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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
2
About a thousand Kent students passed up Dr. A. A. Allen's colored bird lecture and film on North American birds. The renowned ornithologist showcased his 20,000 mile color photo expedition and precise sound recordings, drawing praise from those who attended while many declined.
500 students gather in Ann Arbor to decry the expulsion of 13 Michigan undergraduates and graduates labeled radicals. President Ruthven defends the move while critics accuse the university of vague grounds and political influence over campus life.
Lichty mentions over-aged destroyers and flying fortresses sold abroad while Lord Lothian warns Britain may need more aid. The piece warns that repealing the Johnson and Neutrality acts would push the United States toward war, urging continued isolation and restraint.
Rumors say John Knight of the Bay may take over the Kansas City Star. Akron East star swimmer heads here next semester. Numerous dorm and social notes mention dances, dates, pledges, and campus events with names like Anita Totten, Marger Daubenspeck, Irene Patrick, and Lil Antonelli. Also references to theater formats, dances, serenades, and a Falls train wreck mention.
The Kent Stater at Kent State University publishes four times weekly during the academic year and weekly in summer with vacations, entered as second class matter in Kent Ohio. Printed by P B Bonsall Printing Co. Betty Crampton Jules Bognar are listed as business manager and city editor respectively.
Alumni marriages spread through Kent graduates in June across Ohio. Irene Smyth and Howard Hoskinson wed two years ago and now reside in Akron where Hoskinson works for Goodrich. Others include Luella Hill and John Kellog in Kent, Marguerite Keister and Paul Palmer, June Harrison and Orland Petrillo in Lorain, Bertha DuPont and Dr. Robert E. Tschantz in Youngstown, Freda Studer and Paul Secket, Clara Frank and William Kibridge Jr. in New Philadelphia, Alice Weible and Doran Travis, Margaret McKinley and William Moore, Grace Sutherin and James Sprout in East Palestine, Alice Louise Schott and Francis Hunter Jr. in Rochester New York.
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