Drinkinsonian, April 1, 1953
The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, is full of satire and parody.

The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, is full of satire and parody.
After an absence of five months, the Dickinson Mermaid was restored to her place atop Old West. Upcoming concert by the Little Orchestra Society. Details on Inter-Fraternity Weekend. The possibility of summer school at Dickinson College is currently being discussed. The Intercollegiate Conference on Government elected Carl Skinner of Dickinson College to the position of Chairman of the I.C.G.'s Central Region. Judge Florence Allen is interviewed at Dickinson. Profile on Dickinsonian Elizabeth Middleton.
The Union Philosophical Society will host the Intercollegiate Conference on Government's Central Regional Convention. York Barbel Company to give a weightlifting exhibition in the Alumni Gym. Dr. Paul Rufus Burkholder receives the Dickinson College Priestley Award. Dr. William F. Hufstader presents a gift to fund a College theater.
Student reviews of the play, "Anne of the Thousand Days." Bishop John Wesley Lord, Dickinson alumnus, to speak in an upcoming chapel meeting. Dickinsonians file a petition to retain Professor Hugh Mercer, who was rumored to have been dropped from the College faculty. Details on the upcoming annual Priestley Award Dinner. Judge Florence Allen will be the Women's Day speaker. Profile on athletic coach, Lee Ann Wagner. Recent tragic death of student Eugene Beck - Detailed profile on him written by Professor John Steckbeck.
Original drawings of Dickinson College by Benjamin Latrobe found. New College apartment building to be called Montgomery Hall. Professor Milton E. Flower presented a slide tour of Europe at a recent meeting of the International Relations Club. The Little Orchestra Society to visit Dickinson in March. Profile on student athlete, Lee Huber. Dickinson Basketball ends losing streak by defeating Western Maryland College.
Dickinson College students have named Louis Fischer an honorary member of their Belles Lettres Literary Society. Sally Husted is crowned the Queen of Hearts at the Mid-Winter Ball. The great Irish-English novelist, Elizabeth Bowen to address the upcoming chapel meeting. United States Senator J. William Fulbright scheduled to speak on campus. Reverend James Hutchinson speaks in chapel about his native Scotland. Aquatic Club to give performance entitled "Aqua Fantasy." Profile on Dickinsonian Robert Gasull. Profile on student athlete Elton Richards.
The Supreme Court Judge of Delaware, Associate Justice James S. Tunnell, Jr., to deliver talk for an upcoming Boyd Lee Spahr Lecture. Visiting Religion professor, Dr. Clyde Wildman to deliver talk on "The Developing Bible," sponsored by the Student Christian Association. The Queen of Hearts to be crowned tonight for the Mid-Winter Ball. Herbert W. Gould donates two drama awards to Dickinson College, to be rewarded each year to outstanding theater students. Profile on Dickinsonian Norm McWhinney. Critique of upcoming play, "Anne of a Thousand Days." Profile on student athlete, Jim Mackie.
"This I Believe" is the theme for the upcoming Religion-in-Life Week. Outline of the eleven women vying for the Mid-Winter Ball crown. Chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Dr. Rohrbaugh on leave for a year beginning this term. The Little Theater casts parts for the new play, "Anne of a Thousand Days." Profile on Dickinsonian Evelyn Sciotto. Profile on student athlete Dick Johe. Dr. William Edel returns from a tour of western U.S.
The Dickinsonian elects new staff heads. Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership honorary fraternity, taps four new members: Carl F. Skinner, Philip J. Anderson, Frank C. Ogelsby, and Sidney B. Kline, Jr. A standard First Aid course is being offered at Dickinson by the Carlisle Red Cross. Psychiatrist of the Child Guidance Center of Harrisburg, Dr. Paul F. Dunn addresses a psychology class. Eric Cox of Sigma Chi was crowned the table tennis champion of the College. Religion-in-Life Week to be headed by Dr. Harold Bosley, leading author and religious leader.
Belles Lettres to present its first film attraction of the year, "All Quiet on the Western Front," on 15 January. Talent Show at the next chapel meeting. Cesare Siepi, star of the Metropolitan Opera, to sing on campus this evening. Pledges of Chi Omega win the annual skit competition. Profile on Dickinsonian, Kay Jordan. Dickinson Basketball defeats Bucknell and Trinity.