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

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In This n it HOUSANDS of new students descended on the University in the fall to shatter all previous enrollment records. The official fall registration listed 4768 students on the Kent campus and 650 at the Canton branch. This great influx of students almost doubled the population of Kent. Many were unable to find housing facilities in Kent and were forced to commute. Others secured temporary quarters at the Maple Grove housing project and later in the year in the University barracks. Classes were filled to capacity and the faculty bore a heavy burden of extra classes. Jammed hallways made progress between classes slow while an acute traffic situation resulted from hundreds of student drivers. During meal hours most of the eating places in town were crammed. In the second quarter the enrollment declined slightly but not enough to offer much respite from the crowded conditions.

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Year z ij UCH ado was made over the atomic bomb and its possible effects upon civilization during the year. The above photograph of the atomic bomb experiments at Bikini was taken by an automatic camera mounted in a tower on the beach. The picture shows the huge tower of water and steam created by the underwater ex- plosion in the second test. All the world shuddered at the thought of another war in which atomic energy would be the basic explo- sive force employed. To forestall this occurrence, the United Nations deliberated at length over methods of controlling the production and use of this brute energy. Whether or not these discussions have been of any avail will be known through the passage of time. While most of the world cringed at the devastating power of atomic energy, scientists were absorbed with the problem of harnessing the energy for peaceful purposes To gainfully employ atomic power presents per- plexing problems but it is hoped that eventually the world will benefit from the development of atomic dis- integration. 19