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Jane Rathgeb Ursinus College
Virginia Haller Ursinus College
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VOL. 46, No. 16 MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1947 Price, 5 cents Authority To Speak Weekend of March 28 To Offer Sororities Accept 21 Bids Mr. , Aff. IFull Schedule of Entertainment J. Ulmer Cast as Whiteside On Russian aIrs The sophomores have announced During Rushing Week IS· D · p' a · ·t that the weekend of March 28 will Upper class rushing came to a I n pring ramatlc ro uctlon On W e dnes day NI e offer a full schedule of activities close on Friday afternoon at 4:45 The Russian~gn Policy will for the enj oyment of one and all. p. m. when the rushees signed their IA. Souerwine, F. Cherry, R. Levan Selected To Complete Bill; Friday night features the Bunny bids in Bomberger Hall. Twenty- be discussed by Professor Michael Committe.es Appointed to Assist in Staging and Publicity Karpovitch, noted authority on Hop at Sunnybrook with Maynard one girls accepted bids. I present day Russian affairs, at the McKissick providing the swing and Those joining Alpha Sigma Nu sway. Together with the dozen or were Marian Bell '48, Arlene Boltz John Ulmer '49, has been chosen Ursinus Forum to be held Wednes I by the Curtain Club committee se day at 8 p. m. in Bomberger Chapel. more door prizes and the free '47, Faith Emerson '49, and Pauline tickets awarded to the winners of Muntz '48. Mary Jo Bahnson .148, lecting the cast for the play, The Professor Karpovitch, native Man Who Came to Dinner, to por born Russian, received his educa the Rabbit Naming Contest, a super Mary Carter '48, Rosemary Hoyt evening is forecast for all. '49, Helen Spudis '48, and Mary Dee tray the leading role of Sheridan tion in Russia and at the Univer Whiteside. Since his first appear sity of Paris. Under the regime of Tentative plans for a campus Weinberg '49, joined Omega Chi. bridge tournament for Saturday Betty Benham '48, Patricia Ellis ance on the Ursinus stage as Ger Czar Nicholas II, he held a post in ald Carter in Spring Again, Ulmer the Russian diplomatic service. At afternoon are being considered. '49, Evelyn Moyer '48, Grace Neu On Saturday evening the Ruby man '49, Charmaine Peacock '49, has been recognized for his ex- the time of the Russian revolution, cellent dramatic ability. A mem he came to the United States as a will sponsor the basketball game Donis Renner '47, and Nancy between the boys' and girls' var Twining '48, are the new members ber of Alpha Psi Omega, honorary representative of the Kreski gov dramatic fraternity, he has also ernment. Following this he broke sity basketball teams. Dancing will of Kappa Delta Kappa while Sally follow the game. Lape '48, Jane Nagel '49, Nancy played the leading role in Mr. and away from the Bolsheviks and be Mrs. North and the important part came an American citizen. Pharr '49, and Helen Southall '49, now belong to Phi Alpha Psi. of the judge in the recent produc At the present time, Professor C t t 0 f tion of Ten Little Indians. Karpovitch is teaching Russian his- Betty Lou Harr '49, accepted a on es pens or Tau Sigma Gamma bid. Florence Cherry '48, has been tory at Harvard University. Lec- FIE P · turin§ both in the United States cast as Maggie Cutler, secretary to oge ssay rlze Mr. Whiteside. An active Curtain and Canada, he is well-known for Pre-Meds Schedule JOHN ULMER '49 Club member, she was seen as being fair and open:"'minded in his This year, as in the past, the Olivia in Night Must Fall during interpretation of the USSR. .Departments of History and Ger- the 1944-45 season. Florence is a There will be a question period man have announced the opening Roentgenologist as member of Phi Alpha Psi and vice following the address by Professor of the Edwin M. Fogel Essay con Rehearsals Begin · president of the Women's Student Karpovitch. test. Any Ursinus student is eli Speaker on Mar. 25 Government. gible for the prize which will be F or Operetta Cast The part of Mr. Stanley will be Ursinus To Attend awarded to the writer of the best There will be an important busi played by Andrew Souerwine '47, essay at commencement exercises ness meeting tomorrow evening at Of Veteran Singers whose first leading role in an Ur in June. 6:30 p. m. in S12 of the Pre-Medical sinus production was that of the Model UN Session :rhe theme of the eSiiay must be Society. Anyone not attending this Rehearsals began last Thursday insane man in the production of . centered around some contribution meeting will not be able to order evening for Very Good Eddie, Jer The Cat and the Canary in 1942. For Local Colleges of the Pennsylvania-Germans to their pl(e-med keys this year. If ome Kern's musical comeay to be Since his return to campus this American life and culture. No spe- you want to purchase a key, bring presented on April 24 and 25. Mr. year, Andy has been active in Cur Delegates trom Ursinus College cHic limit has been placed on the $1.50 Qeposit to this meeting. Donald Helfferich will begin direct tain Club activities and is serving and the 40 other members of the topic which may be selected. It Dr. A. Maxwell Sharpe of Chester ing the acting on Tuesday night. as president of Alpha Psi Omega. Middle Atlantic Division of the may concern an intellectual, liter- will speak at the society's meeting He is also president of the Cub and American Association for the ary or craftsmanship contribution. on March 25, on the topic, The Ap- Changes in the cast include John ~ey and Tau Kappa Alpha and a United Nations will get an insight An explanation of the contest may plication of Radio-Active Sub- McCluskey '50, who will replace AI member of Sigma Rho Lambda into the problems of international be found in the college catalogue. stances in Medicine. Dr. Sharpe, fred Gilbert '50, as Perry Darling. fraternity. diplomacy when they meet at The essay has been limited to who is the roentgenologist at the The cast this year includes a Raymond Levan '47, ~ill appear Swarthmore College on April 3, 4, two thousand words. It must be Chester, Crozer, and Taylor Hos- number of veterans from former as Sandy, a CIO worker, in his and 5 to hold a Model