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 3, 1968

Judy Schneider, Alan Gold, Jonathan Weaver, Frederick Jacob, Byron Jackson, Cris Crane, John S. Picconi, and Thomas Miller

Fourteen join faculty; Dept. heads named for Philos. & Economics • 227 freshmen begin studies; 3 foreign students included • Professors recognized for teaching excellence • Stained glass exhibit on display at Ursinus • Joint effort concert features Intruders • Editorial: Student activism - radical or responsible? • Frosh at Shalom; Dinks on till 12th • The "illegalities" of Ursinus law • The great society? • Editorial: Everyone's problem • Freeland's days numbered; Library to rise on site • Graduate school aspirants urged to prepare early • Forums replace required chapel • Studio art to highlight new fine arts course • Annual Parents Day planned for Oct. 12 • Franklin & Marshall passing stops Bears in season opener • Ursinus hockey squad hopes for eighth undefeated year • Baker counts on frosh to bolster soccer team • Undefeated Harriers aim for MAC title • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, May 23, 1968

Judy Schneider, Byron Jackson, Linda Richtmyre, Mort Kersey, Thomas Miller, Frederick Jacob, and Sam Hartman

Helen Dix is elected Spring Festival Queen • Cartoonist Al Capp featured at Commencement exercises; Ledbetter at Baccalaureate • Alumni Day '68 welcomes grads; Drama featured • Barb Bruzgo wins in silver contest • Evening session added to '68 Summer school • Summer reading plan announced • Editorial: The losing battle • New art exhibit elicits criticism • Negro minister offers race problem solution • Hooray for Joshua Lyman • Judiciary Board amendment would eliminate weaknesses • The "illegalities" of Ursinus law • Admission of Negro girls provides difficult situation • New profs include economist, historian • SFARC minutes • Final exam schedule • Ursinus Thinclads go undefeated only to falter in championships: Baseballers lose to Lehigh, compile 6-12 log for season • U.C. netmen beat Albright; Celebrate at Red Cedars • Lacrosse girls tie Ramettes; Softballers finish with win • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, May 9, 1968

Judy Schneider, Byron Jackson, Linda Richtmyre, Kenneth Yorgey, and Frederick Jacob

Cleaning service invades Ursinus • Longest I-F weekend in history features concerts and picnics • Zucker views defeat as win for delegates • U.C. debaters challenge teams in several jaunts • Herbert C. Smith, '68 honored by NDEA • Dr. Wagner retires as Vice-President • Ruby gleams anew • Editorial • Citadel under siege • An ear to the ground • Jersey sprinter aims at records • Batsmen nip Drexel with big first inning • Tennis team wins fourth; Sets sights for Haverford • Art exhibit in Wismer May 4-9 • Pi Nu meets at Ursinus
The Ursinus Weekly, April 25, 1968

Judy Schneider, Alan Gold, Frederick Jacob, and Byron Jackson

Two concerts, parties to highlight Spring IF weekend, May 1-5 • Student body to honor Scott Pierce; Memorial concert held on May 1 • Large UC audience attends Mme. Agi Jambor concert • Spring festival: Capers and queen • YM-YWCA and USGA elect executive officers • 13 seniors named Chapter Scholars • Editorial • Student strike for peace • Exchange • New album poses many problems for F. Scott Pierce memorial concert: Technical feat; Album "hot" item • Senior English majors given comprehensive • SFARC minutes • UC students tutor in local program • The Metropolitans: The road to paradise • Evening School alumni assoc. becomes active • Philadelphia radio stations plug concert and album • S. Ross Doughty, '68 honored by N.D.E.A. • State Legislature honors Pancoast • Ursinus trackmen unleash onslaught, vault victory streak to seven in a row • Baseball nine streaks to early season wins • Tennis team wins first • Campus Chest Road Rallye • Greek gleanings • Letter to the editor: Senior blasts explanation of new faces policy • Committee asks for new courses
The Ursinus Weekly, April 11, 1968

