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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1949
Page
2
A bellwether UT campus report notes a sell out opening of Another Part of the Forest and tickets remain for tonight and tomorrow. Rumors tease Pork Barrel scripts and a top class of drama. Cornerstone radio is used in classes. the Friars Club backs UT theater with a party turnout. upcoming shows and a mystery radio takeoff are announced.
Kent State University lists its editorial staff with Jim Smith as News Editor Sid Thomas as Copy Editor Chuck Carter as Society Editor Jerry Mekler as Feature Editor W Dantana as Sports Editor Bob Morrison as Story Editor and Sylvester Nemes as Editor on the edition page.
The Kent Stayer is a daily Kent, Ohio, newspaper published Tuesday through Friday during the school year and suspended during vacations. It lists advertising staff and editors Bruce Walker and Sig Thorsen, with Bernie Suhayda as advertising manager and Bruce Walker as edition manager. Subscription price is $2 per year. entered Oct. 11, 1927, as second class matter at Kent Post Office.
This week’s Stater Short-story contest ends in a tie as both entries are of equal merit. The judges declare the prize will be divided between the two authors due to the identical quality and brevity of the stories.
A narrator recalls a wild party with vague memories of violence and drunken antics. Waking in his room, he struggles with pain and foggy recollections while a ringing phone hints at a scandal involving Mrs. Van Elder and a permanent party list.
The author Gerald A Beeman has appeared here before as a feature writer and as the first short story contest winner last quarter. The merits of this story mirror his earlier piece Judgment Day with an O Henry style reversal in the final line.
The story follows a shy introvert who builds a spaceship and becomes the first man on the moon. He shouts to Earth for recognition but no one hears him as a death and discovery unfold below. The narrator is Douglas Fuchs, a 21 year old sophomore from Flushing New York.
A roadhouse scene prompts a comic debate over a wrestling match described as fake by the narrator and punctuated by a barroom dialogue about authenticity. The exchange involves a skeptical patron challenging the spectacle and a loud-voiced defender who calls it genuine entertainment.
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