Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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TOWN STUDENTS MET FRIENDS IN POMERENE LOUNGE. STUDIED IN POMERENE. READ THEIR LAN- TERNS AND THEN TOOK BREAKS FOR COFFEE. Town Students Also Adjusted to a New Way of Life SOMETIMES WE HOPED WE WOULD GET HOME IN TIME TO COME BACK. Q I2 Town students are unique in many of their problems of adjusting to college life, but we broke down the barrier between toWnies and residents during our life at Ohio State. We all experienced driving to school through the snow at 7:00 a.m. walking from the stadium parking lot waiting for busses. f . But, we often still had mom's cooking and we enjoyed the Union's facilities and joined the Greeks, our religious foundations and many clubs. We too were on our own- many of us were married or working but still we were part of the University life .' . . its spirit . . . its new ways of doing things. students L v

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Going to College Begins Some of us lived in skyscraper dorms. Some of us lived in old rooming houses. Some of us lived in fraternity or sorority houses. It didnlt matter where we lived. We all called that place uhomef, We were glad to be independent and living away from our families, but sometimes we envied town students. We complained about the food, but we were usually there at mealtime. We complained about noisy friends in the hall when we were trying to study, but we were always ready for a bridge game or a bull session. The people next door and down the hall became our most intimate friends. We smoked our first cigarettes with them, We confided the progress of our romances with them. We shared cold pizza at midnight with them. I i ur- J, l F. ,. F 3 VWMMA1 W Msn . 1

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THAT WALK FROM THE STADIUM WAS CHEERFUL ON A SPRING MORNING. CAR OWNERS WHO DECIDED NOT TO'WALK USUALLY PAID THE CONSEQUENCES. WE ALWAYS COULD FIND A GROUP OF FRIENDS IN THE UNION LOUNGE.