The Ursinus Weekly, October 19, 1959

Ursinus faculty attends education meetings at U of P • Fellowship grants set by foundation • Annual dinner given for Episcopal students • Business group observes city banking operations • YM-YWCA Fall plans include tours, seminars • Ursinus to host renaissance group parley Saturday • Mademoiselle college bd. tryouts, assignments set • Dr. Harlow Shapley fabricates universal evolution at first Forum • MSGA now responsible for all male discipline • Cub and Key fetes charter members, observes founding • $2,300 science grant awarded for research • Editorial: Search • Newport swings • Khrushchev and the college student • Ursinus hockey team defeats Swarthmore 3-0 • Booters defeated by Rutgers and Haverford teams • Warren Fry to coach Ursinus basketball team • Ursinus bows as Wilkes holds second half lead • UC thinclads face Hill, Leopards; Split first meet • Girls\u27 hockey team victorious at exhibition • Dean\u27s list • Miller, Sherman elected \u2761 Ruby co-editors • Greekvine • Stein story appears in Sunday Inquirerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1346/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 15, 1960

Dr. John H. Powell to address Forum Tuesday • Band concert features varied musical program • Miss Engarth subs for Dr. Wilcox • YM-YW announces new programs; C. Herbert talks • French Club to hear speaker on impressionism • Dept. of Highways wants cars parked off Rt. 422 • Y art seminar to be held on Friday evenings • Color Day Thurs.; Mrs. Pancoast to address women • WSGA organizes May Day plans • Cossack dancers appear in Norristown on Feb. 23 • Dr. Stein awarded national science research grant • PSEA committee plans for first UC college day • Members of U of P\u27s dental school to speak • King and new Whitians announced at the Lorelei • Sale of Dr. Rice\u27s Swedish text big; New ed. needed • Ruby payments due; Advertisements requested • Helmut H. Behling given scholarship • Newman Club • Radio station notice • Editorial: Highbrows • Congratulations, Dr. Stein • Letters to the editor • Coin: A one-act play • Elizabethtown defeats Ursinus grapplers 24-11 • Hopkins holds off Ursinus rally • Bearettes open season with win • Swimming team to open season with Bryn Mawr • Bears score 74-72 in victory over Haverford • Periodicals • Book review: The Saracen\u27s head • Scholarship is given to UC by R.A. Ritter • Ursinus Circle to meet • Attend Bonspiel at Quebechttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1355/thumbnail.jp

The Effect of Three Different Types of Feedback on the Amount of Force Generated During Isometric Contraction of the Triceps Brachii Muscle

This study was undertaken in order to investigate the effect of different feedback variables on isometric strength performance. The variables studied were auditory EMG biofeedback, knowledge of results, and verbal cues. Nineteen normal adult women volunteered as subjects for the study. Each subject performed nine isometric contractions of the triceps brachii muscle against the resistance of a cable tensiometer. One of three different types of feedback was given during each contraction in order to motivate subjects to generate as much force as possible. Feedback variables were applied in random order; each variable was used three times. Peak force readings were recorded from the cable tensiometer at the end of each trial. Force readings were converted into pounds by matching than to a calibration curve. The actual force values underwent analysis of variance to determine if one type of feedback variable was more effective in motivating subjects to put forth a maximum effort during isometric muscle contraction. Results showed that the type of variable used during task performance had no differing effect on the amount of tension generated. Thus, the null hypothesis that the application of either EMG biofeedback, knowledge of results, or verbal cueing has no differing effect on the amount of force that is exerted during isometric contraction of the triceps brachii muscle could not be rejected

The Ursinus Weekly, March 9, 1959

J. Robbins is \u2759 May queen; Court, committees are picked • Folk song concert presented, Mar. 21 • Juniors plan to present prom • Dr. Helen Cam to speak at Forum Wed. • Junior men should apply for Cub and Key • 90th anniversary of its charter celebrated by Ursinus on Feb. 19 • Campus Chest opens annual charity drive • APO plans for future events • SEAP hears pupils discuss teachers • Editorial: Giving? • Weavers • Letters to the editor • Sun dial was fast • Intramural night to be held Tuesday, March 24 • Badminton team wins third in row • Courtmen end season; Lose 2 more contests • Grapplers end season with 3-5 record • Religion in life week presented • Curtain Club begins tryouts for Spring play • Student faculty show to be new & different • Sophs present dancehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1379/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 25, 1959

