Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

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  The Ursinus Weekly, May 8, 1950

  Willard Wetzel, Ford Bothwell, Dick Hector, Clara Hamm, Douglas MacMullan, and Ramona Keesey

  Y plans activities at week-end retreat; lists fireside chats • Justice chosen president of men's student council • May pageant scheduled for Saturday afternoon • Thespians to stage "Junior miss" here thrice this week • Women cast ballots for frosh customs • British professor talks before Y commission • Frosh will sponsor semi-formal dance • Dr. Mattern speaks at vesper service • IRC hears address on U.S. - Soviet relations • Givler and Bare elected '51 "Ruby" co-editors • Pre-med society to have election of officers at noon tomorrow • Scheirer named FTA president • Preceptresses are girls' "second mothers" • Teachers are given employment data in federal report • Bill Beemer chosen assistant regional director of the ICG • Theater: "The Will of St. James" • Former Yankee to speak at Varsity Club banquet • Bears lose to Moravian; whip Fords second time • Spencer twirls no-hit, no-run softball opener • Cinder squad splits pair with Cadets and Lehigh • Tennis team swamped in Swarthmore match • Garnet edges belles 3-2; Vadner, Woodruff win • Golfers drop pair to strong opponents

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  The Ursinus Weekly, May 1, 1950

  Willard Wetzel, Ralph Ziegler, Paul Jones, Donald Stauffer, Ford Bothwell, Dick Hector, and Douglas MacMullan

  Frosh, sophs, and Y offer varied weekend activities • General Synod to meet at Ursinus this summer • Expert to lecture here on Tuesday for IRC discussion • Curtain Club gives play this Tuesday; authored by Swan • Schmidt is chosen new Lantern editor • Women elect WAA and WSGA leaders • Eleven Y posts filled by YW-YM presidents • May Day play gets finishing touches • WSGA completes year with important activity • Y panel censures both scientist and layman • Dreschler elected pre-legal head • Gross chosen moderator • Tait to address pre-med society • Files reveal origin of May Day fetes • Y committee directs campus tours for visitors to Ursinus • Bomberger and Baxter are named head waiters • Future lawyers warned of poor job prospects • Munson speaks on law to pre-legal members • Alumni group to feast seniors at May dinner • Theater: Margetson in "Clutterbuck" • Six Ursinus track men compete in Penn relays • Tennis elucidated by Weekly writer; emphasizes scoring • Linksmen lose 9-0 to Blue Hen squad • Injury-riddled cindermen fall to diplomats 88-38 • Bears bow to Garnet 8-6 in eleven inning contest • 'Ruby' arrives this week; deficit faces senior class • Mattern to speak at vespers

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  The Ursinus Weekly, April 24, 1950

  Willard Wetzel, Roy Foster, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., Donald Stauffer, Bill Helfferich, Ford Bothwell, Dick Hector, and Douglas MacMullan

  Scientists to participate in Y panel discussion • "Soire musicale" given as French club feature • Seven juniors honored by Cub and Key society • Forum presents prominent explorer in Pfahler talk • Miller reigns as queen at annual junior prom • Ticket sales begin for spring comedy • Pre-legal society to elect officers • Senator Ruth speaks to two Y commissions • Ursinus graduate speaks at Sunday night vespers • Phillips to attend inauguration • Debaters finish season • French theme prevails as sophs sponsor dance • Meistersingers give concert • Bermuda attracts student during spring vacation • CBS offers awards for student-written television scripts • Theater --"The Member of the wedding" • Mrs. DuPont wins tennis exhibition • Court team romps to easy 8-1 victory over druggist club • Track team loses 93-33 in first meet of season • Diamond nine gains split with two league rivals • Softball loop opens intramural rivalry • Bryn Mawr wins 4-1 in tennis opener • State Department offers new training program • Rathbone to speak in Philadelphia orchestra concert

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  The Ursinus Weekly, April 17, 1950

  Willard Wetzel, Ed Klein, Roy Foster, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., Paul Jones, Donald Stauffer, Ford Bothwell, Dick Hector, Douglas MacMullan, and Nancy R. Bare

