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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1941
Page
2
Freshmen, only six months on campus, boast a treasury of 509 and a strong turnout at frosh meetings. Seniors met with 25 of 282. juniors 26 of 383. sophomores 21 of 695, highlighting uneven participation. Larry Woodell and staff de iced campus walks reducing hazards by 90 percent.
A lively roundup notes ad libbed exchanges by Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Deanna Durbin on set and at premieres. It highlights Joan Carroll's stage promise, Jack Benny and Fred Allen banter, and lists current film lineups from MGM Paramount 20th Century Fox Universal Warner Bros with stars like Barbara Stanwyck Rita Hayworth Deanna Durbin and Edward G Robinson.
A reader praises a renovated commuter room in MacGilvrey hall but laments the absence of women. The letter urges female students to claim the space and become pioneers of 1941 to ensure more equitable access for "suitcase students."
Men who checked the 101 Merrill hall booth last Friday night are urged to contact Fred Brigeman in the psychology office if they have information about mates.
The Kent Stater notes its four issue weekly schedule during the academic year with summer term weekly issues, mentions suspension during vacations, and lists editors and staff including Betty Crampton Jules Bognar and Gus Chigges. It identifies printing by P B Bonsall Printing Co and office in Kent Ohio.
A detailed campus feature describes O Conke s Deck the new student hangout at Kent with a nautical theme. It notes capacity 168 seats the anchor shaped booths a fountain with SS Kent mark and a soaring ceiling mural. Staff and students are pictured from Priddy to June Adams while the noisy opening draws a crowded scene and bets on its lasting appeal.
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