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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1939
Page
2
Kent students and faculty are urged to bring full resourcefulness and distinct contributions to a learning moment. The class emphasizes questioning inquiry and active involvement beyond passive attendance to ensure productive educational exchange.
Kent State students faculty and their friends are entertained in a Christmas Messiah program organized by glee clubs orchestra and soloists. The performance introduces Advent with a gracious audience response and appreciation from students faculty and townspeople.
A collage of campus gossip notes names and impressions from Kent, with mentions of Rita Allendorf in knee-length stockings, Lloyd and Alpha Omega dating, fisticuffs after a basketball game, and various student quirks. Names include Verne Steiner, Ruthie Abbeglan, Marty Thomas, Betty H., Emily Post, and Jack ie Watts with a sly jab from a tailor bill.
Dick Woodward from Cuyahoga Falls is called Wolf by peers and touts hitchhiking prowess. Polly Hoff from Litchfield dislikes being called Pauline and excels in skating. Frank McCarthy from Cleveland is No 1 swing pianist and talented composer. Virginia Laker from Warren is Brady-sitter deluxe with dates queued. Millard Downs from Euclid, nicknamed Stubby, wrestles this winter and dislikes hats. Henry Metzger from Akron, nickname Freckles, is a speed-loving freshman with an old Model T.
A Kent State piece notes students, especially coeds, increasingly cook at home or in fraternal rooms to save money and improve meals. It cites rising self-cooking among undergrads, warns of potential cutbacks in student help, and laments average hash-house fare versus mothers meals.
The Kent State Stater is issued three times weekly on Monday Wednesday and Friday during the term and weekly in the summer. It is entered as second class matter October 11 1927 at Kent Ohio and printed by P B Bonsall Printing Co 138 East Main Kent Ohio. Represented by National Advertising Service New York 420 Madison Avenue.
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