Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus College news was first published in the Ursinus College Bulletin until 1902. In that year, the Ursinus Weekly took over as the primary means of disseminating news about the College. Eventually becoming an entirely student-run newspaper, the Weekly continued publication until 1978 when the name was officially changed to The Grizzly. The Ursinus College Grizzly continues to be published today as the student-run newspaper.

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The Ursinus Weekly, October 28, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Albert Stoler Thompson, and George Leslie Omwake

Ursinus beats Muhlenberg 9-7: Fourth quarter run by Sterner brings bears victory over Mules • First chapel speaker to be Rev. Frederick Lynch, D. D. • Amateur boxing matches feature YMCA smoker • Old timers will find November 16 interesting day • Girls' hockey team wins opener team with Philadelphia Normal • Novel Halloween dance to have Pennsylvania Night Hawks • Webster forensic club starts active season • Cross-country team loses track cup to Dickinson • Bears are eager to face Rutgers eleven Saturday • International Relations Club outlines program • Doctor Price honored at medical convention • Sophomores discuss ring at class meeting Thursday • A standard ring at Ursinus • President Omwake reviews work of education commission • Y.W.C.A. meeting
The Ursinus Weekly, October 21, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Stanley Omwake, and George Leslie Omwake

Vocal students holds first recital in studio Wednesday • W.S.G.A. holds initial mass meeting Wednesday • Franklin and Marshall defeats "U" grizzlies in thrilling contest 18-0 • Sister-class competition starts inter-class hockey • Frosh drop third straight to Temple yearlings 33-0 • Modern languages group gives tri-lingual program • Miller and Heller give recital in Philadelphia • Business administrators mix music and economics • Trucksess speaks on law to history-social science • Greek play features classics group meeting • Songs and speeches mark chem-bi group meeting • Bears face Muhlenberg in next gridiron test • Peppy pep meeting held Thursday night • Academic council report sanctions student societies • Annual Y.W. camp supper held Tuesday • Y.M.C.A. hears Schrader speak on "Christian will" • Music Club meets • Math group meets and eats at Olevian Thursday • T.K.A. resumes activity • Music, poetry, enliven English group meeting
The Ursinus Weekly, October 14, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Evelyn Matthews Cook, and George Leslie Omwake

Ursinus Woman's Club holds first fall reunion • Dr. White entertains with a "neighborhood tea" • Ursinus holds strong Delaware eleven to 0-0 tie in third game • H. E. Paisley to head state religious body • Successful frosh banquet at Penn Athletic Club, October 7 • "The Maker of Dreams" given Saturday night • Wyoming Seminary defeats freshman gridders 25-0 • Cross country team loses to Lehigh track men • Varsity beats second team subbing for Beaver • Dr. Omwake to meet with education commission • Former Ursinus professor admitted to Delaware Bar • Y.W.C.A. gives annual "Big & little sister" party • Women's debating club discusses fraternities • Henry H. Crane will speak at "Y" conference • Men's student assembly holds first meeting • Booster committee holds pep meeting on Thursday
The Ursinus Weekly, October 7, 1929

Calvin D. Yost and George Leslie Omwake

Clarence E. McCormick dies Saturday evening • Alliene DeChant speaks at joint "Y" meeting Wednesday • Bears battle to scoreless tie with Haverford gridders on Saturday • Library receives the new Encyclopedia Britannica • Bears face Delaware in contest Saturday • Student council news • Ursinus Woman's Club to hold pep meeting here • Captain Helffrich receives encouraging messages • Frosh lose to Perkiomen school in opening game • Hess elected to council • Some recent books of interest • Seniors elect officers for the first semester • Literary spirits hold convivial meeting Thursday • Business ideas are too basic • Hockey team loses pre-season game with Collegeville High School
The Ursinus Weekly, September 30, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Albert Stoler Thompson, and George Leslie Omwake

Opening council dance ends first football week-end • Dickinson recovers blocked punt to gain 6-6 tie in Ursinus opener • Men's booster committee headed by McGarvey '30 • Frosh-soph tug-of-war victory goes to frosh • New student council busy with opening activities • Y.M.C.A. membership drive shows splendid results • Stanley Omwake chosen president of junior class • Doctor Isenberg speaks at opening YM meeting • Girls' hockey team shows promise of good season • Fine material turns out for cross country team • Women's athletic council makes important changes • Brotherhood of St. Paul holds opening meeting • Initial pep meeting shows plenty of school spirit • Sophomore class elections interestingly contested • Literary club elects Paul Mattis '30 as president • Freshman class elects Frick first president • Frosh-soph fight • Editorial comment: Freshmen and the Weekly; Wrestling at Ursinus; Improving the group system • Bears will face green Haverford team Saturday • Schell's little bears play Perkiomen school
The Ursinus Weekly, September 23, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Stanley Omwake, and George Leslie Omwake

