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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
3
Dormitory teas planned after hours aim to soothe exam stress. Ruth Greenwood leads Lowry hall 10 30 p m sessions with a committee assisting. Engleman and Moulton halls also schedule informal tea hours and Sunday gatherings for residents and their guests.
Dean Raymond E. Manchester leads a campus drive to place pins in fraternity houses to fund a national polio effort. Half of the proceeds go to research and coping methods, with the national campaign running January 13 to January 30 culminating in Roosevelt's birthday ball.
Duchess, the campus humor magazine, releases its fourth issue today at Will's gym entrance with 800 copies printed. Single copies sell for ten cents and sales are anticipated to break all prior records.
Dr. John F. Cuber associate professor of sociology was notified by Judge George G Mc Clelland probate judge of Portage county of his appointment to the Board of Public Assistance. The board works with Social Security.
Dr. David Olson of the geography and geology department will address the Conservation forum this evening from 7 to 9 p m. His talk covers the multiple uses of forests and their management implications.
The Tau honor group at the University of Texas plans a campus knitting campaign to aid the Red Cross, encouraging student participation in the national effort.
Dr Grace B Sherrer assistant professor of English will be guest speaker when the Double E club meets Wednesday at 645 pm in the Moulton hall music room. She will discuss The Elementary Teacher in the World Chais. Phyllis Martin senior and newly elected president will run the entertainment and social gathering after the talk. Sophomores in the elementary teachers field are asked to attend. Mary Ellen Edelberry collects dues 50 cents.
A German refugee student may join Kent campus discussions next semester under a YMCA sponsored project. Joe Blair, director, says the plan offers a chance to meet a German national as it was before Hitler and to foster goodwill and understanding. Campus groups will be invited to Back the effort.
The Women's League will discuss entertainment for transfer students and second semester freshmen at a 4 p m meeting in room 201 Merrill Hall. Martha Ruefner says plans for a party are possible while revising campus rules is also on the agenda. Pauline Johnston heads the committee with Peg Leist leading the vocational conference plans for March 21 and 22.
The town hall forum set for Thursday January 23 is cancelled due to Professor Harold Hof lich’s illness and changes in broadcast plans, announced by sociology instructor Dr. Leonard Bloom.
The University Quartet featuring Kenneth Byler Dorothy Weigand John Farinacci and Jane Crecraft performs Morley Schumann Brahms and Grieg selections with Harold Miles on piano John Boda organ assists in Psalm 150 Marion Nichols sings a soprano solo Miss Weigand and David Kemppel provide violin accompaniment to The Snow by Elgar.
Blair notes a student eager to study teaching foreign languages at Kent and willing to work for room and board, expressing readiness to relocate and contribute.
Pi Kappa Sigma pledges host a formal dance at Twin Lakes country club with Bob Hagedorn and the Rhythm Riders playing. Ann Stadtler leads arrangements with Louise Bjorson and others assisting. A new sweetheart song by the pledges debuts and a grand march precedes the pledge gift to the active chapter. Chaperones include Dr. Van Campen and Miss Woodring. Deans Parrish and Smallwood attend.
Mid City airport aviation officials report Jimmy Jones, a football star, is the latest student to obtain a private pilot's certificate after a flight test last week. A bulletin from the Naval Aviation Reserve base in Grosse Ile Michigan outlines revised qualifications for naval flying cadets and grants CPT secondary course graduates direct entry to Pensacola Florida for basic training. Applicants must be unmarried, aged 20 to 27, have at least half of a college course completed, and be physically fit.
Two University of Alabama students living as roommates and sorority sisters found they traveled over 6000 miles on the same ship last summer without realizing they were connected.
The list shows sixty six students sick with influenza across home, infirmary, and room confines. Names include Barbara Colley, Henry Brigas, Ben Shaheen, Ralph Petros, Pete Testa, and many others. Several professors and roommates may be affected as the illness spreads.
Dean Arden Allyn of the College of Business Administration will speak to the Faculty Women's Professional club at the Robin Hood tonight at 7 p.m. on the development aims and objectives of the college. The meeting ends in time for members to attend the Glee club concert, announced chair Miss Argra Rufer.
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