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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
2
The writer expresses envy and pride as the office passes to Matt Fenn in October. He reflects on university life, hopes for athletic prominence, cultural growth, and a return of traditions. He praises Fenn as a seasoned journalist ready to lead and seeks continued support from administration, faculty, and students.
This report notes Kent State University’s rapid growth in enrollment and the expanding resident student body. It cites expected fall enrollment of 3000 to 3500 and projects a larger campus population by 1955, with students spending about 12.60 dollars weekly in Kent based on 1942 accounting figures.
Abe Schultz talks with a Brady soda jerk about a last week before leaving KSU. He imagines home at Schultz farm for rest and preparation, while campus life and friends fade from his days as he faces a long month ahead.
The 1950 plan envisions Kent State University pouring 1.5 million dollars into local cash registers yearly, lifting Kent to a top center for learning, culture, and sports. Yet the Kent Chamber of Commerce is urged to support campus advertising and student sales, or risk hindering a long term growth model benefiting the entire city.
The War Department expects all GI terminal leave pay to be issued within 60 days of application. Forms are delayed, with first come first served disbursement. No certificate in lieu of discharge papers unless proof of loss is provided. Interest on bonds and insurance payments outlined. Furlough time accrues at 2.5 days per month from Sept 8 1989, up to 120 days, with exceptions. Subistence and allowances specified. estates of deceased veterans eligible for cash. Bills address on the job training earnings limits for single and married veterans. Subsistence payments to professional ball players halted. Summer column ends. reader urged to file interruption forms for leave pay.
The Modernaires and Ray Mc Kinley’s orchestra play the Palace Akron. Stan Kenton appears at Cedar Point and Akron’s Palace later. The Cleveland music hall artists series opens Oct 26 with Piatigorsky Robeson Spivakovsky and two orchestras.
The item lists staff roles with Russ Baird Tom Gavagan as editors and John Finn Roy Apple Jim Bullock as editors and Roy Apple and Julian Suso as society editors. It notes a subscription price of 2.00 per year and states it was entered as second class matter on October 11, 1927 at Kent Ohio. Printed by Commercial Press Inc located at 115 S Street Kent Ohio.
Poets Corner records a Randeau urging action from landlords across Windham and Stow as veterans and students canvass on campus. They describe wartime sacrifice and current plight of roomless housing, arguing without beds they cannot attend school at KSU.
A short verse riff describes a chigger bite and the intense itch it causes. The speaker notes the tiny size of the insect and the surprising severity of the reaction, hinting at a common but stubborn irritation.
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