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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1943
Page
2
The passage describes a Manchester lounge repurposed for wartime needs. Room 116 Merrill Hall shows a battered piano removed as movers pack it away. The space now houses study chairs and aviation students march in to hear university briefings on college education amid wartime disruption.
Wartime notes reveal alumnae group plans a June 12 gathering at Manchester lounge. Men in civilian clothes appear in USO clubs amid marching columns elsewhere, prompting calls for Men's Union and others to plan quick lounge reopening after hostilities end.
Don't Stop Now Blue Key members nearly doubled 1942 Penny Carnival profits by turning over 392 dollars to the dean of men for sending publications to University men in the armed forces. The national service honorary praises work and urges continuous campus campaigning to keep penny boxes circulating and signups for weeklong drives.
The Kent ag is issued three times weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday during the regular year and weekly during summer terms. Publica tions suspended during vacations. Second class matter at Kent post office since October 11 1927. Printed by Commercial Press Inc. at 125 E Main St Kent Ohio.
Dave Kroft of Bee Gee News Bowling Green State University writes to Kent Stater editor disputing an editorial claim that Bowling Green received more state support. He cites Executive Budget figures for 1937 to 1942 showing Kent State and Bowling Green received varying sums for additions and WPA projects, arguing no consistent favoritism.
The War Production Board appeals to colleges and schools to conserve paper due to rising military needs. WPB officials note paper is critical for V packing boxes and substitutes reduce steel use. maps, charts, sun helmets, and medicines rely on paper, and forms should be ordered to the minimum needed.
A crowded campus column lists names and casual events including Audrey Heckman’s New York trip and a photo, Peggy Jane Calhoun joining Paul Long’s red convertible riders, and music mentions like Pintop’s Boogie Woogie in Russ O’Conke’s basement. Rumors about aircrew weekends, Delta Sig pins, rainbow tales, and various social happenings are noted alongside brief notes on professors, marriages, travels, and campus mood.
A mail clerk reports on wartime correspondence quirks from soldiers. He notes envelopes with missing return addresses and odd inscriptions such as SWAK and Keep Smiling, plus humorous or coded messages. Pvt. Dick Kerckhoff, Mail Clerk 61st, signs off with a light, personal tone.
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