Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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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.

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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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HARLAN HATCHER, once a vice-president of the Uni- versity, now a distinguished visitor, receives a warm welcome from Gov. Lausche and President Bevis . . . Visitors Lowell Thomas found his way through the gates of the University in October. His commentary packed the University Hall auditorium and an enthralled crowd listened to tales of his adventures which have taken him to many out-of-the-way places throughout the world. In January Carl Sandburg, twice a Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, and John Mason Brown, Associate Editor of the Sat ir- day Rerk ' w of Literature, came to the campus at the invitation of the University ' s speech department. Sandburg with his read- ing of selections of his own favorite poems and Brown with his witty commentary on current literature and drama pre- sented a brilliant evening ' s entertainment in University Hall chapel. Commander Irving Johnson, plucky captain of the good ship Yankee, arrived on campus in February to present one of the most popular lectures of University Lecture Series. Spinning a romantic deep-sea yarn, he told the story of his round the world cruise with a young, amateur crew on his brigantine, the Yankee. Colored motion pictures of the 2 ' i year cruise supplemented his sparkling commentary. The end of May meant the appearance of Charles Laughton, a favorite of the campus movie-goers. On a Sunday afternoon he thrilled the audience at University Hall with flawlessly artistic readings of his favorite prose and poetry selections. His one-man show will long be remembered. Henry Fonda, appearing in Columbus at the Hartman Theatre in The Point of No Return, paid the campus a visit and was made an honorary member of the dramatics honor- ary . . . and Dagmar was here, an honored guest at the foot- ball players ' pre-game banquet the weekend of the Pittsbutgh game . . . and our favorite campus guest was Mr. Dougherty, composer of Fight the learn.! HENRY FONDA visited the University during an engagement at the Hartman in downtown Columbus. DAGMAR, blonde television beauty, was here for the Pittsburgh game. She poses with gridiron giants Joslin, Vavroch, Krisher, Goodsell.