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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
2
Mrs Fellers backs student questions about the dining hall meal plan. Students push for refunds for unused meals and propose a ticket system charging only for meals eaten. She notes she might consider the restaurant style tickets if examined thoroughly.
A winter wonderland drapes midway up Main Street revealing the University campus as a notable landmark in the snowy scene.
Mrs. Fellers outlines dormitory dining hall rules and ticket system. Students who skip meals for a week receive refunds. Each student pays 77 cents daily for three meals, with vacation days subtracted. About 200 of 450 ticket holders eat breakfast daily, prompting calls for ideas for next year.
NTFC notes revive campus names Stan Mouse and Bill Guisewite in Dayton posters. Mouse, in the army air corps, and Guisewite, stationed in England, were University of Dayton alumni. Dean Allyn received a Mouse poster from Lieut Herbert W Wilbur, promoting Independent stores to aid the home front. Mouse has been decorated for overseas services.
Pvt John Boesch writes from a Philippines foxhole to E C Stopher university registrar. He recalls waves ashore and hopes to return to Kent and the Gamma house, noting gratitude from liberated Filipinos. Sgt Clifford Hancock sends Christmas wishes to Kent State friends and notes wartime hopes for peace in 1945.
The Christmas Carnival at Ohio University in Athens featured a music box styled juke box and a floor show on Saturday. Bowling Green State University plans revert to pre war schedule with the navy program ending and a fall term opening September 19, 1945. Ball State hosted World Front Panel experts on current history. Denison YWCA presents Christmas at the Crossroads, first produced at Ohio State. Bowling Green theater stages Boy Meets Girl December 14 and 15.
A collage of campus chatter and social notes from the era includes new officer Donna Maurer and her top vote, cheering for Roosevelt High School, decorations by Moulton hall gals, impromptu parties, farewells for Dolores Faust, and updates on students like Jean Delaney, Mercedes Sanchez, Ethel Schirmer, Kay Bardelline, Ellen Phillips, Dot McMullen, and many others. Notable items mention birthdays, crushes, and social events at KSU and local clubs.
In Athens amid food shortages and feared epidemics, British air bases intensify raids around the city. European fronts see Budapest evacuated under fire, while Patton and Hodges push advances in snow and counterattacks near Dillingen and the Roer line. In Denver, Nubbins Hoffman, 3, nears a second Christmas after a recent operation.
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