The Ursinus Weekly, March 22, 1948

Summer curriculum almost completed; 136 are enrolled • Music of Ray Eberle to highlight Jr. prom • Religious Emphasis Week opens April 7; Yale professor to head speakers\u27 list • \u27Late George Apley\u27 tryouts underway; chairmen named • May pageant script selected by judges • Faculty will consider plan for radio station • Irish air pervades gym for soph hop • Story of holy week described at vesper service last evening • Hospital director to talk on use of shock treatment • Ursinus delegates attend regional meeting of I.C.G. • Local principal addresses FTA on subject of school discipline • Y fireside chats conducted at professors\u27 homes Wednesday • Chem Society tours paint plant • Bruin diamond squad prepares for April 10 Elizabethtown opener • Coeds complete season with eight wins by whipping Swarthmore sextet, 30-22 • Swimmers notch first, conquer Chestnut Hill • Day study maintains pace in girls\u27 interdorm league • Racquetmen commence practice; Vance and McCausland return • Curtis, off-campus squads pace intramural leagues • Gridders to open drills September 8 • Chess team drops initial match to Haverfordhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1634/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, September 29, 1947

1947 Bruin football squad • Ursinus boasts record enrollment, 962; Men again occupy all campus dorms • Faculty augmented by fourteen; six alumni appointed • Bears to face Drexel in grid curtain-raiser • Dr. White retires; began here in 1924 • Dr. McClure presides at freshman banquet • Ursinus had large summer enrollment; eight to graduate • Callow frosh eagerly anticipate orders as benevolent sophomores begin reign • Glenwood quartette to top program at YM-YWCA rally • Band being re-organized; seek experienced musicians • Contributions sought for college magazine • Quartette seeks WPTZ job; campus activities continue • Grid outlook fair; Wieneke installing double-wing attack • Good season looms for hockey squad • Twenty-six to receive awards in near future • Booters commence practice sessions; eight games on tap • Bearettes face ten opponents; Temple, Penn judged top foes • Phys. Ed. instructress leaves to take position at Upper Darby • Shortage of materials delaying completion of new gymnasium • Varsity Club to handle Gridder • Football clinic held here • Science professors publish first year laboratory book • Prof. Hohlfeld visits British Guiana, takes part in educational experiment • Future teachers schedule first meeting of semester • Telescope to be sent to college by Institute for astronomy study • Pirazzini, McCausland selected to act as headwaiter, assistant • Big-little brothers plan revivedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1621/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 19, 1947

Bruins trip \u27Fords for sixth success; Ross notches win • WSGA installs officers at dinner for women • Class of \u2748 names A. Simons, D. Helms to fill top offices • Ruby show offers eye-filling co-eds in modeling roles • AVC aims delivered by Mr. William Batt • Y conducts weekend of fellowship, planning • Alpha Psi Omega welcomes six Curtain Club initiates • Annex man to head next year\u27s sophs • FBI agent addresses students • Varsity Club slates Wednesday banquet • Last FTA program features discussion of Horace Mann • Language clubs elect officers • Choral group picks officers at final business meeting • Fifty hear Messiah recordings • Penn softball team routed as Erma Keyes whiffs ten • Cheyney choir will present concert here on Wednesday • Cricket team to meet \u27Fords • Group hears Mr. J. M. Hohlfeld • Netmen bow to \u27Fords; succumb to Drexel, 8-1 • Drexel nine rallies to trip bruins, 7-4; locals err thrice • Garnet, Drexel top bears in tri-meet • Brodbeck, Curtis tied for softball loop lead • Golfers beaten, 9-0, by strong Blue Hens • Thin-clads score at Rutgers • Women golfers mace S-more; are whitewashed by Beaver, 5-0 • H. Anderson\u27s hitting features 11-1 softball win over B. Mawr • Girls\u27 tennis team wins, 4-1 • Educator speaks at club dinner • Prof. has two articles publishedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1660/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 15, 1948

Sophs transport Bit of Ireland here for semi-formal class dance Friday • Marshall Plan visioned only hope for peace by former UNRA chief • YMCA to sponsor Religious Emphasis Week, April 7 to 11 • Bears bow to PMC in league play-off after topping Swarthmore five, 49-37 • Men students vote to disband council • Opportunities in USAF to be described here • Y plans special vespers • Negro spirituals vesper topic • St. Joseph\u27s tripped, 36-35, by Ursinus debating team • Political parties, election theme for Y fireside chats Wednesday • Experimental group registers hit with presentation of Hellman\u27s Little Foxes • PAC schedules Washington trip • Late George Apley chosen as thespians\u27 spring play • Campaign begun to improve negro education standards • School principal to address FTA • Too many activities? • Baseball candidates start indoor season • Bearettes upset unbeaten Temple, 22-21, as Connie Warren nabs scoring honors • Three tussles inaugurate race for girls\u27 interdorm hoop crown • Badminton team loses 3-2 • Intramural schedule • Unique door prizes given at annual WAA minstrel • Chess team registers victoryhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/3126/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 5, 1947

