University quarter of 1948 stirs campus and world
At Kent State University the winter quarter 1948 saw widespread mistrust and intra university quarrels. A planned permanent athletic stadium drew about ten percent of students, while global events from Russia to Czechoslovakia colored campus discourse. An act of vandalism damaged art gallery works worth about $75.
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KSU
Russia
Washington
Congress of the
United States
Czechoslovakia
Kent
Siecdaholepiad
Macta
University
Graduation Finale of Let s Faces It By Mickey Dover
After a sprawling university era, the piece argues students and faculty suffer mediocrity and diploma mills while world affairs falter. It recalls bull sessions at Brady coffee shop Hub and frat houses sharing ideas on testing, patronage, and study discipline. The writer notes 320 letters received and ends with the ache that life goes on after graduation.
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Ifpohl
Why Do We Heed Sensationalists and Nationalism Risks
A reflection on sensationalism in public discourse and the dangers of nationalism. The author criticizes noisy pundits for predicting war and warns against censorship in hearings. Emphasizes the value of direct, comparative persuasion and urges restraint to avoid another global clash.
Veterans To Receive Explanation Of Public Law 411
Veterans enrolled under the GI bill will get an enclosure with their March subsistence checks in April explaining Public Law 411 which raises subsistence for full time education trainees. New monthly rates: 75 dollars with no dependents 105 with one dependent and 120 with more than one. No extra application needed for 75 or 105. automatic increases. Those with 120 must submit dependent information before payments at the new rates can be made.
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Kent
Winchell
Heater
Pearson
Paul
Howard Hughes
Henry Wallace
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wallace
World Brotherhood
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