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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1943
Page
2
The piece ridicules editors and columnists for panicking at test results showing many states flunked. It argues that lasting value lies in daily life and notes strong U.S. armed forces and morale since 1920 as proof of real education beyond facts.
In a wartime outlook, Dean R E Manchester argues that education should adapt to future needs. He asserts American schools are not failures, praising students who excel in practical skills like building tanks and aircraft, even if they miss certain historical basics.
The Kent Stater publishes three times a week during the academic year and weekly in summer with suspensions during vacations. It is entered as second class matter at Kent, Ohio. Printed by Commercial Press Inc. at 125 E. Main St. Subscription is 2.75 per year. Editorial office is 115 Merrill Hall. Frances B. Murphey and Jace Collins are noted contacts.
A wartime column follows a bold mailman realizing mail is a lifeline for GIs. He learns letters improve morale, soften tough soldiers, and bind units to home. He urges sending more letters, noting delayed mail sparks anger while timely notes lift spirits.
Ernest Vogel, a former German refugee student now at Camp Robinson Arkansas, writes to Prof. Alvin J. Miller expressing gratitude to the Student YMCA for guiding him to naturalization at the Federal Building in Little Rock. He says the move marks a new continent and world to him.
Local column rounds up moving bits about Vincent Gallavan returning to Arkansas, Violet Gardner’s hitchhike, weekend visitors Lois Ranney and others, aircrew boredom at Tri-Sig barracks, and assorted campus gossip including romances, career plans, radio trips, and a call for a house boy.
The New York Times argues the vast wartime scholarship program will fund about half a billion dollars for 300 colleges and universities to train men for war or warrelated services. Yale Harvard Columbia and Princeton are early leaders offering campus facilities and courses to military students under federal funding guiding future higher education access and freedom.
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