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…
“Black and Beautiful” is a newspaper article contained in volume 67 of The Ursinus Weekly. Published on January 11th, 1968, this article serves as a form of student activism geared towards dismantling the white supremacy in the 60s and 70s. Written…
Dennis Watson dispels onto students that, 'participation' and 'presence' will be major benefactors to a students success in and out of the classrooms of Ursinus. Watson quotes, "Getting busy" will allow students to take control and steer their…
Bomberger Auditorium sometime after 1916, but before 1985. We know that the Clark Organ was installed in 1916 and the facade was left when there was an electric organ purchased to replace the chemically-ruined Clark Organ. Since the picture is…
Bomberger Chapel, now known as Bomberger Auditorium, as it existed around 1893.
The Chapel had seating on the first and second floors. On the first floor two large rooms behind screens on either side of the chapel proper could be opened to…
Images of the original floor plans of Bomberger Hall when it was first built in 1893. The hall functioned as an academic, meeting, and religious space for the college. The plans clearly indicate a banquet hall, science laboratories, the chapel space…