The Ursinus Weekly, February 16, 1942

Drive to aid war-stricken students will aim for $200 goal this week • Vespers speaker calls for faith in prayer to god • Zero hour nears, co-eds nab dates for Lorelei dance • Brotherhood of St.Paul to inaugurate services during Lenten season • Pre-meds to hear talk by Dr. Paul Mattis on two aspects of insulin • Dr. Philip Willauer to speak at forum here next Tuesday • Women debaters begin active season against three college opponents • Plan for combination of Y organizations is retreat proposal • Oh, look at the girls that we got: Squeals, hugs, kisses and tears rock Bomberger • Co-ed sextet conquers Penn Saturday by 31-27 • Bear quintet drops games to Mules and little Quakers in past week • Freshman quintet loses three tilts in week\u27s play • Mule wrestlers humble bear squads Thursday • Dead shot: Dave Zeiglerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1776/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 9, 1942

Red, white, and blue crepe to bedeck gym as couples dance at hop to Sheble\u27s rhythms • Arthur Martin, Ursinus grad, to address chem society on cellulose • Theology student tells vespers of faith in praying • Manager of annual May Day pageant fills positions on seven committees • Dr. Yost is reported to be making recovery after operation today • Sixteen from Ursinus attend conference on Rock and sand at Buck Hill Falls • Pre-medders to hear Dr. Sherman Eger \u2725, of Jefferson Hospital • Chairmen announce April 17 as Ursinus conference date • Mrs. Donald Helfferich plans to address Ursinus circle • Prom chairman Bayne sets April 10 as date of annual spring formal • Men debaters journey to up-state campuses and argue on labor • French Club arranges trip to see Moliere\u27s Physician • Wrestling squad finishes sixth in championship meet • Hashagen quintet trounces Bucknell in season\u27s finale • Undefeated co-ed team meets Temple and Beaver rivals • Freshman five closes year with 51-40 defeat by Perkiomen prep • Schneeberg beats Zeigler to win ping pong tourney • Hutchinson and Moore win team scoring; each garners 136 points • Jing Johnson announces particulars of coming intramural programhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1779/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 27, 1941

Opera stars sing arias; Hocker tells of company aims • Dr. James appeals for basic study of man; award two degrees at Founders\u27 Day service • Varied program shows life of Christ with songs and readings • Grads to return on Saturday for game, alumni luncheon, and dance • \u27Nervous system\u27 and \u27x-rays\u27 are pre-med movie subjects • Frosh foil fifteen foolish frolicers in indecorous invasion intrigue • Carter and Miller visit G-burg to attend historical conclave • Fireside chats to discuss campus, world citizenship • Defense training class enrolls 150 workers in free night school • Miss Snell\u27s charges down Temple Friday, 2-1, to remain undefeated • Baker\u27s booters bow to West Chester Rams; JV\u27s shade Perkiomen • Steinmetz\u27s cubs fall before superior beef of engineer freshmen • Clawing dragons tame reluctant bears, 14-7, in second half scraphttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1767/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 24, 1941

Plans for senior ball extravaganza make progress according to schedule • Lincoln professor tells of reasons for giving thanks • Lieutenant Curran to show pictures of naval air arm • Toothaker paints graphic picture of life in Brazil • Three new faces will appear here in presentation of Handel\u27s Messiah • Dr. Yost is appointee to executive committee of college conference • Care of mental cases is subject of Gilpin talk to pre-medders • Spohn offers grand prize for Ruby subscription contest • Dr. Brownback made honorary president • Curtain Club admits seventeen thespians after drama tryouts • Men debaters will meet tonight to hear intra-squad contest • Bears engage strong Diplomats in turkey day classic finale: Bears out for first win as eleven players don uniforms for last time • Worn out alumni tie varsity soccermen • Girls defeat Drexel 4-2 in closing tilt • Coach Hashagen drills court squad for early season games • Baker\u27s myths maul Snell\u27s misses (maybe); five point handicap proves point of disputehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1770/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 23, 1942

Lenore Berky is choice of co-eds to rule over May Day ceremonies • Dr. Gable queries vespers on type of world to seek • WSGA sets Wednesday for women\u27s annual Color Day • Willauer will return Tuesday night to discuss peace plans at forum • Dr. Mattis traces history of insulin in diabetes cure • Student council formulates plans for registration of all campus cars • Y-sponsored Kukan to picture horrors of Jap Chinese incident • Reverend Edward Platts is Lenten speaker Wednesday • Mrs. Shelley quits post in registrar\u27s office after 11 years of service • Battle smoke lifts away to show sixty-six man increase in frats • Lecture on stained glass will be given on Wednesday • Wally Spotts and Lorelites score big hit on Friday night • Women\u27s debating team schedules three meets for this coming week • Y committee draws up charter for merging of two associations • Weekly staff admits five after long probation period • Hashagen clan handed defeats by Diplomats and Bisons last week • Basketball squad hopes to improve record in three final home games • Rutgers wrestlers pin bears 26-8; Tropp loses first • Riddled cub squad defeats riddled Diplomats by 43-37 • Co-eds keep slate clear with victory over Bryn Mawr, 33-30, Saturdayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1777/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 23, 1942