General As typewritten on one side of the pa- pitals, is well qualified to talk on operettas. Dorris Renner '47,. ~ill first role at Ursin us. . He was a sembly. per only. The essay should be sub- the topic. selected. not be forgotten for her thl'llllI~g former member of the Navy V-12 Each college will represent a mitted without a name on it. How- An interested and active worker portrayal, of Many~, the gypsy In unit on campus. country in the Assembly. The Ur ever, a sealed envelope with the Iin this field of medical science, he IIM~t 't~ear sMpr~ductlOBnllof '~80unt~s Carolyn Howells '47, has been sinus delegation will be tempor writer's name inside should ac- is a member of the Board of Di- .I.un l!:a. anan . e .' w 0 named the student director for arily representing Saudi Arabia. company it. The deadline for the rectors of the Delaware County. Iplays th.e rOle. of ElSIe D~rllI~g, ap The Man Who Came to Dinner With the 175 other delegates, the contest is May 5. Further in for- Tuberculosis Association and the peared In the role of LIsa m the which will be presented by the Ursinus delegates will attempt to mation or advice concerning the Board of Directors of the Cancer sa:t;ne operetta. Curtain Club on May 9 and 10. follow the exact procedure of the contest may be secured from Dr. Society of Delaware County. Marian Sare '48, will appear in Helen Southall '49, will serve as real United Nations Alssembly. The Elizabeth B. White, Dr. Maurice Dr. Sharpe is also ex-president another comedy role, that of Mad prompter. issues that will be considered will W. Armstrong, or Dr. George W. of the Philadelphia Roentgen Ray ame Metroppo. Her e~orts were Winfield Atkinson '49, will serve be pressing international problems Hartzell. Society, fellow of the American concc::ntrated last ye~r In her role as the chairman of the stage com such as the Iran question. On College of Radiology, and member as p,rmcess Bo~ena. RIchard Brand mittee. Al Mazurkiwiez '50, Wil hand to advise the group will be St. Patty's Day Dance Sponsored of the All National Roentgeno- l~n 4?, who .will be re.membered for liam Cochran '49, Roberta Blauch Dr. Walter Chudson of the Eco logical Societies. hIS WIld actlOns as ZIngo, the man '47, Shirley Hollopeter '47, and nomic and Financial Section of the By French Students Tonight responsible for registering Bozena's Elizabeth Herrick '49, will assist U.N. Secretariat. Ruby To Sponsor Basketball emotions, will be seen in the lead him. A Security Council meeting is The French Club is sponsoring a ing role of Eddie Kettle in this Jean Bartle '49, has been ap scheduled for Thursday evening, st. Patrick's Day dance in Ree Game Between Men and Women production. pointed chairman of the costume April 3. At the Friday evening Cent&r and Girls' Day Study this Additions to the girls' chorus in committee with Mary Arrison '49, banquet, Dr. Arnold Wolfers, Pro evening from 8 to 10:30 p. m. This On Saturday night, March 29, at clude Elizabeth Au Werter '50, Joy Stewart, Mary Ewen, Mildred fessor of International Relations at is the first of a series of activities 7: 30 p. m., the Ruby staff will spon Marian Smith '49, and Dorothy Noble '48, Maureen Hickendorn '49, Yale University, wil) speak on the planned by the club to promote in- sor a basketball game between the Hale '49. as her assistants. international and political' aspects teres.t for those in the club and girls' and boys' varsity teams in Very Good Eddie is a lively pro The properties committee will be of atomic energy. The final ses- other students who may be inter- the Thompson-Gay gymnasium. duction with a great deal of the (sion, Saturday afternoon, will be headed by Christine Franzen. Other ested in attending the meetings. Each student attending will be music in the style of the old time (Continued ·on page 4) a plenary session of the general Marie Damico '49, and William asked to give a donation of 25c. jazz and fox tro~. A gay number assembly. Meetings of the various Parsons '47, are co-chairmen for I Following this classic event be that the chorus has been working Legal Society Offers Opportunity commissions-Political and Secur the dance. Wesley Johnson '49, tween the squads, there will be en enthusiastically on is "On the ity, Economic and Financial, So and Mary Kern '48, are in charge I tertainment featuring campus tal Shores of Lelewi." To Gain Knowledge of Profession cial Humanitarian and Cultural, of refreshments, while Margaret ent before dancing begins. and Atomic Energy--.:.will be held Hewitt '49, is in charge of the pro- This will climax a weekend of The Ursinus Legal SOCiety has on Friday morning, Friday after gram. Josephine Fornari '49, is activity which started on Friday been organized with the purpose noon, and Saturday morning. One also assisting with the preparations Inight with the Bunny Hop at Freshmen Debate of affording the opportunity to delegate from each college has for the dance. Sunnybrook. those who are interested in law or been assigned to each of the com Norristown High any of its assqciated phases, to be missions. come more familiar with this 'pro- This year's meeting is the 21st Reporter Uncovers Facts Concerning Last Wednesday, foul' UI'SinUS fession. in a series that began as Model students visited Norristown High One of the features of the soci League of Nations Assemblies. The School to debate. The que~tion was Iety's program is to bring quallfied project was discontinued during Life' of Ireland's Beloved St. Patrick "Resolved: That the federal gov- speakers from the various fields of the war years but was revived last ernment should provide a com- · the law profession to address the • year, when a model UN meeting To many the story behind the on the southwest shore of Strong- plete system of medical care avail- members at their regular meetings . (Continued on page 4) green shamrocks which are sprout- ford Lough, he set out to convert able to all at public expense." Last week Mr. Furman N. Gyger, a ing on lapels today honoring Ire- I his onetime captors. · Richard Taylor '50, and Barbara ' representative to the Pennsylvania Student Council Presidents Head land's patron saint may be a little I He defied the wrath of High King I