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

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%■ ii KENT STATE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE S The war was over, the fighting was done. Happy reunions! Many servicemen had learned the neces- sity of a college education. So back to the campus they came to enter a new phase of their lives. Students, students, students — where- ever vou looked, students. p5 « : mm sp , jjj B 1 1 1 1 ! i .k ■ ■ ! §§§ mSrMW p™ : S , $i f i-A- ' ' W j ■ TPI. ■r ! J J 19

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President Bowman 1944-. Of 2800 students only 700 left. Of 1400 men only 100 left. All stu- dent groups inactive! All student projects discon- tinued! Limited appropriations! Army cadets gone! Buildings and equipment out of repair! Never was there greater need for strength, cour- age and leadership. Came peace! Came the G.I. bill! Came the veterans — forty-five hundred strong! Five thousand! Six thousand! Teachers, books, classrooms, living quarters; in short supply. But President Bowman and his team brought order out of chaos and all things in proper place and perspective. New buildings all over the campus, new courses, new objectives and new enlargements, but of greatest importance, sound scholarship and every safeguard for student wel- fare! Golden years! Wonderful years! Affairs in Korea affected Kent. A cold war with Russia af- fected Kent. Political feuding and fussing affect- ed Kent. Inflation affected Kent. But, Kent was strong, virile and well prepared. Took every ob- stacle in stride. Today, we say This is Kent without reservations. Today, visitors exclaim. To- day, skeptics are silent and the predictors of doom move on to spots offering more encourage- ment. 18 OWVfMMX These lonely halls meant strong lines of defense. The deluge of veterans was welcomed back and the need for an addition was met by a new student union. IF VI

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The clothes, time and place are different, but the idea will always be the same. KSU graduates have, are and will spread the Kent name to all areas and corners of the world. QAAj UjQjnjdML. . . Bewitched, bothered and bewildered is the attitude taken by a freshman as he meets the outposts of KSU. When we say This is Kent we can ' t merely point a finger at a spot on the map, or at teachers in classrooms, or at students crossing a campus, or at piles of stones and towers of cement. Kent is in Cleveland, in Akron, in Europe, in Asia and in lands far removed from the spot located on Route 5 in Ohio. Wherever a student goes, there goes Kent. Wherever an alumnus lives, there too, Kent resides. When people say On the land, sea, in the air, they may refer to Kent; for surely of the many who go by land travel, by ship or by plane are those who live by the Kent tradition and the Kent philosophy. Were a tornado to strike down every campus building and scatter records clear to Hudson Bay the University would still be as active as ever. Every alumni meeting is a University activity. Each thought of Kent is a part of the institution. When a student enters he brings with him or her a part of the human heritage, a part of the world of men and women. Through four years he weighs, sorts, changes and enlarges his fund of ideas, emotions, ambitions and determinations and re-enters the world-at-large more able to lead and serve. Going, he or she takes Kent along. Each and all take a bit as Kent becomes more and more a part of the wide, wide world. 20