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Kent Stater

Location

Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1940

Page

3

Tri-Sigs Mark 42nd Founders Day Banquet Tonight

The Tri Sigma sorority celebrates 42 years with a Founders Day banquet at Twin Lakes Country Club at 6 p.m. About 150 guests including mothers and patrons attend. Dorothy Ruggles will serve as toastmistress with individual toasts by Ruth Dangler, Peg Williams, Martha Stevens, and others.

Tri-Sigs Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Tri- Sig Twin Lakes Country Club K. C. Leebrick Mary L. Smallwood David Olson John Blair Arden Allyn E. C. Stopher Carrie Hinds Mona Fletcher Pat Fuller Betty Bowles Dorothy Ruggles Ruth Dangler Peg Williams Martha Stevens Eleanor Evans Nadine Hulbert Frances Reed Kay Maloney Lois Hawk Jane Nearpass Mildred Morena

Kent State High Stages Mother Careys Chickens Comedy

Kent State High School presents the three act comedy Mother Careys Chickens in the university auditorium at 8 15 p m on Friday April 19. Senior class dramatics mark four years of performances with three university students assisting: Blanche Miller director Don Schilmiller Joe Michaels and Stanley Nickar. The Kent State High Orchestra will perform between acts. Admission is 35 cents and tickets are available at Thompson's Drug Store.

Kent State High Mother Carey University Auditorium Blanche Miller Don Schilmiller Joe Michaels Stanley Nickar Kent State High Orchestra Thompson’s

WAA Sponsors High School Play Day Saturday

The Women’s Athletic Association hosts a Hey Day Play Day on Saturday April 20 at Willing gym. More than 130 high school girls will join college women for skeeball volleyball swimming baseball and other activities plus lunch hour skit entertainment led by university student leaders with Betty Furgeson in charge.

Women's Athletic Association Wills Collee WAA Betty Furgeson

Prom highlights and student wordplay at Kent campus

The Junior-Senior prom committee plans an Arden Wilson orchestra and unique programs for May at Mayflower ballroom. Betty Fisher and Irv Waterbury create new word blends, while journalism interest surfaces as a student notes quirky language and the caper tales of “vert” students.

Arden Wilson Kent Betty Fisher Irv Waterbury Betty

Chi Pi Meets Today for 4 P M Fraternity Plans

Members of Chi Pi, the journalism honorary, are called to an important meeting at 4 p m today in 111M. The agenda includes planning the Western 49er dance event.

Chi Pi

Sole Patient Seeks Companionship in Infirmary

A campus infirmary diary from Moulton hall dated Thursday, April 18, records a lonely student lamenting isolation. The writer, under care with occasional visits from Mittie Smith and Doc Leggett, longs for conversation as 2400 students pursue activities with no notable incidents.

Lindy Barch Moulton Hall Kent Dean Winsper

University survey links student politics to parental class and candidate knowledge

The report finds a high link between students party preference and their father's occupation with Democrats leading among unskilled workers and Republicans ahead in business and government. Hull and Vandenberg are best known. Wilkie often labeled Communist or Socialist. About 35 percent were Democrats and 38.3 percent Republicans from a surveyed group across 31 Ohio counties.

Hull Vandenberg McNutt Wilkie

Dorm Socials Revive Campus Spirit With Spring Plans

Engleman hall council maps a yearbook scrapbook by Joy Stover with photos by Geraldine Price. Plans include an honors picnic, senior breakfast, a formal faculty tea, and a spring formal set for May 11 at Congress Lake. Summit hall eyes a May 26 dance with Betty Fairfax coordinating. Moulton hall hosts an open house April 26 and a May 11 dance with Marian Saelens. Lowry hall finalizes a May 18 spring formal and a faculty tea on Sunday.

Engleman Hall Council Joy Stover Massillon Engleman Geraldine Price Congress Lake Country Club Summit Hall Betty Fairfax Moulton Hall Alita Boecker Marian Saelens

Koehler Named Secretary of Ohio Supervisors Group

Miss Susanne Koehler director of elementary training at the Training school was elected secretary treasurer of the Ohio branch of the National Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction. The vote occurred at a Columbus weekend meeting with other local members including Dr A L Heer Dr William L Garnett and Miss Pearl Phillips.

Susanne Koehler Ohio National Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction Columbus Fannie J. Ragland Cincinnati Miss Koehler A. L. Heer William L. Garnett Miss Pearl Phillips Garnett

Fresh Girl Leads Friars Musical in Goodyear Hall

Eileen Shrigley, a freshman music major, will star the Friars Musical Revue as the lead female in Goodyear Hall at Axton on April 20 and 21 1940. Director Wes Bennett leads the production based on southern plantation life. The Friars club comprises Goodyear Rubber company department heads.

Eileen Shrigley Goodyear Hall Axton Wes Bennett Friars Club Goodyear Rubber Company

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