Judy Schneider, Frederick Jacob, Byron Jackson, and Lance Diskan

Campus Chest drive scheduled for April 17-27 to support local and international charity appeals • Scott Pierce fund to sponsor concert during IF weekend • Cub & Key Society inducts seven Ursinus juniors • Matchmaker cast set for Spring production • Memorandum • Editorial • Letters to the editor • Protests, opinions and things • Potpourri of activities highlights Campus Chest drive: Campus Chest features psychedelic light show; Student-faculty show portrays college life; KD spaghetti dinner; It's carnival time; Try your strength; In person, Bonnie & Clyde; Need a maid?; Wanted: strong laps; Need an A in CMP?; Costume catastrophe; College bowl; Campus Chest theatre sponsors famous films • Ursinus Road Rallye promises new thrills • Student-faculty art show and contest acclaimed successful • "I had a dream" • Girls' honor dorms to open this Fall • Evaluators discuss findings at UC; Report not entirely complimentary • Ursinus Thinclads trample Lebanon Valley and Haverford by huge scores • Baseballers defeat Haverford in opener • Tietjen leads UC tennis team • Girls prepare for opponents • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, March 21, 1968

Herbert C. Smith, James Wylie, and Rudi Herman

Draft security lost; Exemptions ended • Dismissal of two mourned in black Wednesday protest • Who's Who elects eight UC seniors • U.C. holds primary to voice '68 choice • Students to sponsor dramatic productions • Judy Schneider selected "Weekly" editor-in-chief • Editorial • Letters to the editor • Ascetic Ursinus student retreats in protest of faculty dismissals • Drama, beauty make UC track unbeatable • Bearettes defeated by West Chester • Baseball squad sparked by returning lettermen • Matmen top PMC for only victory • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, March 7, 1968

Herbert C. Smith and Byron Jackson

Frat pledges taken for Spring semester • Whitians honor eight women during Lorelei, Friday night • Gabel crowned Lorelei King • U.C. Meisters to tour in Maryland and Virginia • Ursinus Y presented the Voyage of the Phoenix • '67 grad dies; Smith mourned • Wilson Foundation confers honors on senior woman • Editorial: Mr. Clymer, Mr. Waldo • Letters to the editor • "It's a hurtin' thing" • Bears beat Drexel Dragons; Lose to Mules in MAC final • Minutes of SFARC meeting

This issue also contains 7 pages of parody articles.
The Ursinus Weekly, February 15, 1968

Herbert C. Smith, Alan Gold, Byron Jackson, Frederick Jacob, and Richard Meals

Third Kingdom swings to enliven weekends • Dispute, voided contract cancels Strawberry Alarm Clock show • College evaluated for accreditation • Volunteers needed for blood mobile • New instructors join History Department staff • Living Arts performers to present "Agamemnon" • Scarfo exhibit features unusual space designs • Tilford E. Dudley lectures on free enterprise system • "Luther" slated by Curtain Club • St. Andrews Society awards scholarships for study in Scotland • Davis named chairman of History Department • Ruby glitters! • Michigan State's liberalization of pregnancy policy • Campus trios to participate in TV panel discussions • Henry IV appears on Ursinus stage • Student strikes planned protesting Vietnam War • Counseling begun for drop-outs • Editorial • Letter to the editor • Vietnam War inspires Zucker to bid for Convention seat; Constitutional reform is issue as Pancoast seeks nomination • Overcrowded rooms: May take five years to correct problem • Operation Stoney Brook • Bears rate number one with coach Fry in cooperation, spirit • Bears hustle to first place; Move closer to MAC crown • Winter track: Preview of a great Spring • Carson scores 30 in loss to E'burg • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, January 11, 1968

