Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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. ' ' Vice President Stradley on hand with a ■word of velcome for the freshmen lining the Long Walk on this cool September morning. The Veep is an old hand at these wel- coming words and student leaders smile to hear again the familiar ... at the center of this mag- nificent state of eight million people, lie 2,200 beautiful acres ... They know how well he can tell the story of the beginning of another great year for ' his ' University. The first lesson at the University as glimpsed through the doors at Long ' s. Yes, my darling freshmen, here at Ohio State we stand in line after line after line . . . even for books. Orientation Week means enthusiastic welcomes . . . from every corner of campus! Here the Lutheran Student Center registers new freshmen who will find within its walls friendship, activity, and in- spirational guidance.

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Complicated schedule cards and numerous applications, countless shopping trips, fabulous tales of college spun at summer rush parties, fond farewells to the high school gang — all are behind Nancy Siegel now as she moves into exciting confusion at Baker. First Things First 150 Student Leaders show how it ' s done Things had changed more than a little since the first group of freshmen were orientated here 79 years ago. This time there were about 4,000 more frosh and 2,800 more instructors. Faculty members used lecture tables instead of carpenter ' s benches and this time no construction wofkers wandered inadvertently through classrooms carrying mortar, lumber, or blueprints. And Orientation Week had also evolved considerably since the time the Board of Trustees set aside S5000 in 1927 for the first Orientation Week program. Now there were 150 trained student leaders with scarlet and gray badges to greet and direct puzzled new Ohio Staters. Now there were faculty staff members with best wishes and measured advice on their lips. Now there was a speech in the stadium from the President of the University. Now there were tests, tests, tests to ascertain all sorts of proficiencies and improficiencies. The fraternities had their own special hello to give that week, and give it they did, as Greek after Greek sized up rushee after rushee. There was the usual amount of frosh who were confused, misguided, and lost. But eventually all that were intended to get orientated, got orientated. Stu- dent Director Keith Welborn and Faculty Co-ordinator Bill Guthrie had done a tremendous job extending a warm welcome to OSU freshmen.

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John Borton (20), and Tad Weed, poiiu-.itter specialist, determinedly set about the buiiness of the day. Football Season After a long, sleepy summer the campus w as alive again Early in the morning the pennant peddlers and program sellers had begun to line the way to the stadium; pledges had worked busily, transforming the 15th Ave. sor- ority houses for the after-the-game open houses; newsies had bawled the front-liner predictions for another conference crown and had flashed the football special editions; alums had trapsed the campus once again, some had been special guests at the Presi- dent ' s prc-game luncheon. We had welcomed this football day enthusiastically. Then . . . the drums rolled; 120 new pairs of sparkling spats flashed into perfect, precise high-step; a victory cheer reverberated from a knot of white helmets and scar- let numeraled jerseys and was echoed by a Yeeaa OHIO , eighty thousand voices strong. The mighty Buckeyes surged on to the beautifully green gridiron to do battle once more, this time to swamp Indiana ' s cream and crimson warriors . . . and the football season was underway in the typical, unforgettable Ohio State way . . .