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

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f ONE CLASSIFICATIO Wyre Administration: Text, Page 125 Pictures, Page 15. Faculty: Text, Page 123 Pictures, Page 18. Seniors: Text, Page 133 Pictures, Page 25. juniors: Text, Page 13gPictures, Page 47. Sophomores: Text, Page 14, Pictures, Page 65. Freshmen: Text, Page 145 Pictures, Page 75.

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CLASSIFICATIO President William E. Stefvenson's arrifval brings closer relationship between faculty and students the Wednesday evening Vespers exemplifies has always served as a basis for Oberlin s academic program and in no other phase of college life is it more manifest. A liberal education is a singularly intangible thing. No one man can hope to reach it by himself. But through cooperation with other men also striving to under- stand life and its complexities more fully, students realize a oneness with other students, with faculty members and with administrators of the College. All are devoted to the same purpose. All hope, through this spirit of unity, to approach Cardinal Newman's ideal of an educated man. The establishment of a closer relationship be- tween students and their educators strengthens this bond. During the past year one attitude was evident in Oberlin. All shared in the common desire to know each other better. Intense interest in students and students' prob- lems became an immediately evident characteristic of President William E. Stevenson, who became President of Oberlin College in August, 1946. Two weeks after his arrival, the editor of the Review and the president of HE unified spirit which of informal receptions, with all students receiving invitations in turn. Having established this prece- dent, it is the plan of President Stevenson to be- rcome acquainted with all new students at similar receptions early each year. Faculty activities reflected a similar desire for closer coordination with students. At the request of the YMCA and the YWCA Student-Faculty Committee, faculty homes were opened to students on several Sunday evenings for discussions of pertinent questions. In these informal groups topics such as What's Wrong with Oberlin? Religion and the Bible, Russia, and Why Study the Past? were discussed. Students -dis- covered that faculty members were desirous of participating in the World Today chapel series, in Y Open Forums, in Forum Board-sponsored open meetings, and in advisory capacities to stu- dent organizations. Class and inter-class activities, many of which had been discontinued or had lost some of their significance during the uncertain years of the war, resumed their normal place in the College social program. Sophomores led pajama-clad freshmen through the Apollo Theater. Class dances and informal recs were consistently popu- lar. Class sweaters were once more obtainable and current numerals joined those worn by veterans who had originally been in the summer Student Council earlier classes. brought to his attention mis- v C., Uniformed men of the V-12 understandings concerning t e ls , W . . - College policy toward student 1 L -h-4 - ZIxte3fI1i?i0Fagiy1:J1dth3Sn marriages. Two days later a L, V 4' 3 M it had been only a temporal, letter clarifying the College - leave Former Unit men wer! position was published and P ' A . I . received general approval. ' ' Y ' mlgvfsence In every sport and Shortly after the Christmas .--1 th I ,I ac 1v1 .y.. . vacation, President and Mrs. K g , - ' . r This 111 brief WHS the Scene Stevenson entertained stu- which Oberlin Presented in dents in their home at a series - peacetime.