Herbert C. Smith, Byron Jackson, and Gene Searfoss

Anthropology added to Spring semester • Campus building program includes multi-purpose convocation hall • I.S. Council solicits for memorial fund • Students begin charity planning • Class attendance rule liberalized by faculty • Faculty member awarded N.S.F. science fellowship • Art show opens featuring space • Editorial: A call for open dorms • Black and beautiful • Far from the madding crowd • Letters to the editor • Viet Cong rest camp found in Cambodia • Psychedelic covers enclose more and better prose • Hundreds see plays by Philadelphia drama groups • SFARC report • Dean Pettit crowns Holly at Jr. Prom • Bears recover from defeat; Beat Swarthmore in overtime • Bears lose season opener against Del. • Final examination schedule
The Ursinus Weekly, December 14, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Frederick Jacob, and Judy Schneider

UC Christmas calendar crowds pre-vacation week on campus • Dialogue activating complaint channels • New exhibit opens; Faculty contributes • Dr. Wessel announces Sr. placement listing • Dr. Philip celebrates his thirtieth Messiah • The Visit explores morality • Editorial • Agency attempts to secure effective financial position • SFARC report • Spirit high, but athletes rate better facilities • Compton scores 73 as Bears win three • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, December 5, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Byron Jackson, Alan Gold, and Frederick Jacob

Organizations to profit by $10 fee increase • Dr. Armstrong's death grieved; Campus numbed at great loss • Dr. Philip to celebrate 30th Messiah concert • Student group to help plan Ursinus' growth • Tense performance hypnotizes audience • In memoriam • A challenge to those who would avert starvation • Black stereotype: A dead era • "Candlelight and roses" to be Jr. Prom theme • Letters: Focus attacks fielded; Weekly policy criticized • Culture fans may migrate to New York • Poverty pocket thrives in Bomberger catacomb • Focus printed • Strict rules challenged by student assembly speaker • Diskin sails on ship Hope • Gulf Oil grants $1,000 to Chem. Department • Can Thompson-Gay become a Palestra? A title is at stake! • "Jets" thwarted in title quest; Will return for it next year • Bears finish losing season; Disappointment mars end • On Derr steps, Joey Hindle lives! • ZX beats Flowers, wins championships • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, November 9, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Byron Jackson, Gene Searfoss, Alan Gold, and Frederick Jacob

Students urge action on Vietnam question • Conscientious objector relates opinions in Y-Forum program • Stringfellow reveals American sicknesses • Charles Simpson heads Founders' Day program • Pi Nu to sponsor evening of music • Messiah rehearses for 30th rendition • Editorial: The four year wait • Your chance to participate! • Private sea: LSD and the search for God • Its about time: Ursinus campus responds strongly to Weekly policy concerning Asian situation • Ursinus student discusses attitudes to Vietnam War: John Schlegel speaks from experience • Comprehensive exams create controversy • Fine arts students venture to New York • "Typical" student enters monastery • Ursinus vs. West Chester: Game to decide U.S. hockey champ • Harriers sweep four more; Set sights on league crown • Bears topple Devils after DelVal defeat • Goal by Totterweich is turning point as Booters top LaSalle • Greek gleanings • Ursinus girls shine in all-college match
The Ursinus Weekly, October 26, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Byron Jackson, Gilbert Louis Page, and Frederick Jacob

Six seek Homecoming title • Peace march rocks heart of Washington • IF weekend features Soul Survivors' sound • Students honor Scott Pierce • UC awarding degrees in Founders' assembly • Open letter to Ursinus students • Editorial • On aggression • Warmakers confronted! • Letters to the editor • Dr. Rice scales fine rail models • Dialogue is coming • Three chosen as student-faculty representatives • Hartzells dig German way: A like affection shared by all and beer is lighter in Munich • Cross country: Dynasty in the making; Footballers impress • Grads view pre-med program • Bruins edged by Garnet after defeat by Wilkes • Booters' spirit good despite four losses • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, October 12, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Timothy C. Coyne, Byron Jackson, Gilbert Louis Page, and Frederick Jacob