Bossert '49, debated the negative ~ State Legislature spoke to the so- hazy. Loigaire by preempting the royal side while Doris Dalby '50, and . ciety. In weeks to come other in- R~d Cross Campaign at Ursinus . Authorities differ on the fact ot privilege of lighting the sacred fire Jane Usher '50, upheld the affirm- I teresting and qualified personages st. Patrick's life but one of the a~ the festival of Ta~'a before the ative. The debate, i? which the will be pr~sent at th~ meetings. The American Red Cross drive certainties is th~t he was not an king. got ~round to It. The k~ng Oregon style. ~f debatmg was used, I Anyone mte~ested III becoming a which will be conducted through- Irishman. He was born in either a~mIr~d hIS nerve, and he w~ Ill- wa~ not declSlOned. Ore~on style, . member of. thiS organization may out this week will come to. a close Scotland or Wales or accordin to vlted Into court. After a trip to as It was. u.sed here, conslSted of a I present therr names to John Kris on Friday. Headed by Dr. George one authority in o~e of three to'!.,ns Rome, he came back and .founded constructIve spee~h b~ each speak- tensen '47, .George Dougherty '50, or Hartzell, college repr sentative, named Barw~n in Glamorganshire a church and monastery m Arm- er, a cross-exammatlOn by one James L01'lmer '49, as soon as pos- Marjorie Coy '47, and Lewis Ross Wales. The year was either 385 o~ agh. member o~ a team, and ~ rebu~tal sible. '47, student gov~rnment presidents, 389 and he didn't see Ireland un- I There mayor may not be any- by one speaker on each Side. Usmg the campaign is being conducted til 'he was £ixteen, when he was thing to the legend that st. ~atrick Icollege students against hi~h school George Allen Scheduled to Speak
w1:~e;~:n:r~~~f:~r~ the Ameri- kidnapped by a band of raiding got r.id of the snakes by lurmg ~he 'I students may seem unfaIr; how- To German Club Tuesday Night can Red Cross Is being ''''ed for re- Irishmen and heid in captivity. ,one mto a box a.nd then heavmg ever, the college students came .... • I it into the sea. However, he did from the freshman class and have construction and relief in war- After six years of e.nforced sheep have an important effect upon the had no experience in intercollegi- Mr. George Allen, former mem- tom areas and for emergency re- tending in Ulster, he :fted to France ! Irish law. Even before he arrived, ate debating. ber of the Army Intelligence Ser- lief funds in our own country. and Italy. After a great deal of I a Druid had foretold that he would This Wednesday, Grace Neuman vice, will address the members of Certain percentages of all cantri- wandering, he finally returned I "free slaves-and raise up men of '48, president of the Ursinus Debat- the German Club and their guests buttons are set aside for interna- home where he began having vis- i lowly kin." Slavery was abolished ing Club, and Dean Evans '49, tomorrow evening in Bomberger tional, national, and local uses. ions during which a voice pleaded , and Latin learning brought to Ire- manager of the club will visit Chapel. Whatever Its destination, the money with him to return to Ireland. He land. Muhlenberg to debat~ on the na- Mr. Allen spent several years in Is well employed and urgentl~ prepared himself for hts mission i The shamrock, which all Irish- tional labor question. Ursinus will Germany searching for valuable needed. . by fourteen years of religious study men wear on March 17, probably have the affirmative. German papers and documents be- -.ach student may make his con- on the continent and salled for got Its name from st. Patrick. Be- fore they were destroyed. He Is a tributlDn through the dorm repre- Ireland around 432 as a bishop. I fore he arrived it was known as graduate of Haverford College ~te. After setting up a church in a barn (Continued on page 4) Support the Red Cross Drive! where he majored in German. PAGE TWO THE URSINUS WEEKLY MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1947
Advice to Coeds: . GAFF from the e~ THE Turn Your Dreams GRIZZLY 1. R. . e. Into a May Pageant The United States' Delegate to Moscow URSINUS Representing the United States at the Mos by Virginia Haller '47 cow Conference is one George C. Marshall, who Once there was a little co-ed WEEKLY who had bad dreams. She went recently returned from China following an at to all the best psychiatrists in the tempt to bring about peace between the Chinese city of Collegeville, but none of communists 'and the Kuomintang. He has been them could interpret her dreams. much less cure them. Secretary of State for only five weeks, but carries EDITORIAL STAFF Sure an' today's the day 0' the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ...... Jane Rathgeb '47 Our heroine lost weight (and it more responsibility than the majority of people MANAGING EDITOR ...... Jeanne Loomis '47 wasn't the Ursinus meals), she had wear in' of the green and it looked realize. Ever since the British note of February dark circles under her eyes (and SPORTS ASSISTANT ..... _...... Jane Day '48 like Spring was here indeed with 27, 1947, asking us to take over their commit FEATURE STAFF - Hilda Anderson '48, Virginia it wasn't exam week), and she was all the gay garnishes of the con ments in Greece and Turkey, it has been con Haller '·17, Joan \VillJ\ot '47. on the verge of a nervous break NE\VS STAFF - Susan Jane Brown '47, Jane Brusch '47, down (and she wasn't even on the ventional coior. cluded that Britain can no longer hold any key Mary Elizabeth Flad '48, Mary Louise Harte '47, dean's team). What could she do? Various other traditions have position in the world. This means that on the Dorothy Marple '.18, Kenneth Schroedel' '48, Charlene How . could she stop her dreams of followed this gala day through the United .States falls the duty of leading the world Taylor '47, Nancy Twining '48, Joyce O'Neill '47, years. One that your reporter l\Iarjorie Haimbach '48, Elinor Reynolds '47, Helen purple horses, polkadot cows, danc forward toward safety, and assuming the gen Pechter '49, Mary Jane Schoeppe '47, Margaret ing girls, and strange characters found the hard way was that those eralship in an attempt to block the aggressive Ewen '48, Carol