Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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THE END OF THE SESQUI Paying a tribute to the men who founded Ohio University in 1804, the sesquicentennial celebrations drew to a close with the biggest events ever. During Homecoming, there was the final staging of The Green Adventure, a play written especially for the sesqui- centennial by novelist Charles Allen Smart, and a fireworks dis- play. IFC and Pan-Hel sponsored the Woody Herman concert, with the proceeds of the show going to the alumni Sesquicentennial Scholarship Fund. Even Woody Herman himself contributed a part of his takings toward the Fund. Even as early as fall, the Fund itself had more than doubled its original goal of $150,000. The last of the four official observances of the sesquicentennial was the Conference on Higher Education. It was attended by over 200 educators from 1 30 institutions who discussed prob- lems that will face colleges and universities in Ohio and the U.S. during the next 10 or 15 years. The main feature of the Confer- ence was a convocation with Harold E. Stassen, Foreign Opera- tion Administrative director, speaking on Education and Freedom. With the sesquicentennial celebrations over, Ohio University entered its 151st year. Convocation Speaker Harold E. Stassen Woody Herman and his Herman Herd

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FACING YESTERDAY . Behind Memorial Auditorium is a sundial, marking the place where the first building stood at Ohio University. It was the Academy Building. The oldest building on the campus, however, is Cutler Hall, built in 1816. Then, with the succeeding years, other buildings were added. McGuffey Hall, Wilson Hall, the Library, Memorial Auditorium. While these buildings still exist, the men who built them are gone. Only their names remain, great men whose ambitions, toil and sweat were for the com- ing generations who want to learn. Their history is written into what the campus is today, their efforts will serve those who are still to come tomorrow. The old faces the new. Across the campus Cutler Hall smiles briefly and knows the passing of time and customs. The buildings around Cutler silently serve the ideals of learning. Silent footfalls of the past echo in their halls. These footfalls are not heard in the latest buildings — the Ohio University Center and the new dormitories. For they speak only of the present. They were added to this campus today and will take their place with the others to serve those who come tomorrow.