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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
2
The piece condemns students who steal or mutilate library materials, noting the high replacement costs and irreplaceable magazines and technical books. It urges instructors to assign accessible texts and warns against turning staff into police, calling vandalism a catastrophe for the university library and its knowledge store.
Al Welch leads the Kent August summer class as head of the grads. Despite his dedication he faces tepid support and low dues from many seniors. A convocation will be held Thursday morning August 29 to showcase the graduates' talent, with Pauline Johnston and Joan Halpin directing. 800 Beds.
A radio commentator referenced an anniversary marked by the end of a shooting war and noted today’s hostile actions abroad. The remark questions whether the conflict truly ended given continuing potshots from various nations and current tensions.
Comprehensive guidance by Bill Thompson on applying for GI terminal leave pay. Details include where to obtain application forms, required discharge certificate, how the finance offices calculate entitlements, and the year long processing under a $2.431 billion appropriation. It explains cash versus five year bonds, bond denominations, and six ways bonds may be used for GI insurance and premiums.
In a readers letter two students voice frustration over access to athletic equipment for non varsity use. They describe delays and roadblocks contacting Coaches Stevens Rees and DeWeese and allege favoritism toward varsity athletes while seeking guidance on how funds from the athletic enrollment fee are used. They name Randy Newhouse and Rudolph Ruzinch.
The fragment lists the Kent State University Kent Ohio masthead with editor names Thomas A Bates Frank Vendely Russ Baird Tom Gavagan John Finn Roy Apple Jim 200 Julian Suso William Hugo, business staff, and subscription price two dollars per year. It notes second class matter status and 1927 Oct 11 posting at Kent Ohio and printing by Commercial Press.
Windham readers are invited to dance with Bill Shuba's orchestra at the Community building on Wednesdays. The Music Club pauses for summer but resumes in the fall. Noting shifts, Tommy Dorsey loses The Sentimentalists, Harry James promotes Marion Morgan after Ginny Powell's exit, Woody Herman’s ensemble departs, Ziggy Elman forms a new band, and Elliot Lawrence rises rapidly at twenty one. A fall production titled In The Mood centers on Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke and the Miller orchestra. Jimmy Stewart stars as Miller.
University traffic department announces that registered drivers will be notified first in case of fire or accident to automobiles parked near the campus. Drivers should register their vehicles with Bill Jones in the receiving department at the east entrance to Willis gym.
A tired Abe Schultz speaks from a Brady booth about housing shortages and crowded dorm life. He complains that six seniors sharing his room disrupt sleep with alarms radio and singing while a soda jerk serves him a double Coke and he drifts off to sleep amid the juke box.
Bob Wentz and Stan Mine chronicle 250 prospective knowledge seekers housed in surplus army hospital barracks beside President Bowman’s home. The campus area will receive nightly GI parties and thrice weekly policing as inspections and towel mishaps raise comic tension.
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