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

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ADMINISTRATION

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o C70 JlQ5l6DJll-IUI KDWIIJIIIQ Q Adm1n1strat1on and Faculty Who keeps the machinery olled and running? Students seem to come and go but the admmrstratlon and faculty go on forever What would happen lf your pro fessors met their classes only half of the time, or suppose when they dld meet thelr classes thev simply propounded some tlme worn pet theory or reached conclusions for you Instead of trammg your powers of thought or suppose the llbrarlans would take an unannounced vacatlon and all your research reachng would be suspended, or suppose your classes were held In rooms where dust was thxck, electric light bulbs were broken and the walls looked as if they might fall 1n on you wlthout notice' Just how long would you stay? College life which seems to repeat xtself week after week with no apparent dlsturbances would have many a hltch lf there were not someone behmd the scenes all of the time keepmg a watchful eye on this learnmg and labor busmess We may say of those connected wxth the admmlstratlon that they have Wrought 'Ill kmds of servxces with a noble ease that graced the lowllest act In dOlng lt Of the members of the faculty we would say that they are helpmg us to flnd a word knowl edge whlch IS but a shadow of a wordless knowledge From thls begmmng we promise to go on to larger fields Our appreclatlon for all of thls IS not to be put into words But we gxve thanks and pralse and rest not For unto us IS our thanksglvmg rest , Q Q V ' Q g 2 N . . . ' r . - . . . , . 1 . ' 9 V 9 l 9 . ' 1 . . . U . ,, , . . . . U - Q I . . . . . . . ,, . ' ll . . ,, . . . cc ' ' Y . . . ,, . ' 0 E271