Schoeppe '48, Benetla. ':i\Iartindell in multi-colored costumes? lacking a touch 0' the shamrock drive of the Soviet Union. With Secretary Mar '47, Esther While '47. One day in March when she was are ungratefully stuck with a pin. shall goes this responsibility to teach the world SPORTS STAFF - Lois Cain '48, Virginia Dulin '47, almost beside herself with worry, Could I he1p it if she didn't look at that the U. S. democracy can be relied on for Floy Lewis '49, Sheridan Much '47, Roy Todd '49, my socks? a brilliant idea eame to her. Why decent and decisive leadership. . Raymond\Yarner '49. not incorporate all these charact And the color variations! I'll DUSINESS STAFF ers in her dream in to a May Pa wager that old st. Pat never dream George Marshall's prestige with Congress BUSINESS MANAGER ...... Marjorie Coy '47 geant? She knew that the May ed that science would modify his and the people of the United States is about the CIRCULATION MANAGER ...... Betty Ruskie '47 pageant entries had to be in Miss Kelly green. There were shades highest of any living American, according to re ASSISTANT ...... Evelyn Moyer '48 Stahr's office by March 28, so she ranging from a lurid chartreuse to cent polls the people will probably back him in Entered December 19, 1902, at Collegeville, Pa., as second had to hurry. the brightest grassy green and back a bold and active foreign policy. Will he be Class Malter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 Strangely enough, the minute she to an almost black green. Seems the same great leader now as he was in war --Tex:m7: $1:50 Per Year ; Single Copies, 6 Cents- had written about the last blue to me that certain green bands time, capable of accepting and carrying through Member of Intercollegiate Newspaper Associatlon of the eyed bowling ball on stilts, she felt came in handy again but not as the new responsibilities of thf;! United States in Middle Atlantic States refreshed. That night, she didn't Indian bands around the forehead. her position as world leader? The meeting of dream about anything stranger The size of bows also had consid erable 'range from those seen from the Big Four foreign ministers now being held in than her Ursin us boyfriend! Moscow will most definitely show. An Explanation Do you have strange dreams? If fifty feet away to microsct>pic you don't, a vivid imagination will strands worn on lapels. And then Will he prove to be a big enough man for the Probably a great many people have been job facing him? Mr. Marshall is a bigger man wondering why there is a charge for the sopho do. Why don't you try writing a there was Harry who just carried Betsy around all day in one hand, than Jimmy Byrnes, the former Secretary of more dance and no charge for the other dances. May pageant? You may like your dreams and want to keep them, and, of course, a cigar in the other. State. His has not only a military view, but one When the Navy was here at Ursinus the ad but you may like even more the • • • • which considers all aspects of the issues includ ministration endeavored to find a way to make' $15 prize awarded by the Ursinus It was certainly nice to see so ing those of economic, political and social im dances available to everyone at a comparatively Circle to the author of the pageant much of Chad this weekend . . . portance. He is cautious in making deCisions, small cost. It was then that the practice of chosen for presen tation. could it be that Ellie's interests and has a sense of leadership which is fitting using the activity fee for all social functions was were found off-campus for a for a person in such an office. conceived. A certain amount of money is change? allotted to each organization for different social Minstrel ·Show Planned • • • affairs, provided they do not charge the students Heard Wis had quite a time at S0CIETV NEW.S for admission. By WAA As Benefit to Penn State while Jackie preferred The sophomore class found that they could Finance Athletic Teams a weekend at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Formigli of Haddon not possibly hold their annual dance at Sunny • • • • field, New Jersey, have announced the engage brook and at the same time employ more than Harry Collier '48, and Richard It would be a strange sight if we ment of their daughter, Pauline '48, to Mr. Clif a two piece orchestra with the money granted Clark '48, will serve as ' two of the ever saw Janie Estabrook without ford Bowen James of Merion, Pennsylvania. Miss end men in the minstrel show her knitting. Your love for socks Formigli is a biology major. to them. The only way in which they could must be very deep, Janie! have the dance at Sunnybrook, thus accommo which the WAA will sponsor in • • • • • Thompson - Gay gymnasium next Tau Sigma Gamma sorority will hold an in dating a large number of students, and at the Friday evening at 7: 30 p. m. The formal party in the Day Study and Rec Center same time have an orchestra, was to charge a interlocutor, who promises to be Mademoiselle Offers next Saturday evening at 8 p. m. Esther White slight admission price. one of the leading campus comed '47, is in charge of the plans for -the party while As a result the Soph Dance Committee has ians, and the remaining two end Prize to Undergrads Susan Bellis '48, and Betsy Greene '48, are set $1.'50 as the ticket price. If less than 200 men will not be announced until planning the refreshments. tickets are sold, they will lose money, An en the opening of the show. For Best Short Story The show promises to bring a • • • • • thusiastic support of the dance by those students Alpha Sigma Nu held an' after-dinner des who want to see Sunnybrook available for fu variety of entertainment to the Mademoiselle is now holding its Ursinus stage including jokes, song annual short story contest for wo sert last Friday evening at 944 for the new ture social functions will serve to notify the members of the sorority. administration of our feelings. On the other and dance reviews, and several men undergraduates. Since the numbers by the Glenwood Quartet. • • • • • hand, if we fail to support the dance, it is a magazine is one for young women Lou Oddo '47, will render several between eighteen to thirty