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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1946
Page
2
A campus debate cites military approach to discipline with MPs on campus and identification tags. McGilvrey hall rooms are locked due to fire hazards from discarded cigarette ashes and butts on the rubber floor.
The letter notes space in the gym balcony and lounges for lunches and smoking respectively and critiques the lack of voluntary rule obedience in learning institutions. It questions the practicality of forceful rule enforcement.
The article reflects on the Boston Massacre and compares it to other war sacrifices. It notes how 176 years ago gallant men died for a cause in Boston and questions who could name the defenders of Corregidor or the dead at Malmedy or Anzio, emphasizing the many who die for causes across history.
A. E. Ruggles, a Kent native and janitor at Kent State, recalls the university’s growth from its early days. He notes Rockwell library’s completion, land ownership by his grandfather, and the shift from a rural campus to a serious student body.
The piece notes severe housing shortfalls at Alabama Polytechnical Institute in Auburn with 1000 veterans turned away, 2500 Iowa veterans with 40 percent married, and Iowa still accepting only singles. Arizona Indiana operate trailer camps. Vermont uses a strict priority system. It also covers government check notices, mail forwarding limits, and profiles Jack Cropp, Coast Guard veteran and K-Vets treasurer.
Poets Corner prints a humorous verse by Chet Klingensmith about avoiding thrills and fast money preferring to stay in bed with the covers pulled over his head.
Peg Cooper and Bill Hawkins plan to wed on the 16th. Jeanne Cook seen with Roy Newsome. Leena Fox left school last week. Dona Mae Burkhardt dating wrestler Gene Glass. Chet Klingensmith back on campus. Lois Lintz and Otis Maxwell remain together. Gamma bridge, poker club banter. AO honors Ingrid Tornberg for engagement to Ed Van Trease. Aggie Hart and Jack Wendleton among couples.
The National Dairy Council of Chicago explains butter shortages due to price ceilings on butter, production shifts toward cream and milk, and large postwar military use. It notes U S income tax rise after the war from four million to over forty million and six percent of the world’s population living in America.
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