The Ursinus Weekly, June 6, 1949

Record class receives diplomas today • Helfferich speaks on Brother Aaron at seventy-ninth baccalaureate service • Governor Driscoll addresses graduates at annual commencement day service • Forty-one students win honors, prizes for excellent work • Board elects four to teaching staff • H. Paisley assumes post for 40th year • Profs accept posts in summer schools • Library increases new book selection • Alumni association sees various changes • One hundred students sign for 1949 summer session • Women\u27s council ends year with list of appointments • 1949 graduating class • Puerto Rican grad ends Ursinus visit to tackle medicine • Ten complete work for department honors • Bears close season downing Lehigh 9-1; Ron Landes pitches • Stine wins softball but Curtis captures intramural trophy • Track squad chooses next year\u27s captains • Gurzynski declares successful season in spite of losses • Golfers end season with single victory • WAA gives awards for year\u27s athletics • Athletic director names baseball, track lettermen • Coed squad views eight year record of softball success • Commencement calls track, diamond stars • Bruin nine finishes inconsistent season with six victories • Girls\u27 tennis squad drops last fray 4-1 to end poor year • Five belles terminate athletic service here • Old custom revived as courtmen elect Forsyth as captain • Netmen to return intact next season • Rally helps belles defeat Penn 10-6 • Binder hits zenith at new time of 9.7https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1620/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 31, 1949

Fifty sophs accept bids during fall rush season • Varied events to fill alumni homecoming • Helfferichs choose Dolman to manage \u27Pygmalion\u27 staging • Luxford to present women\u27s viewpoint in forum address • Fireside chats fill Y weekly schedule Wednesday evening • TKA nominates six at secret gathering • Hayride and masquerade highlight soph week-end • Organizations receive cut in budget appropriations • Chess club downs Lansdale in first match of season • Library display reveals Ursinus customs, history • Editorial: School spirit • Booters beat alumni; yield to Swarthmore • Bears to face F&M on old timers\u27 day • Bruins succumb 34-6 to alert Wagner club • Hockey team bows in first home tilt • Cross country squad loses initial dual meet to Garnet • WAA plans Friday night dance, hockey game for belles, bootershttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1575/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 12, 1949

Women select four to appear on ballot for May sovereign • Twelve receive Who\u27s who honors • Students anticipate traditional roster of yuletide events • Men\u27s council clarifies stand on frosh customs • Music group plans January 5 concert • Yuletide setting pervades starlight ball • Messiah ensemble wins new acclaim • Ruby sells greeting cards, plans welcome-back dance • Bear quintet loses 73-54 to strong Moravian five • Cubs score victory in greyhound game with 44-36 margin • Court coeds report for daily practice; experience lacking • Jayvees win third; down Lehigh 48-46 in thrilling battle • Ursinus rallies too late; Engineers triumph 49-42 • Players to receive fall sport awardshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1580/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 17, 1949

Millers contribute two chapters to volume in honor of Blakeslee • Bears seek victory over Garnet eleven in traditional fray • Soccer team drops season opener 4-0 to Castle Pointers • Booters select Peterson; Frick leads coed squad • Dickinson runs wild in easy 35-0 triumph • Curtis tops league in campus football; Ping pong to start • Gurzynski discloses cross-country slate • Popular pair views life south of the Rio Grande • Verve and style of \u2751ers maintain famed tradition of Glenwood quartet • Freshmen elect George Ott president • Frosh cuties massacre burlesque • Students hold rites for departed spirit • Actors\u27 club slates Shaw\u27s Pygmalion • Seniors name date for annual dance • Speaker prescribes change in policies for U.S. with Asia • Penn prexy will address Founders\u27 Day audience • Observatory proves valuable addition to science building • Y cabinet schedules Green Lane retreat for this week-end • Chairman explains current regulations to campus leaders • Ruby editors announce selection of staff heads for \u2750 edition • Literary publication adds five editors to masthead • Sororities prepare for rushing; Sophs to receive bids Fridayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1573/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 10, 1949

