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

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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

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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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