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

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the Hoover Food Commission. Mr. Horton visited European religious centers and attended the International Conference of the World's Student Christian Federation. All three men have shared their experiences with students through the media of in- formal discussions, World Today chapels, and panel discussions. f Wif'2f2 iZT an 'mf f ' xnxx lla ASQ, I V, .1 'Wi xri-:fl ,ll - - K a Lllfffii nic' -f . m f :- A ,, rf me . -1 -J fifisf' . ' .- . ff,-fy! ' e -Pg: - , 44- rv ,,- , - I , 4 - ,1 M., , -- -,.,f,,-. I. N-If .:-11.1 -. - .. Y s- ,ph A ,i ---- lf.o..:.'.MZ'J. .1 :fm 'r-- 4. XS Many of the men in the senior class have waited through war years to return to Oberlin to complete final semesters. Others have been introduced to the campus as a result of assignment to the Navy and Marine Units here. To them in particular the Baccalaureate Service and the Processional through Tappan Square are significant. At the invitation of the National Peking University, Professor R. Archibald Jelliffe spent his Sabbatical leave teaching English literature at the Chinese university. The Viking Fund granted a research fellowship to Professor Loren C. Eiseley for anthropological research on fossil man in South Africa. Professor George T. Scott was awarded a fellowship by the Navy Office of Research and Inventions for work in the field of biochemistry. Noteworthy contributions in the arts were made by Professors Harold A. Haugh and Paul B. Arnold. Mr. Haugh, accompanied by Professor H. Arthur Dann, presented a concert in Town Hall in New York. Mr. Arnold held a one man show of water colors and drawings done while he was in the Army. A responsiveness to student desires and peti- tions characterized moves for changes in the curriculum and requirements. Agreeing with stu- dent contention that present beginning science courses were too specialized, Professors Luke E. Steiner and Lloyd W. Taylor advocated more gen- eral courses. In response to the request for a current events course, Professors Harvey A. Wooster and John D. Lewis expressed doubt that any man in the social science division would feel qualified to teach such a course. SENIORS College graduates largest class in history, awards diplomas to many former students -RADUATION for any class is a memorable occasion, but the Commencement Service for the Class of 1947 carries a special meaning. Not only is it the largest class to receive diplomas in the history of the College, but also it is the first to be graduated under President William E. Stevenson. In an election marked by novel and extensive campaigning, seniors elected Bill Girouard as president, Betty MacKay, vice-presidentg Evelyn Cooper, secretary-treasurer, and Margery Graham and Bob Cortelyou, social chairmen. Highlighting the class social activities was the Silver Serenade, the junior-senior Christmas formal, for which Jack Chantrey, Helen Adam and Nancy Johnson headed planning committees. Nancy Guest and Jim Boyce, president and vice-president respectively of the February class, planned Commencement exercises and the tradi- tional alumni banquet. Prior to graduation, Allen Ficken, Charlotte Kessler, and Florence Wax were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. JUNIORS Juniors provide lift for social activities with extensive program of entertainment ST year's Sophomore Banner Dance estab- lished a reputation for big-time social events for the Class of '48, when Social Chairman Stan Rostov put forth prodigious efforts to import Alvino Rey, the first name band to play for an Oberlin formal since pre-war years. This year Rostov and his co-social chairman, Janice Lloyd, made plans to repeat the triumph at the Junior Prom in May with music by Elliot Lawrence. Further proof of their social ability, the juniors contend, was evident in the Christmas Silver Serenade, which they co-sponsored with the senior class. Bids for the dance were sold out two days after the sale began. Cooperating were Pat Gillson, programs, and Myrlin Peterjohn, decorations. As sophomores, the class also established a reputation as poor weather-predictors. Their soph

