Ten Years Ago Campus Echoes of Change and Fads
Ten years ago enrollment records show 2642 students in classes with women in the minority. A campus dining ad offered breakfast for 25 cents and hamburgers for 10 cents. A Stater column warned of democracy eroding under matriarchal shifts. The Wendell Wilkie Club formed at the university to host Republican speakers. Coeds favored red outfits while male fashion featured polka dot socks. Radio shows highlighted were Your Hit Parade and Glenn Miller. A drum majorette joined the marching band, and men ages 21 to 35 registered for the draft. first day tally included 387 students and 25 faculty. The campus theme song was When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.
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Wendell Wilkie Club
States Society
Kent
Scholarships Offered By University And Women's Group
Applications are invited for two scholarships in Miss Regina Hanway’s office. The Churchmans Scholarship debuts this fall for a student with character and preferably a prior university attendee. AUAW fellowship offers a summer study abroad option with Europe Mexico or South America, with past recipients Doris Merton and Jeanne Cook later advancing in academia and government service.
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Regina Hanway
Merrill Hall
Lester Munzenmayer
Hallock Raup
Edward Pake
Oscar Ritchie
American Association of University Women
Europe
Mexico
South America
Doris Merton
France
Department of Foreign Languages
Ohio State University
Jeanne Cook
State Department
WRU Professor To Lecture Here
Dr. May Hill Arbuthnot of Western Reserve University will lecture in the Union ballroom on Monday July 24 at 2 30 p m. Her talk titled Values in Reading for the Child with emphasis on poetry. She specializes in children's literature and speaks here in connection with classes by Miss Laura Hill and Miss Regina Hanway. any student may attend.
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May Hill Arbuthnot
Western Reserve University
Cleveland Public Library
Union
Arbuthnot
Laura Hill
Regina Hanway
Red Bird Leads Band Demonstration at High School Clinic
George Red Bird, Browns music director, directs marching demonstrations in the ROTC building for a high school band orchestra clinic. Bird, coach of the Musical Majorettes, will oversee sessions open to Ohio band directors from 10 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.
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George “Red” Bird
Cleveland Browns
Bird
Massillon
Ohio
Senior Class Gift Fee Due Soon
All seniors planning to graduate September 1 must pay a one dollar class gift fee by Wednesday July 26. Treasurer Dale Thrush collects daily at the Booster club booth 9 to 11 a.m. A class gift committee and a social committee are formed and will report at the next class meeting Tuesday July 25 at 2 30 p.m. in 317 McG.
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Dale Thrush
Booster Club
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Wee Bonnie Baker
Orrin Tucker
Glenn Miller
Ray Eberle
Marian Hutton
Capistrano
North Water St
Sherbet
Fenn Dairy
WRU
Red’ Bird
Hilltop
Gal
Rt. 5
Dust West of Kent
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