Sixtieth academic year of college officially opened Thursday night • Bears point for Dickinson game as second week of practice ends • Literary, dramatic and music groups entertain • Thirty-six candidates on freshman grid squad • Many veterans report for girls' hockey team • Christian associations hold frosh reception • First council dance in gym Saturday evening • Councils give joint party to frosh in gym Tuesday • Freshmen • Editorial comment: A course in journalism; The new freshman rule
The Ursinus Weekly, September 16, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Evelyn Matthews Cook, and George Leslie Omwake

Twenty-five men report for pre-season drill • New grandstand is in process of completion • Two new professors are added to Ursinus faculty • Freshman week-end program opens sixtieth academic year of college • Freshman handbook is received from printer • Mr. and Mrs. Sheeder given year's leave of absence • Improvements made on campus during summer • Faculty spends summer in educational work • New additions made to administrative staff
The Ursinus Weekly, June 10, 1929

Calvin D. Yost and George Leslie Omwake

College year closes with fifty-ninth commencement exercises • Baccalaureate sermon is given by Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D. D. • Class of 1929 frolics at annual Class Day held in Bomberger • Frederic William Wile delivers address at annual commencement • Junior oratorical contest held on Friday evening • Annual alumni banquet is successful event • Board of Directors holds annual meeting • Portrait of president is presented and unveiled • Alumni Association holds annual session Saturday • Annual business meeting of Ursinus Woman's Club • College chorus presents oratorio, "Ruth" by Gaul • "Y" summer conference to be held at Eagles Mere • Many social events are scheduled for next term • Commencement prizes and the prize winners • Memorial service for David Charles Murtha • Alumni athletic club holds annual luncheon • Sixty-six graduates receive their degrees • President's reception held in Alumni Library • Seniors banquet at the Spring Mountain House • Tennis team banquets and elects its captain • Band concert is given on west campus Monday
The Ursinus Weekly, June 3, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Albert Stoler Thompson, and George Leslie Omwake

Debating Club banquet held at Schwenksville • Reading alumni elect new officers at dinner • Schwenkfeldian exiles hold interesting meeting • Student council officers elected Tuesday, May 28 • Atwater Kent contest won by Wm. Saalman '29 • Summary shows Young '30 at head of batting list • Annual banquet of track men held Monday, May 27 • President Omwake speaks at dinner to Dr. Haas • Randolph Helffrich '29 announces engagement • Oratorical contest to be well contested • Debating Club elections • Phi Beta Kappa honors President G. L. Omwake • Portrait of president to be given to Ursinus • Our colleges twenty-five years ago • The growth of the memorial trees • Ursinus students to attend Eagles Mere summer conference, June 12-22 • Junior girls entertain seniors at breakfast • Piano students give annual recital Monday, May 27 • Girls' tennis team has very successful season
The Ursinus Weekly, May 27, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Stanley Omwake, Walter F. Longacre, and George Leslie Omwake

Curtis concert Monday pleases large audience • Theatre theme of English Club in final meeting • H. Q. Van Ufford addresses joint Christian bodies • Bears down Gettysburg by 8-2 score in final home stand of the season • Gavin ties for pole vault honors in Middle Atlantics • Annual council elections held by three classes • Commencement program • Track teams close season; MacBath highest scorer • Grizzly netwomen halve match with Beaver 2-2 • Doris Wagner presents attractive piano program • Yost to head Music Club • Old-timers take notice • The illustrious name Ursinus
The Ursinus Weekly, May 20, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Evelyn Matthews Cook, George Leslie Omwake, and Walter F. Longacre

Annual junior weekend fulfills all predictions of the class of '30 • Dr. Henry Crosby speaks in chapel on Tuesday • Swarthmore and Schuylkill beaten; but bears drop fray to Juniata 3-2 • Tennis team ends season with an excellent record • Music students broadcast from station WLIT Friday • Ursinus College to hear Curtis Institute artists • Annual senior reception • Officers of Dramatic Club • Math group elects officers • Annual faculty banquet • Allentown dorm benefit • Freshman track meet • Ursinus men break three records at Dickinson • Eastern Pennsylvania track conference held • International Relations Club holds meeting, Tuesday • The Eger gateway • Women's Debating Club • Dr. Elmer, famous archer, visits Ursinus campus
The Ursinus Weekly, May 13, 1929

