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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
2
Student opinion calls for national unity to face upcoming four years under Franklin D. Roosevelt. They urge Americans to forget party divisions, support the new administration, and work together to make America the greatest nation, citing Lincoln’s house divided quote.
The Kent Stater publishes four times weekly in the regular term and weekly in the summer with vacations paused. Entered as second class matter Oct 11 1927 Kent Ohio printed by P B Bonsall Printing Co. subscriptions 2.75 per year and staff include Betty Crampton and Jules Bognar.
Alumni from Kent and nearby areas are celebrated for multiple fall weddings and post graduate steps. Kent graduates Beulan Bayne and Stetler wed in September. others, including Ellen Thompson and Willard Few, Martha Brobeck and Kenneth Knaggs, and Olga Cook and C Earl Badger, marry in summer or fall with living in Meeker Wadsworth Cleveland and Orrville. Several Kent alumni teach in Wellington Sullivan and Oberlin connections. Rose Marinelli and Jack Santagata join in late August and reside in Girard Ohio. Mary's death noted. obituaries for Mary Whilelmia Kepler and Dorothy Rose Book.
Leggett questions campus cafeteria coupon policies at Kent University, arguing that lost value through unused tickets and weekly limits impose unfair costs on dorm residents. He proposes three fixes, led by allowing leftover coupons to roll over, making books transferable, or letting dorm girls eat off campus, urging administration to act.
In a chaotic campus column, notes on election returns and editorials mix with dorm signout tallies. Friday figures show 68 girls leaving Moulton, 77 Engleman, and 114 from Lowry. The piece also catalogs campus romances and social quips amid wartime chatter and blackout drills.
A political column reflects on Wendell Willkie's Indiana defeat and urges Democratic–Republican compromise to preserve democracy. It argues cooperation with Roosevelt is necessary while preserving democratic ideals and criticizes mass hysteria, ending with a sports wish for Kent to beat Akron.
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