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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1940
Page
1
Betty Crampton leads a combined theatre and music department production of Rudolph Friml's The Firefly at Kent State. The opening night audience is the largest in university theatre history, with encores and high energy echoing 1940s charm.
Tickets for the Wednesday and Thursday performances may be secured on presentation of student activity cards at the speech office. General admission price is 50 cents.
The 1912 premier of The Fire Fly drew two and a half hours of entertainment. Mildred Cukrow as Nina the Firefly girl impressed, supported by Irving Waterbury Nelson Llewellyn Geraldine Brown and others. Frimi tunes and Beautiful Ship from Toyland received lively numbers. Directors G Harry Wright Bruce Handley John Farinacci and Virginia Harvey guided the show.
Roger Cunningham son of Professor H A Cunningham head of the university biology department received the Dexter award at Harvard for highest freshman year scholarship rank 19th in a class of 958 He holds a national scholarship and is a Kent State high school graduate.
The university Men’s Glee Club expands to 60 voices the largest in its history. It forms a campus organization with officers and a new constitution, moving to independent administration separate from the music department. The club’s first 1929 debut had 19 members under Prof. Fred Denker, with later efforts 25 to 35 members under his direction.
Kent State University debaters finished third at the Great Lakes tournament held at Baldwin Wallace College after posting 14 wins in 24 rounds. Heidelberg led with nine of ten debates won, while Central State Teachers and Mount Pleasant College of Michigan tied for second with 15 wins apiece. The national topic was United States policy toward nations outside the Western Hemisphere in armed conflict. Kent’s team members were Ivan Immel John Powell Ernestine Baumgardner and Margie Scott on the affirmative and Vernon Beall John Rickey Alice O Lickey and Jules Hardman on the negative.
Ohio State University students spend an average of 95 cents monthly on soft drinks. The finding reflects consumer habits among campus residents and indicates modest beverage expenditure by undergraduates.
Dr. William H. Powers dean of Hendricks Chapel Syracuse University will address the pre Easter student assembly at 2 p m in the auditorium. His lecture How We Can Know The Way precedes a university men s glee club performance of Old Man Noah under Bruce Handley with 60 voices.
Dr H E Stelson, university mathematics professor, received the first edition of his book Mathematics of Business after seven years of work. William Cobb of Houghton Mifflin in Boston selected it amid four rivals, noting its economic approach. The 464 page volume includes 15 chapters, 41 charts, 50 tables and extensive appendices.
Professors at Emory University object to students detrousering faculty during the annual pushball game. The new ruling prohibits the stunt to protect clothing and dignity, noting that pants are often torn and ruined in the process.
Delegates from eight Ohio women’s leagues gathered with Kent State members as hostesses to discuss social regulations, student government, and campus morals. Represented colleges included Oberlin and Akron.
Sophomore liberal arts students are called to her assembly tomorrow afternoon at 9 o clock in the university auditorium. Students will select their major and minor under guidance from Dean Earl W. Crecraft.
Wilberforce Hiram Muskingum Heidelberg and Bowling Green hosted two forum discussions on dormitory rules honor systems campus smoking and school politics. Forty eight participants so far want the conference to become an annual affair.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority informs Prof. Adrian Van Wyen Director of Civilian Pilot training that a personal flight training scholarship is available to him for Stage A of the controlled private pilot course. The award aims to show directors how the course is integrated.
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