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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1950
Page
2
The Kent State University Author selections were presented by the English Department as part of the Arts festival. Copies are available at the bookstore and English office for twenty five cents. Both poems are copyrighted 1950 by Kent State University.
A poem by Lloyd Chipps reflects on pearl divers as aging, flawed men who raid clams to support loved ones. It hints at mortality, wealth, and war while challenging appearances and voices as unreliable as the old shell’s silence.
The era’s literary news notes Harcourt Brace and Company published the Eliot play in book form with full text and directions. A Crowell sequel titled Belles on their Toes is planned for early September as film rights and adaptations shape profits for Hemingway and others.
A veteran recalls two weeks with the Ohio National Guard at Camp Atterbury Indiana and explains new anti tank weapons the 57mm and 75mm recoilless rifles. He notes their portability and use by airborne troops along with the burden on foot soldiers.
The column explores Dixieland trends with Ray Anthony mixing Miller style and Dixie and highlights available and scarce discs. Jimmy Lytell’s London release features Will Bradley Yank Lawson Dave Bowman and Tony Mottola. Detroit’s Dixie Five on United offers High Society and Amen Blues.
The annual Spring Fever Daze at Colorado University shut the campus for three days last week. Women’s hours extended to 2 a.m. on Saturday. A parade of floats, athletic contests and intra squad football games highlighted the three day affair. John Webb crowned Ugliest Man on Campus at Houston University in APO contest winning a trophy and five dollars. The event raised 161 dollars for the student loan fund through penny voting.
The passage lists newspaper department heads and staff positions including Editorial and Managing Editor Edition Editor Sports Editor Society Editor Billie Worden Copy Reader Katherine Brazar Chief Photographer Jack Hooper.
The Kent Stater is a daily Tuesday through Friday newspaper for the school year with summer editions on select Fridays. It notes staff roles including Parker J Voll as Assistant Business Manager and John A Kilroy as Edition Manager, with circulation by Ray V Pelanda and printing by Commercial Press, Inc.
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