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

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ELIAB WIGHT METCALF. Uurn App: l8, m7. ma Kw. ,u, .399. Eh'ah Yv gEu Alrrr' Imrn m Ruudslun. Mus he was but three gum uf agu ..i,x futlwr 11in! am the WVI Ami! LS. 1827. When 1- the mmiyx muved m a fann m-ur Milu, Maine, when- Mr Alarm '3 Lamlx wan xxxrc lwhSCLL At the Iu-raxm- le-rk 3an 1w kkwper fur a Musinms ago of eighteen he went u, llzmgnr L, nrm illur Si wan Izuor, in vkgu 1n cluhurkul far himself In Hm lumber Lind shiprlmimhw hu-zmexs whu'h h:- umtinucd Lu c' to Elyria, O. From the 3ng mi nine yum m- M1. Mulralf um ahnm uuwcl; unmectml uwth the Congregalm L vh 11. i'lrtd in Milu :1an Water in F Vris Hath in Mainc and in 01m ho, was :xmvcly i mrmml m mnpcrancu ngialilllon. and ma 1mm m var: a strong suppnrlrr m the r'rlnu AHLLSAIN n Lamm- Sintu R380 Mr. Mclcalf hm 1n en a t'llvcu of uh; nhmys gmmmm in rm, y rm until 1x65 wmu1m unwed lin College, and he wa-. ante. gwng In tho insinuliuu nub last aming :hc 101 acijmnlng the ncu Chunk I I 5,000. Hi, death u Hw M1 in mImy rau-zc-z m which he WM nlwzu: a muing munmnnr. 031 am lmrukr'y, which n mm m ALBERT H. JOHNSON Born Aug. 14, 1238. Diud Doc. 4. 13:19. MIMI ll, Jnlllmm was 1mm August u. '838, 11m srm nf Mac M. Julumm, :. former lmiiu 1mm ni Hlmliu, HL IAN 1m Ii t in n railrual ac dun! 0n the Denver 2i. Riu Gramlr Raih'vml urnr Falivln. L'wln Demuhr 4, IRLHI, mhl wan lmricd in Vr smwmrI L'emcur; Hlmrlmv At the time uf his 41L ' I M den! of Ohrrlin and mm of m most sncn'vssfnl humus: mm m Lumin mung. wlnlc m llu xamv ximc lie 11ml dam of Lhu Citizuns Nuliuual Bank Ur Oberlin. thv lm-sidrnt uf Iln- Vkmwas Midland Ruilmml L of the trustees of Hlmrhn Lnllcgu. uml pl'k'MdUlll ui the Hlucrhn L'mnpanv. His xxifu u nlmricd s: n mud n daughtv Inlnwxn Win .1 r many .nlsillc businuw imrrcsls. He um Lhc p: mpswy. mm w Jilerlrlt sumw lvim The privm 1wa of Mr. Jnlmsun nu. imam He was a dcamm m the Sccnml Congregational Church of Oberlin. and 1m- innm-m- 1m almm unmictl .m-mmh nu lhc aide of right and mm, In mmmm ummiu nctix m m- mom Hnw gmmm mun mm unimportant all Um planning and cuntnving and cxcruling in 1111: world 1: ha, n is, umcclu 1m inHurnr 01' bearing upon the WCIfare nf mm? immnrral soul Sudden death urnlxl nnt Sllfprise s'UCh a man as tlns.

