The Ursinus Weekly, May 31, 1948

Largest senior class awarded degrees at 78th commencement • Rev. D. Ehlman emphasizes importance of religious faith at \u2748 baccalaureate • Education and democratic leadership subject of Dr. Stevenson\u27s address • Awards presented to sixteen students at commencement • Eleven seniors secure fall teaching positions • Five profs resign as semester ends • Blum elected prexy of alumni; student union plans tabled • Twenty-three leave school for further medical work • Mr. Barron, new librarian, to take over duties July 1 • Directors name Dr. Paisley to continue as Board head • Sis Bosler chosen top senior athlete • Betty J. Moyer chosen athlete of the week • Sport highlights • Top batting mark set by W. Widholm • Weekly sports dept. names Bakes, Bain top senior athletes • Lewis, McWilliams awarded honors at athletic banquet • Loss to Blue Hens ends bruin season • \u2748 track summary • Coed golf team ends year with 5-0 win over Temple • Brodbeck KO\u27s Curtis team to gain intramural title • Girl\u27s tennis team loses to Swarthmore coeds, 5-0https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1641/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 4, 1948

Floy Lewis, campus leader, explains women\u27s student government functions • Enrollment figures reach record mark as 1036 matriculate • Council chooses Chad Alger as prexy; Saurman selected secretary- treasurer • Faculty admits five; Weygandt included • Oops! What\u27s this? B-listers lambast dean\u27s team 77-23 • Cut system altered; Dean lists changes • Large group starts high school duties • Arvanitis picks Ruby staff; Horner, Southall to assist • Phillips to replace Miller as new college registrar • Juniors to hold reception for women of frosh class • Coed tours Europe with church group • First epistle to the freshmen • Visitor gives views on summer school • Callow frosh eagerly anticipate orders as benevolent sophomores begin reign • Fifty coeds to vie for hockey squad • Basketball prospects drop as Widholm leaves Ursinus • Don Young leads grizzlies to 19-7 triumph over Drexel engineers in season\u27s inaugural • Bears face Fords in second contest • Bakermen working for Oct. 16 opener • Y rally to reveal program for year • Pancoast to speak at meeting of AVC • Jrs. and Srs. plan roster for season • Music department organizes club for coordinating activities • Collegeville Inn, K.K. merge as business scene changeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1596/thumbnail.jp

Evaluation of Romanomermis Culicivorax as a Biocontrol Agent of Larval Mosquitoes in Louisiana Ricelands (Mermithidae, Nematode, Psorophora Columbiae, Parasitism).

Bionomic data were collected to evaluate Romanomermis culicivorax as a biocontrol agent of larval mosquitoes in Louisiana ricelands. In laboratory studies, the ability of R. culicivorax preparasites to infect Psorophora columbiae larvae substantially decreased after hosts were approximately 28 hr old. Parasitism at typical Louisiana rice field temperatures of 26, 29, and 32 (+OR-) 0.5(DEGREES)C showed a significant linear decrease (P \u3c 0.01) as the percentage of older larval instars increased at the times of exposure. These data emphasized the need for a synchronous field application of preparasites to challenge the rapidly developing early instars of Ps. columbiae. Based on those data, applications of postparasites to potential mosquito breeding habitats offer greater flexibility in larval mosquito control programs. A floating bioassay container, constructed of plastic pipe, 50 mesh screening, and 8 oz (0.24 liter) sample bottles, was developed to evaluate R. culicivorax postparasites in irrigated agricultural land. Applications of postparasites applied at dosage rates of 0.025 and 0.05 g/m(\u272) resulted in the establishment, recycling, and overwintering of R. culicivorax in a riceland habitat in southern Louisiana. Infection rates ranged from 0 to 54.1% during the 22 month study. There was no significant differences (P \u3e 0.05) between dosage rates among the plots and parasitism of Ps. columbiae larvae held in the bioassay containers. Depth of oviposition by R. culicivorax was determined by using soil cores previously inoculated with postparasites. Romanomermis culicivorax was found to primarily oviposit in the uppermost 2 cm of riceland soil. Effects of aerially applied riceland agrichemicals upon R. culicivorax postparasites were determined at 2 and 25 days posttreatment. At 2 day posttreatment, nematode mortalities ranged from 0 to 11.4% with fentin hydroxide responsible for the highest percentage. Fertilizers were significantly (P \u3c 0.01) more toxic to the nematode than insecticides at 2 and 25 days posttreatment. Approximately 80 to 84% of the surviving females, previously exposed to insecticides as postparasites, were gravid at 25 day posttreatment; there was only one agrichemical treatment lower, ammonium sulfate-P-K fertilizer at 79.0%. Subsequent F(,1) generation preparasites were able to cause \u3e67% parasitism in Culex quinquefasciatus; the only exception occurred with urea at 25.9%

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

Tackling Difficult Conversations: Student-Athletes, Mental Health, and Emerging Technology

Given the exponential growth of mental health issues on colleges campuses and the concerns regarding mental health disorders among elite level athletes, the NCAA (2016) has made recommendations to support and promote student-athlete mental health. However, to successfully address the increase in mental health issues, the development of effective communication skills is required. To address this, the researchers developed and built an immersive learning experience focused on “difficult conversations” using Mursion® technology. This pilot study contributes to this important conversation by analyzing the influence of an immersive experience on the student-athletes’ communication skills. Using a quasi-experimental design, 79 NCAA Division I student-athletes took part in the study (40 control; 39 Mursion®). Both groups completed a pre-survey to assess their ability to deal with “difficult” scenarios, and a post-survey 3-5 weeks after the pre-test. Results indicate that Mursion® participants experienced, although not statistically significant, increase in interpersonal communication competence. The results also demonstrated differences across gender and racial/ethnic categories. This study provides the initial evidence that Mursion® is an effective, timely, cost-effective tool to enhance athletes’ communication skills; consequently, it is critical to not only improving the student-athlete experience but also addressing future student-athlete mental health and well-being

The Ursinus Weekly, May 17, 1948

Derstine promoted to associate editor • Male students elect ten men to serve as 1949 student council representatives • Armstrong selected most popular prof • Curtain Club elects Tischler president • Kimes and Drummer named to head dining room staff • Life comes to life; photos Ursinus coeds • Honorary degrees to be given to six • Who\u27s who member listed to speak at seventy-eighth annual commencement • Dr. Dobbs Ehlman to speak at baccalaureate service • Rosicrucians elect Pechter as president for new year • History prize for women established by Dr. White • Love letters lack punch? Read this! • Men\u27s May pageant loaded with talent • Weekly discovers wizard cartoonist • Godshall-Bart look to Ursinus future • Navy offers commissions to qualified college grads • Trackmen second in triangular meet • Bears trim Fords 12-2 behind steady hurling by Landes • Curtis holds lead as loop nears end • Bears stopped cold by Greyhound nine • Coeds continue win streak by downing Main Line lassies • Kennedy, R. Binder cop track crowns • Coeds bow to Quakerettes; victors in only one event • Beaver trips women golfers 5-0 • Landes pitches, bats diamond squad to 12-0 whitewash of Juniata Indians • Fords trim bruins 9-0 in tennis battle • Girls jayvee team defeats Bryn Mawr in hitting fray • AVC elects Stein chairman; discusses plans for fall • Dr. Philp serves as judge of New England festivals • \u2751 renames three leaders; Thalheimer to hold money • Office releases statement affecting school veterans • Y officers name commission heads • Program listed by grads for Alumni Day on May 29https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1640/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, 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