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You kids stay off my lawn!
Last Saturday was my last trip to Columbus for this season. I always get nostalgic as I make the drive up I-71, especially once I reach the Jamestown ramp, a route I followed to and from my family home in Kettering during most of my years as a student oh so many years ago.
I got to Columbus and my secret parking spot in plenty of time to wander around the campus and take some pics of buildings that hold a special attachment for me. I thought I'd float this opening segment and if it sells I'll follow it up with some more.
1. Arps Hall... where I had most of my edu courses. Recalling Professors Ron Green and Bernie Mehl preaching with revolutionary zeal. At first it was cool. They wanted to fire us up to be great teachers, to get out there and ask the tough questions and get our students to think. Then, in the late 60s, they turned on others on the faculty- sent goon squads of grad students out to disrupt classes. They became leading voices against the war in Vietnam, agitating, encouraging students to riot. When, on May 4,1970, the campus finally did erupt over the Cambodian invasion. the students massed on the Oval and things got ugly, these two disappeared... gutless.
Arps Hall... where Dr. George Lewis held our student teaching seminar. I remember walking in on a perfect Wednesday afternoon in mid May, so happy with my teaching, so excited to share what was going on, off in the corner of the classroom sat Wendy Meyers, (name changed to protect the guilty). She was a dance major with a terriffic figure, pretty, curly, dark brown hair. She had her head on her arms, hiding her face as she bawled. She had drawn Mohawk Jr. Hi, a real hell hole, and had shown up on this day with a thin white blouse, maxi mini (she had terrific gams), and no bra. The thugs at Mohawk filled the hallway to stare into her classroom and created mayhem during class changes. The principal had dismissed her from his school. George was none to happy. I was sad as it meant that Wendy would not graduate, but it would have been a wonderful view.
I got to Columbus and my secret parking spot in plenty of time to wander around the campus and take some pics of buildings that hold a special attachment for me. I thought I'd float this opening segment and if it sells I'll follow it up with some more.
1. Arps Hall... where I had most of my edu courses. Recalling Professors Ron Green and Bernie Mehl preaching with revolutionary zeal. At first it was cool. They wanted to fire us up to be great teachers, to get out there and ask the tough questions and get our students to think. Then, in the late 60s, they turned on others on the faculty- sent goon squads of grad students out to disrupt classes. They became leading voices against the war in Vietnam, agitating, encouraging students to riot. When, on May 4,1970, the campus finally did erupt over the Cambodian invasion. the students massed on the Oval and things got ugly, these two disappeared... gutless.
Arps Hall... where Dr. George Lewis held our student teaching seminar. I remember walking in on a perfect Wednesday afternoon in mid May, so happy with my teaching, so excited to share what was going on, off in the corner of the classroom sat Wendy Meyers, (name changed to protect the guilty). She was a dance major with a terriffic figure, pretty, curly, dark brown hair. She had her head on her arms, hiding her face as she bawled. She had drawn Mohawk Jr. Hi, a real hell hole, and had shown up on this day with a thin white blouse, maxi mini (she had terrific gams), and no bra. The thugs at Mohawk filled the hallway to stare into her classroom and created mayhem during class changes. The principal had dismissed her from his school. George was none to happy. I was sad as it meant that Wendy would not graduate, but it would have been a wonderful view.