  Junior prom to highlight week's social calendar • Forum to present prominent explorer for monthly event • Students select leaders for WSGA, WAA, and Y • Senator to address PAC Wednesday • IRC group attends model UN assembly • French club plans April piano recital • ICG members help draft constitution • Scientists to participate in Y-sponsored panel • Practices continue for spring comedy • Board names six to Weekly editorial staff • Commission to discuss admittance of Negroes • 'Waltz dream' scores hit with Ursinus audiences • P.A.C. visits Washington on annually planned trip • Swedish books add variety to library language shelves • Alumnus suggests constitution change for alumni group • Three men and a rebel tour southland as vacation interrupts semester work • Ursinus welcomes new dance band • Grizzly nine tours south; trip is judged successful • Rampaging grizzlies open season with pair of wins • Tennis belles open against Bryn Mawr • Nine veterans back for softball season • Stine and Shreiner win men's, girls' intramurals • Gurzynski is named head football coach for 1950 • Annex wins honors on intramural night • Garris' pageant selected for '50 May Day theme

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  The Ursinus Weekly, March 20, 1950

  Betty Leeming, Donald Stauffer, Jean Heron, Bob Gehman, Jean Leety, Ford Bothwell, George E. Saurman, Joyce Derstine, Joanne Nolt, Emile Schmidt, and Douglas MacMullan

  Moore Karavan to set mood of "April showers" • Councils co-operate on detailed inquiry of food situation • Board names Wetzel to top 'Weekly' post • ICG parley revises state's constitution; makes voting age 18 • Three to undertake department honors in papers, projects • Thespians to offer drama and comedy tomorrow evening • Y chats to feature parleys on purpose of frats, sororities • Engineers improve facilities of WURS to increase range • Freshmen to meet sororities' members • Frederick to direct cast of spring play • Original "Ruby" musical scores hit • Professors discuss European recovery • Debating fraternity names Edwards as new president • Operetta group prepares for post-Easter production • Bridge enthusiasts laud duplicate tourney variety • A senior confesses famous last words • Bomberger product sees "failure" hall of science • Fields' "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" • Coeds spill Chestnut Hill with good passing attack • Pancoast shoulders diversified tasks; busy with baseball • Chestnut Hill trips belles in badminton • Ursinus belles beat Bryn Mawr College for fifth triumph • Boxers, matmen compete for intramural distinction • Belles down Beaver in tank contest 37-20 • Hoop squad selects all-opponent team; Garnet places two • Bruin players elect mat, court captains to head 1951 teams • Advertiser to meet with business club

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  The Ursinus Weekly, March 13, 1950

  Betty Leeming, Dick Hector, Jean Heron, Bob Gehman, Joyce Derstine, Douglas MacMullan, Anne Hughes, and Bob Rosenberger

  Seniors plan show, "Back in civvies," as novel enterprise • Two profs to debate economic aid policy • Twenty fall victim to rushing tactics in spring campaign • Compton wins first at inter-collegiates; remains unbeaten • Y prexy to open "Fun nite" agenda with camping slides • Committee finishes proposed revisions of soph rules plan • Greeks to entertain at party for frosh • Senator emphasizes new fiscal system • Pink and black set suave 'Velvet mood' • Faculty honors Morrison at anniversary celebration • Drives elicit small student response • Hilarious atmosphere pervades old T-G with Muench and minstrel high jinks • Dunc totes hockey stick from Devon to Dutchland • Dinelli's "The Man" • Lecturing prof studies "grass roots" • Library constantly increases reserves of fiction and non-fiction volumes • May pageants show changes in custom since debut in 1919 • Compton tallies only win as swimmers bow 37-20 • Statistics point out leaders in current bruin court season • Coach makes ready for busy schedule in links campaign • Belles take Beaver in court tilt 31-27 for third triumph • Gurzynski predicts good cinder season as eight vets return • Matmen lose three due to graduation leaving huge gaps • Diamond club whips into playing shape for southern trip • Reversals highlight intramural contests as standings shift • Seniors terminate basketball careers with coach Seeders • Dr. Sturgis makes hobby of model railway system • Lee strums ballads to English students at surprise recital

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  The Ursinus Weekly, March 6, 1950

  Betty Leeming, George E. Saurman, Bob Gehman, Ralph Ziegler, Dick Hector, and Anne Hughes

  '51ers 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's 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 slides

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  The Ursinus Weekly, February 27, 1950

