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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1945
Page
2
University leaders decry waning student and faculty support for the Penny Drive which funds sending Kent State students to assist service members overseas. Under Dean Raymond E. Manchester the campaign began in 1941 and now depends on renewed cooperation to resume aid to servicemen and women.
The piece urges campus support for the Penny Drive to aid service members. It notes printing and mailing costs about 40 dollars weekly, with organizations averaging 15 dollars weekly. Dean Manchester proposes an honor roll recognizing donors of 100 pennies.
A dense gray fog fills Engleman hall smoker as a bridge game and a ping pong table keep activity with masked players. Signs ban underage entry and other activities while a fire drill empties the room in 30 seconds. The narrator seeks a caller and notes a cigarette shortage joke.
A service member writes from a jungle camp along a river below 18 000 foot peaks describing mail from Saturday Letters, British officers curious about American life, Thanksgiving jokes, and a compliment about American girls. Lt Nelson, a 1940 liberal arts graduate of the University, is noted.
A student argues that 25 percent of classroom dullness is student fault and 75 percent lies with professors. He suggests many instructors reuse old material, offer little effort, and warns against bias. The piece urges more discussion and illustrations to boost enrollment attendance and school spirit.
A collage of campus chatter features Lou Zaremba and Gloria Compo in Pittsburgh with Ed Ennis, mixed rooms confusion after repaint, Jean Hungerford returning as Mrs. Beverly, coeds flaunting stockings, and colorful nods to Helen Platt Ollie and Yvonne Lewandowski. It notes postwar plans, dances, marriages, and local shop hype, plus names like Ted Baskin, Wally Keller, Doris Stouder, Lil Sokoll, Dan Wargowsky, and Shirleys Wolfe, with various social pairings and reminders from Karper’s.
American First and Third Armies join British Second Army in Belgium pushing to trap Nazi strongholds while German rear guards flee. Reports suggest Koiso may resign amid rising Allied pressure as Formosa airfields face 200 carrier planes and German housing losses are projected at 13 million.
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