Kent State Rivalry in Akron Taught at Kent State East Site
A Kent State Stater column recounts the long standing tug of war with Akron, noting Kent State’s growth and desire to edge Akron in all sports. The Akron Buchtelite mockingly critiques Kent State while Kent Stater defends its busy program.
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Here
Kent State
University of Akron
Kent Stater
Mickey Dover
Akron
Kent
University of Akron Buchtelite
Waldo Semon Pioneered Synthetic Rubber Science
Dr. Waldo Semon revolutionized the wartime rubber program with Koro seal the non inflammable synthetic material and Ameripol used in tires. His work cut fire hazards and boosted tire mileage while aiding ship and aircraft design. he led the first technical committee and earned the Goodyear award for rubber chemistry.
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Waldo Semon
U.S
Poland
Ameripol
Germany
Dr. Semon
Charles Goodyear
American Chemical Society
University Photographer Dick Birkner Poses for Speed-Graphic
Kent born 27 year old Dick Birkner, a Courier-Tribune photographer and university senior in newspaper management, posed for a Speed-graphic feature. He has over 1,000 published images, from aerial campus shots to church weddings, since Navy service.
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Dick Birkner
Courier-Tribune
Birkner
Tribune
Stater
Navy
Kodak
Trend Toward Smaller Inexpensive Bands Grips 1947 Music Scene
The piece notes a shift to smaller cheaper bands with weekly payrolls under five thousand dollars as leaders like Herman and James Brown cut costs. It highlights Benny Goodman Kenton and other stars, mentions Kenton’s rising payroll and Stan’s five thousand five hundred weekly, and urges musicians to act fast for next year while praising local music stores and publications.
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Herman
James
Les Brown
King Cole
Vido Musso
Ark
Meadowbrook
Capitol
Kenton
Goodman
B. G
Benny
Jess Stacy
Red Ballard
Low McGarrity
Babe Rusin
Sammy Weiss
Mernie Beau
T. D
Benny Goodman
Carlos Gastel
Stan
Trory
Downbeat
Band Record Review
Music News
Etude
Musical Digest
Esquire
Victor’s
Capitol News
Othello Set Design by University Class Wallingford
University Theater prepares William Shakespeare's Othello with a collaborative design approach. Prof. Wilbur West and Prof. G Harry Wright guide art 362 students whose scene by scene designs will be evaluated for final selection. West notes the project links art and theater practice while Wright praises the interdisciplinary effort.
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William Shakespeare
Wilbur West
West
Harry Wright
University Theater Stage
Prof. Wright
Ohio State University
Cooperative Art Department
Wright
Business staff names listed for department
William Hugo Julian uso Herb Cantin identified as business staff for the department in the listing.
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William Hugo
Julian Uso
Herb Cantin
Veterans may reinstate lapse GI insurance before Feb 1
VA official Leo H. Tucker of Cleveland said any veteran with lapsed National Service Life Insurance can reinstate without a physical. Pay one premium for the month after lapse and one for the following month plus a statement of health. December saw 7 million dollars reinstated.
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Leo H. Tucker
Cleveland
Tucker
Dewey Barich
Veterans Affairs
Getz
Kent
Columbus
Armed Services
Editorial Staff of The Kent Staters
The Kent Staters weekly staff list includes Pat Morgan Bob Casey Bob Hoyt Bob Lengacher Jean Goncher Ben Warman Joe Messersmith Shirley Dague Bob Wentz Dick Gilliespie Al Foutts Hank Johnston Eleanor Meek Leo Morley Hope Greener Chuck Both and John Finn. The paper is published three times weekly on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays during the university year with vacation suspension and is entered as second class matter October 11 1927 at Kent Ohio under 1879 act. Printed by Commercial Press Inc 1158 Street Kent Ohio.
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Pat Morgan
Bob Casey
Bob Hoyt
Bob Lengacher
Jean Goncher
Ben Warman
Joe Messersmith
Shirley Dague
Bob Wentz
Dick Gilliespie
al Foutts
Hank Johnston
Eleanor Meek
Leo Morley
Hope Greener
Chuck Both
John Finn
Kent Staters
Kent
Ohio
Commercial Press, Inc
Street
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Akron Buchtelite
Kent State University
Buchtelite
Sea of Japan
Nippon
Hirohito
Kappa Mu Kappa Fraternity
Press Photographers Club
By Mike Friedland
Woodrow Herman
Woody
Othello
Matt Fenn
Frank Vendely
Marion Cole
Ethel Schirmer
Roy Apple
Postal Socatyaonsaes
John
Morris
John Forrest
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