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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration provides Ursinus College with total benefits reaching $4,306.36.

A message in the 1926 Ruby that talks about the Financial Campaign and where the funding will go around campus.

This article addresses the shortcomings of both a fascist and a socialist model of government, as they compare to the strengths of a democratic model of government. This was written in response to the many questions opened up by the Great Depression…

President Omwake talks about the excellence of Ursinus College in the 1926 Ruby Yearbook

This article written by President George Leslie Omwake brings up the issue of the school's lack of funding for its new library. The building had been constructed with the aid of workers from F.E.R.A. (a New Deal program), but at the time found itself…

The play "After Supper," presented at a Y.M and Y.W.C.A. meeting, explored the horrors of war, and the futility of fighting. The play revolved around it's protagonist's epiphany that there is no glory in war, only in peace-making.

Ursinus College held Halloween parties in which party-goers dressed up as hobos, wearing their oldest, most tattered clothes.

Dr. Boswell lays out a plan to increase the production of goods by lowering prices, and stop the cost of living from further increasing.

This article describes how the cost of the Varsity Club Dance was reduced, in comparison to previous years. An emphasis is made over the fact that the price of admission will not exceed $1.25.

This article covers the increase in incoming Freshman that Ursinus College witnessed in 1934. Moreover, the article provides some reasoning as to why Ursinus College, along with the majority of the nation's colleges, experienced an increase in…