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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1941
Page
2
The article discusses moving student music from the former practice house to University halls, noting benefits and limits. It highlights the campus organ in the auditorium and urges atrium concerts as an interim measure while a broader classics-spreading system is devised.
The piece explains the 1938 peak sun-spot activity and the 11 year cycle, predicting renewed solar storms in 1949. It describes auroras as photo electric discharges caused by charged particles from sun spots hitting Earth's magnetic field, creating neon-like sky glows.
The Kent Stater is issued four times weekly during the academic year and weekly in summer. Publication may pause during vacations. It is entered as second class matter Oct 11, 1927, at Kent Ohio and printed by P B Bonsall Printing Co. Subscriptions cost 2.75 dollars per year.
Kent State students urged to curb spending amid rising costs and a boom in two week millionaires. The column advises conservative finances, avoiding lavish dates, and replacing pricey outings with library books and simple activities. It ends urging thoughtful spending under Uncle Sam’s money value.
Kent State University athletic squads rise on the Ohio intercollegiate scene. Coach Joe Begala’s Golden Flash wrestling program dominates Midwest college wrestling, winning interstate and state titles and defeating Nebraska, Ohio State, and West Virginia. basketball under Rosy Starn goes 12 10, Akron defeats lift season. Baseball under Coach John Starrett is noted.
Don Harris ready to submit NTFC script to entertainment committee. Gridders to wear pro Oxford shoes in Findlay game while griping about 2nd year awards 11 months late. Helen Rothermund to replace Irv Waterbury as Jr class proxy. Schine's marquee teases Benny's latest Charley's Aunt. Peggy Fike to be diamonded soon. Milan Granch loses 10 pounds in summer. Ruth Greenwood nursing a broken nose after a fall on her face during a hand event.
The editorial bemoans a missed sale of freshmen caps, noting the student council was relieved of the duty. It cites Fred Prasse, council president, and argues freshmen were deprived of a university tradition and the accompanying fun.
Charges finished second in the Ohio Conference for two consecutive years and were topped only twice in inter-collegiate competition last year, attributed mainly to coaching by Joe Begala. Coach Bill O Neil’s swimming team had a lean year but enters his second season with plans for a stronger squad in winter.
The fragmentary page mentions Marguerite Cook brushing teeth with Evening In Paris Harmony, Mary Ellen Hayes, Ellen Haus rath with ukes and banjos, Joe Rodio at the Ambridge post office, Goodyear payrolls, Kay Pierce and Hank Metzger, Brady opening a post history, Russ Rinto, Jane Stringer, Charlotte Boedecker’s script lettering, Steve Luca and Dan Boshini as frosh prospects, Todd Branson and Clapp's Baby Food, Terese Green and dorms displays, Mildred Pearce’s campus visit, and May Queen attendants Ben Wright and Jack Britt.
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