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

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PRINEITIVE OBERLIN. I ' I i Q ns I I I II I lsr Ch, LORAIN STREET. T IHI I A I I Q. 5 I I I olinrrrfs, , f.- I I ' E Iv.I Q 15 acres. E I 5 ' I 5 In 5 Q UE ' I-I Q -1 L 2 L ' -g I I s L I F - Q .1 i 1 Inn X COLLEGE STREET. I -if sf- I - I LJ I I I IJ I L I I I 5 I I I I I I I I I-. , 1 I J--O1'igina,lLo'f Cubin. 4-Obe1'linHall. 7-Mr. Finney's House. I. 2-Colonial Hail. 5-XVzLlton Hall. 8-T2l1J13'2L11 Haul. 3-LzLclies'Hall. 1 6--P1'es't Mz1lmn's House. 9-Cinclnnz1tiHa.l1, alias Slab Hall, alias Rebel Hall. I The above diagram represents, in a crude way. -the relative positions of the early buildings. The street named College Place had not then been laid out. Old Slab Hall, a cut of which appears on our rear cover, was superseded by the Laboratory. ' ' I

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12 OBERLINIANA. ttThe very 'Hrst prayer meeting in ,Oberlin was held by Uncle Pindar Pease and his nephew, P. B. Pease. They had traveled all day, Q 10 milesj, from Brownhelm, driving through mud thick and deep. Hitching their oxen, they cut down a tree, the iirst ever telled in Oberlin, and ate their supper. on the stump. Then both kneeled down by its side while Uncle Pindar offered prayer. ' After building a fire they curled up beside the log and slept calmly all night. Three years later, just beneath the shade of the 'big elm' tree, still standing, a log house was erected, in which lived Secretary Benham and his family. In the sleeping room,'which was entered by a ladder, thrust through a hole in the floor, for a long time there stood a box-a small box-in which a child, destined to become one of Oberlin's best men, was lulled to sleep each night by the gambols of rats and micefl Mrs. Shipherd has given the following account of the unifying oi the diverse views of Mr. Stewart and Mr. Shipherd, which resulted in the founding of Oberlin: In their deliberations they would exchange views, one would present one point of interest, another a different one. Mr. Stewart proposed a college, of which Mr. Shipherd could not see the neces- sity, as Hudson college was in its' infancy and poorly sustainedg but Mr, Stewart suggested the manua.l labor system, which Mr. Shipherd fully approved. Thus they labored and prayed, and while on their knees, one day, asking guidance, the whole plan developed itself to Mr, Shipherd's mind, and before rising to his feet-he said, L Come, let us arise and build? He then told Mr. Stewart what had come into his mind,-to procure a tract of land and collect a colony of Christian families, who should pledge themselves to sustain the school and identify themselves with all its interests. They came down from the study, and Mr. Shipherd, with a glowing face saidg Well, my dear, the child is born, and what shall its name be? The name selected for the contemplated colony and school' was Oberlin, after John Frederick Oberlin, well known as pastor of a parish in Eastern France, an interesting account of whose self- denying and successful labors in elevating the people under his charge, they had just .been reading. '

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For purposes of reference the following table, prepared by Prof. Fnosr, for the Jubilee Notes, is introduced at this point: OBERLlNlENSlUlVl EXCERPTA ANNALIUM. - PRENATALIA. 1800 Beginning of revivals after forty years of spiritual dearth. 1808 Beginnings of missionary effort among students of Williams. 1820 Cctv-cal Beginnings of Temper- ance Reform. ' 1821 Conversio of F inney. 1828 Cctv-cctj A New School Theology recognized in New England. 1831 Garrison's Liberator started. 1832 Nov.- SIIIPIIERD AND STEWART UNDER THE HISTORIC ELM, CON- SEGRATE THE GROUIND FOR A CHRIS- TIAN TOWN AND COLLEGE. ' NATALIAJ-1833. Apr. 10th.-PETER P. PEASE BEGINS TIIE CLEARING. ' June.-First National Temperance Convention. Oct. 2.-Pro-slavery mob at Chatham St. Chapel, New York. Dec.-American Anti-Slavery Society formed. Arthur Tappan, Presi- dent. SCI-IOOL OPENED AT ORER- LIN WITH 4-1 STUDENTS FROM 7 STATES. AD MAJORA BNITENS. 1834 May.-Arrival of Professors Dascomb, Waldo and Branch, and their wives. Oct.- FIRST ' SENIOR PREP. Ex. Greek and Latin Orations. Finney's Revival Lectures pub- lished in New York and abroad. 1835 Trustees vote to admit colored students. ARRIVAL Or ANTI-SLAIIERY STU- DENTS FROM LANE AND HUDsoN. ARRIVAL or TVIAHAN, FINNEY, MORGAN AND COWLES. Society of ll quiry CY. M. C. A.j formed. 1836 Oberlin- Church with others forms a Congregational Associa- tion. , 1836 JAMAICA MISSION founded. QMore than 37 missionariesj 1887 Financial failures involve the College in debt. 1838 Oberlin Evangel-ist Started. Q24 vols.j 1839 Q.1f.lI. SOc'yfOrrn'd. Later,QA. 1841 TIIE DEGREE or A. B. FOR THE FIRST TIME CONFERRED ON VVOMEN. ABISTED CAPTIVES returned. DI MISSION founded. Q15 mis- sion aries. J 18-13 INDIAN NLISSIONS founded. Qlllore than 30 missionaries. J 1814 OLIVET IPOUNDED, THE FIRST OF soME 25 COLLEGES IVIIICII ARE TIIE OFFSPRING or UDERLIN. 18-16 FINNEY,S THEOLOGY. Repub- lished in England in 1851. AMERICf1N BTISSIONARY ASSOCIA- TION EORMED. L. L, S. Society formed. 1817 Oberlin students rejected as missionaries by American Board. 1851 SALEOESCIIOLARSHII-s INCREASES T1-IE NUMBER or STUDENTS FROM, 571 to 1020. f 1854 Chapel erected. 1856 .Elioian Society formed. 1858 Kidnapped boy rescued atWel- lington. PROrEssoRs AND OTHERS IMPRISONED UNDER FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. 1860 Second Church formed. 1861 APRIL 20.-ENLISTMENT OF Co. C. 1865 Ladies' Hall completed. 1866 First volume of Cowles' Com- mentaries. I 1867 Churches take action agrinst Secret Societies. 1869 FAIRCHILDIS IVIORAL PHILOSOPHY. A. Z. Society formed. v 1871 III National Council lays the corner stone of Council Hall. 1874 UniOn'LibraI-y Assoc'n formed. April lst.--First No. 0bl'TL'i'Il,R6'Ll'L?'lU 1881 CHINA BAND formed. 10 mis- sionaries start for Africa. 1882 Three months' Liquor War.- Special law secured for college towns. I