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Pictured here are Ursinus students celebrating May Day in 1933

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.

People speaking in favor of Smith and Hoover, trying to tell Ursinus students how they should vote.

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.

Ursinus begins efforts to raise money for the Financial Campaign, reaching out to alumni and students first.

Poem in the 1929 Ruby describing women at the time being a "frivolous bunch of creatures", relevant to the flapper trend at the time.

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…