Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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KENT FULFILLS AN OBLIGATION The 1958 Chestnut Burr does not purport to tell its readers the history of the University. A 50-year history, coupled with the Semicentennial Burr in 1960, will do that. The 1958 Burr will try to tell you what KSU is like right now, this school year, 1957-58. Instead, this book will try to analyze KSU. Kent is the second-largest state school in Ohio. As a state school, Kent has an obligation to the citizens of Ohio. It had been originally established as a teacher-training center. To this day a large number of graduates in the College of Education take their places in classrooms throughout the state to aid in developing Ohio ' s youth. As the school grew older, its curricula became broader in scope. Students with many ambitions came to study at Kent and then took their places in all forms of human endeavor. Their need for an unexpensive education was fulfilled. Construction and expansion are evident everywhere as KSU girds itself to prepare for its ever-increasing en- rollment, expected in 1970 to be more than 20,000. Extension centers are located throughout the state to provide college courses for those who do not have time to attend campus classes, either day or evening. CONTENTS Activities 26 Organizations 78 Sports 210 The University 246 FRONT CAMPUS during the summer is cool and green, with many shade trees dotting it. Walks criss-cross the campus, providing short-cuts for the students to Rockwell library and the clossroom buildings.

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KENT ' S CAMPUS has a calm, placid look. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful campus in northeastern Ohio. KSU students hove a casual look about them, but beneath it there is on earnestness to better themselves, to look to the future.

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BETWEEN CLASSES, students gather to talk. Some are intent, some frivolous. AFTER DARK, the lights of Rockwell library are a beacon to those seeking a study place. College Life Varied Although the acquiring ol an education is the primary reason tor the existence of college life, it is by no means the only aspect of our four-year stay on campus. Activities of every conceivable type fill the student ' s life outside the classroom. Often they will enable him to seek a fuller expansion or practical application of the skills acquired academically. There are basically two types of activities— all-campus and those on an organizational level. All-University acti- vities are primarily social or cultmal. Those on an organizational level can be of several types— religious, social, professional, recreational. All are primarily designed to allow the individual to adapt to the concept of group living. But activities are not the only aspect of student life outside of the classroom. Inevitably, there must be study- ing. Often there is research to be done at the library. At times the reading of a text assignment is enough. A combination of study and activities is often achieved, with both equally emphasized.