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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1952
Page
2
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, has organized a campaign to tidy student advertisements on the Kent and Merrill halls boards. Ads are limited to a minimum amount and maximum size, posted neatly with thumb tacks in each corner.
The article notes students posting ride ads under selling and selling ads under ride, causing confusion. It urges cooperation to trim signs and print neatly to improve school appearance and advertising potential.
In a harsh editorial tone the piece condemns student prank culture as evolving from harmless mischief to professional vandalism. Fraternities report signs stolen or damaged, including a $150 yard sign, with fences torn and items left ruined, urging readers to distinguish horseplay from illegal theft.
Firecut disguises himself to enter Rockwell Library in search of Statistics Their Economic Function. He persuades a counter clerk to retrieve the requested volume, planning a quick exit while avoiding faculty and onlookers. The scene marks a marginal escapade in the student’s campus exploits.
Oscar Levant appeared in Canton delivering a brash yet polished recital marked by Chopin Gershwin and Bach works. His witty onstage banter and strong piano playing drew a responsive crowd of about 1800, with Rhapsody in Blue and Clair De Lune earning special praise.
The Kent Stater staff list shows editor in chief Kent SSTATER, Patricia Long as business manager, and a full editorial team including Ernie Mazza news editor Joanne Moose copy editor and Julia Yeagley sports editor. The paper is published daily Tuesday through Friday during the school year and Thursdays in summer, suspended during vacations, at Kent State University, 115 Merrill Hall.
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