Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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A pIctu7 ' fe-4hQlwill moke you shrink ' = -Arises if you stopTrt-tiiink How shocked would be ftioKpioneer nnasseh Cutler, the pulpiteeT tnom, the general so respected they cO»kinow be resurrected To view the sndmelul degredation That marks our youn et neration. Tlieyji-stare, , And swear it ill begotten holly rotten Are ll modern educators Who D ray their alma maters And lendSijpport To lorms of 5Bort • That tend to mdise our youth effeminate And ill the fun oncMhought collegiate. How happy were thoseS ays of simple habits When youth found joy in sjntemplating Nature! Two by two they strolled acrb the bridge. Their steps directed toward oui ulfural rival, The state asylum, with its lovely coj npus. Where keen-eyed Nature lovers might discover The bright-eyed daisy or the violet. Or possibly some bloom a bit less modest. Meanwhile some souls much more adventurous Set forth in quest of things more stimulating. Bold hunters, they, who sought with splendid courage That fearsome beost, that match for hunter ' s skill. dangerous White Mule, which hod its lair, days, in secret places in our valley earned for victims It might paralyze. victories the noble hungers won: triumphs must be credited the monster. ,t It was a truly noble fight y not doubt. Or do you think we may? e grumbled. ■ossips mumbled, Why they do It we don ' t know. outh protested, en suggested, ell us, then, where CAN we go? Though they pleaded. No one heeded. Critics who had been so violent And had chlded Now subsided, l und it better to be silent. But the students. Scorning prudence MadST tQld and shrewd suggestion. Build o ploy- A day-and-night spoT! There ' s the answer to our qu Our means are scanty, But we ' ll ante Extra dough at registration Till we ' ve succeeded ri 9 ting the needed Funds to start the excavation. We honor, now, that class of forty-eight. Whose courage launched the project now achieved, Who dreamed a dream and out of it conceived The plan we now are met to celebrate. With heort-felt thanks we now congratulate The planning group who confidently weaved A pattern for the dream so few believed And no one thought so soon to consummate. Deep reverence for those wizards of finance. Our President and treasurer ef al. Than, whom there surely are no competenter. Thank Heaven for the happy circumstance Thot brought together this Inspired cabal To build our beautiful Ohio Center. Prof. C. N. Mackinnon February 18, 1954