Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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Strange Events Strike Northern As Halloween drew near, weird events began to occur at Northern. People start¬ ed dressing strangley, their skin turned pale, incisors grew into fangs, and possi¬ bly the worst event was that nearlyevery- one began slicing up pumpkins. These strange occurences were concentrated mainly in McIntosh Center and Clark Hall although scattered reports from various parts of campus confirmed that the phe¬ nomenon was indeed campus wide. sfiP 8 for the evening ' s festivities to begin.

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Clark Hall displays the winners of its pumpkin carving contest. 1 ■ 1 1 I ij - KJ

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King-Horn For the fifth year in a row the resumption of classes at Northern marked the opening of a new building on campus. King-Horn Convocational Physical Education Center opened for student use in September 1974. Lo¬ cated at the northwest end of campus, the structure houses a 3,200 seat athletic arena with a capacity of 5,000 seats for convocations and concerts; a six-lane, 50-yard swimming pool, three handball courts, a 110-yard jogging track, a wrestling room, dance studio, gymnastics room, weight-lifting room, fencing, shuffle board and ping pong areas, three classrooms, offices, study areas, training room, sauna, and locker rooms. Financed, for the most part from a $1.8 million gift of the late Helen Horn King of Eaton, Ohio, the $2.3 million center was constructed in 17 months. The gymnasium is one of the finest of its kind in Ohio. Most of the 3200 seats are backed and have ample leg room. The scoreboards are the most sophisticated of any in the Ohio Conference. The main gym, when the seats are retracted, can be divided into three gymnasiums with floor to ceiling folding doors. The gymnasium can ac¬ commodate five basketball games, nine badminton matches, seven volleyball games, or two tennis matches, respectively, at the same time. One of the more unusual aspects of the building is its design for use by women as much as for men. Areas such as the dance room and gymnastics room provide the most modern and complete facilities for coed physical education dasses. Even the training room is arranged for use by both men and women. The natatorium was designed for inter-collegiate and intramural sports as well as recreation and relaxation. Special hours have been arranged for swimming by facul¬ ty, students, staff and members of the Ada community. 28