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REV. MICHAEL E. STRIEBY, D. D. Rev Michael E, Strtehy, D, DI. thud :It Lhttnn SIIrIIIgs, V Y.. I arch I6. I899I3g9t183 Iears : months and 20 rIaI-s IIL ms elected a Imam Oberlin LIIIIene III 1845 and held the oHiL'e coIItIIIIIaII I up to the time of IIIS rIratlI He IIaII eerIsIl longer In this tapacitv than aIII- other trmtec Iwing hr SIriL-III Ims hnm m CIIIIIIIIhIzIIIa and graduated IrnIII UIIerlIn CoIIegc III I838. amI tr'am the TlIeulngIcaI Seminar I IEII HII megs 0135:. was III? SPPOI'III III the IIIstm-I III the in-Ititlltmn :IIILI iIIcIIIIImI L'V- Pr IdeIIt Jame: H FaIr- c IId Sud IIIs IIrntIIer, RrI IWEUYI Henry FRIVCIIIIII, whn IIINI snnIe ymr: sIIIrPI and NPISOII II'. Hodge Aim graduating from the Semina I StrIehy mm pastur- ntes at Frederickmwu. 0. Mt Vernon, 0.. and Syravt YI III I864 he 20 cepmt nw pIISIlItm of I Ia y at me Amor' Ian M IILsm-IaIimI and III, CEYFKI III New thrk City. IIIIIs pKIhItIOII he IILIII tIII hI IUDGE JONATHAN E. INGERSOLL. LLD. Born November 16. l827. DIL-II Augud 12. 1890. Judy Jonathan E. IIIgI-rerII aII aIIIIIIIIIIs aIIIl IrIIstLL IIt' OIILrIIII CuIIL-gu LIIL-II XIIgIIst 121300.141 IIIIxIseIIeaII IIaIILI XIaiIIcI IIIIL-rc IIL IIIIII gone for his summcI , cation. His IICath rvsuIteII frum a stroke uf IJZAYHIININ JIIIIgL IIIgLrwII IIas IJUrII In LLB Bctkshnc cuIIIILI. Mass, NovemIIeI 16 - ' ILt a child his fater IIIOVLII III'II LIIL IaIIIIII to New YnIL xtatc IIL-ar RIICIICLHILU'. TIIcrL- lIIC UJlllIl LIIIIaIIIcII IIIK caI-II cLIIIcatImII III 1840 III IIIgcrsIIII Iva: :L-III Lu OIILrIIII College and was gIarIIIated' III 1845. AfteI Ieavmg L'uIIch- IIL- lzIIIgIIt :cIILIuI for scvcral years III VeII York state and in CoIIIIeaIIt, O I tor IIC UHILTUd the IV IeI'II Reserv: Methcal College and graduated from that IatIlIIlIIIII III I8qz. No sooner had he IecereII his diploma from the medICaI toIA ILge than IIL- IILLILICII lo t'lllel' the legal profession. lie at once Ircgan to read law and w aLIIIIIItL-LI IU the Mr ul' CIII ahnga COIIIIIV III the fall of I8b Afterward IIL' IIccaIIII- a IIIcIIIIIcI' of the fII'III 0f Burke, Inge GI! and Inch II nth later was Challgud III IIIIIILe aIIrl Ing judge lIIqersoII. In I arried In A Man Fuller, Mm as him, M Mary . Ingersoll. the pre dent of the Non- Partisan W, C . L'. Isa Sister nfthc judge. Judge Ingersoll was a man of deep I'eIIgIoIIs cnnvictinn lie was a Ithtee and charter member III Case Avenue Presr I-yteI Ian church rIf Clcvcland and a trustee of tlIc CleveIamI Art School as well as of Obe-I II Collars In 1m clanIeIIt eIIlogI' at the funeral 59er Ls. Rev I7 I Mumm- the nFFIrIat- mg cIer '.n'lle'l said In part: The man was himself lIlIIs lIIk grm :- of God He was a kmght 0f CIILII whose :Immr was truth 3an whose :Irm Ins strong. He IIaII but one IIIzItIIeIIIcItILaI mhnI and that IInc a Straight line It IS a mighty honor to hawe a life lIke :III 0pc hank IIIIsnIIeII III the perrIIIe ' of deceit, the mwardiv? of com LILIIIS or the Issemment nf rrIRIIIg oKeIIses TIIL' burial was :It Lake View Cemetery C.IeveIsIIrI 'l

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The Year. ms hunk molt h- m Inrgv part imvmlul h, chruuiclc lllc largc and small de- tails m Emntllur 3cm r1 h Huerlin's hiamry, hm i1 may 1w rmwcniem m gathur up a few M m mm ixnpunzml happenings of the year and Lu set them Forth hrieHy, This has hem Prvsidem Barrmvsh fn'sl wholu year's work a: head of h jlwerlin Collegev and our beloved Alma Mater has received arldcd impetus forward by MW of h -n gent admmhnalhm. Thy work of hmhling Lhc nvw Chemical Lalwraturv has been eagerly watched and it gxlcliun. Unr hum .mlel gunnmium. which has served 50 faithfully mr 50 many , meted um me heginnmg of another sehnm year will wime : its Cum- ,xem, is being repland by a :mdem huildiug, Flahnrats and fully up to dam in its arrangements Among otlicr donations we must nmninn the bequest of 310.000. which was givuu tu cudnw lhc Prunixlcnl'h dlah. a prov ual gift nf property whivh i: esHmmed m he warm ahnnr $75,vxm: and a number of summer gifts of money and property. The mm Value of donations made since I'rssirlent Barrows v as ducted ie bdicvml w M hhmu $300,000. Smcc the annual meermg m' the Hnawl n; Tummy: in March, haw mm mm. lees have died: Rev. James lirmul. D. D. : Rev. M. L. trieb- hldge J. . Inger 5012: E. XV Mctcalf and A H. Juhnwn. Thc vacanci s wcru all Hllcd 111 March. 1900:mdthefournewmemlmrse'erterl The resignanon of Mrs, A. A F, Jnhn- slnn Iron: Lllc omcc uf dean Ul- thu W'mnaxfs Depanmem was accepted, although sh? still rnniinues to hold tht' pmiossnrship of Medieval History in the College ch parllnentv At a Specml trustee meeting held Aprn 14 1900, D1: Alice Luce was xlwtcd dcan, Lu begin hm dutiu m the fall of 1000, She ha: been connetted with me dnppxmwm nf anlich in H'Pllem-y College The death of Prostsm' w w, L'rese On Feb. 1;. mooe necessitated another change in the Faculty, and Prof. C. H. A. Wager uf Kc yon Cullcgc hm hu-n chuscu to fill the chair OI English Lite cmmro For the mmmg year. The burning of Lord L'nnaee during; the wimer term resulted in some loss of prupcm- 0f the inmates and a curtain amount ni inconvenicucv to thc collcgc. The work nf rehn'thg was begun in the spfmg however, and it is Imped thm the moms uill hr ready for nccupancy in Lhc falle The hr m pmqm-t; for n grmt reunion of rh? Alumni of 0hcrlin this Cunk mcncemem make fitting close to another year of Learning and Labor in Oberlin College. 16