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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
2
The elections committee and Student Council should consider holding a pre election rally before the spring Student Council elections next week. The rally would introduce each candidate and allow those who wish to speak. It could be outdoors to attract more attendees and boost student interest.
A chaotic campus round up notes social gossip, romances and notices among Delta Gams, KMK's, Alpha Xi's, and local figures. The chronicle mentions tee gatherings, theater misadventures, engagements and mock personal ads, with names like Polly Brown Marion Courtney Truth Sumner and Billy Lyle appearing amid campus life chatter.
A lighthearted call for a campus coronation proposes an Empress of Kent to replace the frequent queen changes. The piece riffs on local royalty, naming possible titles such as Brady Queen Juke-box Queen and Washroom Queen, and suggests consolidating queens into one tradition.
The Kent Stater is issued Tuesday through Friday during the regular school year and on Tuesdays and Fridays during summer sessions, suspended during vacations. Subscription price two dollars per year. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1927 at Kent Ohio Post Office. Printed by Commercial Press Inc 1155 Depeyster St Kent Ohio.
Iowa born Henry Agard Wallace, former editor and cabinet member, faces mixed views as a third party bid looms. Supporters hail him as a visionary while opponents label him a communist-leaning fringe. his platform favors price controls, rationing, rent controls, and repeal of Taft-Hartley while contending communism and capitalism can coexist.
Martha Lansinger writes to the editor clarifying that the 3.6 percent share covers five groups including the a cappella choir second choir madrigal singers university symphony orchestra and men's glee club. The funds are divided among these five organizations according to needs, about $900 per quarter.
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