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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1945
Page
1
A May 31 spring picnic organized by the student faculty relations committee led by Eileen Warren features a male student versus faculty softball game, group singing, social dancing, and a buffet supper. Tickets cost 30 cents, with rain plans moving activities inside Kent Hall, Wills Gymnasium, and Merrill halls.
Ray D Metcalf selects ten University musicians for the tenth Intercollegiate Band festival at Oberlin on May 13. The 90 piece all women ensemble includes Maxine Kidd and six others on woodwinds and brass with two saxophonists joining last week. Program features Grofe Gould Price Williams Hanson and Cowell works plus three Negro Dances and the Intermezzo from the Nordic Symphony.
Phi Sigma Xi hosts its first open house in McGilvrey hall from 1 to 4 pm. Demonstrations span biology chemistry physics and mathematics with experiments in air pressure gravitation electricity surveying slide rule and commutating machine. Helen Lee invites students faculty and townspeople to attend.
A registrar report lists 318 honor students with 3.00 or better GPA last quarter. Seniors Peg Curry Laura McConnell Joanne Limber Mary Marvin Ruth Jane Recht Betty Van Bolt lead 4-pointer group with six seniors and two graduates. Juniors Gene Barker Jeannette Brock Harry Daniels Marian Durst Juanita Huth Don Wargowsky. sophomores Ruth Howard. underclassmen Carol Schaefer Eileen Smith Janet Lowry. Overall 37.67 percent of 844 enrollment achieved honor status. 83 plus 3.50+ and 209 at 3.00–3.49.
Ten campus groups have applied for Penny Carnival concessions for Saturday May 19. Co chairs Jim Patterson and Betty Brown say more applications are expected before 4 p.m. today. Promotions limit duplicate booth ideas, with the least prior concessions winning. A five act Alpha Psi Omega play will headline the event with Janet Irons Betsey Case and Al Welch aiding.
Ruth Pfohl Grams of Dover Ohio will be guest artist at the Women s Glee club concert May 17 at 8 pm in the University auditorium. She studied at Curtiss Institute of Music and with Carlos Salzedo.
A special 9 a m assembly on V E Day marks the end of the war in Europe. William Thrasher, liberal arts junior, chairs the event. If the victory comes later, the program shifts to the following day. conditions alter if the war ends on a Friday Saturday or Sunday.
Claude Miller acts as temporary chairman as the Independent party plans a Monday 7 30 gathering in room 219 Kent Hall to discuss Penny Carnival Campus Night participation and possibly sponsoring a dance or picnic this quarter.
Miss Helen Whitman Machan, associate professor of French and Spanish, travels to Ohio State University in Columbus to attend the Inter American Cultural conference.
The 1945 Chestnut Burr queen will be chosen by Earl Carroll and revealed at intermission during the Burr dance in Willes gym. Jean Lenner will break the envelope seal. Ott Grandee and his all male orchestra from Akron will play for the informal event from 9 to 12. Admission is by activity ticket. automatic 1 a.m. permits for University women. Decorations by the Art club with chaperones listed.
The advanced radio class at Mrs. Opal Boffo's group debuts Judgment with a cast led by Lee Shenefield and Arlene Riggle. George Papp directs the program set to air tomorrow at 11 45 a m with Claude Miller announcing and Felice Faust and Shirley Blood providing sound effects.
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