years of Phi Alpha Psi held a dinner last Friday at clear indication that we care little where or solo numbers while a chorus, un age, the staff is anxious to reflect the home of Marian Bosler '48, on the Perkiomen when we have dances in the future. der the leadership of Margaret their point of view and to publish for their new sorority members. Schafenacker '48, will form.a back fiction by authors of real merit in • • • • • ground of music for several of the that age group. The girls of Maples Hall held a tea yester acts. For each of the two stories that day afternoon for the women of the college. The show, which is under the show the highest merit in this col general directorship of Jacqueline Shirley Hollopeter '47, hall president, was. in The cost of living for students attending the lege fiction contest,. $500 for all charge of the preparations. Landis '47, WAA president, is be rights and publication in the Aug University of Connecticut is up 18 percent as ing given in order to raise money ust 1947 issue of Mademoiselle will · . . . . compared with expenses in 1941-42. Many vet to finance the girls' tennis and be awarded. On Friday evelJing the girls of Maples will erans returning to school under the GI Bill com softball teams. A donation of The rules for the contest are as entertain at a dorm party in the Day Study and plain that they can not meet the increased costs thirty-five cents has been asked follows: Rec Center. Elinor Reynolds '47, is planning the with the subsistence'furnished them by tbe Gov of all students attending. 1. All manuscripts should be from entertainment while Helen Derewianka '48, is ernment, according to recent survey conducted There will be dancing after the three thousand to five thousand in charge of the refreshments. by a student news reporter. Only certain fixed sl)ow. words in length. · . . . . costs which every student must meet were used 2. Stories should be typewritten, Phi Alpha Psi will hold a skating party at as a basis of comparison. THE MAIL BOX double-spaced, on one side of paper Ringing Rocks, near Pottstown, on Saturday In 1941-42 a meal ticket for one semester only, with the contestant's name night. Ruth Pollock '48, is in charge of the and address clearly marked (home cost $90. Now each student eats a la carte and To the Editor: address, college address, college affair which will be attended by sorority mem pays for what he eats. Under the present system, Through the Weekly we would year). bers, their dates, and guests. he enjoys a limited choice of dishes, whereas like to congratulate the co-chair 3. Mademoiselle cannot assume • • • • • under the semester meal ticket plan he had no men of the Program Committee, responsibility for manuscripts. Only Sigma Rho Lambda will hold their formal choice. According to the survey it cost approxi Jean Anne Schultz and Charles MSS. accompanied by stamped self initiation dinner on Wednesday evening at 6 mately $1.90 a day for three adequate meals. Idler, for the fine job they did in addressed envelopes will be return p. m. at Bungalow Inn~ Jeffersonville. With 120 eating days in a semester it comes to planning and carrying out the Re ed. $228 for food. Some students have stated that ligion in Life Week program. 4. Only women undergraduates Through their efforts and those of are eligible for the contest. Stories COLLEOIATE REVIEW tbey skip one meal a day to save money. the various committees we feel the The average rent today is $50. In 1941-42 which have been printed in under "Professors of Drake University are unfair entire student body was given an graduate college puplications may it was $45. The rooms are more crowded in opportunity to. consider seriously be submitted, but they must not to organized marriage!" This is the cry of the many cases now than they were five years ago, "How Much Christianity Does Mat have been published elsewhere. veterans on the Drake campus after the results with two persons in a single room, and three ter in Our Lives." 5. The judges will be the editors on the examinations were revealed. people in a double room. Dottie Derr and Cal Garber of Mlle. All decisions will be final. One student explained, "Poor grades re Since it is theoretically possibie to attend Co-presidents of the Entries must be postmarked not ceived in my subjects have made life at my home college doing nothing but studying, eating, and Student YM-YWCA later than midnight, May I, 1947, miserable. It seems my young son attending a sleeping, these are the only two costs which must • • • • • and are to be submitted to College near-by school, brought his report card home absolutely be met by a student.' It is here that To the Editor: Fiction Contest, Mademoiselle, 122 the same day I presented my marks to his veterans have a legitimate gripe, since for food Much has been said that the post East 42nd Street. New York 17, ~.Y. mother. He received several "A's" and "B's" war student has a greater serious and shelter alone an ex-GI must spend $69.50 ness of mind than his Rredecessor, while my grades were straining for the "C" level. out of his monthly $65 check. This brings the but there has been little material FOR YOUR BARBERINO NEEDS "He now sits at the head of the d1nner total outlay for these two items to $278 per sem proof upon which to base this be Vi s it table, reads the paper before I do and chooses ester, In order to meet the extra expense, many lief. the radio programs. It's demorallzlng." students have been forced to work in the dining After viewing the many signs . CLAUDE'S BARBER SHOP halls, or to seek weekend jobs, or odd jobs around painted on the paths of the cam 313 Main Street pus this morning, it is ditficult to Collegevllie, Pa. campus. Three Chairs No Waiting The opinion of many of those contacted during conclude that a more mature man the survey is that the figure of $278 per semester or woman is attending this college. Playful pranks may have an ap for food and room alone does not compare at all propriate place in college life, but favorably with the total outlay of $227.50 for when distructful to property they a semester in 1941-42. At that time the expenses are evidence of a lack of discretion for a term included besides room and board, a on the part of the individual in $5.00 student activities fee, $25 for books and volved. supplies, and $62.50 for tuition. - A Student. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1947 THE URSINUS WEEKLY PAGE THREE f"*****f*****************i Jayvees Drop 21-17 I .1!~~m {jtJeA I Decision to Coeds