Calvin D. Yost and George Leslie Omwake

East campus is scene of revelry and sport at annual May pageant • New York alumni form a local organization • Bears break even on week's games --winning twice and losing twice • Schuylkill takes meet from Ursinus runners • Second annual mothers' dinner held Saturday • Novel informal dance held Saturday night • Co-eds tennis team wins against Swarthmore 4-1 • Miss Florence Jackson lectures on vocations • Junior prom to be held in gymnasium Friday evening • Tennis team breaks even in four matches of week • Mortgage on athletic club willed to college • Concert will be given by Curtis Institute May 20 • Prize in German department is endowed by Mrs. Lentz • Council nomination • Negative team wins in debate with Albright • Juniors and sophomores nominate councilmen • Katherine Tower '30 will edit 1930 Y handbook • Coeds entertained at tea by Mrs. E. S. Fretz, Thursday • Frosh track men take third place in F. & M. meet • Hill School is beaten by frosh twirlers 7-5 • Frosh team is victor over Lansdale High 15-5
The Ursinus Weekly, May 6, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Albert Stoler Thompson, and George Leslie Omwake

Annual spring news conference held Saturday • Vocational consultant here Tuesday for girls • Annual YMCA officers' conference at Gettysburg • Madrigal singers present enjoyable concert Thursday • Montgomery County schools hold annual May festival • Varsity trackmen lose two meets during week • Grizzlies lose close game with valley team • Ursinus netmen win and tie match this week • Freshman girls entertain upperclass women is gym • Final preparations being made for May Day • Student council dance to climax May Day week • Harvey Marburger secured • Girls' tennis team ties with Beaver coeds, Thursday • Frosh track team wins second dual meet, 65-35 • Van Davies '30 elected • Juniors engage Harvey Marburger's orchestra • Cast chosen for junior play to be given May 18
The Ursinus Weekly, April 29, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Stanley Omwake, and George Leslie Omwake

Dramatic Club presents "Cat and Canary" for annual Zwing play • Senior ball Friday night feature of gay weekend • Grizzly ball tossers win and lose one each in week's work • Debating teams lose two contests to Upsala • WSGA officials inaugurated Monday night • French Club presents "Le medecin malgre lui" • Mr. H. W. Taylor addresses circle on modern art • Tennis men down Drexel by 5-1 score Wednesday • E. Yeates hikers' chief • Relay team takes fourth in annual Penn carnival • Girls' tennis schedule • Concert cancelled • Lehigh Valley alumni banquet in Allentown • Varsity track team busy • Dr. Grimm revisits campus
The Ursinus Weekly, April 22, 1929

Calvin D. Yost, Evelyn Matthews Cook, and George Leslie Omwake

Annual senior minstrel is highly successful • Mr. Taylor will speak on modern art Thursday • Dormitory fund benefit sponsored by Olevian • Women students hold annual council election • Ursinus men lose meet to fine Temple track squad • "The Cat and the Canary" Zwing anniversary play to be given Saturday • Tennis team are victors in season's first match against Temple netmen • Girls' basketball team celebrates good season • Faculty club meets • Senior ball Friday night • Boeshore prizes in the study of Greek founded • Joint Glee Club concert • Freshmen lose to Hill • Baseball prospects • Y.W.C.A. installation • YMCA installation • 1929 Ruby will soon be offered to student body • Rev. and Mrs. Lentz are guests of Shreiner • Vesper services • Junior class is to present "New brooms" • International Relations Club elects officers
The Ursinus Weekly, April 15, 1929

