Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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CHAPTER IX.-OBERLIN ROMANCE. An awful punster-Early laundry facilities-Early table-Ware-A singu- lar cournship-Another ditto-Mrs.Crosby's Garden-Unwittingly sel- Iish-Kept his pledge-One chair for two-A Professor's courtship- Womaii's rights triumph-The Oberlin Step -Projected removal of the College-Botanizing-Tappan Hall, the Laboratory and the His- torical Elnn, ......... 82-96 CHAPTER X.-SKETCHES OF FORMER STUDENTS. I-Ion. J. D. Cox-Prof. Fred. Allen-Levi Bauder and chess-Elisha Gray -U. S. Geologist Hayden-Prof. Gunning's revenge-Rev Anna Oliver -Lucy Stone-Antoinette Brown-Lettice Smith-Judge lngersoll- Glee Club tour-J. MI. Langston-Prof. Barbour-Dr. Emeline Horton Cleveland-Emily .Huntington Miller-Company C.-An old-time lark -Prof. Churchill ,..... . . . 96-110 ' CHAPTER Xl.-OBERLIN POETRY. Oberlin College Hymn-Society songs-First printed poem-Historical Epic-Ode to Prof. D's skeleton-Raving by Poh I-Selections from Writ- ings of Miss Fanny Jackson C. S.Wood, W. H. Buss, B. A. Inies. Emily Huntington Miller, Eva L. Emery Dye, S. Fitch, L. J. Garver, W. W. Fay, W. J. Vickery, and many others, .... . 111-147 CHAPTER XII.-FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. H Preserving the Principal -A cloughnutincident-Tutor 1-1 odge's puns -Miscellaneous inciclents-Organization of the co1lege'societies-Wil- lard Sears-Base ball-A gift to Garfield-The Female Fire Brigade- Statistics-The jumps '-College journ alisrn, . . . 148-161 CHAPTER XIII.-TEMPERANCE BATTLES. n . A- typical mass meeting-Exterrninating saloons-Lynching Garnett- The Red Pepper Campaign-The tobacco rule-Razing a saloon and floating it down Black River-A warm reception to Gilrnore's band- The New Oberlin escapade, ...... 161-169 CHAPDER XIV.-THE OBERLIN OF TO-DAY. A Jubilee peep into the various college departments-Joseph Cook's eulogy-Tribute from the Advance-O ther good Words, . . 1691175 L'ENVo1. ' ' Q 1

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CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.-PIONEER REMINISCENCES. PAGE Planting of the colony-Early persecution-- Marriage Extraordin ary - ' Damnable Theology -First prayer meeting-The child named- , Olivet founded-Slavery discussions-Lane Seminary accessions- Old Slab Hall-Early diet-Sabbath Worship-Various stories, . 9-21 ,. CHAPTER H.-SLAVERY ANECDOTES. Treatment of students abroad-An Elyria chase-Hoaxing slave-hunters -A load of hay-A painted Ethiopian-Shields Green-Rescue of Johnston-Hunting down A' Darkies -Various ruses-Only a ram, . 22-35 , QCHAPTER III.-THE WELLING-TON RESCUE. The Felon's Feast-Anti-slavery eloquence7The. 37 in jail-Sabbath school excursion- Rescuer wrt-Two Jollilications- Deacon Gray converted, . . . . ' ..... 36-43 CHAPTER IV.-FAMOUS COLLEGE PRANKS. Sophomore Sawdust Seremonies -Prof. Cochran outwitted-The gorilla ykalersecuted-A Chapel bell scrape-Mending sidewalks-Our cane rus -The Oberlin Squad frolic, ..... 44-50 CHAPTER V.-OBERLIN ODDITIES. The Oberlin laundryman-Red houses-Oberlin mud-Various crazes- Vegetable diet-Ice-Water baths-Religious characteristics-No use for 'tobacco-Second Adventism-Cultivating the Campus, . . 50-57 CHAPTER VI.-A CHAT WITH GEORGE HARRIS. Old Acconlmodationn at home-Real-life biographies-Uncle Tom- Little Eva-Aunt Chloe-George Shelby-Things not told in Uncle Tom's Cabin, ..... '. . . 57-60 ' CHAPTER VII.-POLITICAL REMINISCENCES. Mock conventions-Pandemonium upon GarHeld's election-Trip to ' 5 Mentor by special train-President Fairchild's speech-General Gar- 1 leld's response-An ornen-Decoration Days-Other incidents, . G0-66 CHAPTER VIII.-PRESIDENT FINNEY. Introductory sketch-Arrival in Oberlin-Interview with Tilton-Char ' acteristic sermons and prayers-Dealings with skeptics-An immense calf-His absent-rnindedness-Pray ers for rain-Converting Abraham Lincoln-Double abstraction-Almost an oath- Hurrah for the devil -Praying for Johnston, ...... 67-81 1

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I SALUTAMUS I The luckless mortal whose unhappy lot it may be to turn the pages of this book will delve in vain therein for statistics and ordinary chronological tables. He will find very little theology, speculation or moralizing here. The more serious aspects of Oberlin history have been portrayed in literature more than once, and there is no disposition to undervalue the work thus done by wiser heads and more experienced Writers. The publication of this little volume is no invasion of the sphere of any of these n1ore pretentious works. On the contrary, it there is any relation sustained by this bool: toward others already published, or'to be published, that relation is a purely supplemental one. This volume is the after-course of tilberts and almonds and oranges and bananas, which should properly follow the more substantial elements in the .Iubilee repast, In other Words, it is the anecdotal, and hitherto unwritten his- tory ot Oberlin College which is contained within these covers. Doubtless there is no other town in Northern Ohio which has had so remark- able a history as Oberlin, a history into which the element of romancehas enter- ed so largely. This history has been so strange, often so thrilling, thatit cannot fail to interest the general public, Certainly more than local interest must attach to the history of a town which has been called the nursery of an ti-slavery feeling in the Westg which has proved the practicability of co-education of the sexes 5 which has been the home a-nd final resting-place of Charles Cf. Finneyg which claims Mrs. Stowe's hero, George I-Iarrisf' which has been one of the principal stations on the under-ground railwayg and the name of which has been for a by-Word and a hissing in the country. It follows that the romantic stories interwoven with this history ought to be preserved. The stories Within have been compiled withno little outlay of strength, time, and personal inconvenience. If this Work is not rewarded in any material Way, it will still be a substantial satisfaction to the publishers to know that they have rendered some service to the cause of Oberlin. by preserving these reminiscences of the early times. In a few years there will be no one left from Whom, an authentic recital of these stories could be had. It is eminently litting that the present and all future generations of students should know at what a cost have been purchased the educational privileges which they enjoy hereg that they fully appreciate the heritage which has been left them by the early Oberlin fathers. Ideas as to the Way in which this work should be done may legitimately differ. We have endeavored to handle the history of the school reverently, and yet have not gone to the other extreme of prudery, which is quite as offensive. No one person's ideas as to what the book should be will be fully realized, of courseg but we trust that all may lind something of value contained in it.