Spirit revives as Bears, Fords deadlock 14-14 in first home game: Pep takes spotlight in rival skirmishes • Stassen to appear at annual program for Founders\u27 Day • Isaacs to consider communism in Asia Wednesday evening • Tumblers add novelty to day • Men\u27s council acts on damage problem • Thespians discard group play system • Radio experts build new, improved set for college station • Y commissions plan for initial meetings • Traffic man helps maids in distress • Sophs plan dance, hayride; Name H. Lintner treasurer • Pre-med group to meet tonight • Lantern seeks new writers to augment present staff • Booster committee reorganizes; Reed accepts eight new members • Editorial: Customs • Moores enjoy college life a la Swiss • Alumni-society notes • Letters to the editor • Vice-president participates in \u2749 education congress • Athletic organization sells socks • Professor receives appointment • Briefs: French Club; Pre-legal society; Chess Club; Future Teachers of America • Harberger wields baton • Coeds make ready for hockey opener • Wieneke installs T.; Pleased with spirit • Ursinus to meet Dickinson in third gridiron clash • Bears tie Fords 14-14 in first home game • Player of the week • Dorm teams start with full program • Booters to launch season on Saturday • Frosh lads rejuvenate customs pandemonium • Rally and dance win merit of enthusiastic students • Women\u27s government names committee representativeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/3128/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 14, 1949

World traveller extends request for WSSF funds • Y group toy, clothing drive to start next week • Nola Luxford gives pattern for peace in forum address • Two experienced Englishmen to present top-notch production of Shaw\u27s satire • Students to present career conference at Collegeville-Trappe High School • WSGA begins plans for annual party; Names dorm group • Choral group sings at church concert • Frosh customs problem looms again • Sports, barn dance occupy coming weekend schedule • Reception committee plans functions for coming year • Big sisters sponsor party for charges in rec center • Editorial: Recent elections • Students participate in cheers, dancing at week-end events • Human alarm clock tolls bells for fellow students • Dr. McClure to be Scot society\u27s head • Teaching seniors endure two months of torment • Headwaiters direct organized system for campus meals • Law dean to speak at pre-legal dinner tomorrow evening • Bears drop sixth 3-0 to Lafayette booters • Women to launch intramural hockey • Hockey squad downs Penn 4-0, Beaver 4-2 • Bakermen bow 8-0 to powerful attack of Lehigh booters • PMC thumps bruins 54-7 as Caia sets cadet pace • Crusaders to visit bruins on Saturday for season\u27s finale • Harriers lose out at Allentown meet for running honorshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1577/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 6, 1950

\u2751ers rate second place, capture trophy in contest • Sophs plan week-end of sophisticate decor • Senator to discuss many new issues facing law-makers • Helfferich ekes out heavyweight honor for second season • Scout frat sponsors heart disease drive with dorm workers • Bare, B. Keller win roles as adult duo in teen-age drama • Law students await Temple preliminary to April ICG parley • Vesper service ends emphasis week • Senators to launch soliciting campaign for Red Cross aid • Muench to conquer coed athlete ranks as minstrel emcee • Seniors to present Saurman\u27s musical • Southern exposure: Keller returns from the Mardi Gras • War brings German to Ursinus • Ursinus sage sees college past; hints at amazing future • Naturalists find Audubon • Specialists explain aspects of cancer from U.S. research • Druggists lose 75-47 as bears win fourth • Visitors sink coeds in tank meet 35-22 for fourth victory • Bearettes succumb 31-24 to undefeated Owl team • Leaders still pace intramural league; applications posted • Reilly leads Garnet five in 100-49 rout of bears • Cubs rally to beat Pharmacy juniors in 60-45 reversal • Belles knot contest at Southern College after yielding lead • Ursinus ties for fifth in MAC mat tourney • Bruin Quintet drops 58-51 court verdict in Jayvee skirmish • Bryn Mawr downs shuttlecock gals 5-0 • Tennis squad faces ten-match schedule • Juniors capitalize on campus freaks for initial 1951 Ruby budget activity • Thespians rehearse Gloria Mundi roles • Scout meeting to feature trip to Florida via slideshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1586/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 16, 1949

