States Army is among those to give an address.
Prominent educators and public men prepare to take part in the inauguration ceremony of Mervin G. Filler, the eighteenth president of "Old Dickinson". Clarence A. Welliver is elected as student leader of college band. William S. Bender wins oratorical contest held in Belles Lettres Hall for his speech on "Lincoln and the Constitution".
In response to the withdrawal from political cliques by two fraternities in the prior week, Theta Chi endorses a move for a reform of on campus politics. The freshmen women of Metzger Hall with a B average are rewarded with the freedom to go out on all nights of the week exluding Monday, on which all students are bound to their living quarters.
The Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternities renounce on-campus ties to political cliques and vow to allow members to vote according to personal sentiments. The Harrisburg Mozart Festival commences its second annual program of concerts at William Penn High School in Harrisburg.
Devotees push for "soccer football" to be established as an official Dickinson sport. The Philadelphia Inquirer interviews Professor Leon C. Prince, one of the newest members of the Pennsylvania Senate. A newly founded poetry club flourishes at Conway Hall.
Reverend Gilbert Darlington of the American bible Society delivers an address on John M. Mason, Dickinson College president from 1821 to 1824. An economical professor hoards tin cans to later redeem the profitable metal. A drive is set to begin for the Dickinson-in-China fund.
Members of the Sophomore class kidnap the Freshmen class president the day before the Freshman Hop dance. 1895 Dickinson Alumnus William "Billy" Clarke expresses approval and nostalgia, confirming the tradition. The Glee Club debuts its spring concert series. Students organize a new German club aiming to enable fluency among members. The coeds of Metzger ponder on the future home of their only male resident, a dog named Dapper.
German Naval Commander Count Felix Von Luckner gives a thrilling lecture to a packed crowd. College Sophomore Russel Spinney is caught delivering a false story to a local barber involving his near drowning. The story is published in the Carlisle Evening Sentinel. A number of coeds consider abandoning education for Hollywood.
Boyd Lee Spahr, Head of Alumni Association, presents the college with large portrait of Dickinson grad and eminent scientist Spencer Fullerton Baird. College President Mervin G. Filler is presented with an honorary degree of doctor of laws at the induction of Dr. Edmund Davison Soper as president of Ohio Wesleyan University.