Brady's Paddle to Highlight Kent State vs Youngstown State Game
The historic paddle symbolic of Indigenous alliances and Captain Brady lore resurfaces as the Kent State Flashes host Youngstown State on campus. The paddle, once linked to 1797 land grants and Brady's escape, will be displayed and the winner will receive the trophy after the game.
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Youngstown
Golden Flashes
Youngstown College
Wean
Raymond
Manchester
White
Robert White
Alex White
Flashes
Mt. Union
Waynesburg
Wooster
Central Michigan
Western Reserve
Samuel Brady
Brady
Kent
McGilvrey Pendulum Demonstrates Earth Rotation
A historic demonstration describes a Foucault pendulum at McGilvrey hall confirming Earth’s rotation. The set up includes a 60 foot shaft, a mercury weight pendulum on the third floor, and chalk lines showing the swing plane drift due to external forces.
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Pat Harrington
McGilvrey Hall
Foucault
Ill
Science
Vets Aged Claim Deadlines For G I Bill Benefits
A list of GI Bill deadlines covers education training rehab and loans. It notes insurance reinstatement rules for WWII veterans and that hospitalization has no deadline for claims. Adjustments include readjustment allowances with cutoff dates and loan application deadline of July 25 1957.
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Bill Baum
Professors Draw Ire Over Staying Late After Class
An editor complains that some Lagegard professors routinely keep classes beyond dismissal. The writer notes students rush to catch buses to Akron and argues the practice disrupts departure and travel plans.
Olympics In London Thrill To Joe Kotys
Joe Kotys a KSU student and 22 year old sophomore was a United States representative at the London Olympics. He qualified at Penn State last spring and ranked fourth on the U S team while winning two national eliminations titles. He praised British accommodations and noted Finnish gymnasts as superb. He hopes to compete again in 1952 and plans to coach in college.
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London
Joe Kotys
Joe Friedman
KSU
United States
Penn State College
Kotys
U.S
Joe
Cleveland
Paddy O Neil and Straw Habit At Hospital
Meditative Northern Irishman Paddy ONeil once chewed a straw while driving his pony cart and suffered a stomach ache. Doctors removed two balls of straw totaling 1 pound 12 ounces from his stomach, explaining the unusual case. A separate note reports a thief who took 5014.95 from John Manningham of East Orange will only be able to spend 14.95 of the loot, with 5000 in Chinese money.
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Akron
Paddy O'Neil
Paddy
John Manningham
East Orange
N. J
Kent Ohio newspaper notes and random global clippings
A jumble of items from a period issue notes staff roles at a Kent publication, a bootblack saving money, a Milwaukee bail case, Tennessee college smoking bans, a honey cream vote tactic in Savannah, a Bristol birthday confession, and Arkansas governor remarks on a murder sentence reduction.
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John Young
Cuyahoga River
Kent State
McGilvrey
Jean Bernard Foucault
Pantheon
Paris
Copley
Royal Society
Vet’s
G. I. Insurance
Columbus
G.L
Editor’s Mail
Doe Kotys
Kent State University
Merrill Hall
Kent, Ohio
Ohio
Commercial Press, Inc
St., Kent
David Feldman
Feldman
Milwaukee
Harry Kant
Madison College
Tennessee
Savannah
J. Archie Johnson
Bristol
Eng
Ada Ramsbottom
Little Rock
Ark
Nathan Gordon
Amos Wilson
Eee
Bob Weymueller
Eter
Bill Girgash
Bob West
See Ee Hee Sylvester Nemes
Art Garer
Saan Neem Aane
George Scriven
See Ree
Bill Kalaher
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