Dr. Paul Miller speaks at commencement June 8 • Susie Wagner wins special award for athletic ability • Banquet held by Varsity Club; Awards presented • 13 new members of Pi Gamma Mu attend banquet • J. Sandercock, J. Heckler, R. Mayes elected as 1959-60 MSGA officers • Miss Camilla B. Stahr to resign this year; Served as Ursinus Dean to women devotedly since Sept. 1938 • Sig Nu chooses new officers and sister of year • Mr. Wilcox to receive doctorate from Penn • Editorial: Thank you • Madness in their method • An abortive attempt • I dare you • Girls tennis team finishes unbeaten; Defeats Penn 5-0 • Softball team defeats Wilson • UC tops Moravian and LV; Loses to Wilkes 2-1 • Tennis team ends season with 4-7 record this year • Cindermen defeat Mules; Lose to Lebanon by 1 point • J. Terry pitches Beta Sig to victory over Sig Rho • WSGA constitution voted into newly-revised form • Letters to the editor • News of the nation • Shilton, LeCato, Springer elected Whitian officershttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1387/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 9, 1959

Ursinus triumphs over Fords 7-6: First win in two years sparks Ursinus spirit • McQueen, Rowe and Combe to star in Major Barbara • Dannehower talks on Founders Day; Degrees presented • Business leaders hold conference Monday, Nov. 16 • Soph class dance • Homecoming celebrated Sat. by luncheons, game, dance • Gibbs School offers grants for training • Alpha Phi Omega • Wurster, Brown chosen as frosh class leaders • WSGA discusses banquet, NSA and new constitutions • Chemistry majors do research on graduate level • Staiger findings printed in issue of chem journal • Editorial: Victory • False puritans • Balladeer Jemison enchants Forum • Mr. Jones answers • Just plain Greek • Kuhn and Daly MSGA frosh reps • JV hockey team successful; Varsity defeats ESSTC • Wagner defeats Ursinus 32-8 • Booters defeat Mules; Lose to Drexel, Swarthmore • Harriers beaten by Delaware, PMC; Vern Morgan stars • Hockey team is defeated in rain by West Chester • Y panel discussion set for Wednesday • Greekvine • Preference and choice • Accounting forum slated Thursday at Villanovahttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1348/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 6, 1958

Helfferich succeeds McClure as President • Dr. Allan L. Rice has new Swedish book published • Messiah begins; Students register on Tues. and Wed. • New look in uniforms brightens band this year • APO holds open meeting Tues. evening, October 7 • Presidents speak: Welcome class of 1962 • Y starts program; Commissions meet • New jazz magazine hits the market • Spirit Committee plans dance • Doctor C. N. Parkinson to address Forum Tues. • Student teachers receive positions • Pre-medical society views symposium at Pennsylvania • New senators hold first meeting of Fall semester • Editorial: Entertainment • Letters to the editor • Selecting a house • Amigo speaks • Lantern chooses Miller, McCabe as new editors • Hockey squad to meet Swarthmore for first game • Soccermen begin practice; Season opens October 15 • Crusader\u27s early TD edges Bear eleven 6-0 • Middle Atlantic Conference opens season Oct. 2nd • Fall intramurals offer speedball • Danforth releases applications for graduate study • Dr. E. H. Miller appears on television program • But still try... • Former basketball coach dies of polio in Virginia • Last season • Cadaverism • Engagement • J. Von Koppenfels • Beta Sigma Lambda frat. holds dance Sat. at L.A.M. • Curtain Club reception planned for October 9https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1367/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 7, 1960

Campus Chest to feature bicycle race, ugly men • E.I. du Pont Company gives $4,000 to Ursinus • Chem. society to hear Dr. Tyree on Thursday • Forty-five men sign frat bids • Chairmen chosen for May pageant; Assistants named • WRUC is now approved; Broadcasting begins soon • Dr. S. Y. Tyree, noted chemist, to address Forum • U.C. represented on Mademoiselle board • French Club sponsors lecturer on chateaux • Cub and Key asks junior men to apply • Phi Psi to sell shoe shines for Campus Chest • Pre-medders see film on open heart surgery • Jane Johnson chosen queen of Lehigh frat • Annual senior show to be presented on March 11-12 • Editorial: Hidden meaning • Library suggests: Anatomy of a murder; The Fountainhead • Letters to the editor • Twilight zone • For Spencer Foreman • Ode to Mr. Jones • Bears end 1st winning season since 1950-1951 • Mermaids lose three meets, but overcome Beaver • Girls basketball team defeats West Chester STC • Dean is Middle Atlantic state wrestling champ • Spoons, as in knives and forks • Ten expectations • May Day dance tryouts • Pagan puzzle • Book review: The Status seekershttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1357/thumbnail.jp

Physician decision making in selection of second-line treatments in immune thrombocytopenia in children.

