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, February 16, 1948

Dr. Miller discusses pan-American unity at forum conclave • Campus frats accept 51 new members; Apes, Sigma Rho secure largest quotas • 81 students grace this term\u27s \u27B list\u27 • Frosh women receive colors at ceremonies marking annual fete • Gettysburg to face debaters tomorrow • Walton tempos please 500 at Valentine hop • Leaders organize student committee • Dr. Chandler guest at pre-legal dinner; foresees promising future for lawyers • Pre-meds hear cardiology discussed by college prof • Pointers on brokerage business given to Bus-Ad group members • Kitchen employee suffers attack • May pageants due March 2; winner receives $15 prize • Sororities plan rushing • FTA to hear professor Sturgis • Comedy skits to be given tomorrow evening at gym • Y holds Ash Wednesday service • News item becomes satire when written a la Time magazine • Ursinus grad\u27s new poetry anthology reviewed by literary magazine editor • Immaculata sextet racks up 36-22 win over bearette six • PMC cadets overcome halftime deficit to inflict 62-56 defeat on grizzlies • Jaffe, Widholm top scorers in first eight hoop tilts • Turner, Mitchell win as bruin wrestlers bow to Swarthmore • Puzzling points of wrestling explained • Cindermen open drills; impressive group of veterans bolsters club • Delaware hammers bruin quintet, 45-40, to tie for second place in loop race • Inter-dorm court loop awaits starting signal • Mermaids, Norristown High in swim meet deadlock • Bearette JVs upset Immaculata • Badminton team tops Drexel • Harsch, Ewen, Dean chosen to be \u27model UN\u27 delegates • World day for prayer observedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1631/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 1, 1948

Varsity letter list includes 43 athletes • Dewey takes campus elections in landslide as 738 students vote in preview balloting • Thespians select Uncle Harry cast • Y members discuss bases for beliefs • Reporter uncovers campus complaints • Ranung, Klein draw capacity audience • Co-operate, mate! The infirmary calls • Sororities throw parties for big rushing campaign • Historical authority meets recent geopolitics seminar • Music department announces date of 11th Messiah presentation • 9 popular films scheduled for 1948-49 movie roster • Three students visit Gratersford prison • Ursinus coeds laud and lament traits of college male • Looks give books familiar brush-off • Bruins face F & M for 45th contest • Seahawks hand grizzlies fourth loss by winning Staten Island tussle 23-6 • Booters drop close one to Swarthmore • Varsity belles take Bryn Mawr tilt; drop close 2-1 Swarthmore decision • JVs gain victory over Bryn Mawr • Jvs defeat Garnet to keep clean slate • Dr. Miller writes article on federal debt for book • Red Cross schedules public branch session here November 1https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1600/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 11, 1948

Bishop Corson to speak at exercises honoring college\u27s 79th academic year • Weekly staff sees numerous changes • Haverford trounces bears 26-12 as Ted Test scores four touchdowns, kicks extra point • Alterations cause campus new look • MacQueen elected to council office • Warner-Haines is chosen to play for old timers • Dr. McClure gives address at opening chapel service • IRC names representatives for mid-Atlantic parley • Joe Bechtle views University of Tulsa • Frosh beat sophs in battle of brawn • Spanish Club plans year • Young to receive top football award • MacWilliams heads coed hockey team • Mules to be foe of soccer team • Grizzlies to tackle Dickinson Saturday • Y conducts rally; retreat to be held • Faculty promotes fivehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1597/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, 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, February 28, 1949

Ruby staff sought; Junior class hopes to better yearbook • Sophs choose Woody Leigh for hop • IRC group travels to Norristown High, hears commentator • Pancoast to speak to PAC commission on Congress topic • Hoopsters, Maulers to finish seasons; coeds to continue • Curtain Club groups present entertaining bevy of events • Parking offenders to pay fines • Pancoasts head Red Cross drive • Juniors to hold television show featuring music, food, variety • Do you favor the North Atlantic Pact? • Radio station sees hope for wider use of talent • Belles lose second as Chestnut Hillers take 35-22 victory • Both sexes reach stride in campus court strife • Jaffe gets award from Philly scribes • Haverford to meet bruins in opener of baseball season • Bruin matmen take two as Drexel and CCNY fall • Coeds trip Temple; last period surge sets total at 43-39 • Grizzlies fail to win in three court battles • Cadets retain lead in MA court race • Messiah group heard on WNARhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1609/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 21, 1949

Y dance, 7th veil\u27 listed on calendar of week-end events • Rushing week ends as 74 men join frats • Buchanan observes local NSA meeting as council delegate • Actors to present three star feature of dramatic talent • Clarke, Mattson cop leads in Herbert\u27s light musical • Is cheating serious on the Ursinus campus? • Seniors elect Freking, Horner, May Queen\u27s court attendants • Y groups discuss economic systems and Christian faith • Dilworth has mild hope for upset in Philly politics • Mermaids win meet with Beaver, 31-22 in season\u27s opener • Coed court team wins; victory third for Ursinus • Preview of athletics outlines full week • Bruins hand defeats to Textile, Delaware • Points of wrestling explained for fans by sports reporter • Grapplers show strength as Mules and Garnet bow • Drexel, Cadets win in league contests • Swimmers bow to Temple 42-15; Jean Cilley wins 50-yard event • Assembly on foreign relations expects delegates from 40 Mid-Atlantic collegeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1608/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, December 15, 1947

Dance, banquet to highlight eventful pre-Christmas week • Large audience lauds Messiah presentation • Barrett-Browning story lives again at Ursinus in Curtain Club drama • Thirteen Ursinus seniors will appear in \u2747-\u2748 Who\u27s Who Among Students • Unique game opens junior band drive • European aid poll sponsored by PAC • Rettew presents Christmas story for candlelight vesper service • Ursinus group gains experience at debate tourney in Vermont • Freshmen issue first copy of new Highlights of \u2751 • Christmas carols to echo over campus Wednesday night in traditional custom • Dormitory thefts solved; Local man pleads guilty • WSGA passes two regulations • Poem by Wentzel selected for anthology publication • Dr. Miller AVC forum guest • Commentator: The Geneva conference • Room for improvement • Alumni-society notes • Important notice • The Christmas season • Rebellion and war part of daily life for Bob Hekking, formerly of Shanghai • More college musical talent discovered as two sophs make hit in swing trio • Vox pop • Shreiner behind Ruby 100% • On the boards • Court mentor Seeders commends enthusiasm of this year\u27s team • Kimono kids trip Bearettes, 2-0, in field hockey upset • Local wrestlers drill for Haverford match • Basketeers down Elizabethtown, 46-42, in season\u27s inaugural: Varsity stops last minute E-Town surge; JV\u27s baffled by visitors\u27 zone defense • Local mermaid squad prepares for \u2748 debut under new instructor • Dinners planned to honor football and soccer teams • Bears, Pharmacy 5 tangle tomorrow • Tentative arrangements planned for intra-mural court tourney • Shreiner-Hobson annexes crown in interdorm hockey loop race • Ski Club arranges meeting • Business Administration group hears talk on life insurance career • Political confusion to be topic for PAC commission • Simons chosen for soccer finals • Day Study girls conduct drive • Annex students form Hillbilly Band ; To play at Spanish Club meeting tonite • Curtain Club plans purchaseshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/3124/thumbnail.jp