Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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Nurse checks Jean Goldingeris blood pressure before okaying her as a donor to the Red Cross blood bank, which visits the University three times yearly. An ACE member entertains a young Bowling Green resident at the club's annual children's party. 12 as others know it As the University spreads its influence throughout the community, area, state, and nation, Bowling Green has begun to enjoy the prestige of larger and better-known schools. Graduates confidently emerge from their aca- demic cocoon to build, teach, lead, 2111 over the world. Branches of the University in Mansfield and Sandusky are helping to fill the need for teachers throughout the state, and extension classes have brought further learning to residents of Northwestern Ohio communities. To the people of Bowling Green, the University means prestige and a chance for cultural development. Many teachers in city schools are BGSU graduates. Townspeople throng to Artist Series programs, feel very much a part of the campus as they watch a parade of togzlrclad iiGrecks wind their way through town or see nour team emerge Victoriously from a hard-fought game. Bowling Green residents may be happy when University personnel and visitors fill cash registers in their stores, or annoyed when Wooster Street traffic is tied up for the annual Sadie Hawkins parade. Many area educators and businessmen have attended conferences on the campus, benefiting from the guidance of BGSU faculty. Students promoted community service projects as a part of Greek Week, donated Christmas baskets to needy residents, serenaded in Wood County Hospital, contributed most 01' the blood bank quota, helped clean up after a disastrous fire, offered free baby-sitting and taxi service on election day. Each organization con- tributed in some way toward public relations, and the resulting good will cannot be measured in dollars and cents.

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Night on the campus falls swiftly as the sun slides down the sky behind the courthouse clock. Dormitory lights form little islands in the dark, timidly exploring the shadows with dusky rays. On week nights, students work behind illuminated windows that honeycomb classroom buildings, and the Library becomes a majestic, hollow shell of brightness. Friday and Saturday nights are made of different texture. Lights look less lonely and hint of laughter within, of conversation, card games. Strains of music escape into the expectant night from the gymnasium; couples walk slowly, arm in arm, across the dark campus, laughing and talking or quiet, savoring the night and each other. Saturday night , . . soft lights and smooth music attract carefree crowds, ready for re- laxation after a tense week of study. But once in a while a couple slips quietly cut him the night, suddenly aware that a crowd IS too many people.

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Area handicapped children were entertained at a holiday party given by Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Xi Delta in the City Park Shelter House, below. Parents of the children and the Wood County nurses were guests of honor. Press Club sponsored an election night Watch Party in the recreation hull. Students and townspeople could phone to hear the latest results, or watch returns on television, right. Student lcachcr. one of the best mnhussadors for the University, Conducts a music lesson in Bowling Green elementary school, below.