Pulitzer winner speaks on economic insight • Students elect USGA committee to co-ordinate students, faculty • Tragedy shocks students; Death of senior mourned • Class officers elected; Frosh choose leaders • Chi Alpha sets program plans • UC freshman tops Curtain Club's cast • Editorial • A hall is not a home • Radio-free Canada • A modest proposal, a satire: For preventing dissent and resentment on the Ursinus campus, and for increasing unity of thought • Poker flats open amid dissent; Latest in do-it-yourself dorms • Rebirth of learning anticipated: Fine arts added to curriculum • WRUC goes AM-FM, plans live sportscasts • Impact of EXPO • College Scholars Program to end "cult of courses" • Bears outplayed, outclassed in Hopkins debacle • Bears battered by Blue Jays following 6-6 tie with Mules • Booters sweep two in convincing style, soccer year bright • Intramural corner • Moser's two goals assure hockey win • Jayvees open year with double shutout • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, September 28, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Byron Jackson, Lawrence Romane, and Frederick Jacob

Four new instructors added to language • Dorm fiasco creates problems; Seniors lose top priority rooms • Committee announces Parents' Day program • Miss Congeniality title awarded to Betsy Miller in beauty pageant • Baum exhibits local artistry • Frosh learn customs under CCC guidance • Summer election fills ranks with new Board members • Editorial • The Anti-death league • When push comes to shove • In retrospect: Our past editor speaks out • Elegy to a country campus • Student shortage threatens U.C.: Private colleges face danger • Smoke clouds marijuana issue • Soul Brothers and somethin' kinda new • Drs. Wagner recuperate • Phi Chi chapter • Directors lead drive • New dam, roads, housing bring Collegeville to brink of urbanization • Victory over Mules could shatter losing complex • Returning veterans mark UC Harriers for winning year • Starless soccermen count on teamwork • UC hockey helped by Frosh turnout • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, June 5, 1967

Herbert C. Smith

Rev. Longsdorf conducts Baccalaureate services • Distler speaks at Commencement; Noted educator addresses class • Chapter names new members • Seniors receive prizes; Underclassmen honored • Ursinus honors Beinecke; Awards honorary degree • English Dept. announces promotion & retirement • Board increases allocation to student activities fund • Editorials: Good-bye to all that; State of the play • Commencement, 1967 • Second year for "I Madrigalisti" brings more performances, renown • Scholars honored in Class of 1971 • Mr. Richter promoted; Estes succeeds him • European seminar tours 6 countries • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, May 18, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Gene Searfoss, Byron Jackson, and Janet Houska

Barbie Grimm reigns as Queen • Governments unify; Constitution ratified • Debating Club offers promising future • Classes elect officers, maintain status quo • Hartzells, Staigers plan vacations • Editorial: Perhaps progress; U.C. goes Madison Avenue • What price, life? • A silent naked song • Letters to the editor • The language lab: How to make it work • Traditionally dry campus wet for I.F. weekend • New library to be constructed as part of building bonanza • The time has come to end the draft • Rite of Spring observed under benign influence • Rainouts hurt Bears, lose three games • Girls' net win, 3-2, evens year's mark • MAC records fall; Bruins take fourth • I-F track meet a success as ZX edges independents • High scoring duel in softball loss • Crossettes topple Beaver to extend winning streak • Final examination schedule • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, May 4, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Gene Searfoss, Byron Jackson, John S. Picconi, and Frederick Jacob

USGA constitution needs approval; Student referendum vote May 9 • Spring Festival features musical, play, concert • Agency concert to open Spring IF • Ursinus wins chem honors • Colorado downs UC team in first College Bowl match • COMSAF voices committee support • Behenna, Atkinson elected new YM-YWCA officers • Editorial • Letters to the editor • Southwestern is the scene for liberal intolerance • Intimacy • Campus Chest report • Marat-Sade shocks, edifies our reviewer • Coming attractions • Batsmen top Jays, extend log to 7-2 • Bears beat PMC, break loss streak • Spirit, balance rate Cindermen "great" label • JV lacrosse team tops Moravian, 8-4 • Girls' tennis team sweeps Moravian • Bearettes top Penn with 11 run inning • Track team holds 6-1 log following loss to Cadets • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, April 20, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Judy Schneider, Frederick Jacob, and Kenneth MacLeod

