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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
2
The piece lampoons students pictured near the Atrium as either concerted run blockers or the University social set. It notes a design flaw in the Student Union lounge where traffic flow clashes with the need to be seen by peers and suggests old hall monitors would be helpful.
A chaotic campus note rail lists predictions of future events and social pairings. It mentions prom plans, expected serenades, couples dating and breakups, and various students socializing around holidays and weekends, with name drops and light gossip throughout.
Highlights include a student vote on adding 2 to spring term dues for Burr yearbook financing, President Engleman seeking remodeling approval for the Administration Building, Sergio Socoloff directing the Russian Cossack Chorus at the Kent State auditorium, and three Musketeers driving to Iowa through snow. Social life featured the New Year’s Ball, Flashes’ 34 28 win over Hiram, Youngstown’s 29 26 upset, wrestling recruiting for Ohio State, a Kent theater program, and films Is Everybody Happy and Great Gobs with Ted Lewis and Charley Chase.
The document names newsroom leaders and staff roles including Ken ceeeee as Managing Editor Dick Hartman as Chief Copy Editor John Koshar and others as Copy Editors with Phyllis Slack John Fowler Gene Alexander Les Clark Bob Stuart Don Friedman listed as assistants and Society Editor Assistant.
The Kent Stater is a daily Tuesday to Friday newspaper during the school year and published on Tuesdays and Fridays in summer. It lists staff including Hank Newell and Warren Meister, notes suspension during vacations, and provides subscription price of $2 per year. It was entered as second class matter Oct 11 1927 and printed by Commercial Press Inc in Kent Ohio.
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