The Ursinus Weekly, May 3, 1948

Students to pick White House favorite; Stassen, Vandenberg groups organized • Crowning of queen and spring play feature varied May Day program • Dippel voted prexy by class of 1950 • Poll shows opinion of Weekly readers • Dr. Weygandt speaks on famous Irish poet • Cheyney students visit Ursinus to participate in YM-YW panel • Board suggests WNAR hookup • College supply is favorite hangout of many students • Women conduct elections for 1949 representatives • IRC elects Burt Landes as prexy • Softballers maintain pace by thumping Albright, 14-1 • Soph class earns intra-mural crown in cinder tourney • Don Stauffer\u27s hurling paces bruins to 4-1 triumph over Chester Cadets • Track team gains win by downing PMC 88-38 • Coeds whitewash Albright to even season\u27s record • Thirty YM-YWCA members attend retreat at Unami • F&M outhits bears to win 14-11 fracas • Softballers chalk up third win by trouncing Swarthmore 20-1 • Bears bow to Swarthmore prowess on tennis court • Garnet coeds trip golfers, 4-1https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1638/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 9, 1948

Basketeers grab loop lead by thrashing Swarthmore, 49-38 • Color Day festivities here Thursday; Ursinus Women\u27s Club prexy to speak • Bertel, Widholm set pace as grizzlies register fifth win • Music of Clyde Walton sets tempo for dance at Sunnybrook Friday • Ursinus to debate G-burg next week • Thespians to attempt experimental theatre • Dr. Miller forum speaker • Harberger, M. Bell selected for leads in spring operetta • Enrollment augmented by 43 students; 14 seniors complete college careers • Rev. H. C. Baer vesper speaker • Y to hold services during Lent • Goal of 700 subscriptions set by \u2748 yearbook staff • Brotherhood of St. Paul plans Religious Emphasis Week events • Grapplers gain 16-16 tie with Mules; Duncan, Pond, Turner, Collins get wins • Bertel leads cagers to 59-44 victory over outclassed Drexel five • Snell\u27s belles whip East Stroudsburg in court opener • Matmen lose opener to Fords • Bears top Delaware 54-40; Jaffe leads scoring surge • Curtain Club announces promotion list • Frats begin week\u27s period of rushing • Sophs hold dance in gym; schedule hop for March 19 • Curtain Club to give pantomimehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1630/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 6, 1947

Forty-seven seniors practice teaching in neighboring junior, senior highs • Cheer bruins to second win at pep rally and dance Friday • U.S. Navy to launch second college plan • Students pick two men for council vacancies • Newcomers greeted at annual Y. rally • Sophs devising new stunts for frosh; Noonday comedy at Freeland to go on • Editors reveal Ruby staff to class at first meeting • FTA will meet October 29; to induct new members • Pre-meds hear scientist • Library music room again open • Veteran enrollment soars to 424 • Leaders arrange calendar; movie scheduled for Friday • The new Russian empire • Fiction for this week: The great city; portrait of one man\u27s thwarted hopes • Alarm clocks obsolete as bell ringing returns • Ursinus contingent visits Aberdeen; demonstration thoroughly impressive • Bears tackle \u27Fords on Patterson Field in twenty-fifth battle of long series • Soccer team to open \u2747 campaign against Lafayette contingent • AVC begins campus activity; Warden calls for members • Bruins pummel Drexel Tech, 6-0, in football opener: Don Young tallies winning touchdown; fourth period plunge gives bears win • Meet Edna Daniels and Hilda Anderson, versatile co-captains of hockey squad • Mrs. Dando new instructress; to coach bearette swim squad • Ursinus lettermen plan Varsity Club activities • French Club active again; Parsons to sponsor group • College Glee Club meets; Marian Bell new president • Debaters get under way tonighthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1622/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 7, 1949

Bruins place second in mat tourney • Cheating committee sets up new rules to stop offenders • Bullets take first; Helfferich and Cox gain Ursinus wins • Lantern lists Howard S. Lee for program of varied ballads • Hallelujah!!! Gaff gets highest rating in poll of readers • Arnold D. Graeffe to address forum audience on Thursday • Business group nears disaster; meeting called • Juniors to pick Ruby officers on Wednesday • Sophs planning week-end with hop as feature event • Sororities extending bids as week of rushing begins • Should Ursinus subsidize its athletes? • Hardworking publicity staff keeps Ursinus in limelight • Doggie roast, talk on China highlight week\u27s Y activities • Benefactors donate volumes and money to growing library • Ursinus grapplers pin PMC opponents to loss sheet 35-3 • Matmen, hoopsters force intramurals to sidelines • Cindermen to face \u27Fords on April 23 in season\u27s opener • Drexel swamps local mermaids, 42-15; Jay Vee team matches opponents, 27-27 • Bearettes nose out Garnet team 36-33, trim Beaver 26-20 • Court season closes with pair of defeats • Cox, Helfferich outstanding in MA tourney • Garnet, PMC to vie for league honors in Friday play-off • Powell, Pleet, Peterson receive honors on \u2748 MA soccer team • MSGA topics cover cheating, placement at Tuesday session • Orchestra and television highlight junior class affair • Curtain Club selects spring playhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1610/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 20, 1947

