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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
2
A Theodore Roosevelt High School paper excerpt recalls wartime draft rituals and misfits. A narrator meets a milkman registrar who jokes about names and alien status. A veterinary check labels him a perfect wreck amid the draft process.
A rambling reminiscence outlines a never-credible soldier’s tale from joining the Flying Corps to deployment in Australia. The narrator mixes misfit uniforms, seasickness, mock heroism, and a grim hospital moment as shells fall and a comrade jokes about the morgue.
The Kent Stater is issued three times weekly on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday during the regular university year and weekly during summer terms, with publication suspended during vacations.
Pvt. Jim Bullock, 27th Field Hosp at Camp Campbell Kentucky, writes home from four months away about changes at Kent and its students. He notes a shift to seriousness, longing for postwar fun, and hope for reunions after the armistice. Navy officer Edgar H. Chapman adds that officers stay alert, with long hours and constant pressure.
From an Alaska outpost, Bob Culver says civilian enrollment fell in the last quarter. He asserts it is a woman's world back there while the outpost remains a man's world with women mostly in roles as army nurses or in USO tours.
Frank F. O'Brien, Phi Beta Phi member, recently graduated in Christi Texas and was commissioned an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve. The program helped many former students gain recognition in aviation services during the war.
Dr. K C Leebrick will depart June 15 as he ends a five year term and a new president will take over next fall while Raymond Clark serves as acting president for summer terms. The board faces questions over a successor with rumors of E L Bowsher, and William Taylor departs for overseas duty as he joins the army.
Editor notes recapping the Penny Day assembly highlight M and M's recuperation from a top-notch show. Posts from dorm gossip mix with war news including LTs Wetzel missing in action and John Zupan predicting Europe before home return. Penny Drive raises over 1500 for servicemen publications, with Blue Key and university players donations boosting the fund.
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