Calvin D. Yost and George Leslie Omwake

Annual athletic bazaar an enjoyable event • Josephine Riddell '29 is queen of May pageant • York-Adams alumni body banquets Friday night • Annual color ceremony held in Bomberger Hall • Bears defeat Haverford in first home game of season, score 5-4 • Sophomores easily win interclass track meet • Y.M.C.A. elects Sando '31 president for 1929-30 • Mrs. Johnson hostess to women's dorm committee • Alice Cassel '30 will head Y.W.C.A. next year • Date of junior prom is changed to May 17 • Classes in Bible and church history resumed • Senior class selects the Class Day orators • Annual minstrel show to be given next Saturday • Webster forensic club • Movie, "High school hero," shown Wednesday evening • Senior ball to be held on Saturday, April 26 • Geraldine Ohl '30 will lead basketball team • Dramatic Club presents play, "Wurzel-flummery" • Sophomore girls elect May queen attendant • I.N.A. spring convention will meet at Allentown • Girls tennis tournament to be opened this week • Perkiomen defeats frosh in short game, score 13-6 • Weekly staff meeting
The Ursinus Weekly, April 8, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, and George Leslie Omwake

C. D. Yost, Jr., '30 elected editor-in-chief of Weekly at control board meeting • Commencement events keep originally scheduled dates • Tennis team to play thru thirteen match schedule • Philadelphia alumni banquet at Adelphia on Friday • Track season to open with inter-class meet • Color ceremony to take place in Bomberger tonight • Drexel Dragons down the bears by single run in opening fracas Saturday • Bears to open home season with Haverford Saturday • University tour of Indies and Central America July 6 • "High school hero" to show in gym Wednesday night • Dramatic Club to give skits in gym Friday • Recording orchestra booked for senior ball, April 26 • Young chosen cage leader for '29-'30 by letter men • New extinguishers placed • Facts and fancies of the faculty • Doyle survey shows facts concerning "collegiates"
The Ursinus Weekly, March 11, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, and George Leslie Omwake

Atwater Kent Company announces new prizes in 1929 radio contest • Frosh lassies trounce sophs in inter-class fray • Harrisburg alumni meet at Penn Harris Saturday • Many events scheduled for the month of April • Seniors win from juniors 15-12 in game Thursday • Gifford Gordon gives talk in chapel Wednesday, using prohibition as subject • Miss Reber and Mr. Buchert chosen honor students of '29 class by the faculty • Dr. Keigwin speaks over WABC • Chimney at South Hall meets with tragic end • College students want business education
The Ursinus Weekly, March 4, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, and George Leslie Omwake

Ursinus represented at luncheon given in honor of Mary E. Wooley • Contracts awarded for 1930 Ruby work • Week of prayer led by Mr. Phillips Elliott an inspiring event • Co-eds basketball team bows to Cedar Crest college • College under quarantine for several weeks due to scarlet fever epidemic • Extra-curricular program suffers due to epidemic • Graduates offered prizes for college experiences • From the pen of a misogynist • Guggenheim School gives first aero-scholarship • Editorial comment: Let's have a college magazine • Yale college seniors vote preferences • Le Cercle Francois meeting • Financial and otherwise
The Ursinus Weekly, February 25, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, Mary Oberlin, and George Leslie Omwake

Men's Glee Club presents concerts in coal region • "The Patsy" appears at Victor Theater, Pottstown • Cast chosen for "The cat and the canary" • Bears bow to ancient rivals on the court • Week of prayer to be sponsored by YM-YW • Women's Glee Club sings in York, Pennsylvania • Curtis concert to be given Thursday evening • "St. Elmo" to be presented for benefit of 1930 Ruby • Women hear well-known speakers • Lorelei dance proves a big success • Senior ball tickets being disposed rapidly • American legion entertains • Frosh debaters win • Junior and senior classes elect officers for year • Coeds lose first to Drexel • Fire co. to hold dance in gym on Tuesday night • Dr. Isenberg to preach in Zurich during summer • The two generations of Ursinus • International Relations Club organized • Webster forensic club
The Ursinus Weekly, February 18, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, Nelson M. Bortz, and George Leslie Omwake

Academic exercises of Founders' Day mark sixtieth anniversary • Frosh prove ability as good entertainers • Rev. Asher R. Kepler '98 gives monthly lecture • Glee Club on extended trip in coal regions • Entertainment concludes Founders' Day program • Men's negative team wins initial debate • Ursinus loses to Temple and F. & M. in contests played last week • Speeches and good eats feature family dinner • Girls defeat Beaver in exciting game • Girls lose dual debate to Cedar Crest women • Muhlenberg defeats grizzly cubs 19-16 • Rev. Elliott to speak at YM-YW week of prayer • American legion to present annual show • Lorelei dance this Saturday evening • Frosh elect officers for coming semester • Ursinus plays Swarthmore and Delaware this week • Junior class to give movie for 1930 Ruby • Girls install new hall presidents • Booklet on history of Ursinus College issued • Women's Debating Club • Directors order plans for science building • Men's Debating Club
The Ursinus Weekly, February 11, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, Henry Alden, and George Leslie Omwake

