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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1941
Page
2
An article urges action against speeding as the leading cause of traffic deaths. It cites 9600 speeding drivers in 1940 and notes one third of fatalities involve speed. It targets college-age youth to heed lessons and avoid costly risks.
The piece describes campus architecture and interior spaces, celebrating some buildings while criticizing a gymnasium and main auditorium. It condemns a subset of professors as unremarkable and dull, praises many others, and lampoons the student body as largely undisciplined and educationally undisciplined, calling for tighter entrance standards.
The Kent Stater published four times weekly during the academic year and weekly in summer, with suspension during vacations. It is entered as second class matter in Kent Ohio and printed by P. B. Bonsall. Editors and staff include George A. Fleischer as Editor and Jules Bognar as Business Manager, among others.
Jimmy Dorsey unveils six 10 inch records under Contrasting Music with his band blending sweet tunes and dance punch. Tracks include Swamp Fire, Rigamarole, Cherokee, A Man and His Drums, Keep a Knockin, Major and Minor Stomp, Contrasts, Perfidia, Flight of the Bumble Bee, with notes on Helen O Connell and Buddy Schutz
A collage of social gossip items from an Akron area page. Notes on friends and rivals include Priscilla Jeffs winning a small prize, Jim DeJute’s weekend mishap, and Loretta Varane teased by GAMMA button. Other blurbs mention alimony jests, library gossip, and a church bulletin quip.
Professor Walter C Langsam of Union College urges six simple attitudes to better human relations. He notes long periods of peace in history and argues improved relations among individuals can lead to better state relations. The rules include tolerance, informed opinion, separating propaganda from fact, cooperation, compromise, and humor. Langsam also writes on history and empire and serves as a Council on Foreign Relations research associate.
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