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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1941
Page
2
Head Coach G. D. Starn clarifies the delay in athlete awards attributes it to finances. Students suspected issues as two council members sought an inquiry while Varsity K planned an awards event despite no awards. The paper urges either ending letters or boosting athletic funds to cover expenses and awards.
The boys prepare for the game tomorrow knowing funds are scarce for letters but the gym crowd will back them as they aim to beat Bluffton in a spirited showdown.
The health and physical education department offers social dancing classes for students and faculty on Sept 30 and Oct 7 at Wills gym. Clement Brown of Akron will direct, covering fundamentals and ballroom courtesy. Beginners meet 7:30 to 8:30, advanced sessions follow, tickets required.
College deans urge careful credit tracking as defense pressures push students to rush degrees. Dean Earl W. Crecraft notes liberal arts requires 60 hours to enter upper division and 40 hours of upper division work plus 24 hours from any division to graduate. He advises students to check standings now to plan future required courses.
The president's desk displays a soap stone Buddha from China a jade note box from a Syracuse connection two Oriental lions a Korean gift pair and Confucian lions a circular thermometer a French telephone a long red pencil and shelves of international affairs publications many knickknacks yet the desk remains meticulously organized with all absence of clutter ready for business.
A row of cheeky notes names and antics around Solon Virginia and nearby towns. Mentions include Little Eva Suzy Martin Ken Grimm Marge Stepfield and Pat Graham among others. Humorous jabs focus on dating rumors, campus crushes, and social scene at a teacher’s college along with a quip about waving at a professor.
The Kent Stater prints four times weekly during the academic year and weekly in summer. Publication suspended during vacations. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1927 in Kent Ohio. Printed by P. B. Bonsall Printing Co. Subscription price two dollars and seventy five cents per year.
The piece argues over who deserves naming rights as Kent State University plans a new football field. It laments delayed recognition for Merle Edwin Wagoner, a devoted university athlete and mentor, while critiquing the tradition of honoring the deceased through campus renamings.
Forty seven entries in the 17th annual Water Color Society exhibition of Ohio will arrive next week and hang in Kent hall art gallery from Oct 1 to Oct 30. Miss Nina Humphrey head of the school of art announced. Most entries are outdoor scenes with two depicting nearby Hudson.
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