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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…

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

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…

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

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

The Ruby of 1927 talks about the history of Ursinus and how the college was in 1827 and 1927, and what is predicted of the college by 2027.

A cartoon in the 1927 yearbook referring to the 18th Amendment, which led to prohibition in the United States.

A list of items to se sold Monday June 3, created by the senior class, apparently for sale.

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

Various pictures of students at Ursinus College in the Ruby of 1929.