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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
3
Nat Floersheimer reports on upcoming dances and student meetings including the Junior Senior Prom at the Mayflower Hotel on May 4. A 4 PM meeting in room 109M discusses the dance and class dues along with other campus events and pledges.
James N. Holm, forensics professor, wrote reviews in the Quarterly Journal of Speech of two books on railroads The Railroad Problem by Summers and Government Ownership of Railroads by J W Walch. He also authored a seven page piece in the Southern Speech Bulletin titled A Philosophy of Judging Debates.
Moulton hall residents and guests will attend an informal dance Friday March 1 in the dormitory music room. Marian Saelens leads the social committee with Ruth Hazen Beatrice Wright Ora Franklin Olive Harris Thelma Wisnieski Lillian Stallard assisting. Chaperones include Dr Grace Sherrer and guests Dr and Mrs Edwin M Lemnert and Miss Kathryn Klink and guest.
The annual HPE club banquet for majors and minors in health and physical education will occur in the Kent hotel banquet room from 6 30 to 9 30 this evening. Oberlin professor Dr Raymond Watson Bradshaw will speak on The Ways of Motivating Physical Education. A tin pan orchestra dancing chorus and group singing will round out the program with blue and gold colors.
Miss Elizbeth Johnson resigned as secretary of the Kent chapter AAUW at the meeting in Moulton hall last Monday evening. Prof. E Ladislaw Novotny, art department instructor, spoke on Old and Modern Portraiture. Arrangements were led by Mrs Edward Willcox and other members.
Girls at Kent prepare for a leap year romance as February 29 grants them right to ask dates. The piece playfully notes open season on unattached men, invites men to expect inquiries, and hints at dances and social outings like the Brady or Cottage amid a lighthearted leap year tradition.
Ray E. Holcombe newest member of the speech department will lecture and demonstrate theatrical makeup before the Tappan Players Little Theatre group in Ravenna on Wednesday February 28.
Theta Sigma Upsilon pledges and alumnae plan an informal Balloon Bounce event at Moulton Hall from 9 to 12. It will feature dance record music and multi colored balloon decorations released during the evening. Dorothy McClelland leads arrangements with Alyce Simmons and others assisting. chaperones include Miss Katherine Boyd and Mr. and Mrs. G Harry Wright.
The Newman club ball shifts venue to Congress Lake Country Club near Hartville. The event will be April 6 from 9 to 1 with Betty Bowles and Ray Hromeco as co chairs. Tickets are 1.25 per couple and a Greek ticket sales contest grants 25 to the top fraternity or sorority.
Merrick M. Hill supervisor of student publications is seriously ill with the flu at his Summit street home and not expected to return for at least a week.
Engleman hall women announce a series of Mad March Teas each Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 in the lounge with dancing to recorded music. Home economics women supervise and Dorothy Snyder leads Friday's event with additional teas planned for March 8 and 29. The annual sport dance is set for March 30.
Notice invites men in Kent to hear the Lowry hall women serenade the fraternity and cooperative houses tonight on Leap Year day. Men are told to be at home between 9 and 11 p m and enjoy the entertainment.
An important junior class meeting is set for this afternoon at 4 o'clock in 109M to discuss the Junior-Senior Prom. All juniors are urged to attend.
The piece highlights Jean Moyer a visiting fireman and reporter who has covered raw scenes from mine accidents to violent deaths. It notes her praise for Kent State University’s Short Course in Photography and the journalism department’s energy. A brief visit from Dr and Mrs J O Engleman is mentioned as well.
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