Artist team opens show • Meistersingers tour, sweep New England • College Bowl contest welcomes UC team • Students, faculty combine efforts • Betsy Miller wins Miss Mont. Co. title • Showboat on Delaware, juniors sponsor voyage • Genuine carnival concludes Campus Chest activities • Editorial • Endless policy changes harass concessionaires • Letters to the editor • Fuse complicates Happening; Audience reactions electric • Students devote time to retarded children • UC coeds cop curfew change constitutionally • Losing's too easy for tennis team • Girls' softball win features long ball • Shuman leads baseball team to three early season wins • Trackmen shatter Marks, edge Swarthmore, 72-68 • Netmen outclassed in lopsided defeat • Girls' tennis team suffers double loss • Youthful Crossettes outhustle Penn, 8-1 • Greek gleanings • Campus best-sellers
The Ursinus Weekly, April 6, 1967

Herbert C. Smith, Judy Schneider, Gene Searfoss, and Byron Jackson

Campus Chest drive '67 sponsors new activities, revives old traditions: Handicapped find home; War & orphans; Retarded benefit; Penny bear; Fashion show • U.C. Happening • Murray braves ban, speaks to students • Men's quad rises for Fall occupancy • Ruby appoints editors, staff • U.C. introduces fine arts • Editorial • Reflections on Vietnam • Hunger, thirst and sex • Letters to the editor: Alumni, poet, students protest Helfferich's decisions • Mag Men: "Soul" sound success • Pledging time at U.C. • The Ursinus establishment: Alienation from reality • More Campus Chest: Jessie Royer-Greaves founder of school; Children receive care at crowded orphanage • New course offered: Suicide 1, 2 • Heisinger, other freshmen counted on to lead improved Bear track squad • Bears' baseball hopes bright with lettermen and freshmen • Inexperience hinders Crossettes • Bright prospects for girls' tennis • Greek gleanings • The books you have to read
The Ursinus Weekly, March 16, 1967

Lawrence Romane and Herbert C. Smith

Curtain Club presentation of "Look back in anger" nears • "Mardi gras" at the Senior Ball • Herb Smith named editor of "Weekly" • 1967 Cub and Key chosen • Draft system reorganized: National lottery announced; College and graduate deferments may end • Forum: U.S. confrontation with China; Former State Department official to speak April 14 • Editorial: The Murray murder • Living near t-phone no longer such fun • Paperbacks, ramparts, and a good-bye • "The sometimes not benign influence of Christianity" • "Green and white, you're looking good tonight": Demas and Tau Sig win Songfest • History column • Look back in anger a "new experience" • Letters to the editor: Marine foresees another Dien Bien Phu • Drexel eliminates Bears in MAC playoff, 67-43 • Bearettes continue winning ways: Beat Immaculata and East Stroudsburg • JV's have 6-3 record • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, March 2, 1967

Lawrence Romane, Mort Kersey, Chuck Broadbent, Herbert C. Smith, and Loretta Wagner

Pumpernickel Players success, Zoo Story, Sandbox postponed • Weekend social activities continue on U.C. campus: The Magnificent Men welcomed • Senior class presents "Mardi gras" • Dr. Howard receives research grant: National Science Foundation honors noted biologist • Protection from whom? • Common market: Dr. Andre Philip to speak March 8 • Editorial: Conservatives in the guise of liberals • Letter to the editor • Frosh asks for guidance to decipher "Clarkanese" • Success of Drifters to assure survival of "gutty" Agency: Meritz cites own group IF Council for comeback • With all the warts: James G. Clark • History column • Hinkle calls chapel cutdown "compromise"; Promises cultural emphasis in future • Fall Dean's list • 45 students sing on Meistersingers tour • Cagers win three games, finish 2nd to Drexel to gain MAC playoff spot • Wrestlers drop 3 of 4; Record sinks to 2-7 • J.V. basketball team has 3-2 record • Bearettes 2-1 on season: Carson leading scorer • Swim team has poor start • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, February 15, 1967