Fister challenges vespers listeners to change views • Pre-medders hear Dr. Eger speak on healing of wounds • Department heads and academic council end seniors\u27 comprehensives • Two proposals will be discussed at meeting of men\u27s student assembly • Beaver economics and pol.-sci. prof is IRC speaker tomorrow night • Prom committee chooses the Criterions to furnish music at spring formal • Y will collect postage stamps and tin foil for Red Cross • God\u27s power is subject of Corum\u27s message to weekly Lenten service • Swartley to head next year\u27s Lantern staff; add four new members • Sollmann calls for total war effort as only means of insuring final victory • Y to sponsor chats in order to stimulate conference enthusiasm • Alumni of Trenton area to organize new local association at banquet • Idea for May pageant came to Betty Urich while a sophomore • Students indicate Miller is favorite dance orchestra • Debaters close season by matching wits with teams in New York area • Compulsory intramural program to begin this Wednesday; dinner hour changed to 5:30 starting Wednesday evening • Snell\u27s squad ends season with 18-18 Chestnut Hill draw • Shreiner and Glenwood play tonight for intramural crown • Associated Press puts captain Al Hutchinson on all league team • Marion Bright placed on all Philadelphia district sextet • Ursinus girls participate in play day Saturday at Temple Universityhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1781/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 14, 1941

Wenhold reveals plans for dance on May 15 • Dr. Pfahler will speak to pre-meds on cancer • Gala prom and big minstrel show will be junior weekend features • Charles G. Haines, political scientist, will be speaker at commencement • Dorizas tells forum of cause for war • Mauchly to help establish seminar for meteorologists • Y groups to sponsor New York trip April 25 • Blum and Wismer to represent Ursinus at TKA conclave • Polling continues today for campus officers • Eight candidates are seeking positions on the \u27Weekly\u27 • Eleven members elected to IRC at meeting Tuesday • Witmer reports on novel by Roberts before English Club • Maeder announces list of committees for pageant Springtime in Mexico • Michael receives word of meteorology course • Choir gives Easter concert on Thursday in Bomberger • Women debaters to report on trips at meeting tonight • Freshmen hold key to track season; G-burg meet Sat. • Bears\u27 golf team drops contest to St. Josephs • Cats rout bears in season\u27s opener by score of 19-0 • Freshman squad faces season minus pitchers • Ursinus enters cricket league 1941 season • Joyce Ward puts female archers through practiceshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1814/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 30, 1942

Student assembly changes freshman rules and customs • Registrar announces offering of fifty courses for summer session • Bacteriology of sneeze will be discussed for pre-medders on April 7 • Ditter, Ihrie, and Heller secure posts at top of Weekly editorial staff • Patterson stresses need of integration at vespers service • Dr. Ryland addresses IRC, analyzing election results • Unique setting will feature prom; Spring fantasy is theme for formal • Russ Huckel recovers from burns received in chem lab • Discussions at chats uncover various angles of fireside topic • Co-ed debaters travel to meet Shippensburg and Dickinson away • Ursinus to cooperate in program of pre-induction Navy training • Sacrifice to triumph is message of speaker at last Lenten service • Yankee\u27s batsmen lead league race after week\u27s play in intramurals • Johnson releases next year\u27s football slate • Frosh eligibility rule relaxed by conference in meeting Saturday • Co-ed basketeers complete brilliant season\u27s record • Roving reporter finds students enthusiastic over new program • Tennis, softball, and track activities begin in intramural program • Shreiner girls win court title in n-teenth play offhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1782/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 17, 1941

Vespers speaker urges cultivation of latent powers • Zu Loewenstein, exile from Germany, to address first forum December 3 • Cruise to carnival of roses will be senior ball theme • U.S. naval officer to depict life as Air Corps cadet • Prof of neurology at Temple will speak to pre-medders tomorrow • College press poll indicates opinion against war entry • Wenhold wins Longine wrist watch in Coke advertisement contest • Men debaters open season; meet Swarthmore on radio • Y to emphasize music, arts, and dramatics on its trip to Philadelphia • IRC to show film on Peru, land of the Incas; conference at Lehigh • Big little sisters journey to Norristown for theatre party • Dr. Reid explains implications of inter-American defense • High-pressure tactics swell number at Ruby barn dance • Omega Chi offers graduation prize for merit in scholastics • Co-ed hockeyites drub Rhode Island 12-2; tie Penn 1-1 • Baker booters drop tilt to Gettysburg clan 3-1; to play alumni Saturday • Strong Bullet eleven downs fighting bear outfit by 20-0 score Saturday • Stevens calls for wrestling hopefuls; six meets plannedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1769/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, January 12, 1942

College adopts 3-semester year • Charlie Hoffman\u27s orchestra to play at Friday\u27s dance • British author and critic to address forum Wednesday • Miller article on Singapore is part of January Amerasia • Guest professor, F. and M. students lead at vespers • College defense council plans for air raid work and emergency aid • Students will become members of defense council first aid unit • Free Weeklies to Ursinus men in armed forces • Y\u27s committees lead world student service drive to secure funds • Men debaters meet tonight to discuss new questions • Civilian defense at Ursinus • Solidarity is the theme of national YM-YW assembly • Dr. John Perkins tells pre-meds of general practice • College receives large grant from estate of wealthy philanthropist • Bears swamp Lebanon Valley 77-31; bears swamped by Albright 80-33 • Tropp and Arnold win but Fords sink wrestlers by 22-6 • Dependable guard: Al Hutchinson • Freshmen capture sudden death tilt from Lions, 33-31 • Cub squad opens seasons with 37-19 win Wednesday • Alumni sextet ekes out 25-24 win over coach Snell\u27s co-ed varsity • Then across the Perkiomen the skaters glide in flight • Dr. Miller, Mr. Pancoast attend American political science conference • YM-YW plan winter retreat to formulate new programhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1774/thumbnail.jp