When two Delta Tau Delta fraternity members went searching for antique objects to display during a presentation celebrating the chapter’s 150th anniversary in October 2017, they didn’t expect to find the chapter’s original Bible. Juniors Joshua Waechter and Vincent Miozzi found the Bible in a plastic container brought up from the basement of the Kappa chapter house. “I don’t think...
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Historic Hysteria: A ‘Formal Dress For Dinner’ saga
Forget groufits, crocs, and socks and sandals: For Hillsdale students in 1955, “all freshman men who eat at East Hall must wear a white shirt and tie for the evening meal.” According to “Formal Dress For Dinner,” an article published in The Collegian on March 10, 1955, “The main reason for the ties is that the Saga Food Service requires...
Jogging, frostbite, and Thatcherball
Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele went for a six and a half mile run last Wednesday in minus 13 degree weather, saying it “wasn’t even close to the coldest weather I’ve run in and I didn’t find it particularly challenging.” Despite warnings from the college administration about last week’s cold weather, several students and faculty members, including Steele, were...
Shotgun team freshmen recount shooting careers
“I got my first gun, a Remington 20 gauge pump-action shotgun, for Christmas when I was 8 years old,” freshman Tommy Rodgers said. “My dad gave it to me, and wanted me to give it to my kids one day.” Rodgers began shooting for the Hillsdale shotgun team immediately in the fall. With a spitfire personality and confidence, his specialty...
First fountain made explosive exit in 1940
When the class of 2019 recently announced their senior gift of a fountain on the quad, one of the fundraising chairs, senior Andie Chandler, described the fountain as having a “rich history.” Hillsdale has, in fact, had multiple fountains on campus through the decades — including one that students blew up with dynamite in a prank gone wildly awry. The...
Historic Hysteria: Green Hat Gossip
On September 26, 1944, The Collegian premiered yet another gossip column. But “Green Hat Gossip” didn’t just spread the campus tales. The author of this weekly piece was a jack of all trades, practicing investigative reporting, giving advice, and delivering some devastating insults. “Green Hat Gossip” first and foremost focused on uncovering the most classified information at Hillsdale College. In...
