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

Page 12 text:

'EM' 1 -- kv- ,U V A I L,,,g.4-' 8

Page 11 text:

our outside activities. Its impartial portrayal of all aspects of' our scholastic and social life removes it from the realm of merely class interests and makes it the organ of the whole school. As such it has a right to a status different from that which it has had in the past. At present it is isolated from the world of college activity. It has no representation on the Senate, receives no attention from the faculty, and is seldom heard of by the students except during the two or three months preceding the date of issue. Furthermore, each board is compelled to enter upon the work entirely without experience and to spend a large part of the year learning the little details of printing and engraving. It is at present im- possible for one board to benefit greatly by the experience of another. There is a lack of continuity that places a needless burden upon each new editorial staff. Little wonder that the question has been raised-ls the HI-O-H1 worth while? Yet it is worth while and occupies a place that nothing else could fill. It needs only to be put on a sounder basis. To bring the annual work into closer association with other college activities the editor-in-chief and manager of the HI-O-l-ll might be given seats on the lVlen's Senate and its organization incorporated under the U. l... A., the board still to be elected from the junior class. This change would place the annual on a status similar to that of the Review. It would, however, be distinctly the product of the junior class. The U. L. A. would merely conduct elections, examine accounts and exercise a general oversight. To insure greater continuity and efficiency, a permanent office might be secured, a library of annuals and books of instruction accumulated, an exchange department maintained, records kept of the methods employed each year, an official and permanent letter-head adopted, and the new editor and manager given an opportunity to work with the acting board during the busy season of March and April. This year has witnessed a step in the right direction. A conveniently located and well furnished office has not only facilitated the gathering of material and the preparation of copy, but has made possible the collection of annuals published by this and other schools, the solicitation of exchanges, and the keeping of fragmentary records. The working out of a definite policy along the lines indicated would lighten the Work of editing the annual, raise its quality, and assure to it increased usefulness, more enthusiastic support, and wider recognition. ef -T .t lg l ' :I'l'l 1 af- 7 --11' ,. ., V X 0 -if ff ' ill 9 7 'T i 1 1 i i 4 J

Page 13 text:

, 5 2X L - 5 2 -5-. e, se 5m' 1- T-2 5 5 EE 2 .Esau -:-4254: E is Y : 5 :r s-a ge?--uae: ae?-Zeiss 'pi vb ' 1- r ' mx.,-. , T: .. x11..aF,, .MA 1, 2111- 252--ffl? LJII -T - ' ,V :wsu 1 ,z xl. 1: ':: ...- ' ' mu QQ-31 55 EE '52 - 1 --i--- A- - z - an -:Q ,.-.bi I -f -' 14' ' QE' EERE ,I ,..-1 'L --:4.--.. .. - ,.,.,- '-2?LE::5s5 7:5425-if 2 E 2 - Irrhe following story of Olverliffs pas! was nnilen by .Mrs llffury Slrirrllrjf, a grazlualc cf tie College in '68, aml lvirlona of Cericral C. VV. Sfiiinlvff. who cnrnzmunleil a regiment in Ilie Civil WCIV. ll pre:u1iis Ilrc Iemlifrg feels of Olwmirrs fournling untl rlevtlopzmzrif iwry informally aml fCCf,'l'l'lp!I1IlI'A lI:cm will! ull unmunl of anccilole arnl Veniiniscencc rliul immes llicir inleresl. fliinronl EV. JOHN SHIPHERD, while pastor of the Presbyterian church in Elyria, be- came impressed with the great need of gospel preachers and teachers in il he Valley ofthe Mississippi. He resigned his pastorate that he might give his whole time to the plan of founding a college and community for the purpose of training such laborers. Philo P. Stewart, who had been a friend and claifrate at Pawlet, Vt,i returning from missionary work among the Choctaw Indians, joined him at lnilyrizv, and they worked out the plan together. Two sites, one in Elyria and one in Brownhelm, were offered for the enterprise, but neither afforded sufficient room to carry out their ideas. So Mr. Shipherd started off, on horseback, to New l-laven, Conn., a two week's journey, to propose his scheme to Messrs. Hughs and Treat, owners of a large tract of unbroken forest in the southern part of Lorain county. He asked for a gift of five hundred acres for a Manual Labor School, and that nine square miles adjacent to the school grounds might be sold to the colonists for farms at Sl.5O an acre. This, he assured the owners of the property, would bring their land into market. Day after day he called upon these men, experienced in the handling of real estate, without receiving a word of encouragement. But at last, con- vinced that so earnest a man would succeed, they accepted his proposition. Mr. Shipherd then undertook the task of raising funds and securing suitable persons to carry out his great enterprise. Those expecting to become colonists were asked to sign the Oberlin Covenant, consisting o' twelxe articles, pledging themselves to such lives of industry, self-denial, and benevolence as 'conformed to Mr. Shipherdis standard of Christian character. An idea of the whole covenant may be gained from the third and sixth articles: An idea of the whole covenant may be grained from the third and sixth articles: THIRD: We will hold in possession no more property than we believe we can profitably manage for God as His faithful stewards. SIXTH: That we may add to our time and health, monev for the service of' the Lord, we will renounce all the world's expensive and unwholesome fashions of dress, partic- ularly tight dressing and ornamental attire. 9