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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1945
Page
2
A campus note requests timely pep rallies for the upcoming quarter. Organizers face scheduling, speaker, and team coordination hurdles, with faculty adviser Simmons and assistants urged to secure auditorium space and cheerleaders led by Louise Smart.
A witty note on Christmas spirit and student behavior during the festive season. The writer jokes that keeping up morale may involve drinking, poking fun at holiday excess.
Pep rallies are needed despite potential trouble in planning and should be placed on the university calendar. Different organizations may sponsor weekly assemblies if permission is obtained, with those boosting the team urged to contact Dr. Walter.
The letter criticizes Kent State University for not providing extra bleachers at basketball games. Hundreds of students must stand, causing fatigue and discomfort, while administrators face challenges mounting and removing seats. The writer notes the university has returned to sports but lacks adequate spectator facilities.
Benny Goodman known as the King of Swing extends a strong run at the Terrace Room Newark in his second week on air across four networks and WAAT. About 2000 patrons filled the venue last Saturday with hundreds turned away as weather and high demand collide. The engagement ends December 23 before the Benny Goodman Orchestra heads to Meadowbrook Gardens Culver City January 3. Les Brown and his orchestra also broadcast from Mason General Hospital Brentwood on WOR after earning the Award of Merit for the year with hits like Twilight Time and Sentimental Journey.
Dr F Dewey Amner head of foreign language will attend the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese conference in Chicago on December 27 28 and 29. Miss Alyce Hawk professor of Spanish will participate on the last two days.
A letter to the editor complains off campus meal plans run higher than catalog estimates. The writer cites meals at Lowry cafeteria and downtown costs as $105 and $117 per quarter, while coupon holders pay 78 cents a day. She also notes subfreezing rooms in Kent hall during flu season and recalls Beulah the maid on the Beulah Show discussing mail care.
Ensign W. D. Peshek reports from Kwajalein Island that a thriving improvised university serves servicemen and locals. He notes 75 percent lacking high school diplomas but becoming college ready under the GI Bill, mentions tree planting after the invasion, and cites rapid coconut tree growth. He plans to enroll at Kent State in 1946 and discusses housing, while a former proxy tracks educational changes in Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
Seebrick says Japanese people aim to cooperate but democracy must grow gradually. He cautions against forcing rapid change and warns it cannot be pulled from a hat like a magician's rabbit.
The verse mocks a speaker who praises dogs but ignores hogs, noting a doglike tail and unblown nose while contrasting with hogs. It ends with a playful judgment that physics and math won’t change his dirty looks.
The Kent Stater editor in chief is Norma Knisely with Clarence Tonka as editor in chief and a business manager. The editorial staff includes Charles West Jay Gossett Mary Louise McClaren Marion Cole and others. The paper is published three times weekly on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays during the university year with vacations suspending publication. Subscription is $2.00 per year. Printed in Kent Ohio by Commercial Press Inc.
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