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This article describes the school's effort to create the science building

Account of how the newly created science building was dedicated on campus in 1933

A description of the science building's construction, its unveiling, and its opening.

Ursinus celebrates the anniversary of World War I's conclusion: Armistice Day. Also discussed is the issue of disarmament, and how Hoover's administration has handled it so far.

These photos provide great insight into what Ursinus' campus looked like between 1930-1935.

This account of President Omwake's later years at Ursinus provides insight into the financial troubles the school had fallen into towards the end of the 1920s. The 1930s brought on many financial hardships for the school, which had just committed to…

The majority of Ursinus students, 268, voted for the Republican ticket (Hoover), while a strong minority, 154 in all, voted for the Socialist and Democratic tickets. This election marked a major shift in the political identity of the student body of…

The Weekly provided a presidential straw ballot for the students to mark and sign and then submit for counting. The results of this ballot were later revealed.

Professor Boswell discusses the policies and plans of socialism and anarchism, and then compares those to that of capitalism. In the end, Boswell used the example of capitalism to criticize the extreme stances taken by both socialism and anarchism,…

FDR and the Democratic Party were assailed by Republican speakers at a political rally in the gymnasium at the height of the presidential election of 1932.