The Ursinus Weekly, November 9, 1936

Senior ball committee picks Top Hatters, noted CBS swing band, to play at dance • Dr. Wilhelm Pauck to address Y s • Bears thrown from loop lead as inspired Dragons come from behind to stage upset • Ursinus grad is elected to Pennsylvania H. of R. • Hedgerow\u27s Twelfth night to be Fathers\u27 Day feature • Philadelphia club to hear McClure on Shakespeare • Penn Quakers play for Varsity Club dance in gym • Sheeder represents Ursinus at American education council • Curtain Club selects cast for Ghost train mystery • That man\u27s here again - Ruby photographer collects proofs • English Club to meet • Careers article reveals demand for nurses with preparation for special cases; trend toward requirement by nursing schools of college training for entrance • A nous la liberte movie to be shown Tuesday at 8 • Yost is vespers speaker • Kellett\u27s cubs add Drexel to victim list; Dragon J.V.\u27s lose, 16-0, to grizzly frosh • Bear soccerites defeated at Delaware in rough contest • Visiting students inspect campus, see Drexel game • Jayvee booters lose 3-0 to Perkiomen soccer team • Brodbeck leads dorms as teams enter second half • Entertain Drexel councils • Bear co-eds tie Penn, 1-1; Jayvees win first tilt, 1-0 • Elkins Park tilt cancelled • Bullets to invade Patterson field Saturday in league tilthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1911/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 19, 1936

Rec center plans near completion • Senior week-end leaders chosen • Fighting grizzlies stalemate powerful Roses; bears click on all eleven to spring upset • Capacity crowds expected to see human history film • Turkey day games to be played at F. and M. for five years • Curtain Club to produce two plays for road trips • Social science fellowships open to seniors and grads • Vogue magazine has career contest for senior co-eds • Pres. McClure to speak at dinner as guest of honor • Group of alumni, faculty form library aid society • Curtain Club to present Hedgerow Players in Shakespeare\u27s Twelfth Night on November 14, the first of series of three plays to be given at Ursinus • Deaths of three related to faculty, alumni, during week • Alumni come back strong on annual Old Timers\u27 Day • Kellett\u27s freshmen swamp Malvern Prep in first cub grid tilt by 31-2 score • Bear booters beaten 5-1 by F. and M. in third try • Sophs eke out victory in opening interclass hockey • McAvoy\u27s bears, Julian\u27s Mules to meet at Allentown Saturday • Many students, much spirit at bear-roses pep rally • Fall net tourney moves toward quarter-finals; progress slow • Brodbeck, Derr undefeated, lead intramural football • It is really the girl who makes the conquest, says co-ed as Weekly reporter continues survey on collegii amatoria • Injured student improvinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1908/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 17, 1932

Fighting bears trounce F. & M. 16-6: McAvoy\u27s grid men make game look easy as they pile up big score • Old timers return for annual fete • Anniversary celebration to be held on Monday • New equipment aids work in biology fields • Dr. Rubin leaves campus to continue study abroad • Cross country men open season with 25-30 victory • Eighteen pre-medics in honorary society • Gay crowd gathers for dance on even of holiday • Cubs fall before fast attack of Villanova frosh • Hockeyists romp over grads in first game, 8-1 • Various committees named • Poverty Day prize winners • Biology Club to organize • Women gather at dinner • Alumni dine after game • Co-eds make known aims • Pajamas and torches feature at pre-game pep parade • Erring freshmen become clowns for student council • Frosh girls breakfast with junior advisors • Foreign problems reviewed • Men\u27s chorus progressing • Curtain Club plans varied play season • Pan-Hellenic ball date announced by councils • F. and M. flasheshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2032/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 18, 1940

Board elects Nicholas T. Barry new Ursinus Weekly editor • Weiland to edit 1941 Ruby ; Dubuque is business manager • Law and morals Goodrich\u27s subject • Candidates listed for April elections • C.A. Kulp talks on old-age security • Jr. ticket committee explains special price • Snyder sets April 2 for spring Lantern issue • Members of faculty quizzed in poll express sentiments on third term • 21-year voting age favored by students • Party is planned for conference week-end • I.R.C. quizzed on current events; will admit members • Committee heads are selected for women\u27s May Day pageant • Hal Moyer chosen honorary basketball captain for season • Ursinus players on all-star quintets • Infield and outfield candidates report • Dorm battlers vie Wednesday in gym • Frosh won five of twelve games • John DeBold wins conference trophy • Undefeated Temple beaten by co-eds • Conference committee secures two speakers • Vespers speaker points way to achieve true personality • Temple professor to address pre-medical society Tuesdayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1838/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 8, 1941