  Betty Leeming, George E. Saurman, Bill Helfferich, Ford Bothwell, Frank Edwards, Sally Canan, Dick Hector, Roy Foster, and Dick Hanna

  Cytologists to give material on cancer from U.S. research • Clothing drive opens today for overseas • Steere to consider "Sense of Vocation" for emphasis week • Coed societies map strategy in rushing season's candidates • Committee requests coeds' suggestions on customs matter • Week-end promises full-time enjoyment with carnival, shag • Sophs to highlight velvet mood at hop; present Art Brown • Actors to produce one-act group plays • Pre-legals prepare for ICG convention • Cerone opens drive for heart patients in talk to students • Foreign service agent tells story of escape from Asia • Ann Royer receives award for highest Chem I average • Oil burner explosion rocks equilibrium of Hobson Hall • Omwake receives committee job to make school business survey • Dr. Armstrong receives position • Rue makes railroads life project • Editorial: Benign influence • Annex-dotes • Old "Weeklies" reveal fads, innovations as new dorm, gate appear on scene • "Ruby" staff leers as night of horrors augments treasury • Horseback riders meet to plan future activities at academies • "Ruby" staff to stage musical; begin tryouts for cast tonight • Gravediggers ply trade on hardwood lib tables • Emily loses face on Ursinus campus as student diners turn to rules, tux • Science lib offers rare secluded nook for deep pondering • Garnet whips bears 19-11 with experienced squad • Intramural news • Penn ties bearettes; Rosemont succumbs • Wrestlers face tourney for MA championship • Bruins drop two games as losing streak grows • Tank squad sweeps victory from Penn, taking five firsts • Bruin matmen take easy 34-0 decision from Cadet squad • WAA selects coed endmen for comedy, musical show

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  The Ursinus Weekly, February 20, 1950

  Betty Leeming, Roy Foster, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., Ed Klein, Willard Wetzel, and Jack Young

  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' music show • WAA femmes plan night of minstrelsy, comedy and music • Dean's 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 '50 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 • '51ers' 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 $27

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  The Ursinus Weekly, February 13, 1950

  Betty Leeming, Jean Leety, Ford Bothwell, Donald Stauffer, Ed Klein, Bob Gehman, Joyce Derstine, Fred Nicholls, Frank Edwards, Jean Heron, and Bill Helfferich

  Balladeer Lee to appear for return engagement • Dr. White to return for colors ceremony • Geiger to manage "Weekly" business for spring season • Greek men launch rushing campaigns via party schedule • Rosicrucians honor thirty-seven coeds at after dinner tea • Dramateurs repeat stellar production of play "Pygmalion" • 'Ruby" editors meet first of deadlines after hard-fought battle against time • Yearbook to resort to threats, horror for financial push • Eleven join classes for spring session • Cabinet to finish Y roster Saturday • Dr. Philip accepts position as church choir director • Nelson Wenner wins first prize in lengthy Chesterfield contest • Critical British elections effect us as people face socialistic decision • Local lads acquire southern exposure between semesters • Should we have national frats? • Attention, athletes • Uh, don't look now, but your habits are showing • PMC dumps bruins 90-61 in free scoring court tilt • Sports led Bailey from streetcar to high Ursinus post • Coeds succumb 5-0 in badminton fray • Bailey announces schedule for coming track season • Drexel tops bruins 71-60 as late rally falls short • Baseballers will go south for pre-season practice • Tank squad edges Dragon coeds 29-28 in initial encounter • Sextet loses 31-22 in first hoop battle of current season • Jayvees fall twice in narrow contests with Cadets, Drexel • Intramurals resume as squads compete

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  The Ursinus Weekly, January 16, 1950

  Betty Leeming, Bob Rosenberger, Willard Wetzel, Emile Schmidt, George E. Saurman, Roy Foster, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., and Ford Bothwell

  Poet Davison to appear at third Ursinus forum • Thirty-one make up semester grad list, largest at Ursinus • Coeds plan field day with Lorelei at hand • Y students journey for week-end work in negro slum area • Dr. High discusses facts of allergies for pre-med group • Campus agent plans Chesterfield series • Gals! Write pageant for fame, fortune, and fifteen dollars • WSGA names group to revise customs • Photographer films "So much to be done" • Student leaders complete schedule for second term • "Myk" enjoys life here; Admires labs, libraries • Frosh face finals • Bruin matmen garner eighth in win record • Grid lettermen pick Don Young to lead squad next season • Courtmen suffer defeat after edging Textile five • League games start in interdorm circuit • Coed athletes await opening of rosters with second term

