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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1947
Page
2
The opening Greek events allow unaffiliated students to view Kappa Mu Kappa and other organizations on campus. Attendance carries no obligation and helps students decide if they should join. The piece notes national status may shift and urges choosing based on group makeup, not national ties.
World in Brief reports from New York a ninth prize of five dollars in an East Side chamber of commerce essay contest on the Bowery. Cleveland is cited as the winner author with the line I came to see the sights now I am one of them. An attempted airplane theft at the lakefront airport was foiled when the would be pilot was detained for a mental examination. In London Prime Minister Attlee proposed a cabinet shakeup to the King as a potential crisis landmark. Meatless Tuesday began in Britain, but full adherence by hotels and restaurants is unlikely before next week due to prior meat orders.
Rockwell library will maintain its browsers section guided by head librarian John B. Nicholson. Students will place fiction suggestions in a box near card files and be notified by Miss Shirley Blood when titles arrive. The latest readable items include Gentleman's Agreement and Kingsblood Royal by Laura Hobson and Sinclair Lewis respectively.
A reader criticizes student apathy at a Kent State football game. The letter praises the band and laments lack of cheers, calling for a booster club and Greek-led Spirit Section to boost university pride and unity.
A lively weekend scene unfolds with Redskins thrillers a 35 7 setback and campus gossip. Names like Katin Pfinsgraff and Tau Delta Alpha surface amid dates, theater, and student broadcasts. The piece includes social shuffles, pin notes, and house news from AXD officers to a hospital update on Mrs. Gebhardt.
The editor defends a writer’s complaint about the majority’s lax attitude at Saturday’s game while urging independence to support campus activities. He backs the ISA membership drive and calls for broader student support beyond Greeks to aid university programs.
Forty one paintings from the Cleveland museum May show will hang in Kent hall galleries from October 10 to November 5. It marks the 20th traveling exhibition of watercolors from the 29th annual Cleveland artists' exhibit. Two paintings won prizes and three received honorable mentions.
Frank Farrara reports a survey of KSU cafeterias shows bread wasted most, soup second, desserts most efficiently used. The study finds waste under 10 percent, with equal male and female offenders and mixed motives among students. Republicans, no doubt.
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