Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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THE END OF THE SESQUI Paying a tribute to the men who founded Ohio University in 1804, the sesquicentennial celebrations drew to a close with the biggest events ever. During Homecoming, there was the final staging of The Green Adventure, a play written especially for the sesqui- centennial by novelist Charles Allen Smart, and a fireworks dis- play. IFC and Pan-Hel sponsored the Woody Herman concert, with the proceeds of the show going to the alumni Sesquicentennial Scholarship Fund. Even Woody Herman himself contributed a part of his takings toward the Fund. Even as early as fall, the Fund itself had more than doubled its original goal of $150,000. The last of the four official observances of the sesquicentennial was the Conference on Higher Education. It was attended by over 200 educators from 1 30 institutions who discussed prob- lems that will face colleges and universities in Ohio and the U.S. during the next 10 or 15 years. The main feature of the Confer- ence was a convocation with Harold E. Stassen, Foreign Opera- tion Administrative director, speaking on Education and Freedom. With the sesquicentennial celebrations over, Ohio University entered its 151st year. Convocation Speaker Harold E. Stassen Woody Herman and his Herman Herd

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■ v 4 w f Lilting Memories Music set the mood on the campus this year: serious, soft, lively, melodious, in- spiring. George Shearing, Woody Herman, Fred Waring, the glee clubs, the choirs, the orchestras, the dances. Jazz, sym- phonies, marches, spirituals, carols, con- certos, you name it. And the music of yes- terday, today and tomorrow, summed up in the Musical Omnibus, which featured songs from The Green Adventure, the Civil War times, the Gay Nineties and the two world wars.

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