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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
2
During the humid summers of 1940 and 1941 Kansas State University saw rising enrollment and a single freshman English class. This year a list of 22 so called pitfalls for summer attendants was catalogued.
Kent State faces a housing crunch as President Bowman reports no extra facilities. Plans for a large men’s dormitory on the hill await ground breaking, delayed by material shortages. University officials explore T style barracks for veterans and urge students to seek rooms locally.
Commuting students welcomed the newly repaved streets bordering the university. They called the smoother approach to campus life a benefit, noting city officials prioritized university interests in the project.
A repeat notice from university leadership urges students not to smoke in campus buildings. Officials express regret for prior ineffective messaging and emphasize strict adherence to the no smoking rule.
Harold Province and Robert Stevenson, Kent State sophomores, illustrate the 1500 plus veterans on campus two years after Public Law 346. The measure broadened aid to education and loans, with on the job training and readjustment allowances also provided. Housing limits hinder further growth as fall enrollment may rise.
The House passed by 380 to 0 the Enlisted Leave pay bill and sent it to the Senate Military Affairs committee, with enactment possibly months away for payments. The House Veterans committee approved a 20 percent rise in monthly compensation for disabled WWI and WWII veterans and aid for dependents. The Ohio College Veterans Federation endorsed a 20 percent subsistence increase for veteran students and discussed pushing a state bonus, housing allocations, and dorm provisions for married veterans amid a special state legislature session.
The article notes permission for GI wives to live on University grounds, the creation of a summer vocational guidance and rehabilitation camp, and improved state facilities for wounded veterans. KSU delegates Roy Newsome and W W K Smith attend with Bill Sullivan and Ann Gray and Lydia Zittalau from the Legion of Women Vets as observers. The next federation meeting is scheduled for July 27 in Columbus, Ohio.
The K Vets launch a summer off campus social camp at Jayteen hall this Sunday from 1 30 p m to 6 p m then 7 30 p m to 10 p m with Thursday hours 7 to 10 p m The camp offers a dance hall juke box ping pong pool and lounge Admission is 75 cents per month and entry requires a K Vet social card The opening night was cancelled due to a K Vet smoker event.
Students who have not completed the required speech and hearing tests must arrange an appointment this week in Room 316 Kent. This is the final week for appointments in this session.
In a Brady bar Abe Schultz declares beautiful girls should not attend college claiming unpretty girls are the ones who must enroll to learn to earn a living. He laments lack of dates and dismisses college as unnecessary while heckled by patrons and music plays.
Poem presents a moody meditation on night, fire, and lingering chill. Paul Harris describes a landscape where misery fades into memory yet the curse and artificial mirth persist. The piece unsettles with haunted calm before dawn.
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