Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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JAMES DOUGHERTY, a favorite O.S.U. alum leadi students singing of his original composition, Fight the Team. VIC JANOWICZ returns to see the Bucks gain victory over Michigan, a feat which he had for four years tried in vain. CHIC HARLEY, center, a near legendary figure of the first great Ohio State football team, sees State win in Illinois. MILTON CANIFF, alumnus of the Makio staff displays art work that has brought him fame. JESSE OWENS, with family, crosses the foot- ball field after his Day of Champions address. I IJON ' $ ■ 1

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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.

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Sally Davies, Tony Curcillo, Sue Markey, and Charlotte Boyd soak up sunshine at Fort Lauderdale. Vacation time is the time for having new experiences and seeing new sights such as this Miami skyline. Marty Marcus, Pierre Roush, Gib and Bob Eisenberg inhabit another beach in tropical Acapolco, Mexico. m . Jim Doane, Ohio State cheerleader and gymn.itist, keeps in shape by standing on his hands in Florida. Vacation Time An escape from Social Board . . . There was the Florida sun and there was the beach, but not everyone was sober enough some days to make it to the beach There was Coppertone, a suntan stimulant that was supposed to bring everyone that nutmeg color that people back in Ohio would envy. There was Gary ' s, where you could take a date and sing Ohio State songs and there was Porky ' s, where you could pick up a date and sing dirtier Ohio State songs. There were the dog races in nearby Hollywood, Florida, where one Buckeye made five dollars and there were the Gulf Stream horse races where another lost 50. Then there were the jai lai games if you wanted to bet more money and there were five cent grapefruits to eat for supper when your jai lai game didn ' t come in. There were girls from other schools doing the hoolah in the Sea Breeze and women from other worlds doing the freeload in the more alcoholic Flbo Room. For it ' s not to sail that they go to Lauder- dale, but to drink beer while they ' re there. There were however, other individualists who chose to de.sert the snow bound campus for the entire Winter Quarter and soak up a bit of south-of-the-border culture. The new climate inspired a desire for a few lessons in Mexican history, silver jewelry appraisal .and basket- weaving which they received at the University of Mexico in Mexico City.