Lawrence Romane, Herbert C. Smith, Mort Kersey, Frederick Jacob, and Lewis Bostic

Lorelei, the Drifters, and winter I.F. highlight February social events: Winter weekend approaches; Rock and roll comes to Ursinus; Lorelei lures "Ye Gods" • 1967 Whitians chosen • Color Day approaches • U.C. singers tour in Feb. • Chapel changes • Sheriff speaks • Scholarship to Scotland available to Ursinus sophs • Editorial: Fact over fiction • Clark visit stimulates appeal to government • Letter to home: Uses for Wismer Lounge confuse UC freshman • "The play's the thing" • Curtain Club to collaborate with Pumpernickel Players: Will produce two plays in upcoming month • Letter to the editor • History column • Bears lose to Swarthmore 70-67 • Grapplers fall to Hopkins, 16-13 • Hard luck plagues wrestler Eric Ruoss • Bears top PMC; Compton gets 28 • Wrestlers blanked by Elizabethtown, 33-0 • "Buggsy" is high B.B. scorer • Travel seminar • G.E. College Bowl • Free University announces new courses and seminars • J.V.'s lose first game of the season • Pumpernickel Players perform • Bears trample E-Burg: Casey Carson scores 29 points • Greek gleanings
The Ursinus Weekly, January 19, 1967

Lawrence Romane, Herbert C. Smith, Lewis Bostic, Byron Jackson, Josi Short, and Kenneth MacLeod

Kutztown artists exhibit works: Art show in Wismer • Siren's screams entice Ursinus men • A look toward activism: Selma's sheriff to address Ursinus • DuPont grant develops CMP • Groans result from fad of new profs • Who's Who honors eight seniors • 2 one acts • G.E. College Bowl hosts U.C. team • U.C. gives to art rescue campaign • Students miss MWA • Final examination schedule • Editorial: A ten dollar bill? • Weekly staff remnants fill Kersey void? • History column • Blues for Mr. Malcolm • Ursinus College makes screen debut with promotions, movie spectacular: Paar narrates, students act in candid color • Ursinus' high schoolers • Time machine conceives baby; Future computer addition in new library building • Post-Christmas basketball • U.C. indoor track opens; More runners in demand • Post-Christmas wrestling: Grapplers split first two meets • Haverford tops Bears on late pin • Art exhibit • College gifts • Varsity cagers top U.C. alumni 49-43 • Badminton schedule • Super chapel • Greek gleanings • The Schwenksville address
The Ursinus Weekly, December 8, 1966

Lawrence Romane, Mort Kersey, Herbert C. Smith, Melvyn H. Ehrlich, Barry Feierman, Lewis Bostic, and Allen Faaet

Two new soloists to appear in Messiah • Tiffany jewels dazzle Prom-goers • Agency brings Odetta to U.C. campus: Contralto to appear here Saturday • Career center • Seasonal festivities include Xmas banquet • Esso foundation grant • Curtain Club scores with "The Crucible" • Scholarships • Focus prints • Editorial: The Ursinus meal • Go you Bears! Or, glimpses into the rich and varied past of Grizzlies • Letter to the editor: Chapel examined • Book review: Is Bokonon dead? • The Crucible: A play for all seasons • Recent school blaze injures two Ursinus volunteer firemen • "Project Earth turnabout" is new Ursinus plan to stop Red missiles • Bears top Delval, Campbell scores 25 • Bear Gridders split last two contests; End season 2-5-1 • Wrestling coach Gibson goes for second winning season • Basketball team looks for improvement on 10-6 1965-66 record • Swimming preview • Joan Moser named All-American: Ursinus fares well at hockey tournaments; Linda Nixon and Kim Brown make U.S. Reserve Team • Basketball preview • Perk pollution becoming critical, asseverates Lehigh investigator • Psi Chi - new frat? • Greek gleanings