Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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You were only here for a little while . . . Needless to say, you were busy. No matter what you did and how you did it, you could have done more. Nothing less than frustration. It was more than a day-to-day occurrence; it was a total experience, a life with- in itself. Yes, you were at college — Ohio University. You could have gone anywhere, but Ohio was your choice. Perhaps you could never explain why. Yet you were here. Like it or not, Athens was your home . . . for a while. So what did you do? It is a safe assumption to say that you studied, but more important, you learned. Hopefully, you learned about life, what- ever that now means to you. In a compact student community, you really learned ... or perhaps you just followed a common pattern you assumed was safe. In any case, you made it . . . skimming over that freshman hurdle, reaching out for your certificate of maturity and higher educa- tion, a living testimonial to semesterly doles of parental cash. If you really made it, then you knew that this was just the beginning of a con- stant stream of challenges which you could only hope you had the strength to face. Well, you studied . . . your notebooks were filled. What else did you do? Were you active on campus? It was a big thing, diversification . . . the total college student. You took on added responsibility, learned to work with people and had to burn the night lights because of it. Was it worthwhile? Student government, publications, athletics, fraternities and sororities, honor organizations and clubs, clubs, clubs . . . they were part of your education. Social life . . . very important. You knew that. Dates, mixers, dates, teas, dates, study breaks and more dates all added to the total you. How to win friends and keep them ... a regular date diet . . . the ambiguity of love and sex. Culture? You had it, according to your definition of the word. In fact, you had everything, but to what extent you used it only you will ever know. A total student ... a complete man or woman ... a product cast from a precise university mold? Beginning with a whirlwind of new activity and ending several course schedule cards later, you were different ... or so you thought. But were you? You were only here for a little while.

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