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

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,.-......., Y Y - REUNION DINNEII 1000 NVith the publication of the Ili-O-Hi there comes to every Board of Editors the question, l.Vhat new feature can we present that will be attractive to the readers of the junior Book? One thing and another have been tried in the past with varying success. XVc are now ready to offer the results of our effort. XVe have felt that among the great number of Oberlin Alumni there must be some who still take a direct interest in the life of the students of today. We have felt, also, that the majority of the students are deeply interested in the experiences, past and present, of the members of that honorable number, an integral part of which they aspire in time to become. XVe accordingly wrote to most of the Alumni who have kept in toueh with the college sinee their graduation, asking them for a brief account of any experience characteristic of the days spent in Oberlin. or of their present vocation. From the answers received we have selected the few that follow to comprise this, our Alumni llepartmentf' NVe could not use all the material offered us. Many have commented favorably upon our plan, approving and wishing us all success. XVe appreciate their sympathy. but such expressions do not make an Alumni Department, and we heartily suggest to those who have such opportunities in the future, that they make the best of them. We are very grateful to those who have shown their interest, and we most lnnnbly submit our thanks. NVe cannot expeet that our successors will follow our course and on the meager beginning which we have made. develop a chapter of more pretentious dimensions. XVC believe, however, that sueh a chapter in the Hi-O-Hi can be made exceedingly attractive to all who take the time and trouble to peruse it. If you like the idea and are given another opportumty, improve it. You will make easier the lot of a future Board of Editors, and will aid in the successful publication of a book that is becoming more and more an ad for your alma mater.-- THE EDITOR. 19

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T0 THE ALUMNI - u You are old, friend Alumnus, the Freshman said, And there isn't a thing you don't knovx. Yet you lived when the rules were a monster to dread: Pray tell me just why this is so. . When a Freshman, th' AIUIUIILIS YC- You are old, friend Alumnus, although plied to the boy, . it's revealed I walked in an unerrmg way, That you still are quite hearty and And rules only added the more to my stronu jov- Yet you hadn't a feminine Athletic I would it were so to this day. field- , Now how did you wiggle along? When I was at school, the Alumnus replied, No field did the young woman need For house-work and sewing and ' books were their pride, And thcy're very Fme women in- deed! And football? the youth then in- The men were all quiet in my younger quired with a smile. years' ' Pray, what did you do without that? And never were eager to scrap. You never saw 'Varsity pile up a pile They scorned to indulge in such Or stretch an opponent out flat? fiendish loud cheers, Or maim one another, mayliapf' You are old, friend Alumnus, but tell me the truth: They say that you tlunked in your mathg Did such things occur in your far godly youth, Did ,WH win the proffs bitter wrath? They've forgotten, my boy! the Alum- You are old, said the lad, 'A Friend nus exclaimed, . ' Alumnus. No doubt l As he turned very red with vexahtion. You never made calls until seven- I always made 5. I'm excessively Yet long ere you grew so exceedingly pained . U stout To respond with no clear explana- Did you call no one 'Angel of tion. Heaven ?' I have answered tive questions and this is too much. You'd your impudence just to begin. Now off with you quick. It sure beats the Dutch- The youth of the new Oberlin! 18

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SAN FRANCISCO, January 12th, 1903. THE PLYMOUTH. It gives me great pleasure to send greetings through the Annual to my classmates and college friends from the land of sunshine and flowers3 for, with the exception of the summer of ,QQ spent in doing a little of Europe, I have made my home for the past four years on the Pacific coast. The past three years I have lived in San Francisco, and have found it a most delightful city. Much has been said of San Francisco's elimate,- but it has an atmosphere as well, a musical atmosphere- for this is a great music-loving and music-patronizing place. At present I am business secretary of the S. F. Musical Club, a flourishing organization of women musicians. We give bi-monthly recitals, which remind me very much of the dear old Wednesday evening affairs of the conservatory-which I always thoroughly enjoyed Cwhen I wasn't on the programj. With best wishes to all old friends of the class of '91, I am sincerely yours, LlABLE Conn Ai.axANnER. N2 The Ten o'Clock Bell. Perhaps you may like a little tale of school days: Mr. X--, of the class of 8- had been invited to his first class party. He had all the earmarks of a Freshman, and yet under the glow of the evening entertainment his courage rose to such a point that he dared to ask the privilege of escorting a charming young First Year to her home. When they came to depart, he discovered to his confusion that she had come with another young lady, and that he was expected to look out for both of them. Everything went nicely as they passed through the campus towards Lorain Street. Young lady No. I lived on East Lorain, while young lady No. 2 lived on North Pro- fcssor, several blocks away. As the trio came in front of Council Hall, the ten o'clock bell sounded out its ominous notes of warning. It is said that he who hesitates is lost. While thc Freshman, with a divided mind, was meditating which young lady should be escorted home first, suddenly No. 1 loosed her dainty hold of his right arm, and was seen scudding in the direction of East Lorain Street. A moment later the gentle pressure on his left arm was relaxed, and young lady No. 2 departed rapidly in the flll'CClZlOl1 of North Professor Street, while the Freshy stood bewildered, wondering what will be the result of two forces pulling in opposite directions. In a moment he realized that the ten o'clock rule also applied to himself, and he sprinted towards College Street, barely reaching his six by nine third-floor chamber by 10:05 p. m. Since that time he has often visited the spot where they made the great refusal, a sadder and a wiser man. lt would not be fair for me to reval the name of the hero of this incident. Sin- cerely, L. Doccsrr, '93, Springfield, Mass. -20