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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1941
Page
2
City solicitor directed to investigate state fire safety laws. Warning note focuses on third floor dwellings and escape equipment for house mothers and fraternity house managers. The council heard a tip aimed at improving alarm and exit readiness.
Miss Francis Marsh says state law covers public dwellings only and a city ordinance may regulate private homes. Fires risk in sorority and fraternity houses prompts calls for self installed escapes. one option shows costs from $17.50, urging proactive safety upgrades now.
The 1941 campaign calls on fraternities sororities and campus groups to raise academics during Defeat Deficiency Week. It urges membership of ineligible students be avoided and asks organizations to cooperate in the scholastic effort.
The Daily Tar Heel urges the University of North Carolina community to draft a written student body constitution. It would delegate authority, clarify who runs editorial policy, student conduct cases, and dean disputes, while favoring a brief, readable document for student votes in spring elections.
Larry Wooddell, maintenance director, solved the heating problem in Mc Gilvrey hall by finding excess basement moisture caused the thermostatic control to fail. The university relocated the machinery to the roof and professors are already removing sweaters and polo shirts.
A recent survey finds 28 percent of coeds answer yes to making some of their own clothes.
The Kent Stater is a four issue weekly student newspaper published Tuesday to Friday during the academic year and weekly in summer. It is entered as second class matter and printed in Kent Ohio by P B Bonsall Printing Co. It is a member of the Collegiate Press.
Seniors discuss Kent State's rising profile across athletics and academics. Lenny Hill notes higher standards in varsity sports and business programs, while Bill Gillis cites improved athletics boosting reputation. Mary Nickerson says Kent is now seen as a fast growing Ohio university, though outsiders still question future paths for graduates. Gene Simpson notes outsiders view Kent mainly as a teaching college and asks why he attends.
Rehearsals for The World We Live In show director G Harry Wright chose a timely, forceful production with humor. Associate Prof E Ladislaw Novotny works toward a finished Havana painting for student viewing. Mary Van Kirk makes her Met debut in Die Walkure with Leinsdorf conducting. NBC Blue will carry Saturday matinee. Also notes on Cleveland Opera April 6 11 and Benny Goodman Duke Ellington polls for King of Swing. Glenn Miller leads sweet bands and ranks third in King of Corn poll.
Dr E C Beck of Emory University argues college students use language socially but lack factual material for intelligent conversation. He advocates a middle ground between social ease and academic substance amid shifts in progressive education. Industrial arts teachers of the Michigan Education Association Region Two to meet at Midland High on November 26.
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