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

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T H E H I - O - H I 1 9 1 0 Qlibenbnre QE. Zguttun ELDOM may it be said of alumni however illustrious, that they have honored the name of Oberlin more than they have been honored by that name. Th.eodore Burton is one of those rare men who has conferred such honor upon this college. He graduated with the class of ,72 leaving a record of brilliancy as a scholar and of stability as a man. His academic record was a mere forecast of a broader and more lasting reputation as a man of affairs. The great congress of hard headed business men at Washington had a place for him, but once he had entered the political arena Burton made a far greater place for himself. Congress needed him and men of all parties continued to elect him. For sixteen years Mr. Burton has consistently represented the best interests of the people in that political storm center, the House of Representatives. This year Oberlin wishes to congratulate him and herself that he has merited and received the highest office in the power of Ohio people to give, a seat in the Federal Senate. Senator Burton is counted among the nationls first citizens because, in a persistent and scholarly manner he has served the people's good. A man of honor in a position of great temptation, a pains-taking scholar in politics, one who commands because facts are commanding, Senator Burton is a true statesman. He proves the practicability of the ideal which Oberlin stands for and America most needs, the man with a long clear view of what should be combined with a shrewd knowledge of what may be. Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking. 23

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if a t . . , - A what Big Giant Qbutn Wal, drawled Uncle Hiram, as he settled himself before the kitchen fire for his usual yarn, wal, sir, I never saw th' beat o' th.at fer a real, downright, git-up-and-get, sort o' show,-never 'n all my born days. 5' Yep, I seen a good many crackin' good shows 'n my time, at 'Lyria and round. An' I remember when I wa'n't no older ner Billie there, goin' to Oberlin with dad to see the Hrst-first-, he gazed thoughtfully at the fire, pulled hard on his old pipe, crossed his legs again,- first-why, what th' dickens do ye call it, fake, no that ain't the word, Awl mock-that's the word I bin tryin' to git hold of-to the first Mock Convention they h.ad. Great time that was, tool That was th' time they went an' nominated Abe Lincoln fer th' second term, did it 'fore the regular Convention did, tool if' Have I bin t' any o' 'em since? Wal I should jest say so. I can't see goin' to shows too of'en, but I go t' that mos' every four years. Can't seem t' git out o' th' habit. Crackin' good shows they are. An' th.ey teach ye a hul lot besides. 'Cause Cousin Albert, he seen one o' th' reg'lar kind once in Chicago, and he said it wa'n't half so much fun as th' one to Oberlin. So I don't go to Chicago. Ol yes, I did start out t' tell ye about that 'un they had last spring. Wal, sir, when I fust seed that talk about th' Big Tent I 24