Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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VU uj THE II L II Y V SAMUEL VERNON RUBY. FSQ.. A.M., Ph.D. rent many I rsinus students have held the mistaken idea that our yearbook was named for the precious red stone, ctually. the title of the annual dates to 1897. when the junior class published the first yearbook in the history of the school. They decided to call it The Ruby” in honor of Professor Samuel Vernon Ruby. Esq.. .M.. Ph.D. Dr. Ruby was professor of English, literature, aesthetics, and social sciences at I rsinus from 1872 until his death in 1896. Re-fore coming to I rsinus. lie had taken college and graduate work at Franklin and Marshall, had been admitted l » the practice of law at Carlisle. and had served as professor of neient Language and Relies Lett res at Palatinate College. The editor of this first yearbook. R. Mearns Yerkes. made the dedication as follows: We soon decided to call it 'the annu di The Ruby in honor, if it can be regarded as such, of our highly esteemed Professor whose recent death has saddened the hearts of all his students. Professor Ruby, who was devoted to his work of leaching, by his faithful labors in the interests of I rsinus and her students, won the respect of all. 19

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i n i: i: i: v t h i: .s s i: s lirn (In' class of 48 leaves I rsinus this xear. they will lake with them mans memories of their Iasi school days and the close friendships that they have made. Fach preceptress in the xari-ous girls' dorms has added iniinitaldy to those memories. These women have been more than just preceptresses: they have given words of encouragement and guidance to the gills, and it is to them that we owe a sincere debt of gratitude for all the kindness and patience that they have given us. lien we first entered I rsinus. the gir ls occupied Stine. Brodheck. Freeland, and Derr. (Gradually the enrollment increased with the men returning to college. The girls and their preceptresses were forced to vacate these dormitories and move off campus. Last year Bimby's was added to the list of women's dormitories. This year, with I rsinus having the largest enrollment in its history. it was necessarx again to find new dormitories: and now we find Ban- croft and Baird's added to our group of houses. ith the change in dormitories came a change in preceptresses. At Bancroft we find Mrs. Shryock: Mrs. Haller has I icon tranferred to Lynnewood: and Mrs. Baird is presiding at her own home on Sixth venue in Collegovillo. This xear too we find that d2 has lost its former name and has now become Duryoa Hall, named for Mrs. Bliea Durvea Johnson, a member of the Board of Directors. In leax ing. the women of I rsinus xx ill long remember this group of women our preceptresses who have untiringly guided us through our pleasant dormitory life at I rsinus College. The following group of preceptresses preside over these houses: 911 1 rs. Jacobson: Bancroft Mrs. Shryock: Fircroft Mrs. Dennis: Lynnexvood Mrs. Haller: Bimby's Mrs. Staiger: Durvea Mrs. Pancoast: Shreiner Miss Stahr: Hobson Mrs. llelfferich: Maples Miss Lappin; Baird's Mrs. Ilairil: South Mrs. Jackson: Glen wood Miss Morris. 18

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