Guest vocalists and musical organizations will blend talents in Messiah presentation • Wenhold tells vespers that giving is one of most important virtues • First forum hears discussion of the post-war world • Gordon airs and novel tavern party to highlight gala senior weekend • President McClure calls for balance in time of crisis • Dr. N. W. Winkelman, Penn neurology prof, to address pre-meds • Michael named member of survey committee for secondary schools • Ursinus ranks high in grad school placements; stands 47th in survey of 215 leading colleges • Rec hall to have host, hostess; Appleget plans novelty events • Bomberger memorial maintains unceasing vigil as it celebrates completion of fiftieth year • Federal government to levy 10% tax on admissions to college activities • John and David Garvey present music recital in Bomberger Hall • Bear quintet faces Lehigh in season\u27s opener this Saturday • Twenty-one wrestlers prepare for opener against Kutztown Wednesday • Co-eds have last year\u27s team intact for season\u27s play • Jing Johnson announces athletic award winners • Captains elected! • 20 frosh candidates drill for season\u27s play under coach Pancoast • G-burg\u27s Bullets dominate bears opponent team; Petro unanimous • Bears make all teams of opponents and scribes • Giving: the spirit of Christmas • Vickland and Jamison to handle soprano, tenor parts in Messiahhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1772/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 31, 1928

Ursinus debating league holds ninth conference • Debating very practical; a ladder to success • Some objections answered with a desire to help • The best ways to refute an opponents arguments • A baker\u27s dozen of helps for the young debater • How to fit debating into high school curriculum • How to get out audiences for our league debates • Report for last season: eleven trophies given • Importance of delivery in high school debatinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2170/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 12, 1938

Rose marionettes arrive tomorrow • Guest artists praise work of choir in Thursday rendition of the Messiah • Three trips scheduled for men\u27s debate team • Soph hop\u27s Don Pike signed to play return engagement for interfraternity-sorority ball • Baugh to talk Founders\u27 Day • Student party, banquet feature Christmas week • Curtain Club to stage \u27Mr. Pim\u27 at Spring City • Seniors present comedy, ball as final social contributions • The Oklahoma Daily gives Carter tribute • The Skipped diploma • Japan and China films shown on Wednesday as part of local Far East emergency drive • New IRC Quarterly reflects student views on the Netherlands and collective security • Michael addresses seniors • Basketeers priming for opening game of season; squad, except for Bodley, intact from last year • Men\u27s ping pong finals to be played this week • Court team, with seven veterans, greatly improved this year • Brodbeck, Curtis meet in intramural playoffs • Mrs. Hashagen to sponsor new Art Club just organized • Brotherhood to discuss popular Christmas stories • Borrell head of new sorority • Seniors urged to apply now for Varsity Club loanshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1856/thumbnail.jp

Lessons Learned from the First Year Implementation of a Two-Track, Reformed Introductory Biology Course

The design, implementation and assessment of a novel, two-track, reformed introductory biology sequence are described in this paper. Course reform was based on the recommendations by the 2009 Vision & Change report from AAAS. Both tracks were based on guided inquiry, with an emphasis on constructivist pedagogy. One track included only students entering college with Advanced Placement Biology credit (N=24), who were given a studio style course that focused on the investigation of the phenomenon of “vanishing amphibians,” from molecules to ecosystems, over the entire year. The other track included the remaining students (N=68), who received more direct content instruction but through the use of numerous student-centered, active learning methods. The “AP Scholars” section entered with higher and more consistent levels of prior knowledge, but both sections made identical normalized learning gains and expressed satisfaction with the course, particularly the reformed aspects. The “AP Scholars” identified strongly as scientists and enjoyed the investigative nature of the course. The two-track course is now in its second year, and changes are being made in accordance with the lessons learned from the first year. This two-track system could serve as a model for other institutions looking to change their introductory biology sequence

The Ursinus Weekly, December 11, 1939

Communion and party in gym will feature Christmas week • Snyder plans new Lantern make-up • Messiah pleases capacity audience • Wood to head interfraternity-sorority dance on January 13 • McClures to entertain women tonight and tomorrow evening • 13 members added to Weekly staff • Sr. play portrays conflicts of Irish Catholicism • Senior ball draws 140 couples to dance to Gordon\u27s orchestra • Russo-Finnish conflict to be discussed by Herber at IRC • Pres. McClure will speak to Brotherhood at meeting Tuesday • Students reveal opinion on editorial comments • First I.R.C. Quarterly under Yoh released • Student poll describes ideal Ursinus professor • Veteran five ready to open season against Rutgers at New Brunswick Saturday; Chern, Keehn will swap posts • Co-ed basketeers down Rosemont in exhibition • The fall seasons in review: football and soccer • Frosh court candidates begin practice tonight • Collection of Madonnas is exhibited in libraryhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1830/thumbnail.jp