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired autoimmune bleeding disorder which presents with isolated thrombocytopenia and risk of hemorrhage. While most children with ITP promptly recover with or without drug therapy, ITP is persistent or chronic in others. When needed, how to select second-line therapies is not clear. ICON1, conducted within the Pediatric ITP Consortium of North America (ICON), is a prospective, observational, longitudinal cohort study of 120 children from 21 centers starting second-line treatments for ITP which examined treatment decisions. Treating physicians reported reasons for selecting therapies, ranking the top three. In a propensity weighted model, the most important factors were patient/parental preference (53%) and treatment-related factors: side effect profile (58%), long-term toxicity (54%), ease of administration (46%), possibility of remission (45%), and perceived efficacy (30%). Physician, health system, and clinical factors rarely influenced decision-making. Patient/parent preferences were selected as reasons more often in chronic ITP (85.7%) than in newly diagnosed (0%) or persistent ITP (14.3%, P = .003). Splenectomy and rituximab were chosen for the possibility of inducing long-term remission (P < .001). Oral agents, such as eltrombopag and immunosuppressants, were chosen for ease of administration and expected adherence (P < .001). Physicians chose rituximab in patients with lower expected adherence (P = .017). Treatment choice showed some physician and treatment center bias. This study illustrates the complexity and many factors involved in decision-making in selecting second-line ITP treatments, given the absence of comparative trials. It highlights shared decision-making and the need for well-conducted, comparative effectiveness studies to allow for informed discussion between patients and clinicians

The Vehicle, Spring 1980

Vol. 3, No. 2 Table of Contents White LanguageStarla Stensaaspage 4 The Grand Canyon at SunsetElisabeth Cristpage 5 WitheringSheila Kattypage 5 In Defense of the DandelionKathleen Alakspage 6 HaikuScott Fishelpage 7 Double SolitaireCathy Georgepage 8 AdolescenceNancy Douglaspage 9 Sunrises as SunsetsRobert Schumacherpage 9 War Is Not All HellChris Goerlichpage 11 Young SoldierRobert Swansonpage 11 Without Really Looking For ThemSheila Kattypage 12 JourneyJean Wallacepage 15 I Barely Remember the Poet/TeacherStarla Stensaaspage 16 To SearchKaren Buchananpage 17 Four-Hundred and Twenty-Four DaysAnnette Heinzpage 19 Killing CarpJerry McAnultypage 20 War of the WillsLaurel Anzelmopage 21 Life of a Sexual MetaphorChris Goerlichpage 23 Hazy Days in Mid-JulyKaren Buchananpage 24 August\u27s EndCynthia Rozminpage 24 Visiting GrandmotherRobert Swansonpage 26 UntitledNancy Van Cleavepage 27 The AlbinoDenise Davinroypage 27 This ChristmasRobert Schumacherpage 28 Burnt OfferingGinny Stroheckerpage 29 Long-term VacationDenise Davinroypage 29 Storm\u27s EveJeffrey Stousepage 30 Lovers: A Weaver in the StatesStarla Stensaaspage 31 Gitchegumme BeachScott Fishelpage 32 Dear Husband, What Do You Think?Katherine Adamspage 33 Cat\u27s Eve InnCynthia Rozminpage 34 BassScott Fishelpage 34 Fall Morning in the Okanagan ValleyJerry McAnultypage 35 MusicMary McDanielpage 36 AnticipationNancy Douglaspage 41 Don\u27t Let Your Bread LoafJohn Stockmanpage 41 The FieldElise Hempelpage 42 the g.a.Carla Vitezpage 42 Quality in Search of An AuthorRobert Schinaglpage 43 February 9thLisa Livingstonpage 44 By A Pond in SpringJohn Stockmanpage 46 Night SoundsJeffrey Stousepage 47 Art CoverKaren Dankovich PhotographCindy Hubbarttpage 3 PhotographScott Fishelpage 10 PhotographLisa Larsonpage 18 EtchingKaren Dankovichpage 25 PhotographScott Fishelpage 30 PhotographScott Fishelpage 40 PhotographCindy Hubbarttpage 45 PhotographCindy Hubbarttpage 48https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1037/thumbnail.jp