Spring Is bustin' out all over col From Chestnut Hill lege these days, but before we pack WEEKLY SPORTS On Thursday afternoon the up the cleats and sneakers of over- Chestnut HiI'l junior varSity sub coat days permit us a few side- dued the Ursinus girls in a close count stabs and quarterback T S k V B b II T k B th 21-17 game. Manny Ballantyne, sneaks. A Hundred Hopefuls 0 ee arsity ase a, rac er s Jackie Landis and Jeanne Loomis Paunchy Pete, our beloved foot- C nd d f started in the forward berths for ball mentor of slightly less than a As Coaches Summon a i ates or Initial Spring Practices decade, has left the shades of Ur- Ursinus while Anne Moister, Lynn sinus and has re-pledged his aUeg- --- Warren, and Bunny Baum handled k -I--G I BASEBALL SCHEDULE lance to his first love, Philadel- 60 Baseballers Accept Gurzyns is. r~eted I the defense. phia's Temple University. For Pete April 16--Haverford ...... away The guards were on their toes for it is another rung on the ladder of New Coaches' Call to By Record Turnout in April 19- LaSalle ...... home the most part and played well, but coaching recognition. At Temple April 22-Albright ...... away the forward combination just our ex-?oach will han~le his long- '47 Diamond Activity First Coaching Task April 26-Swarthmore .... away couldn't click, and the score was time fnend, Ray Mornson's back- , April 30- Moravian ...... home tied at 7-7 as the opening quarter field chores in the fall, and in the I --.- May 3- Dickinson ...... away ended. spring coach the Owl horsehide On Monday mght co-coaches Some 40 candidates, . among May 7 Delaware home I - ...... Coach Hogeland substituted three brigade. Sieb Pancoast, and Foster Dennis Whom are 24 freshman tracksters, May 10- PMC ...... home new forwards, Emily Smith, Ruth While at Ursinus, Pete never had IwelcQmed approximately eighteen answered coach Ray Gurzynski's May 13- Haverford ...... home Pettit, and Joanne Duncan but the occasion to bask in the shin- battel'ymen as pre-season practice "feeler" call last week .to vie for May Ie-Drexel ...... :.... away these three failed to do any better, ing glory of football supel'iority, for pitchers and catchers began in May 21- Muhlenberg ...... home d h If t· f d Ch t slots on the Bear '47 track squad. May 24-Juniata ...... away an a - Ime- score oun es - but even in a record of dungeon- the gym. The prospective .hurlers i The men were slated to take to the May 28-F & M ...... home nut Hill with a tw~point lead, dwelling conference efforts and I and receivers have been put cinders for their first outing to- 14-12. off-balanced won-lost columns he through their paces everyday this day to begin a period of rapid-fire The second half was close all the leaves a few bright pictures in week as the diamond mentors hope training for the Penn 'Relays, the GIRLS' TENNIS SCHEDULE way but Ursinus was playing far retrospection. Not the least of to get a line on the battery pros first engagement on a schedule still --- from good ball. A tip off from a these is Pete's Temple game upset pects, and also losen up the respec in the manufacture stage. I May I- Albright .. ... :...... away jump by Manny to Jackie opened during the war years. Ursinus' tive throwing arms of the battery Coach Gurzynski has expressed May 13-Chestnut HIll ...... home the play for a lay-up shot In the Navy-clad footballers tied one on candidates. The indoor sessions satisfaction with the turnout, but May 16-Swarthmore ...... home I third period bringing the score up an Owl eleven looking for a breath- will continue all through this week hastens to announce that all spots May 19- Temple ...... away I to 17-19. Taking _posi~ion of the er in such a manner that Pete up until Monday, March 24 'when are wide open and he would like May 22-Penn ...... home ball, the opponents tallIed another ruined three vests bulging at the the rest of the squad will report, to have more upperclassmen apply May 24-E. Stroudsburg ...... away Ifield ~oal to nose out the Ursinus chest. and the batterymen will move out foI' spikes. All further candidates .'. belles by four points. Always the handy-man whatever doors to join them. are urged to contact Mr. Gurzynski GIRLS' SOFTBALL SCHEDULE the task, Stevens served as wrest- The mound prospects appear as soon as possible. ling coach, when he didn't know a fairly bright at this early date The wealth ot frosh material is Relax with the gang half-nelson from a banana split, with a dQzen or more hurlers en one of those mannas from above a ApHl 29-Albright ...... away coached girls' and men's golf, josh- deavoring to work the winter kinks coach prays for, and this session's May 5-Bryn Mawr ...... home at the ed his way through a couple of out of their salary whips and hit turnout bids fair to assure Ursinus May l~Penn ...... home track seasons, and even took the the targets offered to them by some of their track recognition of May 17-Beaver ...... home COLLEGE CUT-RATE basketball Bears to Convention their respective mittmen. The dull yore. Up to the outbreak of the May 21-Swarthmore ...... home Fifth & lVlain E, C. Foster, Mgr, Hall in 1942. His "jock 'em up," thud of the horsehide hitting the war Ursinus scanty-clads were able May 28-Temple ...... home the essence an extent of his bas- catchers mitts is a sound which to hold their own in any meet in I ketball · coaching, will ring for- can be heard for about a half hour small college circles but since the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ even when Bear quints take to the or so every afternoon as' the tempo war the absence ot a bonafide track • • planks. increases daily, and the hurlers be- mentor has kept Ursinus track Always able to smother an error gin to cut loose in the confines of antics on a little more than intra with a sideburn to sideburn grin, the warm gym. mural basis. The recent ~ddition and a defeat with