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

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Board of Trustees HENRY CHURCHILL KING, D.D., LL.D., L.H.D., President Term expires january I, Robert E. Brown ............. Harriet L. Keeler,' LL.D. - - William P. Palmer .... Henry M. Tenney, D.D. ......... Term expires january 1, Theodore E. Burtonf LL.D. ....... - E. Dana Durand, Ph.D. - Charles B. Shedd .... Lucien T. Warner - - - Term expires january I, Alexander Hadden, LL.D. Homer H. johnson .... Charles H. Kirshner - - - Robert A. Millikan,' Sc.D. Term expires january 1, Clayton K. Fauver ............ Amos B. McNairy .... ....... john L. Severance ..... Lucien C. Warner,' LL.D. ........ - Term expires january I, William C. Cochran .........., Irving W. Metcalf' - - - . - George B. Siddall - - Merritt Starr - .......... . - Terrn expires january I, Dan F. Bradleyf DD. .... - - - - Thomas Henderson - - Amos C. Miller - - - john H. Rogers - - .. 1Electecl by the Alumni. 29 I 922 I 923 I 924 1 925 1926 I 927 Waterbury, Conn. Oberlin, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Lakewood, Ohio Washington, D. C. Minneapolis, Minn Chicago, Ill. Bridgeport, Conn. Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Kansas City, Mo. Chicago, Ill. New York, N. Y. Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio New York, N. Y. Cincinnati, Ohio Oberlin, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Chicago, Ill. Cleveland, Ohio Oberlin, Ohio Chicago, Ill. Brooklyn, N. Y.

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The Board of Trustees of Oberlin College I-IEN what is now called Oberlin College was founded in 1833, there was formed a board of nine men, called The Board of Trustees of the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, who were to be the governing body of the institution. This Board of Trustees proved its usefulness and efficiency, and by constant effort helped bring the Institution out of its infancy to the Oberlin College to which it has grown. The name Oberlin College was adopted in 1850, and in 1889 the Board of Trustees was increased to consist of twenty-five members, the President of the College being ex-officio a member and President of the Board. Four members of the Board are elected every year to serve for six years. Of these, three are elected by the Board itself, and one is elected by a general ballot of the alumni of all departments. In the Board of Trustees is vested the whole government of the college, and it is largely through its excellent judgment and constant efforts that Oberlin has come to be what it is. I-lowever, the policy of the Board has not been one of high-handed management of all college affairs. There has been a steady cooperation between the faculty and the Board, which has resulted in an insti- tution whose standards of education and efficiency of management are among the best in the country. The outstanding action of the Board of Trustees at their annual meeting on November 14, 1919, was the adoption of the recommendation of the President and of the General Faculty, that the salaries of the members of the Faculty be increased fifty per cent to date from September 1, 1919. Plans were also made at this time for a reorganization of the Alumni Association. At the next annual meeting of the Board, on November 12, 1920, a more definite form was given to the plans for the Future Oberlin than has ever before been attempted. At this meeting, President King, in his. annual report, outlined in very definite terms the needs of the College, including endowment, buildings, lands, and plans for a technical school. I-le forecast the natural lines of growth of the college, and has given us a plan, which, if followed out, will make the Oberlin of the Future even a grander school than it is at present. President King saysz. There is no attempt here to provide for a university, but to provide adequately for the finest quality of work in the departments already in existence, to allow for growth in the opportunities offered and in the numbers served, and to suggest one addition- al School. May we live to see this Greater Oberlin blossom forth in all its g ory! . 28

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m E. Jie. Harriet Louise Keeler Hubert C. Herring. D.D. I-IARRIET LOUISE KEELER, '70 Died February 12, 1921 An independent student and thinker, alert and active-minded to the endg a persistent advocate of suffrage, a brilliant, stimulating teacher, who built her life into a great host of lives, was Harriet Keeler. In her writing she proved herself a most careful and helpful guide and interpreter, in the study of nature, enlarging many lives at this point. Cleveland showed its faith in her ability as an administrator, in electing her Superintendent of Public Schools in her sixty- sixth year. She was the only woman so honored. A generous friend and sup- porter of the College if 'l' 'l' ' ' ' it would certainly be unfitting that her death should go unnoticed by the College, of which she was so honored a graduate and Trustee. -fpresident King, Chapel Address, February 17, 1921. HUBERT C. HERRING, D.D. Died August 6, 1920 In the sudden death of Dr. Hubert C. Herring the College has lost one of its most loyal and influential friends, and the Board of Trustees one of its wisest and most faithful members. Dr. Herring had not been a member with us long, but for many years his interest had turned in the direction of Gberlin, his sons received their training here, and as a conspicuous leader in all recent important religious movements he counted upon Oberlin's influence and power for good. Dr. Herring's skillful hand had been felt for a generation not only in the development of Congregationalism east and west, but also in the steady rap- prochement of the great Protestant bodies, and his charity, urbanity, wise counsel and personal distinction had carried through many a difficult and notable project of far-reaching value. And he will long be remembered by the churches he served so well, and by the strong men associated with him in the religious progress of the nation, as a true prophet and a modest follower of the Master. 30 ,