Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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ties and sororities with dances, dinners and other delectable doings. lt is carefully provided that not a moment should hang with heavy dullness upon the hands of a student. 1' N Athletics chieliy has arisen that great college spirit which bids fair to J eclipse in intensity that of any other college on earth. At the games are such multitudes that a new athletic field must be fashioned: in the bleachers is such rooting that even down-town people have been known to lose their minds in the general enthusiasm, while the work of our stars on the Held is such as to arouse the admiration of the whole world. lflut it is not in athletics alone that we find evidences of this college spirit. It is coming to pcrvade all University activities. Politics are now supervised by that august body, the Student Council, and the student bodywith much rejoicing- Co-eds included-casts its votes in real live Australian ballot booths. ND uppermost in all our thoughts of Alma Mater is the Campus itself. Never was university blestwwith more delightful surroundings. Acres of green meadows, spots of primeval forests, shaded walks, a Lake which mirrors with charming haziness the realities of life, a Spring whose pure waters are always overliowing-these are some of the charms of the Campus Beautiful. Every path, every cluster of trees, every nook and corner of the place, we know and love. In spring it is a land of fresh life and hope, in summer an Arcady of trees and flowers and lovely shade, in autumn a place of soft sunlight and mellowing colors, in winter a fairy land of bewilder- ing whiteness. HE world beyond our portals loves it too. Many a down-town lover of beauty has come to revel in the light and shade and color of our won- derful grounds, while travelers are wont to take them in as one of the main sights, with a real write-up in the guide book. But to us it is a place of sweet remembrances as well. Every beauty is heightened by a recollec- tion, and our going out into the larger world will but little dim these mem- ories of happy days. will we get out our diplomas from Ohio State and exhibit them to the world. The future can only be judged by the past, and what a brilliant past has Ohio State from which to prophesy. As the State comes more and more to realize that educational enterprise should be centered in one Institu- tion of unrivalled excellence, Ohio State will grow in depth and breadth and beauty 'till it stands forth as a shining light among the Universities of the Land. 9' N future years with what profound pride and hearty self-congratulation 12

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