a bit of Paul Among the more notable of the of Coach Gurzynski, erstwhile Bear Bunyanese, Pete was never stymied mound candidates on hand are the athlete and veteran coach from or at a loss for words. The bald veteran Lou "Buck" Ross, Lefty Norristown's Stewart Junior High, Polish jester will nevei' be remem- Ron Landis, brilliant Valley League to the Ursinus coaching staff af bered among great Ursinus coach- twirler, and last season's holdovel's, fords Collegeville the prosp~cts of . es, nor forgotten among great Ur- Frank Everett, and George Hall some of the best track and field sinus landmarks. If he never built man. Several other lads with im performances seen here in a de a great football team he did a posing high school, service, and in cade. better thing, he built a veritable dependent records have also been Outstanding among the young tower of friendship that will fol- exhibiting fine form to date. The sters insofar as past records may low him as long as his red face catching candidates include Roy be valued are Russ Binder, state beams. To you, Pete, Looking 'Em Todd, diminutive receiver from At PlAA title-holding sprinter and Over extends its best wishes for lantic City, the versatile Eddie Mil Dick Gradwohl, ex-gridder, also a bigger and, heaven help you, better ler, and football wingman, Ken sprinter. If these men come around things at Temple, and at the same Reinhart along with three or four as expected, and other dashmen time sincere apologies for some other capable mittmen who bid fair round into form, there'll be a genu earlier subtle sna-rls that now to give anyone a tussle for the back ine battle for every slot. Past Bear seem to fit like the square peg in stopping post. perfOI:mers who have signed in to the round hole. S'long, Pete, and I - Next week's workouts are expect- date include "Moose" Kennedy, "Jock 'em up!" ed to be a bit more arduous as the weightman, Roy Weidman, Ken • • • • • hurlers will begin to let fiy with Reinhart, Andy Bain, Dick Fink, Congratulations to Dave Ziegler their varied assortments of cnoice and miler Lee Tori. for swishing his way to second pitches and deliveries and endeav The schedule, still in the making, I mong Philadelphia average or to get the~ wings in shape. for will be announced as soon as ath p ace a the approachmg ()utdoor practlces. letic Director Bailey has been' able scorers. A great season, Dave. The season opener with Haverford to contact all possible rivals. Up to • • • • takes place on the Ford's diamond date four jousts have been ticketed Swarthmore's "closey" with La- on Wednesday, April 16, two days for the Bears, beginning with the Salle brightens the Southern Divis- after the return of the students Penn Relays and culminating with ion picture immeasurably. Look from their Easter vacation, and the Middle Atlantic finals to be for one of the conference teams to from then Qn two games weekly held this year at Rutgers Univer \skip into a championship some are carded to give the Bear base sity. Sandwiched between these near year, and don't be surprised baIlers a very attractive 1947 sch two affairs are- triangular meets if the Bruins turn the trick once edule. with Muhlenberg and Haverford, this year's jayvees blossom. and with Drexel and Swarthmore. · .. . . . Other probabilities are the neigh Will be interesting to watch how Varsity Bows to borhood classic held annually well Dick Gradwohl's spiked feet among the Philadelphia area teams and a possible dual clash with It is traditional ~ith the Bell System that its churn up the cinders this spring. ~hestnut Hill, 37-35, PMC. The worthy speedster was about There are still openings for track executives come up from the ranks. In each the fastest package in the Bears In Close Encounter managerial positions. Anyone; of seventeen operating companies of the Bell ;backfield last fall. with or without past managing ex The Ursinus co-eds dropped their perience, is urged to apply for the • • • • • second game in seven last Thurs positions immediately. System~ including The Bell Telephone Company Coach Ray Gurzynski is all grins day when they bowed to the Chest over his track turnout this year, nut Hill sextet, 37-35, on the Col of Pennsylvania, the man who today is President and hopes to grind out some .new legeville court. The game was records with his fine squad. As a close trom start to finish with started at the bottom. matter of fact, this column will go each team alternately taking the Five Years Ago .•• on record as predicting at least one lead. The halftime score favored The Frosh basketball team. closed The Bell System aims to perpetuate this policy Ursinus track mark bites the dUl~t Chestnut Hill, 22-21. its season with a 51-40 loss to this year. Captain Jane Brusch lead the Perkiomen Prep, as George Moore of keeping the opportunity for advancement • • • • • scoring for the day with 23 pOints. and Joe Much garnered 18- and 14 Fan-pleasing Eddie Mlller turned Jane made 11 field goals out of 16 points, respectively. Dave Ziegler open to all. up at the first c.all for battery men attempts. Chestnut Hill's captain, scored 17 counters as the varsity last week to toss his catchers mitt Ann Mustler, took the honors ·for shaded Bucknell, 53-46. the ring in bid for his third the visitors with 17 counters. This should' be -an important consideration in .a,. lIlnnru post in this,' his first year in . Ch~stnut Hili forwards played a Ten Years Ago ... Comedian on or oft the fast game, making good their long President of the Men's Student Council, G. Seiber Pancoast warned your choice of a business career. or fioor, Eddie, nevertheless, f shots as well as those under the the stuff that tnakes ba~ play- boards. Their deceptive move against spring nudist tactics in packed in his 155 pound frame, ments caught the Ursinus guards sun-bathing. Men of the 1937 era were asked to wear adequate ' togs • • • • • trailing a couple of times. On the Looks llke some bang-up battles other hand, the guards blocked a while engaged in outdoor campus In the crystal ball for varsity lot of their shots and intercepted activities. berths. Selb and Doc many of their pa$Ses. Despite the Twenty-five Years Ago .