Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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It wasn ' t all snow in I 960. There was rain, too. It was still indoor weather, and finals week made the library busy. People found funny ways to study — in the stacks, almost anywhere in a dormitory, with the record player going or in complete silence, early and late. After finals there was more snow, but Spring kept trying.

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4 f I The first snow came, and if was exciting. But before the winter was over it was just routine to wake up to a white world. The people of OU moved indoors. They were getting acquainted now, and it wasn ' t a new year anymore. They flocked to ball games — they gave out with loud school spirit that sent the Bobcats all the way to Louisville, and a lot of the people along on a special train. They spent quiet hours at the Center — over chess in the Bunch of Grapes Room or around a piano in the 1 804 Lounge or at the TV set in the 1954 one. And they studied.

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In March it finally came. And with it came the first flurry of J-Prom practices, with the withdrawal of several fraternities from the competition. A brave few took the trip to Lake Hope while it was only almost-spring, and the rest followed later. It got easier to ignore books, and for the seniors the counted days got smaller. They saw OU newly, and marked off last times. Other people drew for rooms for ' 61 and applied for offices and got them. Old officers retired, and said, Time to do what we want to do, but somehow ended up being busier than ever. Finals time came again, and this time the studiers found an elrr) on the green to lean against, or tried to read a semester ' s notes in the sun-bathing area behind ♦he dorm, or on the beach of the quarry. Second-season frisbees were put to use.