Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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Jowne hrouSe JellS a toi y . . . and another chapter in the OU Story is complete. It was a chapter experi- encing the tang of victory with the Bobcat triumph over Miami on a sunny Homecom- ing day— our first such win in eighteen years. It was a football season to remem- ber; we bought standing room tickets to watch the Bobcats take the Mid-American Conference Crown at Bowling Green. In the fall JB was performed by its original broadway cast, and a week was spent dis- cussing, arguing, searching. Mozart ' s op- era, Don Giovanni, came to town, and afterwards we saw the famous lover him- self laughing and talking in the T-House. Dancers from Spain entertained us, and Jerome Hines sane to us. Interest centered around the presidential elections. Thou- sands streamed down to the tiny Athens de- pot to see the Vice President; many re- membered listening to his opponent speak from the steps of the Center the preceding fall. Challenges between Young Demo- crats and Young Republicans flew furi- ously; the battle continued all night No- vember 8 at the Center election-watch — the night John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the young- est president in history. Dad met another president, OU ' s President, at a reception on Father ' s Weekend. He was kept busy watching the Varsity Show, the Mad Woman of Challiot and saw the Bobcats finish an undefeated season. Many stepped up to try their skill at the tradi- tional Greek Week Carnival; and some walked off with fabulous prizes, a bambo cane, a red balloon. Later the Greeks danced and rejoiced that popular Mr. Magoo saw the light and went greek. The first contest in the new Physical Education Building followed Thanksgiv- ing Vacation— OU met Ohio State. Basketball viewed from a perch high on crowded rickity bleachers became a thing of the past. Then it was once again time to sing carols in the cold Christmas air; groups trouped from house to house, and at one place there was coffee and hot chocolate where cold hands circled warm cups. This was the year we observed (in near disbelief) the completion of the most controversial of campus gates. Spring brought warm nights, candlelight and serenades, and it also brought practicing, planning, practicing as J- Prom neared. J-Prom splashed color across the campus scene; the skits, the dance, the smiling queen and handsome king lent a carnival atmosphere. Mom came down for another college weekend. She was serenaded, dined, danced. Meanwhile we relaxed under the elms listening to the hand, spent late spring afternoons cheering for our team at the baseball diamond and studied for exams on the sand at Lake Hope. Finally the seniors marched by in cap and gown, for them the story was finished, to he re-read many times. For the rest, it was time to turn the page. Compliments of the Towne House Grill which is proud to be a part of the OU Story