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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…

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

A description of the additions made to Bomberger Hall over the year of 1933

This short article heralds Ursinus' ability to attract large numbers throughout the depression. The freshman college of 1932 brought in record numbers in terms of students enrolled, a sign of how the school managed to keep afloat in spite of its…

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

An article critiquing the media's presence of sorority life and the inaccuracies.

An annual meeting of the Debating Association of Pennsylvania, which students from Ursinus College participated in, debated the issues of: war debt cancellation, the nationalizing of electric power and heat companies, Japan's conquest of Manchuria,…

Discusses the overnight diversity program and the entertainment provided by the Step Team and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. The article also discusses the reasons why the fraternity had left campus twice due to the overall lack of members, in 1994…

Discusses the changes to Greek life in rushing and pledging. The entire process, originally taking almost the entire school year, would only take about half a semester. Pledging was also cut down from 60 hours a week to 20 hours a week. Due to the…