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

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n Vided for by a generous donation. Minor receipts from Variom wumes contribute to make this the most prosperous single year in financial history, and an encouraging inaugu- ration of the new plesidentizti alhuil stratiom Au innovation of sumu significance has been inaugurated by Professor Monro . m the introduction ofa series of pr' 5 f0! essays in Political Economy. Three prizes wwe 01k ed durhw the winter term to muuher of his advanced class in Pnhti 211 Economy, on the subject 'Unuicipal Monopuhcsf' Government Tekgmph, and Control nf the Liquor Txafhcf' Four at five contestants appeared in each Held, and the results were wholly satisfactory, both in the .pirit manifech and in the quality of the essays contributed. The time allotted was too short for the b ,t work. hut this defect can he modihed tn the fntme. The pn'm system when condurtcd in th' Way does not seem to be an evil. None need compete untess they ate especialh intercsted 0r informed upon the subject. It would bC an entirely diHl-t- Ent question if pri7 s were offered tn students who obtained the highest mark in their 51.15an dunng the year. Such a system cnuht xxolL only evil. Favorable reports are heing continually made from the literary mcieties. The number of active members is larger than usual, and studtnts are inchnul to enter emher in the cumse. This a t1tle,alnong uthcr things. to tht- change to Monday night and the omission of the required study 011 Monda The new mm'cment to provide for a Sophmunrc omtotical euntest will doubtless greath increase the intcrest and nwmbership of the societies. Obenin has rL ton for pridc in her soriuties, and For encouraging Chum in every pussible way, It seems unfurtunate that the ctTort to arrangc a public debate with Ann Arbor has fallcn through. I hupe to see it ruived next xear. The dehate is the strung feature of the Oberlin 7 ' . tPROFJ J. R. COMMONS.

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to lectures on tlThe Anliqniti and Ongin 0f the Human Race, which he delivered dming February and Match. Linii'ersity EVtcnsion has its origin in a deep nhicational need of the timct Formerly when the working months of the cnllt-gc year were the spring and smmn students smttctcd out through the Counts in the winter teaching in little school houses and inspiring children and parents with their own burning 79M for an education. When thq re- turned to t'ollt-ge the brightest boys 63' u back with them. Now thu common schools are taught 113 lowepay girls who hate no thirst for knowledgm and nho know nothing of the higher education This' is mm of all schools, both in mummy and city. The cnlltgcs must move themselves to make the connection again. The weak point in the Aiuurican sitstem is not the college but the common Sl'huuls. It is to be hoped that 'ui 'ty LI tension may be endowed and that young men appointed to fellowship maV carri' on exteueivm lt-u- tures with their advanced univel lty studies. The growth in the endnwmtnt and outfit of the college during the past year lv t licL'n unusual. The largest gift in the history of filL institution is recorded, namely the SPUOHEY bequest of $91,618.03 It goes into the general endowment fund. Miss Julia Dickinson heqlwathtd $40,000. which is immediately available; Szopuu fur the chai held by Mrs. A, F, johuston. and 820,000 for instruction and expen in the qumanls Cinmasinm. The Spear bequest 0f $65.L ID is sllhjcut Lu an annuity, but there i: a net in mm- at present of about one and oneehalf per cent, which more than meets the expenses of i s niallagemcnt. Lord Cottage is in procees of building and will he occupied about December 1. It gm: accmnmodatiuu for forty-two young Women. Table board i: to be furnished at $2.00 per Week. The cod of the buildv iug is $20,003. all of which i mlmciibed. A reading room, to be known as thk' Jcrt-miah Butler Reading Room, is pm-

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