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  The Ursinus Weekly, January 9, 1950

  Betty Leeming, Jack Young, Emile Schmidt, Jeanne Stewart, Joyce Derstine, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., George E. Saurman, Ford Bothwell, Bob Gehman, and Jean Leety

  Pi Gamma Mu approves Ursinus' charter request • Five gain entrance into thespian frat at secret gathering • Neill to rule pagent; Letson, court chosen • YW prexy accepts place on committee of national Y group • Rosies admit seven at after-dinner tea • "Ruby" staff posts roster for photos of activities groups • Speaker to discuss field in insurance • Local audience lauds Harrop, Basile concert • Cub and Key plans journal to record members' deeds • Dance and sports comprise pre-exam weekend events • School maintains system of scholarships and loans • Clara Hamm gains college board post on style magazine • Practice term ends for large '49 crop of future teachers • Tail of the "Weekly" tale • Heated court battle ends in 60-57 win for cadets • Cubs lose to P.M.C. in close 31-30 tilt • Fords trim bears 67-53 in second league game • Sports slate dispels biennial gloomy air of pre-exam days • Coach Waldo trains second tank squad since arriving here • Jayvees top Fords by one point edge • Bruin grapplers trounce Mules in opening match

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  The Ursinus Weekly, December 12, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Jane Hartzel, Donald Stauffer, and Roy Foster

  Women select four to appear on ballot for May sovereign • Twelve receive "Who's who" honors • Students anticipate traditional roster of yuletide events • Men's 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 awards

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  The Ursinus Weekly, December 5, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Roy Foster, Ford Bothwell, Bob Gehman, Jean Leety, Jean Heron, Ed Klein, George E. Saurman, Gretchen Showalter, Joyce Derstine, Fred Nicholls, Jack Young, Mary Ruth Muffley, and Joan Kahn

  WSSF drive collects donations of $440 in $1,000 endeavor • Festive air to reign at '50's starlight ball • Wilson and Styres return as soloists for "Messiah" • Women to complete plans for yuletide • Armstrong to give Christmas message • 'Ruby' to complete individuals' orders in picture schedule • Hordern expounds need for revision in foreign policy • Juniors elect head for 'Ruby' business • Oratorio reflects composer's faith • Academy students present concert for campus body • Debaters travel to Rider for novice broadcast meet • Remig wins school with affable nature as maintenance department assistant • Fall play cast scores hit with "Pygmalion" • John O'Hara tells of summer tour in England, France • Academy publishes December program of varied concerts • Part 1 of the perennial "Weekly" saga • Preceding Christmas seasons provide color for traditional campus yuletide • Quarter of students hold self-help jobs • Matmen strive to better last year's good record • Evans, Duncan triumph in field hockey tourney • Statistics register grid strong points for current season • Baker's bums bow to Snell's belles in annual meeting • Bears win first 59-30 over crusader squad • Practice games set to launch campus basketball schedule • Pattison to captain '49 swimming team in tough schedule • Jayvee team opens season with victory • Ursinus establishes new disposal plant • Chess men reach deadlock in third Lansdale match • Glenwood-Lynnewood leads in interdorm hockey race

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  The Ursinus Weekly, November 21, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Emile Schmidt, Bob Herber, Bob Rosenberger, Bob Gehman, Joyce Derstine, Willard Wetzel, Donald Stauffer, George E. Saurman, Ed Klein, and Roy Foster

  Bears trip Crusaders 14-0 to end year • Young passes to victory as student spirit booms • Council to conduct poll on regulations for frosh customs • Local actors prepare for season openers • Y opens toy drive; Plans yule service with singers, actors • WURS plans varied, enlarged setup; to include music, plays, local talent • Students hail team in parade and fete • Scout frat selects Corcoran president • Dr. Cadbury speaks to pre-med group on disease in China • Scholarship winner comes to Ursinus via freighter trip • Spirit reaches peak thanks to efforts of unknown group • The quarter-mark • Thanksgiving • WAA freshmen to arrange "sockey-hoccer" scrimmage • Football careers end for senior lettermen • F&M takes booters in overtime contest to close campaign • Court squad awaits grid replacements to complete roster • Hockey team beats Chestnut Hill coeds by easy 6-0 count • Five coeds to play final hockey game for Ursinus teams • Soccer team loses quartet of seniors with end of season • Ruby photography proceeds as students await proofs