New chapel system for fall to include all upper-classmen • Pageant emphasizes unity as Floy Lewis rules day • Y backs admission of European frosh • Med. society elects D. Schultz president • Cancer drive fails to reach $500 goal • Men select MacQueen new MSGA president • Coed dorms elect next year\u27s heads • Derstine, Bare, Johnson get top \u27Weekly\u27 posts • Prize-winning \u2749 Ruby to arrive for distribution in dorms soon • Kauffman-Hart comedy scores success with Ursinus audiences • Garnet strength defeats bruin, Drexel tracksters • Genial coach heads grizzly cindermen • Belles\u27 Jayvee tennis team wins 4-1 decision over Temple squad • Bruins take Albright 3-2; submit 5-4 to Haverford • Softball team stops Temple lassies 9-4 to stay undefeated • Russ Binder retains title as MA sprint champion • Playoffs due soon in campus softball • Ursinus loses 9-0 on Albright courts • Belle\u27s court squad achieves initial win • Golfers triumph over Moravian; bow to Delaware\u27s Blue Hens • Chandler to meet Brazil\u27s Dutra • Chess Club elects Johnson prexy • Tau Sig elects future officers • Kaimer to be Kappa Delta headhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1618/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 20, 1950

Yearbook to stage Horror, inc. night in week campaign • Fraternities welcome 67 as rushing season ends • Organization join to send assistance for schools abroad • Y chats to discuss U.S. foreign policy; Religion week near • Seniors head cast for Dream waltz , Straus\u27 music show • WAA femmes plan night of minstrelsy, comedy and music • Dean\u27s men capture bitter 110-97 victory over busy b-listers • Thespians to enter Junior miss trials for May production • Dr. White narrates Color Day history; reviews progress of Ursinus women • Women to sponsor Senator Wood here • Miller takes leave for speaking tour • March 14 to close \u2750 pageant contest • Varsity Club men initiate new attendance regulation • Boswell, Chandler to take sides in debate on economic situation • Economics to see twenty-year slump, thanks to Roberts • Tony adds ltalian zest to Ursinus dining fare • Forum speaker urges return to verse, reconciliation of all people with poets • Derrites formulate unique mental law as result of finals • \u2751ers\u27 harmony to vie with college foursomes • Bruins yield 65-49 to league leaders; Forsyth gets honor • Belles down Albright for first win 38-31 • Second loss comes to badminton team • Courtmen divide tilts over busy week-end • Bruin grapplers continue long undefeated record • Jayvees drop two after Delaware win • Garnet gets 38-19 victory over Ursinus tank team • Lassies lose 37-26; rally gives margin to Immaculata gals • Meistersingers group sings in Lebanon and Springfield • March of Dimes receives poor campus total of $27https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1584/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 14, 1949

Juniors elect Ruby editors, managers • Judge to consider judicial processes with pre-law group • Shumaker-Saurman Maser-Webb team for 1950 production • Coeds welcome twenty-seven into various sorority circles • ICG to indoctrinate Pa. college students in state legislature • Versatile speaker discusses integration of classical arts • Sweethearts to highlights week-end events • Curtain Club unit presents play to Collegeville community club • Penn faculty re-elects Chandler to board of university museum • Pre-medical meeting to include famed radiologist, cancer film • What do you think of our social activities? • Ursinus finally discovers coefficient of expansion • Ursinus speedsters turn out in force for track sessions • Jaffe, star center, makes conference all-star team • Seeders loses seven Cagers • Wrestling team elects Turner as captain for 1950 campaign • Intramural contests slated for Monday • Belles trounce Penn for seventh victory • Jaffe tops hoop scorers • Matlack named tennis coach; candidates to hold first meeting • Ellis places in two events as swimmers finish fifth • Variety of ballads captivates audience at \u27Lantern\u27 benefithttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1611/thumbnail.jp