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Curtain Club playbill from the production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" at Ursinus College during 1951

Art is the pulse of social consciousness. The Lantern is one of the first, and certainly the biggest circulation of art at Ursinus College. To find that a white woman is applauded for speaking from the black experience in the first publication of…

It is baffling that the first black women to graduated from Ursinus only forty-five years ago. The first black man graduated in 1956-- seventeen years beforehand. Not only does this highlight a racial bias on campus, but a gender bias is certainly a…

Dr. W. Robert Crigler was the first African-American graduate of Ursinus College in 1956. His passing is significant for many reasons, however most recognizable is the establishment of The W. R. Crigler Institute for black students (formerly known as…

An article that entails a summary about the Bridge Program at Ursinus and comments from Bridge Program participants.

Ursinus Weekly title saying "Dramatic Arts Emphasized During Month of March," including the Beaver Players theatrical production of "No Exit" as one example

Ursinus Weekly editorial about the Beaver Players "No Exit" production with financial support from the Curtain Club and the Romance Language Department

Ursinus Weekly article advertising the Curtain Club's "The Tender Trap" production

Ursinus Weekly article praising the Curtain Club's four productions in the 1966-1967 academic year

Ursinus Weekly article about the Curtain Club's change to Protheatre as a democratic reinvention of student theater at Ursinus