Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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SUMMERTIME . . . aT Miami The sTudenT-weory campus shed iTs facade of inTensiTy 0nd seTTled mm a careless reloxoTion. Days were lazy, hoT. The sun remained sus- pended direchy over Miami,- sTudenTs soughT relief of nearby lakes and picnic areas. The mood of summer was different Nerve-spliTTing pressures of fall and spring Terms evoporoTed. STudenTs revel in The elbow room of 0 procTic- Olly deserTed campus. The poTio behind The Res is The cenTer of nighT life, holding, 0T mosT, Three or four Tables of summer sTudenTs. SofT music wofTs iTs way across The nighTed campus; voices muTed by warm darkness. Sum- mer, easy romances, bermies and Thongs, in- formal closses-The world of The summer sTudenT. 4-3-2-1- bl . . No! Wait, iT's noT a rocket buT The MacCracken Tower. 3:2. . . ms w. a r' F' M. T'. vu- .w-' 5.- I 'Af . Y I . - u-w-zm 553'..- ..............A 'IW' l I -I I -n y mm o M T WT .VT

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':,r. A typical summer scene around Miami, or wherever there are carefree people, is a picnic. This group is escaping from the worries of summer school and the heat of the day in cool shade near the Covered Bridge over the Talawanda.

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Experienced professors aid green freshmen in deciding Their schedules for The fall during summer regisTraTion. Summer AcTiviTies The summer days, Though sTeaming hoT, were noT idle ones. Musicians arrived wiTh a raTTle of insTrumenT cases and music sTands. For Two weeks MiamiTs sereniTy was inTerrupTed by The music of budding virTuosas. Mr. Nicholas Poccia of The Music DeparTmenT was responsible for excellenT resulTs of The Music Workshop, also for much of The parTicipanTsT enThusiasm. Sum- mer Then drifTed warmly Toward Freshmen Reg- isTraTian. Wide-eyed, and usually IosT, prospec- Tive freshmen falTered Through a labyrinTh 0T regisTraTion cards and placemenT exams. And Through iT all, The lawnmowers played Their buzzy melodies. Some uninviTed people ioin The ad aT The informal concerTs given by The high school Music Workshop.