Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Commencement W1th the commg of those l ng une clays there creeps 1nto the mmd tmy reams of sum mer vacation w1th 1tS pleasures and Joy How- ever for the Senlor Class th1s une Wlll hold a new slgnlflcance for after other students have left the seniors remaln on the campus for com mencement ceremomes Unlike many schools Ohlo State has only a short formal commence- ment. The campus 1S not glven over to a Week of fr1vol1ty but remams stately and qu1et whlle the senlors assemble for the last time It IS the custom for the graduates to assemble at the Library and march down the center of the campus to the Gymnaslum Where degrees are glven out The processlon to the Gymnaslum IS accompamed with muslc from the Chlmes 1n Orton Hall At the Gymnaslum the dls tr1but1on of dlplomas 1S preceded by a speech of presentatlon An address IS also glven to the graduates To the Class of 20 Ohlo State probably means more than It d1d to prececllng classes The Class of 20 has passed through the dark days of War It has seen 1ts fellow class mates leave for SCTVICC w1th the flag and lt 1n sllence read the death l1st Where often appeared famll lar names Because of the War many of those who entered school Wlth the present class fell by the Wayslcle Others have dropped back lnto the Class of 21 Whlle many who should have graduated last year have Jolnecl wlth the Class of 20 f DE K,SAIL,Y

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1920 QW, ERE are tradltzons cher 91 lshed of student genera 'CQ 71 tions, treasured ln memory Some are the lusty ener gles of classmen m annual combat, some the grace of falr co eds ln pageantry and stagecraft, some the ceremomals whose mysterlous mean mg none knows save those whose ment IS the key to revelatlon Whatever the1r SlgI1lflCaI'lCC these are sprlngs of student sp1r1t keepmg ever fresh the anclent r1valr1es the beaut1es and loyaltles that flower perenmally on the campus When classroom lore has faded from the mnnd and the agmg years have taken heavy toll these the trad1t1ons of Ohlo State shall flourish 1n remembrance EN'ANN1vE1L,sA1L,v- . . h'5'fgT56' ' ' . b bl Vg ! fl . . ' . c l . I , - ' ! 7 . i 1 I i I 'YF'

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