University and Air Force Finalize Aviation Training Plan
University administrators and Army Air Force officers hold final conferences this week to finalize plans for the aviation training program.
30 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1943
Page
1
University administrators and Army Air Force officers hold final conferences this week to finalize plans for the aviation training program.
Eighty three University men enlisted in the army reserve have been called to active duty with 57 still to be called within two weeks. Adrian Van Wyen, armed forces adviser, announced yesterday and listed numerous individuals among those leaving for service.
There will be a Phi Sigma Xi honorary science fraternity business meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in room 115 Kent hall to discuss prospective pledges.
The Kent State Radio Workshop needs male actors for the show Into a New Life. Director Bob Telford invites interested performers to report to the third floor Kent Hall radio studio this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Cast members of Letters to Lucerne helped build the set last night due to a manpower shortage. They performed both acting and stage crew duties under Prof. E Turner Stump. The dormitory living room set was completed by the beginning theatre class. Rehearsals run nightly ahead of April 8 and 9 performances.
G. J. Altmann, professor of health and physical education, left last Wednesday to attend a conference at Maxwell Field Alabama. He will return April 7. The meeting aims to brief physical education directors on the army air forces exercise and military conditioning requirements for cadets stationed at colleges.
Hope Byrne announces a special Student Council meeting scheduled Thursday at 4 o clock in room 204 Merrill Hall. The constitution and faculty committees work to finalize the draft for council review with final ratification hoped before the April elections. Elections for Student Council representatives occur in the second week of April, with the exact date to be announced.
Elfreda Littlejohn announces tryouts for the women’s glee club from 4 to 5 PM in room 312 Merrill Hall tomorrow and next Monday.
On the first day of spring quarter registration the total reached 807, with registrar E. C. Stopher noting late registrants may raise the figure but the outlook remains doubtful. This marks the first time since 1929 the university fell below 1000, amid wartime shifts and defense factory work reducing enrollments.
Officers prepare Engleman Lowry and Moulton halls for about 500 air crew students arriving this week. Capt. Ackermann says supervision will be by three officers with Cadet guards at entrances to enforce entry only for authorized personnel. Arrival date remains unconfirmed though Maxwell Field noted April 1 as a rough target.
University and training school faculty and staff pledged 915.85 to the Red Cross war fund campaign with all but 55 turned in. Dr. James Beck led the drive and reported full support from University employees. Student total was not reported.
Lieut. Col. Seward P. Reese warns graduates at Maxwell Field that postwar life will differ and demand vision and action. He urges a high honor standard and warns against softness, saying America must not repeat past complacency.
Wartime work did not stop University scholarship students from high averages. Dr Florence Beall announced that about ten students held 4 point averages. About 100 scholarship students returned for the spring term and three scholarships were awarded to Gail Jeffrey of Toronto Elizabeth Ersley of Pittsburgh and Shirley Akeroyd.
Howard Hansen, instructor in the school of speech, returns to direct the Kent State Radio workshop. He will advise KSRW, teach two radio courses and 12 military speech sections for 500 air corps trainees arriving this week. Hansens recent leave to instruct aviation cadets in radio at the University of St Louis is noted. He is staying with Thomas Blair while seeking a permanent home.
John Eckels, supervisor of student publications and journalism instructor, submitted his resignation to join Perry-Brown Inc. in Cincinnati. He came to the University last September from Lorain where he worked as a newspaperman for four years and will become an account executive with the firm, leaving Kent tomorrow.
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