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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
2
The Columbus Evening Dispatch notes that eight months of Nazi bombing in the British Isles killed about 20,000 civilians and left about 40,000 injured, while U S traffic deaths annualize around 40,000 and maim 900,000 to 1,000,000. The piece argues peaceful deaths outpace wartime injuries.
The University band directed by Prof Roy D Metcalf performed a varied program in the University auditorium before about 300 listeners, with under 100 students showing appreciation. The piece list included Sousa Wagner Simon Tschaikowsky and others, ending with Tschaikowsky Overture 1812.
A columnist lauds KSU administration for not policing undergraduate private life. The piece mocks stricter colleges that ban smoking and drinking and argues such controls push vice underground and create a “Dead End Kids” finishing school effect.
The Kent Stater is a four times weekly student newspaper at Kent State University Kent Ohio with summer issues. printed by P B Bonsall Printing Co. in Kent. It lists editors and staff including George Fleischer Jules Bognar John Mine Kenneth Cole Merry Allen Jerry Swope and assistants.
A. Clarence Smith, former assistant professor of journalism and now professor of journalism and photography at Baylor University in Waco Texas, will direct a summer course in photography at Baylor during the vacation. Smith pioneered news photography instruction and originated the Kent short course. Baylor will offer two two week sessions June 16 to 28 and July 7 to 19.
A ballot invites choices of famous personalities to appear at Kent State University next year. Ballots may be returned to the English department office or the World Affairs and Politics office, listing names such as Elmer Davis Dorothy Fuldheim Ralph Ingersoll and many others.
The program includes traditional songs arranged by Thomas Dunhill and Tschaikovsky Praise Ye the Name of the Lord. The children's chorus performs Night Boat and other pieces. Gene Meyer is soloist. Alyce Carr plays Beethoven Sonata Op 2 No 3. glee club closes with varied folk songs.
A range of opinions from Olympia Buller to Marguerite Kemp discuss whether women should compete with men in intercollegiate events, in women’s leagues, or alongside men, with concerns about stamina, varsity impact, and femininity.
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