Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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JANET MAY WEIERBACH Quaker town, Pa. Chemistry-Biology Cheerfulness...a kind of daylight in the mind.' CHARLOTTE LOUISE WOLFE Coa tesville, Pa. Business Administration ‘Silence answers much.' EMILY A. WILLIAMS West Orange, N. J. English '...of a constitution...that consorts and sympathiseth with all things.' JOHN R. YOST, JR. Phoenixvi1le, Pa. Chemistry-Biolo gy •A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows.' JEANNE M. WISLER Weatherly, Pa. Bistory-Social Science 'All of nature may be found in the smallest of things. ' ALICE LOUISE ZIMMERMAN Philadelphia, Pa. Business Administration 'The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she.' F. JANE ZULICK Jenkintown, Pa. Business Administration 'The proud heart flashing through the eyes.

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THE V-12 AT URSINUS Lieutenant George D. Miner, the 'Skipper , busy in his office in Bomberger. The V-12 unit at Ursinus College was established on the first of July, 1943. However, about the first of June, the present Captain arrived to begin the monumental job of setting up the unit. Promptly on the appointed date the first influx of officer candidates arrived. Men, who had, in some cases, traveled half the continent, presented themselves at Eger Gateway. What they had been or who they were was of little importance now. It was what they would become that mattered. At first the mutual feeling was that of indecision and wonderment. However, in what seemed a very short length of time, buildings, classrooms, and Ursinus herself became more familiar to them. The 'Skipper'of the station, Lt. G. D. Miner, who is in charge of the entire unit, and his assistant. Ensign Heffernan, the executive officer, helped them adjust quickly to the naval routine. The Chief Specialists, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Cunningham, began superintending the athletic activities and making the inspections of the personnel and barracks during the week. Other enlisted men served as assistants to the Chiefs and still others maintained the sick bay. Very soon after arrival, the unit was divided into two companies, each of which was sub-divided into platoons. In command of the battalion and of each of its divisions there were men picked from the unit itself. Almost immediately the V-12'ers began to participate in many of the extra-curricular activities Ursinus has to offer. The football team was backed to a large extent by navy men. The basketball team utilized the talent of many sailors. And even today, the as yet untried baseball team includes many members from the boys in blue. Dramatically, the men have starred, too. The Curtain Club found its group enriched by navy personnel