The Ursinus Weekly, February 22, 1943

Jean Haight leads bond queen race during first week • Ruby staff proceeds with curtailed plans for wartime annual • Haverford bows to grizzlies in first court tilt of season • Curtis men will vacate hall in interest of economy • Ursinus wins place in debate tourney • Miller tells vespers of today\u27s happiness • Y\u27s will sponsor polish war films • Juniors sign Rader\u27s band to play at spring formal • Two hundred students say dawn adieus as thirty-one reservists leave college • Juniors hold class party • Air Corps cuts college list by seven this week • Play tryouts postponed • German Club learns songs • Weekly adds four to staff • Services will get books from drive • Government seeks college graduates for wartime jobs • War offense theme planned for prom • Temple dentistry dean to address pre-meds • Fireside chatters discuss Y\u27s place • Soc prof continues discussions with famed Freeland folkways • Staiger speaks to chemists • Girls\u27 court team seeks fourth win in Bryn Mawr tilt • Rangers win twice on Tuesday to cop intramural diadem • The best teams of all move to Convention Hall • Ursinus Matmen drop 28-8 debut to Swarthmore • J.V. Cagers out for revenge at expense of Bryn Mawr • Varsity sextet tops Swarthmore 27-18 • Haverford to play here • Jayvees suffer first loss • Shreiner and Lynnewood take intramural openers • Librarian lists books in new rental collectionhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1754/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 15, 1943

Lehigh prof blames Japanese ambition for Far-East war • Haight takes lead in bond queen vote • Thirty-four army enlisted reservists to report for active duty next week • Hudson speaks at vespers program on lasting gifts • Wilson yields his swing and sweet at annual Lorelei • One dance, coronation replace May pageant • Curtain Club picks play for weekend • Nurse\u27s course to be given • Pre-meds hear Dr. Perkins • Library will assist victory book drive • Second registration due for war ration booklet • Juniors plan party Friday • WSGA welcomes freshman girls at traditional Color Day • Y plans hop next week • Bus-movie tickets stopped • Frosh women make sorority choices in midst of tears, squeals, and hugs • Report by med school association gives Ursinus grads high rating • Lantern completes staff • Girls will travel to Swarthmore for third game • Wrestling squad opens intercollegiate schedule at Swarthmore Saturday • Ursinus to meet Haverford in initial court tilt Friday • Gunners meet pilots for fourth position; Playoffs start today • Coeds beat Beaver to end 2-year jinx • Jayvee team looks ahead to first trip Wednesday • Jayvees outscore Beaver for second victory 26-14 • Four scoring records smashed in intramural climax; Snipers forge into tie with rangers for league lead • Parents by proxy aid Spanish childhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1753/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 4, 1942

Flying cadet head reveals new plan for enlisting men • Address by William Mather Lewis to climax commencement program • Final vespers of year features Chinese play, installation of Y heads • Glen Miller will dedicate number to Ursinus on May 14 broadcast • Kirby Page to lecture in Collegeville Tuesday on durable peace pact • Sugar rationing board will finish tomorrow • New Y cabinets hold annual spring retreat on Sunday at Lesher\u27s • One hundred fifty visit campus for open house • WSGA holds induction banquet on Wednesday • College issues supplementary catalogue for summer school • Crown of four roses highlights burlesqued Boyland pantasy • Rorer and MacMahon pitch Yanks-Senators to 2-2 tie as Tigers nip Indians 9-8 • Cheltenham, R Park win class A and B in interscholastics • Phils blast 11-10 victory over first place Pirates; Giants cop 7th straight • Co-ed tennis squad defeats Penn 3-2 in season opener • IRC holds final meetinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1787/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 19, 1942

Post-war treaties chosen as subject for year\u27s forums • Council on student activities releases three dance dates • Coolidge delivers Founders\u27 Day address; Pfahler Hall of Science officially named • Ruby editor plans consolidated staff for \u2743 yearbook • Rev. Imre Kovacs will address next Sunday\u27s vespers • Frosh class chats on life at college • Servicemen to present enlisted reserve plans • College forms defense council • Beardwood Chem Society makes plans for semester • English Club will meet tonight at Dr. McClure\u27s • Navy to commission 3 grads • Cub and Key taps Bauer • Post-war reconstructions will be year\u27s IRC topic • Combined Y\u27s to sponsor Halloween party Friday • Ursinus bears battle Franklin and Marshall to scoreless tie • Steward\u27s punting highlights defense for fighting bears • Girls to open year with Chestnut Hill • Intramural practice to start this week • Huge intra setup to replace winter athletic program • Booster group drives for better school spirit • Bears meet Muhlenberg at Allentown Saturday • Advice on prayer given vespers by Norristown pastor • Belgian girl tells French Club of European education • Rec hall open for dancinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1741/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 7, 1942

Vespers speaker pleads cause for charter freedoms • Lecture by Louis Adamic, The Messiah presentation, tropical, moonlit senior ball, and Curtain Club comedy to be featured in eventful week on Ursinus campus • Five Ursinus students attend IRC conference • 4 veteran soloists to sing oratorio • Gordon to return for senior formal • Cast rushes week of final practice • Friday named by president as 18-19 registration day • Christmas party to follow annual banquet next week • Ex-Weekly editor engaged • Snell\u27s belles tie Baker\u27s boys • Five Bullets make Ursinus\u27 all-opponent first team • Basketball coeds begin practice • Stevens plans to begin winter intramurals • Juniors win over freshmen but lose game by forfeit • Women\u27s Club gifts exceed $19,000 level • Professor Pettit lectures to society on war gases • Y\u27s international party raises money for WSSF • English Club will hear Betty Reese review book • Two women will journey to Allentown for debatehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1748/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 27, 1942

