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Sun., Sep. 23, 1956 Matriculation Service 1955
Tue., Oct. 23, 1956 Special Convocation 1956
Fri., Nov. 9, 1956 National Symphony Orchestra Performs
Tue., Nov. 27, 1956 Thomas L. Thomas Performs
Thu., Dec. 6, 1956 Mermaid Players' Production of "Two Blind Mice" Opens
Fri., Feb. 8, 1957 Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers Perform
Tue., Feb. 19, 1957 Special Convocation 1957
Thu., Feb. 21, 1957 Mermaid Players' Production of "Much Ado About Nothing" Opens
Thu., Mar. 14, 1957 New Art Wind Quintet Performs
Fri., Mar. 22, 1957 Follies' Production of "Shades of Hades" Opens
Thu., Mar. 28, 1957 Edward Teller Receives Priestley Award
Thu., Apr. 11, 1957 Mermaid Players' Production of "The Heiress" Opens
Thu., May 2, 1957 Founders Day Special Convocation 1957
Thu., May 2, 1957 1957 Freshman Plays Opens
Tue., May 7, 1957 Gregor Piatigorsky Performs
Sun., Jun. 2, 1957 1957 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 2, 1957 1957 Commencement
Sun., Jun. 2, 1957 Herbert Brownell Gives Address
Thu., Oct. 3, 1957 Special Convocation of Church-Related Higher Education
Tue., Oct. 8, 1957 Rise Stevens Performs
Tue., Oct. 29, 1957 Emlyn Williams Performs "A Boy Growing Up"
Thu., Nov. 7, 1957 Mermaid Players' Production of "The Playboy of the Western World" Opens
Thu., Dec. 12, 1957 1957 Christmas Choral Concert
Tue., Feb. 4, 1958 de Paur Gala Performs
Thu., Feb. 20, 1958 Special Convocation Naming Edgar Moore Finck as Professor of Education
Thu., Mar. 6, 1958 Mermaid Players' Production of "Summer and Smoke" Opens
Wed., Mar. 12, 1958 Virtuosi di Roma Performs
Thu., Mar. 13, 1958 Follies' Production of "Wake Up and Dream" Opens
Tue., Mar. 18, 1958 Special Convocation 1958
Tue., Mar. 25, 1958 Angna Enters Performs
Thu., Mar. 27, 1958 George B. Kistiakowsky Receives Priestley Award
Tue., Apr. 15, 1958 Special Convocation 1958
Thu., Apr. 17, 1958 Mermaid Players' Production of "Kind Lady" Opens
Thu., Apr. 24, 1958 Allison Methodist Church and College Chapel Dedication
Fri., May 16, 1958 Glee Club Spring Music Festival
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958 1958 Baccalaureate
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958 1958 Commencement
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958 Arthur B. Langlie Gives Address
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958 Paul V. Lemkau Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958 Conyers Read Receives Honorary Degree
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958 Andrew Wyeth Receives Honorary Degree
Mon., Sep. 1, 1958 Sixteen International Students enroll at Dickinson
Sun., Sep. 21, 1958 Matriculation Service 1958
Mon., Sep. 22, 1958 Professor Rogers becomes Chair of the Chemistry Department
Tue., Sep. 30, 1958 Phi Beta Kappa Initiates Four Seniors
Mon., Oct. 6, 1958 Dickinson mourns the loss of Professor Vuilleumier
Thu., Oct. 23, 1958 Special Convocation Naming Ralph Schecter as Professor of English Literature
Tue., Oct. 28, 1958 Students Begin Annual Campus Chest Program
Thu., Oct. 30, 1958 Mermaid Players' Production of "The Fan" Opens
Thu., Oct. 30, 1958 Omicron Delta Kappa taps six students

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