Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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BIRTHDAY America Celebrates its 200th Birthday Even the non-math maiors were well aware this year that i976-200 : i776 + 200. Special speakers, courses, bumper sti- ckers, posters, festivals, and parties remind- ed Ohio Northern University's Americans that it was time to celebrate and to look back at two hundred years of growth and development. What better excuse could a college student find to have a party or to do something different? Every club, organi- zation, honorary, college, and department of campus seemed to be trying to do some- thing exceptional for the bicentennial year. i976 was a year to consider the fundamen- tal issues of the United States of America - what it is, how it came to be, and where it is going. America has been described as the mel- ting pot of the world. Within this country, a person's neighbors may seem completely different, yet similar, to him. ln a country where independence is of the utmost impor- tance. it is difficult to determine whether people are becoming more or less like one another. Differences of opinion constantly lead Americans to argue about inalienable rights, foreign policy, use of land, business, and work. But, even though life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness is different for everyone, the search for the American character continues, At Ohio Northern, the bicentennial was treated no differently, questions regarding America and its people could be heard ricocheting and echoing throughout the campus. Archibald Macl.eish said, America was promises - to students at Ohio Northern, America continues to be promises. With the Flame of Unity symbolically situated be- tween l-leterick Memorial Library and Wes- ley Chapel, ONU is a place where, as Emerson would have said, the intellect searches out the absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God. Looking back at what has already been learned is our key to new learning and our guide to avoiding the stagnation of knowledge. Even though ignorance times, blinded the nation, the goal of North- greater insight. At Ohio unified through, intimacy, and indifference has, at ern is to seek a Northern we are speals of laughter, moments of sorrow, com- petitive spirit, sharing, understanding, and an ability to relate. i976 was a year for the nation. But, like every other year, it was a year for North- ern. President Meyer noted, it is more than a sense of nostalgia that causes us to place 2 If Inu '- l 1- EER E? EE W -E 'me tw Wi iriii get E A QIIQIW s lCETl frENN1..L '776 '19 6 HAPPY BIRTILEIH A?v1:.RIvn high value on this Bicentennial year in the United States of America. Dedicated to education, Meyer stated, lt seems most unfortunate that at a time when the people of this nation are preparing to celebrate the bicentennial of the Declaration of Indepen- dence, colleges, and universities, the bul- warks of the nation's freedom, are facing the greatest threat to their independence in the long history of the country. This threat to its independence was met by Ohio Northern well in advance of the bicenten- nial year, and on May 24, l975, a new development program was launched for the University to insure that new doors to edu- cational and intellectual independence can be opened for Ohio Northern University. i976 thus vividly pointed out some chal- lenges for Ohio Northern University which were not to be met without a unified effort by the students, faculty, employees, and alumni of ONU. Greg l-tart

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ENTHUSIASM Eager Freshman Swarm to Northern September 7- The red letter day on every freshman's calendar. On that day a new life began-one we created for our- selves and was not created for ourselves and was not created by others. After months of counting down to September, this was itl The air sparked with enthusiasm and ex- citement. Good-byes had been said to friends and family and we looked forward to a new life at ONU. When we arrived there was mass con- fusion: cars stopped in the middle of the parking lot as people scurried back and forth from car to room. Little brothers car- ried radios, kid sisters carried tennis rockets, posters, and books. Grandparents stood on curbs waiting to help, mothers checked lists for omissions, fathers handed out bundles to any pair of empty hands and, inevitably, we were running up and clown stairs, harried at every turn by questions and demands. Yet, somehow boxes and suitcases were un- packed, clothes were hung in closets, and books were put onthe shelf. Then came the hardest part-saying Good-bye: for some there were tears, for others there was io- cularity, and . .. it was quiet for a moment. Suddenly, there were so many people for us to meet-the most important being our roommates. At first politeness was up- permost, until we discovered a common interest or opinion which helped to make the future look less lonely. Eventually, we went to supper- the most disheartening moment of the whole day. We walked into the cafeteria and, to our surprise, we saw many faces-strange faces! The loneliness came again, but it soon vanished as we