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  The Ursinus Weekly, November 14, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Jack Young, Emile Schmidt, Bob Rosenberger, Mary Ruth Muffley, Jim Johnston, Bob Gehman, Jane Hartzel, and Betty Rinear

  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's 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's 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's finale • Harriers lose out at Allentown meet for running honors

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  The Ursinus Weekly, November 7, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Ford Bothwell, Jean Leety, Roy Foster, Bill Helfferich, Ed Klein, Barbara J. Crawford, Jack Young, Dick Hector, Anne Hughes, Joyce Derstine, Emile Schmidt, Fred Nicholls, and Bob Gehman

  G.B. Shaw derides England's language in "Pygmalion" plot • European student enters Ursinus after long delay • Campus Y to boost annual WSSF drive with $1000 as goal • Calendar indicates vigorous, far-flung week-end schedule • Scout men to form service fraternity at meeting tonight • Sommers to appear for "Starlight Ball" • Old timers return for traditional day; Varsity queen rules • Philip organizes 125 for twelfth chorus of famed oratorio • Yearbook to open '49 shooting season • Author-publisher strongly denounces Britain's welfare state as totalitarian • Band, singers plan combined concert • Coeds to cement relations at big-little sister party • FTA offers talk on opportunities • Editorial: Coming drives • Viewbook becomes new Ursinus agent throughout nation • Caracas native adds diversity to '53 class • Three twirlers add baton intricacies to marching band • Korean compares Hawaii U., Ursinus • Academy reveals diversified program for all music fans • Curtis emerges victorious in football; Play-offs to determine league winner • Ursinus bows 16-45 to Reading runners • Bears to encounter powerful grid foe at PMC this week • Fords, Lincoln defeat grizzly soccer team • Bearettes place six on all-college club in week-end meet • F&M downs bears 27-6 in old timers' day clash • Evans scores goal to tie Swarthmore • Godshall supervises construction work for disposal plant

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  The Ursinus Weekly, October 31, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Bob Rosenberger, Jeanne Stewart, Betty Rinear, and Nelson M. Fellman Jr.

  Fifty sophs accept bids during fall rush season • Varied events to fill alumni homecoming • Helfferichs choose Dolman to manage 'Pygmalion' staging • Luxford to present women's 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' 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, booters

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  The Ursinus Weekly, October 24, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Fred Nicholls, Doris Fite, Dick Hector, George E. Saurman, Ford Bothwell, Bill Helfferich, Roy Foster, and Susanne Deitz

  Five coed Greek organizations get set for annual hectic fall rushing season • Grid machine seeks win over Seahawks to avenge '48 loss • Poem reveals hope for beaten athletes • Pep rally precedes senior class dance • Soccer team drops second contest 2-0 at New Brunswick • Garnet drops Bears 20-6 with quick aerial attack • Curtis keeps lead; McMillan triumphs in golfing contest • Court squad opens practice workouts for coming season • Hockey team takes season opener 4-3 against Bryn Mawr • Traveller comes to roost at Ursinus • British lecturer and author to appear at Ursinus rostrum next Tuesday night • "Rusty" Reed heads paint-brush squad in campus publicity • Sky becomes limit in full-dress battle of annual banquet • Editorial: Sororities and fraternities • Varsity Club selects Farina band • Initial '53 officers take over duties following introduction at frosh banquet • Men choose three for MSGA positions • Music clubs offer two merit awards • Hungarian to talk at vesper service • Stassen views theories shaping world cultures • Sophs offer variety in coming week-end • Allen and Aiken cop leading portrayals in December play • Fulbright act gives full financial aid for foreign study • Kitchen adds new refrigerator, other equipment during summer

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  The Ursinus Weekly, October 17, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Fred Nicholls, Jane Hartzel, Betty Lou Scheirer, Willard Wetzel, George E. Saurman, and Ford Bothwell

