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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1947
Page
2
Brown University President H M Winston argues in American Magazine that the push for degrees overruns genuine education. He notes degree chasing harms veterans benefits and the public good, urging stricter requirements and higher grading to preserve true learning.
Mickey Dover argues that postwar campus changes have loosened student faculty ties and decentralised authority. He claims the liberal student constitution, created as a protest, now hinders cooperation and misallocates funds. He proposes a joint student council faculty committee to amend the document.
Gen. Omar Bradley comes back to the army to guide the transition from veterans administration to chief of staff. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower plans to leave as head of staff in February to become president of Columbia University. A separate item notes an earth tremor in Poplar Bluff Missouri and a looming municipal workers strike in Rome Italy threatening De Gasperi’s government.
Akron singer Don Cox, member of the university a cappella choir and Akron Symphony soloist, auditioned with Fred Waring’s choral director. He earned a rank of (2) and faces six months of specialized training in New York and Pennsylvania before another audition for potential placement in Waring’s group.
A hesitant KSU student named John Rupcuck navigates a campus crowded with posters urging actions from watching for Eileen to voting DDT. He joins a group for a dollar, misses class, and questions what to believe as messages clash and none are fulfilled.
Cedar Rapids Iowa reports Coe College will grant students periodic days off to study discuss with professors or simply think through academic problems. Faculty will host informal conferences, library rooms stay open, and the president cites modern colleges rushing students as hindering learning.
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