Plans for Founders' Day exercises are announced • Glee Club to journey to Schuylkill County • Bears will meet F. & M. and Temple this week • Ursinus Women's Club to give concert, Thursday • Bucknell tops bears in close game Tuesday • Lansdale and Keystone subdue frosh courtmen • Girls win three games to open coed schedule • Gettysburg hands out third setback to bears • Senior ball date set for Friday, March 15 • Ursinus plays poorly against F. & M. February 6 • Judge Knight, Norristown, addresses the YMCA • Sophs elect officers for second semester • Boxing and wrestling is given recognition • Strongest and hardiest men to play fairer sex • Men's debate tonight • Dr. Isenberg speaks in Reformed Churches • Reception to Rev. Lentz • Professor Tyson will lecture • Dramatic Club selects Zwing anniversary play • Drexel game postponed • The inter-dorm league • Lorelei dance, February 23 • Prospective students urged to enroll early • Professor Sheeder speaks • An ode to Ursinus College • Girls of hockey team dine at Schwenksville • Mrs. Lentz honored by Glenwood girls • "The Patsy" goes on tour • Webster Forensic Club • Oratorical union meeting • Annual athletic bazaar • Engagement of Miriam Ehret '27 announced • I.N.A. president resigns
The Ursinus Weekly, January 21, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, and George Leslie Omwake

Girls' Glee Club gave splendid concert at Upper Darby, Thursday • Members of the Ursinus faculty attend meeting of Wyomissing club • Frosh win from Philadelphia Normal; but drop game to Temple yearlings • Ursinus debaters hold first dual contest of season with NYU • Ursinus bears defeat Schuylkill; but lose game to Temple passers • Literary Club holds an interesting meeting, Thursday • Co-eds easily defeat Collegeville High 51-15 • Men's faculty club guests of professor N. E. McClure • Olevian girls entertain at tea Tuesday afternoon • Student council sponsors pre-exam dance Saturday night • Senior ball to be held March 15 in gymnasium • English Club meets at Glenwood Hall, Monday • Sophomore co-eds trip junior girls, score 19-14 • An open letter from the sophomore class to the editor of the Weekly • Frosh co-eds become inter-class champions • National intercollegiate oratoricals held this year
The Ursinus Weekly, January 14, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, Calvin D. Yost, and George Leslie Omwake

International Relations Club to be organized soon • Dr. Floyd Tomkins speaks to students at Y meeting • Fighting firemen lose to Lehigh and Muhlenberg by close scores • Faculty and alumni attend annual PSEA meeting • Ursinus to debate New York University Friday • Jury system question is debated by men's club • Strong Hill School team defeats yearlings 43-21 • Literary Club adopts constitution and by-laws • Student council dance in gymnasium Saturday • Professor Sheeder addresses high school students • College publishes ode to "Veterans of Ursinus" • Library is willed clock by J. Maxwell Bernard • Women's dormitory fund campaign progressing • Several changes made in women's Athletic Association constitution • Seniors beat sophomores in close battle 13-10 • Freshman girls defeat sister class team 13-7 • Mr. John Elder, Persian missionary, speaks Friday • Several varsity and frosh games this week • Dr. Carl V. Tower attends philosophical meeting • Bake sale Saturday
The Ursinus Weekly, January 7, 1929

C. Richard Snyder, Malcolm E. Barr, Nelson M. Bortz, and George Leslie Omwake

Rev. Lentz delivers annual Christmas religious address • Important meeting of literary group, Thursday • Montgomery County dance starts off new year • Bears trim Lafayette 30-27: Grizzlies overcome Leopards' early lead to finish out in front • Christmas dinners mark final event of old year • 1929 Ruby rapidly nearing completion • Grizzlies have two court games this week • Ursinus Debating Club • Rev. Tomkins to talk to joint YM-YWCA • Swarthmore party to observe eclipse • College bulletin released • New order of service • Kermit Black picked on coach Harman's eleven • Takes trip to Florida during Xmas holidays • Football men hold banquet at athletic club • Alumnus writes poem read at Wilson dinner • Y.W.C.A. Xmas party • Mail boxes erected • Choir Xmas concert • Debating issue of Weekly sent to schools • Many colleges in midst of building campaigns • Here is the quiz; test your knowledge