Kent State Victory Bell clapper goes missing in 1952
Seven years after Japan's surrender, Kent State received Alpha Phi Omega's Victory Bell. The clapper vanished within a week, with university police noting it was a prop security lesson as speculation grew about its whereabouts after Rowboat Regatta.
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National Service Fraternity
Kent State University
Golden Flashes
Kent Stater
Bob McMahen
Stater
Bell on campus stands mute amid memory of V J day
A stone campus bell remains silent and has sparked debate over its purpose amid memories of V J day in 1945. Critics question the value of a ring-less Victory Bell as a campus symbol.
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KSU
I Remember Old Pete By Tom Fitzpatrick
The narrator recalls meeting Grover Cleveland Alexander in a Albuquerque bar. He describes the fading legend, including the 1926 World Series moment against Tony Lazzeri, and Alexander's bitter reflections on fame and poverty before dying in California a couple of years later.
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Tom Fitzpatrick
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Central Avenue
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Pete
Grover
Cardinals
Tony Lazzeri
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Jesse Haines
Lou Gehrig
Rogers Hornsby
Jesse
Hornsby
Yankees
Tony” Lazzeri
California
Babe Ruth
Alex
Lazzeri
Alexander
Pete Alexander
Veterans Hospital
Chizzlin
Who Is The Good Teacher
A university committee led by Charles C. Perkins Jr discusses how to judge instruction. Members Sherman Barnes Thomas Blair James Fleming and Alfred Stewart weigh student ratings, outside visits, and tests. They warn rating methods could affect academic freedom and that teaching is a sustained process.
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Charles C. Perkins, Jr
Sherman B. Barnes
Thomas M. H. Blair
James E. Fleming
Alfred W. Stewart
Fleming
Blair
KSU
Stewart
Barnes
Perkins
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