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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1952
Page
2
A humorous recap of college courses seen through a playful lens. It satirizes chemistry political science geography and physical education with quirky descriptions and jokes about professors, topics, and even a geneal misreading of terms. The piece reflects student humor and college life.
Editor letters critique Council choices for the Allocations committee at Kent State. The writer argues three faculty and five students on the panel prepare for rapid turnover as current members graduate, urging rejection of new appointees and citing potential illegality and risk to this year’s grant decisions.
The piece discusses pressure groups influencing newspaper editors including Ed Cliney of Burr and the Journal’s stance. It notes the Burr apology as excessive and questions whether such groups push for vindication through modern university resources, while acknowledging the humor in the original editorial.
Campus Day and Mid-American conference spring carnival bring track and field tennis and golf events to KSU with about 250 visitors. 175 track participants from 40 schools led by Miami Cincinnati and Ohio U. Western Michigan and Kent among top entrants. Tennis and golf attract large entries with rounds and finals scheduled Friday through Saturday.
Like Topsy, Campus Day expanded through the years from Dionysus pageant and lantern procession to coronation of a May Queen, lantern parades, fire risks, Main Street marches, song-fests, floats and an all-University dance by 1952. The piece traces evolving campus festivities and notes a self-proclaimed “just growed” origin.
About 150 students in Kent's sociology department, under Dr. Paul Houser and Dr. Marvin Koller, catalog traffic flow for the Kent Chamber of Commerce. They recorded license numbers at Kent exits from Route 5 and analyzed data to assess congestion and potential by passes. Over 200 man hours were contributed by volunteers from multiple classes and clubs.
Newsroom roster lists Ken Sstater as news editor and Flo Lou Lawrence as sports editor. Staff writers include Arnie Miller and Alan Smith among others, with editors Mazza de Nobel Carpenter and others in a midcentury newspaper staff lineup.
The Kent Stater lists staff including Jim Young assistant advertising manager and Bud Murray circulation manager. The paper publishes Tuesday to Friday during the school year and Thursdays in summer, suspended during vacations, with second class matter status since 1927 and offices at 115 Merrill Hall, Kent State University.
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