FIRST EDITION (1931) OF THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY SONG BOOK TITLED:  OFFICIAL SONGS OF KENT STATE COLLEGE

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY WAS FIRST KNOWN AS KENT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL SO NAMED IN 1915.  IN 1929 IT BECAME KNOWN AS KENT STATE COLLEGE (AS IT WAS CALLED WHEN THIS SONG BOOK WAS WRITTEN) AND LATER IN 1935, AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY AS KENT STATE UNIVERSITY OR KSU.  FOR DECADES THESE OFFICIAL SONGS WERE TAUGHT TO INCOMING FRESHMEN.  A REVISED 2ND EDITION BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1951 KNOWN AS SONGS. THIS FIRST EDITION BOOK CONTAINS A SONG TITLED KENT STATE WHOSE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY MAY PRENTICE WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 4 HIRES IN 1912.  HER LYRICS WERE FIRST PUT TO MUSIC FOR THIS SONG BOOK.

THE 2 WOMEN PRESUMEABLY IN CHARGE OF PUTTING THIS SONG BOOK TOGETHER, AS NOTED ON THE SECOND PAGE, WERE MARGARET ACKERMAN AND ADA MAE TAYLOR. I FOUND PHOTOS OF BOTH OF THESE LADIES IN THE 1931 SCHOOL YEARBOOK KNOWN AS THE CHESTNUT BURR.  THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE LAST 2 PHOTOS.  MAE'S PHOTO IS AT THE TOP OF THE LAST COLUMN IN THE NEXT TO LAST PHOTO.  SHE WAS A JUNIOR IN 1931. MARGARET'S PHOTO IS AT THE CENTER OF THE LAST COLUMN IN THE LAST PHOTO. SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE IN 1931.

THE BOOK MEASURES 10-1/2" x 7-1/2".  IT IS SOFT OR PAPER BOUND. THE COVERS ARE YELLOW WITH BLACK PRINTING ON THE FRONT COVER.  THE BOOK IS BOUND WITH STRING OR CORD WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  THE COVERS SHOW SOME SOILING AND CREASING AT THE CORNERS. THE CONTENTS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD CONDITION.  NO TEARS, RIPS OR WRITING ARE PRESENT. THE FIRST PAGE IS STAMPED AT THE TOP:  KENT STATE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM. PERHAPS THIS IS WHERE THIS COPY RESIDED UNTIL THE 2ND EDITION WAS PRINTED.  SOME YELLOWING OF THE PAGES IS PRESENT.  NONE OF THE PAGES ARE LOOSE. THERE ARE 16 PAGES/SONGS ALONG WITH THE FIRST 2 PAGES FOR A TOTAL OF 18 PAGES + COVERS.

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