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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1945
Page
2
Student readers are urged to stop wasting Staters as paper shortages and printing limits fail to justify the loss. With 841 enrolled, 1100 Staters are printed weekly and 200 delivered to offices, but many are discarded or shared. Each student funds two weekly issues. proper use ensures Staters reach every box twice weekly.
Dean Manchester launched a Penny Drive honor roll to fund mailing Staters to Kent State University men overseas. With $40 weekly mailing costs and only $15 pledged, nine people signed up in one week, out of about 1000 students and faculty. The piece urges more donors to honor those serving and keep mailing lists full.
Captain James Large, home from 24 months overseas with the Fifth Air Force, recalls a funny scene in the Philippines where Filipino girls jitterbugged to In the Mood with his group. He described life in the islands, his campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines, and a dinner with a town mayor near Leyte.
A poem invites the reader to write a line on plain white paper with a fountain pen. Each phrase should be improved as time passes and will form a letter carrying news of home laughter and love, a letter rushing over the waves.
A wartime verse urges readers to mail letters to servicemen as part of the fighting team. It emphasizes sending news, love, and laughter to boost morale and speed victory, urging multiple letters to keep the postman busy and the front energized.
Dean Manchester expresses appreciation for Saturday Letters and Staters aiding the boys overseas. Lt Wayne Baumberger writes from New Guinea about base work, roads, air strip maintenance, and news of meeting Major Bill Taylor in Australia. Lt Pierce and Sgt Eubanks report from Paris after London, noting wartime travel, battle remnants west of Paris, and a former hospital used as a German signal school.
A letter to the editor from a self described “sweet young thing” complains that freshmen receive only one 1 o’clock permit while sophomores gain more. She urges action to end dull monotony and argues freshmen should not suffer for others.
Roy Dunn lists three speech requisites while Lattie Decking, Phil Lambert, Bob Nippler and others appear in campus chatter. Dottie Jones, Ruth Hoehn, George Insche, Grace Padrutt, Helen Cardinal’s brother and Cal Logan feature among social mentions.
A brief note suggests continued Penny Drive efforts may fund a Stater prize for a student who sat next to you in history class, with a hopeful tone about a reward next week.
Wave Sneezy Dunbrook visits the GSP hilltop while Don Wargowsky and Harry Daniels keep to the edges. STG's Terry Crandall chats with Steve. Kaye Tolt reads John Brown letters as rumors swirl about a third party and a new lover Jack Adams. Betty Kimberlin eyes a weekend ice cube from her town.
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