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

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V v -r 4.i ' -, V The women of Lowry and Moulton Halls around 1920 could entertain men in the parlors until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Women could not be out of the dorms after 7:30 p.m. and automobile rides were restricted to daylight hours. Of course, no couple could go motoring aloneg a second young lady had to accompany them. On a double date, a single girl was sufficient to keep an eye on everyone. Lights went out at 10:10 p.m. and rooms were inspected at 9 a.m. daily, except weekends. No smoking or liquor was 28 Q-.. J I 1. 1 .5q. V -- . s - 1 D B , permitted. Classes started at 7:20 a.m. Students still found time, amid their psychology of education or home economics or chemistry classes, to participate in other activities. The first fraternity, Kappa Mu Kappa, was established in 1923. Student government came soon after. Literary, dramatic and craft clubs were founded. A newspaper, yearbook and literary magazine were published. The school's athletic record was at first unimpressive. In 1915, Normal's basketball team met with defeat in its first

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fm . EA .4 J 4-S Q ...Q X .v sg :Z 'lr' Opposite page. classis in a circus tent, summer 1914, Classroom Vx 'Q buildings were not yet completed. CUniverstiy Archivesb This page, top, women sharpen their aims in a 1926 archery class, bottom, the Normal Nine baseball team with its coach, school custodian Alex Whyte, 1914. fUniversity Archivesj l 'Ns , Ki' I . 1 l 1 'gi s . ,K , baseball team, or singing along to the two pianos or the Edison disc phonograph the trustees had obtained. Soon two other buildings, Kent Hall and the Administration Building, stood beside Lowry and Merrill Halls on 'Normal Hill.' Lowry housed 70 women and Merrill was the first classroom building. Kent Hall was used for agriculture and teacher training classes. And the Administration Building, besides the auditorium and library, contained a large room used as a gym. Between 1915 and 1926, the heating plant, Rockwell Library, an addition to the Administration Building and the Moulton dorm were built to accomodate the influx of students attracted to Kent Normal by the school's low cost. There were no instructional fees. A student could attend both summer sessions for about 360. The dorm offered room and board at S4 a week. The first fees were assessed in fall of 1917, when each student paid a S1 per quarter activity fee. In the 1920's a S5 per quarter instructional fee was instituted, and the first out- of-state fees in 1922. 27

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UWM N Si l'n4:i'l'0l 'LT' ' 1 r' ---w .t..,.f-- -L - a-c, l -E . No intercollegiate game, 56-5 disaster with Otterbein before 200 loyal fans inthe Administration Building. After dropping a 54 18 decision to Muskingum in its next outing, the team cancelled the rest of its schedule. The following year the cagers fought to a 48-1 loss to Hiram and an 0-7 record before winning their first game, a 27-17 victory over Ashland The football squad fared little better. After two scrimmages with local high school teams in 1914, the whole idea was abandoned for six years. The Silver Foxes, named for President McGilvrey's silver fox farm, then ran up a 39-game if 1 4-..4 ' Top photos, Main Street looking - . east from Water Street, 1927. F. Bottom photos, Main Street looking f X west from Depeyster Street, 1927. CUniversity Archivesj losing streak before beating West Liberty, 7-6, at 1925's Homecoming. Notable defeats on the Front Campus gridiron were to Baldwin-Wallace, 118-0, and Slippery Flock, 82-0 fboth in 19233. Soon the Depression engulfed the nation. But Kent Normal, named a state college in 1929, held its own. Now conferring bachelor's degrees in its liberal arts school, and with many high school graduates turning to college rather than looking for scarce jobs, KSU's fulltime enrollment doubled by 1932. Two thousand students were enrolled by 1935. In 19438, Kent ,29