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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
2
Ten years after the 1933 book burnings ordered by Adolf Hitler 25000 volumes were set aflame in Berlin marking the suppression of Voltaire Hemingway Dos Passos and other authors. The event preceded by a May 10 decree and followed by ongoing university scholarship programs begun eleven years earlier honoring high achieving students.
The piece notes April showers lagging into May and urges recognition of students and staff for their educational contributions. It admonishes against negligence and endorses continuing to celebrate those who excel while war rages outside. It frames veterans and students as defending a way of life through study and service.
Dr Carroll R Daugherty chairman of economics at Hunter College says no party or government can ignore trends, economics departments must stay current to shape the postwar world, and the teaching method should revive so all students study economics voluntarily.
The student body votes to adopt a new constitution with revisions to Student council duties finance reporting duties for the president and council and changes to faculty committees and publications policy. A five faculty committee will interpret constitutional disputes annually.
Faculty picks Dr Henry M Dater assistant professor of history as 1943 Scholarship Day speaker. Born in Brooklyn he studied Yale where he earned his doctorate after paying tuition only once in eight years aided by scholarships. He taught at Yale, studied in Lyon, and served as instructor before joining Kent in 1936. He speaks French and often discusses France.
Friday night at Stafford Lake sparked uproar with a shout that echoed back as a Delt countersign. Nearby, students mixed gossip from sorority events to naval midshipmen departures and campus fashion notes while planning future assemblies and homecoming echoes.
Pvt. Dick Kerckhoff recalls a string of nightlife with various women while stationed abroad. He praises Eileen Janie Doris Mary and others, notes desire for wine, and reflects on loneliness and longing for decent women in a hard life.
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