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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1946
Page
2
The column weighs the strain of college costs on families against rising enrollments across the nation. It argues education remains a gamble yet essential for the future, urging professors to provide real knowledge and guidance within Kent’s halls for tomorrow.
The unused relief map in the atrium at KSU has stood for eight years under an art instructor who has left. Since, roads, power plant, Summit Street athletic field, and McGilvrey hall have changed or been added. The map now serves as a registration desk and a waiting prop for students.
A fragmentary collage shows a self aware grandmother figure in a playful domestic scene along with a nonsensical classroom joke where a physics professor tests student attention with invented words prompting a puzzled student question.
President Truman has not yet signed the GI terminal leave pay bill though formal signing is expected soon. Forms will be printed and distributed nationwide in post offices, giving veterans one year to apply for terminal leave pay.
Music for Pleasure announces Loise Prima's Akron show as a top attraction while Crosby and his band headline the Palace in Cleveland. Alvino Rey opens a Cedar Point week. Vaughn Monroe headlines Vermilion on Aug 14. Eunice Podis at a Saturday Cleveland concert marks her seventh symphony appearance.
Veterans and servicemen recall V J Day moments across theaters from Hawaii to India and California. Charley Frankhouser, Sgt., Hawaii mine school, mentions a beer bust. John Beles, 2nd Lt., India medics, recalls driving a car in full automatic. James Rector, Coast Guard movie extra, San Francisco, describes a victory dinner in Hollywood after the war.
Kent State publication credits Russ Rare and Tom Gavagan as writers with John Finn as News Editor Roy Aprile and Jim Bullock as editors Society pages edited by Julian Lugo and William Huge. Business staff lists subscription price at 2 dollars per year while noting second class mail matter for Kent Ohio with 1927 post office filing and printing by Commercial Press Inc.
A student voice laments uncertain futures after the war, questioning value of education and the risk of inflation and strikes. The piece mocks optimistic forecasts of prosperity while urging readiness to strike out for wealth before a predicted market crash.
Abe Schultz jokes about a sorority houseboy who washes dishes and serves meals while claiming senoritas drive him to distraction. The scene at a Brady soda fountain reveals a token wage and soup and bread as his daily compensation, with Abe offering witty lines about earning a bob.
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