The Dickinson Folllies Committee announces that it will present an original musical comedy the following March, under the direction of Professor Francis Warlow. Bruce R. Rehr '50 takes over as the new editor-in-chief of the Dickinsonian. The College enacts a policy that all exams may be requested and viewed by students after they are graded.
A special committee votes unanimously to move towards the establishment of a College radio station (eventually founded as WDCV, which went live in 1962). Student Senate censures The Dickinsonian for "the misrepresentation and lack of facts" printed in the Sep. 30 and Oct. 14 issues. The new column "Brevity" is also criticized for its "slanderous tone." William C. Decker, president of the Corning Glass Company, visits campus for the College's celebration of Pennsylvania Week. The College Choir opens its season with a presentation of "Laudamus" by Prophae.
The Political Science Department organizes a trip for 64 students to visit the (then-new) United Nations Building. The Fine Arts Department exhibits a collection of Pennsylvania German art. A list of books checked out by Alfred Victor DuPont during his tenure at the College is discovered in the library. Several Inter-Fraternity League football games are protested by students, the issue at hand being which person(s) should act as referees.
Painter and art critic Michel Gilbert visits campus, hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Roger E. Sellers. The Belles Lettres Literary Society holds its first meeting, with hopes to publish the Hornbook (the College literary review) semi-annually after several years of annual publishing. Parents Day, scheduled for Oct. 15, will include a faculty luncheon, fraternity buffets, and the Ursinus vs. Dickinson football game. A freshman football team is organized for the first time since the conclusion of World War II. A total of 122 men pledge the College's ten fraternities.
The Union Philosophical Society passes a resolution that allows for the admittance of women for the first time in their 160-year history; they also shift the nature of their discussions from national and international issues to campus-specific topics. The Dickinsonian adds a new column, Brevity, and the position of Sports Editor to their executive board.
College Enrollment hits a record high—over 1,000 students—and some students are boarded in Carlisle to compensate for lack of on-campus housing. Ten new faculty members are added to the payroll: Phoebe Follmer is appointed new Dean of Women; Charles Coleman Sellers is appointed Curator of Dickinsonia; Rear Admiral Roger Eastman Nelson assumes professorship in the Mathematics Department; Dorothy Custer Yates is appointed Assistant Catalogue Librarian; Mrs. LeRoy H. Hagerling and Lenore Richardson Wood are appointed House Directors for East College. Eric Jonathan Josephson, Paul A.
Yearly spoof edition of the Dickinsonian, a satirical review of the year's events.
Environmental Science students conduct audit of the College. Dickinson College Choir performs Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra.
Student Senate candidates present their platforms and ideas in debate. Campus reacts to current Student Senate president Laura Spindler's administration. Senior Kevin Nathan featured for his broadcasting start at TV40 in Boiling Springs with sports talk show, "SportsScene".
SASC subcommittee discusses and proposes changes to recognition draft in open forum discussion with students, faculty, and staff. Changes to be discussed at a later date. Housing Board issues final decisions for group housing in the 1990-1991 academic year. Butterworths hire private investigators to look into their son's death.