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THE STORY OF A YEAR AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY TOLD TYPOGRAPHICALLY AND PHOTOGRAPHICALLY Administration Build ing
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OUR POST WAR THERE is no typical Gl Joe College, and for that reason we picked John Boesch to portray the college student returned from the wars. There ' s certainly nothing typical about John Boesch. Johnny left school as a senior when his Uncle Sugar called in 1943. He dragged his 6-foot, 200-pound frame through the dust of Fort Riley and muck of the Philippines and came home to Kent in January, 1946. John had been associated with an unglamorous organization called the First Cavalry division. This Hell for Leather outfit was occupied mainly with carrying on operations around the Admiralties, Leyte and Manila, in the southwest Pacific — General MacArthur ' s command. How- ever, John Boesch did no hobnobbing with generals, or even second looies. You see, he was PRIVATE Boesch. The Japs didn ' t knock out John, but malaria did, and, after a spell in New Guinea hospitals, he strode into Registrar E. C. Stopher ' s office. Without even an I have returned, John grinned and dove into — the nearest registration line. So, he moved into the Gamma house, did his share of Brady sitting, cut a few classes and carried on much as he had before. He also became social chairman of his fraternity, helped it win bridge honors and headed the reactivation of Delta Sigma Pi, the business honorary. June rolled around. John went to the spring formal, shot a few holes of golf, hit the books, passed his exams and was among the graduates on Commencement day. He then jammed his belongings into his jalopy, said goodby to his fraternity brothers and drove home to Willoughby. That ' s John Boesch ' s story. It ' s very simple. It ' s not typical. It ' s not important to very many besides John Boesch. But what is important is what was happening to KSU while John was readjusting and reconverting to a civilian pace. For Kent, 1946 was a year of reconversion in education .
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