Frosh Plan School of Campus Traditions to Boost Spirit
Freshmen leaders Dick Rice Gloria Donnelly and Dick Morrow push a new campus traditions program to indoctrinate the class of future upperclassmen. They plan a student run E Book in golden color and a coordinated effort with the Council of Presidents and Student Council to foster class unity and school spirit.
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Dick Rice
Gloria Donnelly
Moulton Hall
Moultonaire
Miss Donnelly
Dick Morrow
Class of 1951 urged to unite at KSU meeting
A campus message urges the 1951 freshman class to hold a meeting and participate actively in college life at KSU. It notes low dues paid, few votes, limited attendances, and calls for class officers and Student Council reps to mobilize, seek opinions, and foster loyal, responsible citizenship.
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Gloria Donnelly
Dick Morrow
Joe's
Jane's
KSU
Dewey Still Leads GOP As Convention Nears
The GOP races tighten ahead of the Philadelphia convention as Dewey leads in early momentum while Taft Stassen fight to stay viable. Oberlin students favor Vandenberg as presidential nominee in mock tests. Democratic prospects shift toward Truman with labor votes and regional realignments shaping a potential Byrd vice presidency.
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Dewey
GOP
George Heaslip
Tee College
Philadelphia
Oberlin
Arthur S. Vandenberg
Taft
Stassen
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Middle West
Vandenberg
California
Earl Warren
Truman
Dems
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Regatta Origin Story In A Journalism Class
In 1939 an idea born in a journalism class sparked the eighth annual Rowboat Regatta. The event ran from Standing Rock to the Main bridge in Kent, later moved to Fred M Fuller Park, but a spring flood briefly halted it. Teen rowers from Pi Kappa Sigma and WAR won sorority and independent women, while Blacksheep won the independent men race. Jessie West and Wayne Beatty swam part of the course.
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Cuyahoga
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
The
Stater
Standing Rock
Brady
Kent
Fred M. Fuller Park
Robert Clark
Pi Kappa Sigma
Agnes Sawyer
Evelyn Smith
Berniece Looney
Yvonne Lewandoski
John Sackman
Gene Jagmen
Dick Kline
Gamma Tau Delta
Jessie West
Wayne Beatty
Kent Stater Notice and Publication Details
The Kent Stater records show daily publication Tuesday through Friday during the school year and fewer issues on summer Tuesdays and Fridays. It was entered as second class matter October 1, 1879, at the Kent, Ohio post office and printed by Ghioal Press, Inc. on Depeyster Street.
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Kent Stater
Kent
Death ghost hits Ray McKinley in Akron crowd
Ray McKinley faced a flop in Goodrich hall Akron with 350 attendees and blamed bad business and economic pressures for smaller bands. He recalled his 20 years in show business, his span with the Dorsey brothers, and his rare drum only role while noting Glenn Miller’s departure to Europe.
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Sylvester Neme
Ray McKinley
Goodrich Hall
Akron
McKinley
Kent
Europe
Glen Miller
American Forces Network
Glenn
Dorsey Brothers
Columbia University
Tubman
Tub
Ravel
Kappa Sigma Chi
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Old Central
Minnesota
Heaslip
Regatta
By W. Dan Oana
Merrill Hall
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
Robert J. Casey
Business
MGR
Angeline Scourcos
Gloria Psey
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