Ottawa University - Ottawan Yearbook (Ottawa, KS)

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X M, . N . 'vw-:gk WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALL. The newesf sfrucfure on fhe campus, occupied by IO6 girls is one of fhe firsf spois poinfed oui fo visifors. Modern design and maierials maize if ouisfanding in fhe region. Tauy Jones, and a noisy cacophony of sound. Music pure, Music sad, Music lovely, Music bad. Here we sfudied fhe Minnesaenger And Gregorian music. We learned fo appreciafe Bach, Mozarf, Haydn And Beefhoven, who foolc us up 'ro fhe mounfain. The songs we sang were beaufiful songs And fhey filled our hearfs wifh ioy. The people fhoughf fhaf our music was good- We hoped so-and sang wifh feeling. Working wifh each ofher was The real ioy: Silenfly and wifh noise. Some of us fhoughf fhaf our music was an arf And had fo be dealf wifh as an arf, Buf ofhers of us wenf fhrough fhe mofions And if did noi' live in us. We can never forgef fhose who led us: More fhan memories, fhey. CHARLTON COTTAGE. Sixfy years of fradifion. Builf for O. U. girls as a resuli' of a woman's efforis. The Coffage has been home io many. Residence Hall: and females Tall, shorf, wide, round, Dark, lighf, olive, yellowg A maze of faces. Happy, smiling faces, laughing Sad, crying faces, sobbing.

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Q ...,..f FRESHMAN INITIATION-a parf of 'Ihe upperclassman efforl io malle 'fhe new sludenf feel af home. Charllon Collage, aged in love and wraclced wifh The feel' oi women: Young and lovely, happy and sad. Piclures ol men on dressers and cloihes hanging Cold waler in shorl 'lubs and smoolh while Tinglinq. In lfllCl'le 1 and ClOSe+. Small hands, upswepl hair and while: A quick smile and a sharp rongue. lvloiher Goll. THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Acfivifies of lhe campus cenler in classrooms which have seen some ralher drowsy disciples of learning . . . offices revealing fhe order and efficiency of adminisfra- lion . . . fhe reserve library where sfruggles io complefe assignmenfs are valianl . . . lhe chapel and ihe inspiralion or boredom of Wednesday assemblies . . . halls and worn wooden sfairs Ihal' have heard laughfer and gripes of generalions. A real home, made so by a lady wiih while, THE BOYS FROM BALDWIN sfand back Io wafch as O. U co-eds remove painl smeared on our galeposfs by Balrerifes bodies . 3- ,,.w,, - - ' H . ,, -- H -KW .

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Angry, frowning faces, scolding. Lovely, loving faces, caring. And noise, and food, and ironing boards: AT all hours. Love affairs and sighs: Love affairs and Tears: A house of human lives and many sfories- Which you can remember. So much To remember! A sTone, a leaf, a door! Across a sun-whiTened sTreeT sTarTs The lawn, Green, Touched wiTh The dead, whiTe balls of Dandelions. The leaves on The Trees are Thick And a dark green, fluTTering on The fringe of a Thin foresT, sTill and hoT in The midsT. A sTone gaTe marks The enTrance aT 9Th and Cedar. Old and sfeady, a daTe is carved upon iT. Summers leaves hide The buildings, excepT where A new one sTands whiTe on The souTh corner. The grass moves, speaking, MRS. HOWARD G. COLWELL, presideni' of The Norfhern Bapfisf Convenfion, was a December chapel speaker. AT The RITCHIE DAY chapel a faculfy meefing dramafized by s+udenTs presenfed a phase of Dr. RiTchie's services To The school. 1 W If 'NL Telling where The wind blows. And soon all of This will be near forgoTTen- Or iT will be a blurred memory: Like The memory of a sunseT aT sea. AdminisTraTion Building: hoT, dusTy home of our lnTellecTg vine covered hall of liTTle vicTims. Place of our ambiTion, seaf of pride! l-lere we climb To share The envied kiss of wisdom To warm our hearfs aT knowledge's secreT door. NOT all of us sTudied-none of us enough. Our Teachers Tried as besT They could And we someTimes failed To go our reasonable disTance Underfones of dissaTisfacTion swepT These halls, AT ignorance of Teacher, sTudenT, self: All The while forgeTTing ThaT we are all human. De gusTibus non esT dispuTanclum. The presenTaTion of Haydn's TOP SYMPHONY has become an annual Chrisfmas evenf. Special guesi' arTisT This year was Bundy on The bird-whisfle. A look inTo The MAIN LOUNGE of The Women's Residence Hall.