Bruins rally to topple Greyhounds, 8-7, for fourth victory: Bears record third successive triumph as eleventh-inning run trips Moravian • Thespians offer Moss Hart comedy; gymnasium site of year\u27s last play • Cub and Key honors seven more U men with membership • New council elects J. Dahlman to fill presidential post • Author to discuss U.S. labor at forum • Gala junior dance marks return of the promenade • Dorm elections held for forthcoming year • May Day activities to be featured by crowning of queen • Sophomores elect R. Reid to class president post • Cancer authority to address pre-medical society tomorrow • Dr. Saylor renders critique on music • Brodbeck leading intra-mural league; Buckner unbeaten • Grizzlies chalk up 45 1/2 points, place second in Mule meet • Tennis team launches season by downing Moravian easily, 6-2 • Tyson quits as tennis coach; chaplain Wallick to succeed • Cindermen trounce PMC aggregation; Turner bruin star • Girls\u27 softball teams romps to easy win over Albright • Golfers defeated in first match • C. Schwantes speaks on problems of life at religious program • Rev. Platts leads prayer study at meeting of Canterbury Club • Leroy Grabenstein to replace Lois Williams as IRC president • D. Evans named FTA presidenthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1659/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 8, 1948

AVC submits plans to operate radio station on campus • Students vote thumbs down on UMT following debate in chapel on Monday • Visitor to Ukraine will address forum Wednesday evening • ICG leaders announce plans for convention • New members accepted by campus sororities • TKA initiates three members • Experimental group to stage Little foxes here tomorrow • Pre-meds plan dinner dance; Haverford band to supply music • Air force officers to describe aviation cadet and OCS program • Plaudits accorded pianist for recital in Bomberger • Dr. Rice to speak at IRC meeting • Bus-Ad Club to hear talk on salesmanship as career • FTA to hear talk on discipline by C-T High School principal • College men disclose ideas relative to ideal co-ed conduct on week-end dates • Critic reveals reasons for loss in prestige of present day poetry • Three years\u27 Far East service with OSS gives John Brunner rich background • Three new opponents listed on eight game football card for 1948 • Bruin cagers blast Swarthmore, 54-43; Widholm, Bertel again pace offensive • Dickinson quintet tops outclassed bears, 60-41 • Bruins notch fifth league win, whip Haverford \u275\u27, 60-49 • Bearettes edge out Penn sextet, 34-32; Warren scintillates • Bears rout Drexel, 62-47, tie for southern division crown; oppose Swarthmore quintet tomorrow in playoff inaugural • Belles run roughshod over Bryn Mawr, 48-31 • Strong \u27Ford club tops foes on men\u27s \u2748 tennis slate • Temple, Swarthmore beat mermaids as Ellis stars • McCausland leads scorers in intramural league race • PMC downs grapplers 25-10; Turner, Miller rack up victories • Collins only winner as wrestlers are bounced by CCNY, 33-3 • Rutgers, Ursinus split in dual debating meet • Girls\u27 JV still unbeaten; overcome Penn, Bryn Mawr • Speaker at Chem Club meeting • Ursinus grad tells of experience as missionary in Latin America • Dr. A. Rice guest of French Club; shows slides of France and Italyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1633/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 12, 1948

November elections and foreign policy to be forum topic • Curtain Club chooses cast for spring play; Hekking has lead role • Critic will discuss Irish poet Yeats • Vesper service led by Dr. Armstrong concludes successful religious week • Co-eds nominated for campus posts; election Wednesday • Chairmen, committees for May pageant are selected • All aboard for junior prom - Friday! • Mikado cast adds finishing touches • Thespians will stage Irish drama and skit • Red Cross drive nets $83 • Combined language club dance plans proposed by Spanish unit • Sororities to give fashion show • Movies shown to French Club • Newman Club plans party • Shocking findings abound in Ursinus\u27 own Kinsey report • Prof. Witmer to retire at term\u27s close; taught English classes here since 1920 • Off-campus quintet trips Curtis, 47-44, takes \u27mural title • Girls\u27 hoop squad ends season with eight wins • Lettermen raise wrestling to major sport category • Weineke changes offense as gridders begin practice • Opening track meet to be held Saturday • Bears cuff Elizabethtown, 4-3, in inaugural baseball contest • Golfers tackle Haverford in season\u27s initial match • Softball team to play seven tilts; will open with Penn on Thursday • Six letter-winners answer call as women begin tennis practice • Day study wins cage crown • Political convention attended by twenty Ursinus students • Debate club to enter Ben Franklin tourney • Faculty members will be graded by Lehigh University studentshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1635/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 3, 1947