Class of \u2751 names Justice president; Elect other officers for school year • Founders\u27 Day program to feature address by Gen. H. H. Arnold, AAF • Adiseshiah appeals for student relief; stresses urgent need in Y-forum talk • Frosh hold banquet despite pranksters • Sorority rushing begins; girls receive bids Friday • AVC meets, hears talk on activities, benefits • Men\u27s student council acts to alter old constitution • Large group begins Messiah rehearsals • Chem society meets tonite, research director to speak • Campus discovers gold mine of talent when frosh men present original show • Band still seeks members • First meeting of Judiciary Board • Seniors attend drama conference • Palestine, U.N.\u27s test • Ursinus grad to speak at art alliance exhibit • Evans represents debaters at Ben Franklin conference • Off-campus II team leading intra-mural football loop race • Bears engage old rival, Swarthmore, in game Saturday • Wrestling squad forming; to face CCNY, Muhlenberg • JV soccer team being organized • Informal cross-country squad to participate in meet at Muhlenberg • Non fiction: It happened in the Bronx ; anecdote of Manhattan after midnight • Library offers rare bargains in literature; attention, connoisseurs! • Men\u27s fall fashions show improvement; conservatism is trend in color, style • Wentzel writing script for television show starring local quartet • Fast Moravian outfit throttles grizzlies, 20-0, in night game • Bearettes trounce East Stroudsburg; McWilliams brilliant • Stevens Tech tops grizzly booters in hotly-contested tilt • Lassies open with win over Rosemont • Hockey Jayvees victorious; Girls pile up ten markers • IRC opens membership drive; applications accepted this week • Dorm candy sales started for benefit of Ruby fund • Episcopal students attend dinner at Evansburg church • FTA to hear professor Huhlfeldhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1623/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 11, 1949

Censorship cancels April fool issue • Debaters finish second in Ben Franklin tourney • Terror and humor to occupy evening of thespian talent • Weekly editors cancel year\u27s plans following last minute faculty demand • Betty Rilling pens winning May script for Ursinus coeds • Imre Kovacs urges Christian standards in Tuesday address • Should faculty exert control on Weekly ? • R. Mack named Bus Ad prexy; Gradwohl, McMillan get offices • Magazine names Ursinus in list of representative good colleges • Athletic Association to present annual minstrel show April 19 • Drummer and Schultz selected as headwaiters for coming year • Weekly offers fin to author of letter • Gaff , poll voted most controversial • Curtis scores close win in gala intramural night • Dennis named head of 1950 golf team; six matches carded • Softball belles aim to maintain record as five vets return • Fifteen man squad lifts coach\u27s hopes for winning season • Cox bows in AAU quarter-finals; Fords trip bruin nine 2-0 • Track vets sparkle in practice session with West Chester • Haverford\u27s Heberton hurls two-hitter; error costly for pitcher Ron Landes • Two letter winners, hopeful rookies vie for coed net spots • Coeds end schedule with decisive wins in hoop, pool tilts • Tischler, Harris cop leads in spring play • New \u27Weekly\u27 heads to be introduced at annual banquethttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1613/thumbnail.jp

1950 Ruby Yearbook

A digitized copy of the 1950 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/ruby/1052/thumbnail.jp

Social isolation and incident heart failure hospitalization in older women: Women\u27s health initiative study findings

Background The association of social isolation or lack of social network ties in older adults is unknown. This knowledge gap is important since the risk of heart failure (HF) and social isolation increase with age. The study examines whether social isolation is associated with incident HF in older women, and examines depressive symptoms as a potential mediator and age and race and ethnicity as effect modifiers. Methods and Results This study included 44 174 postmenopausal women of diverse race and ethnicity from the WHI (Women\u27s Health Initiative) study who underwent annual assessment for HF adjudication from baseline enrollment (1993-1998) through 2018. We conducted a mediation analysis to examine depressive symptoms as a potential mediator and further examined effect modification by age and race and ethnicity. Incident HF requiring hospitalization was the main outcome. Social isolation was a composite variable based on marital/partner status, religious ties, and community ties. Depressive symptoms were assessed using CES-D (Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression). Over a median follow-up of 15.0 years, we analyzed data from 36 457 women, and 2364 (6.5%) incident HF cases occurred; 2510 (6.9%) participants were socially isolated. In multivariable analyses adjusted for sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and general health/functioning; socially isolated women had a higher risk of incident HF than nonisolated women (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.08-1.41). Adding depressive symptoms in the model did not change this association (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.07-1.40). Neither race and ethnicity nor age moderated the association between social isolation and incident HF. Conclusions Socially isolated older women are at increased risk for developing HF, independent of traditional HF risk factors. Registration URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT00000611