Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

 - Class of 1945

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.4 sketch of women's dormitories uhich is under consideration as the next ftroup of huildinn to he erected. College. In 1937 a recreation room in Freeland was added. The Library now contains a museum on the second floor which houses the extensive collection given by Mr. J. Maxwell Shaw. At the present time there are nine women's dormitories situated off the campus. This year for the first time in the history of the College women students occupy Freeland. Derr, and Stine Halls. Plans are now being made for women to occupy Brodbeck Hall next fall. This is an outcome of the decreased men's enrollment caused by the war. To fill the student's need for a supply of books and other classroom necessities, the Supply Store had been established in a section of the boiler house. Two years ago a new and larger addition was built. The first summer session since World War I was held in 1942 in order that students might complete their college careers before entering the armed services. In July, 1943, the Navy 12 program began, and the unit now occupies Curtis and Brodbeck dormitories and uses the lower dining room as a “chow hall. ' Although many changes in curriculum and personnel have been brought about by this war, the fundamental factors which have assured the success of the College still remain, and will continue to bring successful advancement in the future. 7

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the twin dormitories were built which hear the names of two benefactors of the College, Andrew R. Brodbeck and Cyrus H. K. Curtis. It was the lattei who in 1931 provided funds for the building of the Pfahler Hall of Science, which was named in 1944 in honor of George E. Pfahler. noted x-ray authority of Philadelphia. During Dr. Omwake s presidency the enrollment was almost doubled, the faculty was enlarged and the curriculum expanded, dded to all these improvements was the growing interest in extra-curricular activities. A women’s athletic program was begun during this period. Fraternities and sororities were officially recognized in 1929. The Lantern, the most recent publication, was begun in 1933. Because of illness President Omwake was compelled to retire and in 1936 Dr. Norman E. McClure, an alumnus and a member of the faculty, was elected to he seventh president of the College. During the college year of 1935-36 a committee of the faculty was appointed to administer the affairs of the (Hri inn Hull, a dormitory for girls uhich stood on thr stir of I’fuhlrr Hall of Science. «

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