  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 '51ers maintain famed tradition of Glenwood quartet • Freshmen elect George Ott president • Frosh cuties massacre burlesque • Students hold rites for departed spirit • Actors' club slates Shaw's "Pygmalion" • Seniors name date for annual dance • Speaker prescribes change in policies for U.S. with Asia • Penn prexy will address Founders' 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 '50 edition • Literary publication adds five editors to masthead • Sororities prepare for rushing; Sophs to receive bids Friday

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  The Ursinus Weekly, October 10, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Roy Foster, Robert Herber, George Saurman, Ed Klein, and Bob Gehman

  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' Day • Isaacs to consider communism in Asia Wednesday evening • Tumblers add novelty to day • Men's 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 '49 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's government names committee representatives

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  The Ursinus Weekly, October 3, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Jane Hartzel, Nancy R. Bare, Joyce Derstine, George E. Saurman, Donald Stauffer, and Jack Corcoran

  First epistle to the freshmen • Fords to be rivals in home grid clash • Hockey drills start; Frick leads squad • Harriers condition for championships • Bruin eleven yields 21-0 as Drexel breaks streak • Greek prof begins seventeenth season as soccer mentor • Interdorm program set; includes tennis, football • Bears elect leader for grid campaign • Bakermen prepare for season opener • From the sidelines • Kunz, Nicholls go continental • Ursinus star shines in summer theater • Editorial: Senior to frosh • Six assume posts on Ursinus faculty • Forums to include verse and opinions on Arctic, Far East • Teachers j.g. begin trial flights soon • Y to present plans at rally Wednesday • "Greenies" view Ursinus under bands and bangs • School registers 974 as enrollment drops • WSGA begins duties as committees plan future coed events • Bruin brainmen hit dean's squad 79-29 after 16-week fray • New prexy outlines semester schedule for musical groups • Campus store introduces new hours, coffee machine • President entertains at banquet • Juniors set freshman breakfast

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  The Ursinus Weekly, June 6, 1949

  Betty Leeming, George Saurman, and Beverly Johnson

  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's 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's captains • Gurzynski declares successful season in spite of losses • Golfers end season with single victory • WAA gives awards for year's 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' 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 9.7

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  The Ursinus Weekly, May 23, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Jean Heron, Bob Gehman, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., Donald Stauffer, Joanne Duncan, George Saurman, Bob Herber, Fred Nicholls, George Gazonas, Nancy Bare, and Barbara J. Crawford

  Variety of events await returning alumni June 4 • Speakers' lives promise valuable commencement • Jentsch takes vote of future seniors in class elections • Mazurkiewicz gets 'Lantern' editorship • Ursinus to award honorary degrees in annual ceremony • Rosicrucians admit four senior girls to full membership • Y plans activities for 1949-50 season at spring retreat • Forum group plans next year's roster; H. Isaacs to speak • Health group plans Pfahler conference • Musicians nominate choices for office • Cub and Key to celebrate tenth anniversary in June • Curtain Club chooses Tom Swan to serve as 1949-1950 president • WSGA to hold banquet • IRC elects officers • Editorial: chapel system • New IRC prexy asks for student interest • Y provides center with changed face by paint, furniture • Bear males take off in revealing take off • Three records fall on Patterson Field in meet with Lehigh • Excellent record shows merits of lady mentor • Rally beats bruins in 5-4 Drexel game • Softballers defeat Albright coeds 12-6 in Reading contest • Ursinus men place fourth in invitation track meet • Bear nine drops pair in final home stand • Local netmen split; secure initial win • Double loss befalls girls' tennis squad • Interdorm softball playoffs to feature Stine and Curtis II • Dragons defeat golfers 5-4 in closing match of season • Tennis competition proves keen as coed jayvees drop 3-2 match • Barnard College considers honor system • Folklore group discusses Pennsylvania German traits

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  The Ursinus Weekly, May 16, 1949

  Betty Leeming, Steven Arvanitis, George Saurman, John Burton, Bob Herber, Walter Rohlfs, and Polly Pechter

  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's heads • Derstine, Bare, Johnson get top 'Weekly' posts • Prize-winning '49 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' 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's court squad achieves initial win • Golfers triumph over Moravian; bow to Delaware's Blue Hens • Chandler to meet Brazil's Dutra • Chess Club elects Johnson prexy • Tau Sig elects future officers • Kaimer to be Kappa Delta head