Clyde Walton\u27s band to be featured at Varsity Club dance • Subscription drive initiates Ruby week; Yearbook staff cards informal hop • Hohlfeld discusses trip to South America • PMC whips bears in drab tilt, 20-0 • Noted traveler-author to present lectures • Sophomores score hit with eventful weekend • Senate drafts new late pass system • Freshmen set example in more spirit week • Penn professor to deliver address at forum session • YM-YWCA holds discussion on inevitability of war • May queen will be chosen at election this Thursday • Nominating committee selected • IRC arranges future programs • Delta Tau plans year\u27s program; to have dinner, theater party • New senate member chosen • Is the U.N. passe? • Quaker squad ends bearettes\u27 victory skein with 3-1 win • Bailey announces fifteen game slate; Hoopsters open with Elizabethtown • Grizzlies square off with Juniata Saturday • Swarthmore trips bruin booters, 3-0 • Campus football near end; Brodbeck, Curtis in lead • Three co-eds make all-hockey squad • Pre-meds to hear address by prominent psychiatrist • Canterbury Club elects officershttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1625/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 26, 1948

Juniors re-elect Reid class president; Arvanitis is chosen to edit 1949 Ruby • Ray Warner named editor of Weekly; Johnson, Leeming, Shumaker promoted • Student poll to reveal presidential favorite • Able chorus supports excellent principals as Mikado registers hit • Practice underway for 52 participants in annual pageant • Name committees for thespians\u27 spring play • Dr. Weygandt here tonight • Men choose Kimes as YMCA president • Frosh hop Friday evening to feature rhythms of Woody Leigh\u27s orchestra • Rev. Wallick gives charge to Y officers at vespers • New constitution approved • College nurse is speaker at honor society\u27s dinner • Spanish Club holds dinner with Penn prof. as guest • Marsteller elected FTA president; Kuntz, Faust, Heist get posts • Debaters top Princeton, Temple; face Haverford in final contest • French Club banquet Wednesday • Bearettes rout Beaver in lopsided tilt, 20-1 • Dickinson registers 3-1 triumph over bruin baseball club • Bears halt four-game Drexel win skein, mangle Engineers, 18-2, behind Landes • Bruin chessmen tie town club; team still seeking new recruits • Girls\u27 golf team to oppose Swarthmore on Thursday • Class delegates to WAA, WSGA chosen • Lorimer to head pre-legal group • Vadner, Daniels, Ballantyne win as belles lose tennis match, 3-2 • Charles Kuhn takes top honors in chemistry research contest • Shakespeare excerpts scheduled for production tomorrow nighthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1637/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 24, 1947

Former FFI leader describes political picture in France • District attorney criticizes America\u27s present-day inefficient penal system • Thespians present assorted program in mid-week show • Large group hears Glee Club concert • Quartet sings on WIBG as bookings increase • Y fireside groups discuss civil liberties • Chem group learns about fats, baking • FTA meeting features film on teacher-training topic • Vets plan dance on December 3 • Contributions exceed $625 as campus WSSF drive ends • Debating team to journey to University of Vermont • Franklin Institute gives Ursinus new telescope • Dr. Rice shows slides to club • Colorful trips theme of talk • Trinity Church bazaar, movies • Drama critic uninspired by group one act play • Reactions to President\u27s inflation speech • Cub & Key elects Adams, Barry; plan activities at annual meeting • Bruin booters lose finale to F&M, 2-0 • Girls\u27 varsity hockey squad registers sixth win, trouncing Swarthmore, 5-0 • Ten game schedule planned for bearette court squad • Wrestlers urged to attend vital meeting tomorrow • Final cut made in court squad; twenty-five men make up club • Ursinus mermaids to meet Penn in opening match of \u2748 season • JV stick-wielders remain unbeaten; top Swarthmore, 1-0 • Bearettes complete hockey season by taking Temple, 2-1 • JV hockey team wins again • Statistics underline offensive weakness of bruin grid machinehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1628/thumbnail.jp