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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
3
A Stater poll finds faculty and students divided over allowing first semester freshmen to rush sororities. Suggestions range from deferring until January to starting in the summer, with supporters and opponents naming college officials coaches and students.
A barber at Hickman Field Honolulu Hawaii demonstrates how secret agents could send coded messages using hair curls and waves. He claims he can write 200 words in a single coiffure. The Woman.
Echoes of Hallowe en merrymaking fill the Wesley Co-op house tonight with a party from 8 to 11 30. Ivah Bates arranges decor. Pauline Watson and house members organize games. Shirley Gremb serves cider and doughnuts. invitations were issued by Helen Janecek. chaperones include Rev. and Mrs. Robert S Clemons and Mrs. May Starrett.
A string of lighthearted vignettes and name drops follows fits of flirtation and dating mixups. Mentions Dot Milligan Phyl David son Jayne Karnosh Ruth Ab eglan and others in playful social banter amid casual references to Ed Cheseleski Dana Payden Margie Miller Rita Mehlenbacher and Walter Irvine Moffatt Holmes III.
Gamma Sigma Phi sorority and rushees gather for a Halloween rush event from 7:30 to 10 at 516 East Summit Street. The house will glow with pumpkins and barrells. ghosts prowl as Vera Pierce offers fortune telling and games, inviting 45 rushees with invitations.
The campus notes a flurry of dances and open houses with Sadie Hawkins plans, Pigskin Prom on November 16, All-Greek on November 30, and sorority events. Fraternities host open smokers starting November 12 while seniors meet November 13 to discuss senior week and prom plans.
Bill Smith former Kent State campus political figure seeks to retain the county clerk of courts post. He rose to Kent city council, filled a county vacancy, and earned election as clerk. He highlights debate work at Kent and New Orleans, praising campaigning style and electoral oratory.
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