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ADMINISTRATION New president and 'veteran administration tackle old and new problems and interests -HE appointment by the Board of Trustees of Oberlin College of a new president of the College is a comparatively rare occurrence. Such action has been taken only eight times during the 114 year history of the school. William E. Steven- son, the eighth president, has now completed his first year in this capacity, after succeeding Presi- dent Ernest H. Wilkins in August, 1946. A special interest which attracted President Stevenson's attention was the work being done by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Feeling that students and faculty should become more closely acquainted with the aim of this organization, which is, as he stated, to help peoples to speak to peoples, he created student and faculty committees for this purpose. Carl F. Wittke, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and an authority on immigration history, in addition to directing curricular activi- ties, taught courses in Racial and Cultural Minor- ities and in Recent American History. An honorary degree from Lawrence College and the Ohioana Medal, awarded for his book, Against the Cur- rent, were among the honors he received during the year. Faced with a critical housing shortage at the beginning of the fall semester, Edward F. Bos- worth, Dean of Men, carried out the College's promise to take care of everyone, by making use of wide open spaces in attics and auditoriums until promised government housing materialized. In addition to administering his duties as Dean of the Graduate School of Theology, Thomas W. Graham preached sermons in many neighboring churches. An indication of the friendship which he has established with students is the number of student marriages at which he officiates each year. Marguerite Woodworth, Dean of Women, and Muriel C. Specht, Assistant Dean of Women, devoted much of their time to insuring the success of the Women's Symposium. Frank H. Shaw, Director of the Conservatory of Music, was instrumental in bringing to Oberlin consistently fine music as well as providing the services of soloists and musical groups from the Conservatory. FACULTY Many faculty achievements in '47 indicate interest in campus issues, world affairs -BERLIN'S first postwar year saw students and faculty joining in a cooperative effort to re-examine the ideals and purposes of a liberal education. During the winter months, unusually large groups of students gathered in faculty homes for a .series of Y-sponsored discussions on What's Wrong with Oberlin? Wide interest was aroused by this topic, and various student-faculty com- mittees were organized for further study. Many of the faculty members, returning to Oberlin from the armed services, shared with student veterans the problems of re-orientation to civilian life. Both groups displayed a common viewpoint by taking an active interest in forums and chapels related to world affairs and pressing their cause through the AVC. In the field of international affairs, a student- faculty UNESCO Committee carried on research and planned an informative program for the whole campus. Professors Hope Hibbard, chairman, Wolfgang Stechow, Roger M. Shaw, John B. Mason, Clarence H. Hamilton, Howard Robinson, Lera B. Curtis, and Chester L. Shaver worked with President Stevenson and the seven student mem- bers in the organization and execution of the purposes of the Committee. After V-E Day, Professors John W. Kurtz, John B. Mason, and Walter M. Horton spent sev- eral months in Europe studying conditions of relief and reconstruction. Mr. Kurtz was inter- viewing German citizens under the supervision of the U. S. Army. Mr. Mason was a member of

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ice-skating party was scheduled for four separate dates, including one this year, and all of them turned out to be iceless. This junior class also brags proudly of an auspicious first, the sending of four of their fellows to attend the American University in Washington, D.C., under the Washington Semester plan. Class members Anna Knelle Sharp, William Eginton, Kenneth Waltz, and Leland Yeager spent a term in Washington gaining a first-hand con- tact with national scientific and governmental institutions. Tony Bent headed the class of '48 as president, Sophie McClure was vice-president, and Betty Smith, secretary-treasurer. Rostov and Miss Lloyd were social chairmen. SOPHOMORES Class of 1949, first all-peacetime group, adds record number of vets to ranks -S FRESHMEN last year, the Class of '49 could point proudly to the fact that they were the first current class to start college in peacetime. This year they had another feat to boast about. They added more veterans to their ranks than any other class. The sophomores organized under the leader- ship of Jim Dittes, president, Hudd Targgart, vice-president, Ann Langdon, secretary-treasurer, Marty Hamburger, men's social chairman, and Pat Cobb, women's social chairman. With the fresh- men, these officers planned a Froshmore Frolic as the opening formal of the social season, for- getting hazing hostilities in this joint effort. Climaxing their social season was the tradi- tional Sophomore Banner Dance in March. Dot Frey designed the banner which depicted a ma- roon torch upon a white background. The Dave Wayne band provided music for the occasion of the tradi- tional unveiling of the class banner. At Christmas time, the sophomores spread class and holiday spirit with carol- ing parties. Other class serenades featured the song written for the Class of '49 by Ginny Ries. Entertainment talent was exhibited in the floor show for the Soph Shake- up, a class get-together held in January. Singing was led by Louis Davis, while Pat Cobb headed the refreshments committee. FRESHMEN Freshman class records large enrollment, undergoes traditional sophomore initmtion -N A YEAR when enrollment figures jumped to an unprecedented high, the freshman class brought to Oberlin 464 new students, 132 of them veterans. The new girls found homes in Talcott, May, Fairchild, Gulde, and Ehnwood, traditional dorms for freshmen women. Most of the men were quartered in the Men's Building. Thus geographically united, the Class of 1950 faced sophomore hazing with good spirit. Women were assigned towering dunce caps and costumes which changed with the day and the sophomore mood. Men wore their clothes inside out, back- ward, and upside down. Freshmen kidnapped members of the sophomore classy sophs retaliated in kind. Captives were triumphantly exchanged between halves of the Ohio Wesleyan football game. Thirty-two candidates enthusiastically cam- paigned in freshman elections, with Leonard Webb winning the presidency, Bill Lippy the vice- presidency, Mervin Hutton the position of secre- tary-treasurer, and Dick Studer and Sunny Sundt co-chairmanship of the social committee. ! Q? ' 5,2 ' i in s F X 4:11, 1