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

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many as twenty-five or thirty-five per cent of the graduates continue for rather extended periods in the teaching profession, many in high schools and colleges, some doing .1 peculiarly unique work, as for example the president of one of our first Correspondence institutions. It would be hard to estimate, also, Oberlin's large contribution to the field of music and musical appreciation. Oberlin has not been, however, without graduates who have made preeminent success in other fields, as for example in the field of surgery the achievements of the late Dr. Dudley P. Allen, '75, would honor any institution of learning. In the field of invention, the work of Elisha Gray in the development of the telephone is noteworthy, and the discoveries made by Charles M. Hall, '85, of the commercial process of reducing aluminum, which has meant so much to so many industries: and John R. Rogers, '75, the inventor of the linotype machine, which has revolutionized modern printing. Among our distinguished representatives in political life, it is quite worthy of note that Oberlin can count among its alumni General Jacob Dolson Cox, '51, distinguished as a soldier and a scholar, as Governor of the State of Ohio, and as an educational executive. It will not be invidious to mention also our distinguished alumnus, Theodore Burton, whose long and unselfish term of service in public life is an honor to Oberlin College from which he graduated in I872. Particularly though not exclusively in teaching, Oberlin's women graduates have made a large contribution, as is illustrated by the fact that Helen Shafer, '63, was a distinguished president of Wellesley College, and that Helen lVlorgan's f'66J thirty-eight years of unique service for the education of the colored race at Fiske University, was recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Many of Oberlin's alumnae are occupying important professorial and other teaching positions at the present time through- out the country. Rather uniquely, too, Oberlin, the first college to give a degree to women, numbered among its early graduates a woman who became distinguished in the ministry, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, D. D., '47. The first director of the United States Geological Survey was an Oberlin graduate, F. V. Hayden, '50, and the director of the last United States Census was Dana Durand, '93, In the field of philanthropy much pioneer work has been done by Oberlin people. The work of Sally Holley, '5 l , in the south is peculiarly unique, and at the present time it is worth noting that Oberlin men have had much to do with the social service development of the city Chambers of Commerce, notably in Cleveland and Minneapolis, and in the development of the federation idea for city charities. An Oberlin man, a pioneer of the work of child-welfare, is at the head of that work in the Sage Foundation. Oberlin may well be proud also of its lawyers in all parts of the country, who are standing con- spicuously for civic righteousness, clean court practice, and-reform in politics. A long list might be made of Oberlin's graduates who have contributed largely to all kinds of community betterment, and who are conspicuous leaders in the religious, social, and philanthropic enterprises of the country. As representative of this important group, the wide-spread influence of Dr. and Mrs. Lucien C. Warner, '65, of New York City, may be mentioned. l 9

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The alumni too are the great supporting body of the institution by their gifts, both large and small. Much more than half of' Oberlin's endowment has come from alumni, and it should be increasingly true through the years that the alumni should be the financial support of the institution. The Living Endowment Fund of itself is a matter of great importance. It is probably true, too, that by far the larger proportion of new students who come to Oberlin each year, are directed to this institution by the alumni, particularly the great body of teachers scattered throughout the country, rather than through other influences or direct advertising of any sort by the institution. Undoubtedly it is not only a fact that the country in general judges Oberlin by its alumni, but that upon the alumni also depends the permanency of Oberlin's ideals or any changes which may be made in its educational policy. And there is no influence so directive in the affairs of the college as the concensus of opinion of the alumni body. Not only is this influence exerted directly, but by the large representation which the alumni have in the group of the trustees who manage the affairs of the institution. W. F. BOHN. Alumni Associations Oberlin College Alumni Association Theological Alumni Association Local Alumni Associations Associalion Dale of Founding Headquarters NEw YORK ..... . New York City lLLlNOIS . . . 1870 . . . Chicago, 111. NEW ENGLAND . . . . 1877 . . Bos'on, Mass. MIDLAND ..... . 1889 . Kansas City, Mo. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA . . 1893 . . Pittsburgh, Pa. CENTRAL NEW YORK . . . 1903 . . Syracuse, N. Y. NORTHWESTERN OHIO . . 1903 . . . Toledo, O. CLEVELAND .... . 1905 . . Cleveland, O. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA . . 1905 , . Berkeley, Cal, SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO . . 1905 . . . Akron, O. OHIO VALLEY . . . . 1906 . . Cincinnati, O. NEBRASKA .... . 1906 . . Lincoln, Neb. NORTI-IEASTERN lowA , . 1908 . . . Grinnell, la. PUGET SOUND . . . 1909 . . Seattle, Wash. SPOKANE . . 1910 . . Spokane, Wash. OREGON , , . 1910 . . Portland, Ore. NORTH CHINA , . . 1910 . . Peking, China ST. LOUIS .... . 1910 . . SI. Louis, Mo. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA . . 1910 . Los Angeles, Cal. DAYTON AND VICINITY . . . 1911 . . . Dayton, O. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL . . . 1912 . Minneapolis, Minn. WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT . . . . 1914 . Springfield, Mass. COLORADO ...,. . 1914 . , Denver, Col, CENTRAL 1owA . 20 . Des, Moines, la.