Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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CARL SANDBURG is known as America ' s most truly native poet and greatest authority on Abraham Lin- coln; JOHN MASON BROWN, America ' s Minister of Cultural Affairs is Associate Editor of the Saturday Review of Literature — they visited campus together. Visitors National celebrities and famous alums found a w arm Tv elcome at Ohio State . . . Almost every week we welcomed another famous personality to the campus. Favorite recording artists were contracted for each of the big campus dances, the Day of Champions brought back our famous Ail- American athletes, and the University Lecture Series invited the country ' s greatest men of letters to pre- sent their favorite works to enthusiastic audiences Stan the man and his band graced the Union bandstand last Spring Quarter and hypnotized a happy crowd with his particular brand of Kenton artistry. The dance floor was almost too crowded for dancing and Kenton complied with an im- promptu concert to the delight of the standees crowding the bandstand. The football season brought back many a famous alum who hadn ' t forgotten the tliriil of an after- noon spent in the packed stadium. Chic Harley and Vic Janowicz, All-Americans from different eras, were here to relive their gridiron memories. Jesse Owens, most famous of Ohio State ' s Olympic champions, thrilled a Day of Champions crowd with an address on behalf of all the champions honored that day. Sigma Chis welcomed alum Milt Caniff of Steve Canyon fame when he appeared at the 15th Ave. house for the Homecoming Banquet. Elliot Lawrence was the Union ' s guest artist for Fall Quarter and his music was so popular he agreed to another appearance on the bandstand the next quarter. CHARLES LAUGHTON peers at the Makio photographer over the stack of books from which he read favorite selections of prose and poetry during his one-man show Spring Quarter.

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Mary Lou Wilson and Hal Gatewood sit out one dance Dick Felty and Lotey J,mii. L.in ' t resist teasing Dick along crowded sidelines at the big Greek Week dance. Bard as he pours Sue Griffin ' s punch a bit awkwardly. The Greek Week Commit- tee: Gwen Tooley, Al Fel- dan, Mary Todd, Chair- man Art Kaplansky, Clarkson Bitzer, Gerry Windham, Co - chairman Sara Kreglow, Seymo Glick, Dan Bower, Ellen K ' r.1in :l,v nnri A hp Sflirip-

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ELLIOT LAWRENCE and his band proved popular enough with students who crowded the Union to war- rant another invitation from the Greek Week committee. JOHNNY LONG of Shanty in the Town fame pauses between numbers during his en- gagement on the Union bandstand for one of their quarterly sponsored all-campus dances. STAN KENTON beams across the keyboard at the ca- pacity crowd which jammed the Union ballrooms to listen and dance to distinctive Kenton arrangements. LOWELL THOMAS, well known radio personality, vis- ited campus to present a fascinating lecture about his brilliant career as author, explorer, and commentator.