Pennington head tells of beauty in everyday life • Registrar\u27s office lists revised class schedule for summer semester • Crowning of May queen highlights colorful Mother\u27s Day celebration • Former consul advises forum to plan peace • Students and faculty of French Department present play at U. of P. • W.S. Kerschner, D.D., selected to deliver baccalaureate address • Drexel nutrition expert will tell local women of applied dietetics • Last rites for Dr. Sibbald held at church in Oaks • Rapp succeeds Appleget as booster committee chairman • German Club changes name to honor Dr. Calvin D. Yost • Ford parks on Freeland porch; uses perch for blackout port • Soph hop band leader subs in Benny Goodman\u27s band • Helfferich named delegate to General Synod meeting • Philadelphia and Montco alumni honor dean at Bellevue banquet • Thirty-five couples attend Ruby dance • Mary Anna Wiley named head of Debate Club • Miller, Pancoast attend political science meeting • Pirates grip top as Giants pound Bums, Cubs, Cards • Tigers claw Browns and Sox to gain berth in play-offs • Coed softballers wallop Bryn Mawr and win play dayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1786/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 1, 1943

Nancy Landis tops Jean Haight\u27s lead in bond queen vote • Two freshmen play leading characters in Cat and Canary • Ursinus to be site for V-12 training unit according to Navy announcement today • Collegeville women explain war work at girls\u27 assembly • President spikes rumors of CAA move to Ursinus • War nurse describes Poland\u27s valiant fight • Dental dean at temple to speak to pre-meds • Dr. Lentz defines true gentleman • Lantern names Cooke head • Juniors will limit frills for wartime spring prom • Truth contest highlights YM-YW hatchet hop Friday • Men\u27s and women\u27s debating clubs to clash on world federation topic • New science applications to be shown to chemists • English Club to add four • Music Club hears students • Eight wrestlers will compete in Middle Atlantics • Coeds top Bryn Mawr for 4th straight win • Bears play Swarthmore tonite then face Temple, Haverford • Three opponents fare poorly in contests last week • Four records fall as Ursinus loses to St. Joe\u27s 77-35 • Matmen drop 21-11 decision at Haverford Wednesday • Maples and Lynnewood win • Ursinus batallion tastes Army life with marching, exams on first dayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1755/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 20, 1942

Former Jap consul to address final forum Wednesday • Becker and Trout elected as student government prexies • Death of Dr. Sibbald comes as blow to entire campus • Pennington head will speak to vespers Sunday • French students to enter cultural olympics at Penn • Debaters attend TKA conclave; conference to be here next year • Mothers\u27 Day festivities will feature crowning of May queen Lenore Berky • Faculty and directors attend rites of Dr. Yost • Greene leads vespers program; includes vocal and instrumental solos • Pirates cop two, replace Phillies in pennant lead • Schmoke hurls Senators to 4-2 win over Yanks • Four minor sports offer instruction to over 100 pupils • Jing considering 150-lb. football for fall program • Men\u27s debate club picks Ditter for new presidenthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1785/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 26, 1942

Bone and Carter to address forum on post-war problem Wednesday • Service representatives emphasize advantages of reserve enlistments • Sixty-five couples don gay costumes at Halloween party • Campus bell to honor men in armed forces • Dad\u27s day dinner to follow Drexel game November 7 • English club admits nine; Cooke elected secretary • Senior class begins plans for weekend in December • Debate tryouts to be held in reception room tonight • Native of Hungary stresses God\u27s way in plea for peace • Holton to furnish music for dance Saturday evening • Women\u27s debating society considers new applicants • Over 175 attend movie • Hunsicker describes plans for pre-medders this year • Puzzled practice profs present painful pans, palpitating pulses • Brad\u27s reopens today • Intramurals begin with emphasis on getting in shape • Mules hand bears stinging 41-0 loss in conference tilt • Freshman grid star greets inquiring reporter, willingly furnishes information and pictureshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1742/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 18, 1942

Science building renamed to honor Dr. George Pfhaler • Board nominates G. Sieber Pancoast to fill new position of dean of men • Dr. Kepler tells alumni of Chinese experiences at banquet on Saturday • Addresses by Lewis and Kerschner are commencement weekend highlights • Miss Ermold resigns; gives Fircroft Hall as a memorial to mother • Industrial injury proves fatal to former senior class member • Ursinus women to enter New York social work • TKA holds initiation; elects Ditter president • Wallace S. Brey and Evelyn M. Dornbach named top graduates; honors and prizes distributed • Musical groups present baccalaureate concert • Four men, two women receive annual award of open scholarships • Bombardiers Hoopes and Spohn drop Rubys on campus • Visiting columnist tells of persuading students to try his rest cure • Bright, Wilson are named assistant sports editors • Pre-medders hold picnic at Perkiomenville park • Ursinus in spotlight on Glenn Miller show • Lyons will head Curtain Club; Moore named stage manager • Steinmetz to attend Middlebury • Senators cop championship with narrow 6-5 victory over rallying Bengals • Phils top Giants 8-7 for softball diadem on Massey\u27s home run • Hash leaves Ursinus to become lieutenant at Annapolis naval base • Detwiler leads intramural meet with three wins • Coed record and intramurals feature 1941-42 sports seasonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1788/thumbnail.jp