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

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John Erskine, poet, novelist, scholar, musician, and teacher, accepted the invitation of the Class of i936 to be their Commencement speaker, H. M. Robinson, author, describes him as being a huge mast of a man with a bright rudder of a nose, a hu- morous slanting mouth, a sabre wit. His lectures on literature are an event to the students of Columbia who often Cut classes to attend them. On May l5, l936, Oberlin College re- ceived news that Dean Mildred Mc- Afee of Oberlin was to become Presi- dent McAfee of Wellesley. She had come to Oberlin in l934 as one of the youngest deans of women in the his- tory of the college. ln regard to leav- ing Dean McAfee declared herself proud to be admitted to the class of i936 and the Alumni of Oberlin College. One of the famed Dorsey Brothers, Tommy, found that he could not keep his date with the Oberlin Seniors for their Prom this past June, the Prom Committee found something better, so the seniors seemed to feel, in the one-man show --Duke Ellington. lt was, in the words of a freshman who remained to hear him, hot stuff!

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Two one hundred foot ropes covered with daisies made up the daisy chain which the junior women carried the day they received the caps and gowns as a symbol of becoming seniors. After the two classes of women had marched to the arch with the juniors carrying the chain, the seniors sang, changed caps and gowns for the chain, and carried it to the plot be- tween Peters and Warner where they left the daisy covered rope as a huge 36 . About nine hundred alumni gathered in Warner Gym on June 9, l936, to attend the Alumni Luncheon. After the singing of Ten Thousand Strong the welcoming ad- dress was given by Dr. Mosher to the Class of I936. George Manlove, president of the graduating class, gave a speech. Among the classes present were: l886, 65.711 strong, l896, 422 present, and l876, 402 pres- ent. The gift of 550,000 to scholarships was given by R. T. Miller of the Class of '9l. Rope and Japanese lanterns, dusty, musty, dug out from a year's storage, dusted and hung, threatening clouds, thoughts of rain. With these forerunners, illumination night glowed forth while alumni and students wandered to and fro with Chinese coolie hats and striped canes, Future alumni consumed chocolate sprinkled ice cream cones and played tap-the-ice-box in the semi-darkness. And the glow of friendship and cheer surpassed that of the Japanese lanterns.

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Frosh Week-a week of campus tours, grade explanations, examinations, buying of fancy souvenir bric-a-brac for the sweethearts at home. And while the women had a ship party at the Men's Gym, frosh men ate and ate and fought with pillows at Chance Creek. They had a mixer, too--one of those shirt sleeves and suspenders affairs-where the greenies learned to start, You're a senior, aren't you? not Are you a freshman, too? i 5 K