•• have reviewed half-dozen set back, the Ursinus cmbination Ursinus completed its basketball applications at every slot. Col- played one of their best games this season, winning four out of nine THE BELL TELEPHONE COMP'ANY baseballas It is, however, the season. Winnie Mutchler played teen games played, A check of who chatters most audibly a beautiful fioor game and Erma $4,500 was received as a contribu OF PENNSYLVANIA aDd carriea tlie big stick at Keyes' left hand pivot shot was "ne tion toward the Alumni Memorial w1l1 fiDt1 himself a niche. of the hlghUghts of the game. Library. • PAGE FOUR THE URSINUS WEEKLY MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1947 Over 200 Attend CALENDAR A1'istocrat ., Monday, March 17 and MEET and EAT Varied Activities of Lutheran Club at 6:30 p. m. Physical Education Club at 7:00 Dolly Madison AT THE Religious Program p. m. in the Day Study French Club dance in Rec ICE CREAM That Christianity does matter in Center at 8:00 p. m. COLLEGE DINER the student's life was shown by the Sigma Rho in Rec Center at made by Fir t Avenue & iVIain Street, Collegeville fact that about 200 Ursinus under 10 :30 p. m . graduates participated in the ac Tuesday, March 18 PhiJa. Dairy Products Co I tivities of their first Religion in WSGA in Shreiner at 6:30 p. m. N ever Closed Newman Club at 6:30 p. m. Pottstown, Pa. Life Week. Recorded Programs at 6:30 p. m. Dr. John O. Nelson, editor of the Pre-Med in S-12 at 8:00 p. m. I student magazine "Intercollegian" Wednesday, March 19 opened the sessions by defining the Forum at 8:00 p. m. HAL'S RECORD SHOP essentials of the Christian faith. George H. Buchanan Co. ' The practical emphasis in a Christ Thursday, March 20 ian's life stems from the discip Sororities at 6:30 p. m. Classical Records Musical Organizations at 7 :00 Advertising lines, or principles, which he im I poses on himself. Some of the old p. m. - P R I N T E R S_- Semi-Classical Records fashioned d,isciplines have gi ven Friday, March 21 Publishing way to those which fit more closely Maples Hall party in Rec Center Popular Records our way of life. Three disciplines at 8:00 p. m. suggested by Dr. Nelson for the WAA Minstrel Show in the 44 North Sixth street G. B. FRENCH & CO., Inc. student are giving without seeking gym at 7:30 p. m. PHILADELPHIA, PA. reward (anonymity), consuming Saturday, March 22 216 Main Street COLLEGE\'ILLE, PA. only according to need, out of con Phi Psi party, off-campus cern fOl' otherE (frugality), and us Tau Sig party in Rec Center from ing each day as opportunity for 8:00 - 11 :00 p. m. sel'Vice (dedication). Sunday, March 23 On Thursday evening the stu Vespers at 6:00 p. m. dents themselves had a chance to talk over their personal religious problems. In the discussion of Ursinus to Attend Model Session whether Christians, Jews, and ath (Con llnued from pagp 1) eists can work together, the group was held at Lafayette College. searched first for ~the basic beliefs Delegates will be housed in of each group and concluded. they Swarthmore College dormitories. could work together on social is The scheduled recreation includes sues where action is needed with an informal dance Friday evening. out compromising their principles. The group that attempted to de Sf. Patrick's Day cide whether one can live a Christ (Continued trom page 1) ian life at college first defined a Christian life as one lived accord the seamroy and was a sacred ing to the teachings and philoso plant of the Druids. He made it phy of Christ without necessarily part of every Irishman's heart accepting the divinity of Christ or when he plucked one from t!1e attending church. With this <;iefin ground during a sermon and used ition as a basis, it was resolved that it to illustrate the unity of the Holy a student can live a Christian life Trinity. at college. Another group, considering whether Christianity changes when BOYD FUNERAL HOME one comes to college, discussed the 718 Swede Street effect that higher education has on Norristown, Pa. morals, prejudice, belief in mira cles, and belief in the creation ,Phone: Norristown 1490 story. They concluded that Christ ianity does change with college life and many felt that it became stronger. Dr. Frank T. Wilson, Dean of BLOCK'S Men at Lincoln University, present Norristown ed on Sunday morning another very personal aspect of Christian ity in telling what it means in his life. He stressed that Christians are COLLEGEVILLE always being thrust against society which tries to pull them down to BEAUTY AND GIFT SHOP its level. Only the Denewed effort 478 Main Street and new interpretation of young Collegeville, Pa. Christians will ever change this Phone 6061 lona C. Schatz society. Other activities of Religion in Life Week were a program of read KENNETH B. NACE ings, music, and pictures; a Sham Complete Automotive Service rock party; and a candlelight Com 5th Ave. & Main st. munion Service. Collegev1l1e, pa. Curtain Club Play (Continued from Page 1) Relax with the gang members of the committee include at the Jeanne Heal '49, Phyllis Brown '48, Phyllis Dillman, Margaret Corliss, COLLEGE CUT-RATE Catherine Faust '49, Vangy Tilton Fifth & Main E. C, Foster, Iv/gr. '48, Diane Seegly '49, and Jane Rathgeb '47. FOR YOUR BARBE RING NEEDS The task of make-up will be in the hands of Hal Grossman '49, Vis it assisted by Winifred Clark '47, and CLAUDE'S BARBER SHOP Barbara Leon '50. 313 Main Street As part of the management and Collegeville, Pa. publicity work, Dean Evans '48, will Three Chairs No Waiting handle advertising while William Nickel '47, and Jane Day '48, will be in charge of ticket sales and OFFICIAL CLEANERS programs, respectively. The other FOR URSINUS COLLEGE members of the committee include Arlene Boltz '47, Nelson Yeakel '48, COLLEGEVILLE CLEANERS Louise Eisenhower '50, Betty Shef- . fer '50, Irving Bossler '49, and 339 MAIN STREET Herbert Deen '48. IWE NOW HAPE-. W. H. GRISTOCK'S SONS' -SOAP & SOAP POWDERS • -JEWELRY and PENNANTS -TOOTH PASTE and POWDER COAL, -PEN & PENCIL SETS LUMBER -LEADS for all makes of and pencils. FEED • • COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE Phone: Collegeville 4541 The Crossroads 01 the Campus
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