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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
2
The Kent Stater is a tri weekly Kent State University newspaper published Monday Wednesday and Friday during the academic year and weekly in summer. It is entered as second class matter in Kent Ohio since 1927. Printed by P B Bonsall Printing Co with staff led by Editor in Chief and Business Manager.
Kent State students and faculty may submit criticisms of the proposed calendar for 1940 1941. Changes include summer commencement after the second summer session a single Thanksgiving day and a 15 day Christmas recess. The draft was prepared by a faculty committee led by Registrar E C Stopher with Dr K C Lee brick inviting constructive input.
In a letter James Martin says Kent hall has filled with hydrogen sulphide gas, art students were moved from the only studio in the heating plant to a gym, equipment damaged in transit, and they lack a safe place to protect their work. They request a proper studio space and progress without hurting education.
A campus newspaper teems with flirtatious rumors naming Ted Charles Richard Dickey Mary Weimer Babs Holmes and others. Scandalous chatter covers dates, crushes, jealousies and social standings amid school life including photo claims and student leaders.
A letter from a construction worker on a college building project in Kent Ohio describes college students as quarrelsome and fashion minded. The writer mentions a black haired student criticized by peers and a collegial gossip about a local newspaper.
A narrator describes campus scenes with white boots worn by girls in clear weather. He notes teachers and janitors, a Van Dyke bearded man with a guard dog, and a loud proff who yells Any questions wise or otherwise. He mentions Casey Leedrick with KC on his plate and campus singing about figs before bedtime.
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