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

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J' On this beautiful Chance Creek property the YM held its Spring Retreat and Orientation Week picnic for freshmen. The fire-destroyed cabin near the lean-to is being rebuilt. C Y Advisers, Leaders Meel 63' Retreats and conferences compose an important part . - of Y life each year. Late in the spring the YM and YW 41 Y held their retreats. The Y faculty advisers and retiring cabinet met with the incoming leaders to evaluate the ffiii past year's work and make plans for the coming year. 3 E9 The new leaders were given some insight into the prob- f ' lems they were to face and tips as to how these prob- lems could best be solved. Early in the summer there was the annual Geneva district leadership training con- ference. Then shortly before Orientation Week the com- . 4 bined cabinets met on campus for three packed days of wig, final planning. Here they smoothed out the plans for- mulated in the spring. 22

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4-Day Vacation Head Council Agenda A Heac acouncil Agenda Heading the agenda for to- night's council meeting will Tb final approval of the letter to thi general faculty recommending 4 .....-4? 4 ' 5 X ' 'b 1 5 as J four-day Thanksgiving vacation Dick Crout Ben Belknap Mike Berla George Rawick observer Gus Potter and observer Paul Lloyd how much of the money obtained from the Ac- tivity Fee should be allotted to each organiza- tion. This year the Student Council loaned KOCN, under a. two year agreement, all the money that was necessary to put it on the air. The Mock UN, which was a direct outgrowth of the Council-sponsored Four-College Confer- ence, and the letter sent to Washington asking that all other means possible be investigated be- fore going to war, were other achievements of the Student Council. Securing approval of the Thanksgiving vacation was the outstanding accomplishment of the Council, in the opinion of every book-weary student. ti. v . , i Q Thus ind.-.:e2vv'2o.X'izo. v'iovx had csfflo-T pociotl e-QQec'ts upon 'me Plowefic ,QX'X'ufe,. .Q 1?mo,-oe niuxtwx, gsluewc Jmnlcnluecl old. .Lm...i'Jm,-ff: 'B-GNL

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YM-YW Discussions Stress Religious Side of College They discussed their Sunday morning radio presenta- tions and f'Operation Y, the program of small discus- sion groups which seek to aid the individual to find a deeper awareness of religious reality and where the dis- cussion topics range from the Bible to current politics. This year also brought a special conference, the Na- tional Assembly, town meeting of the Christian Asso- ciation Movement. Twenty representatives from the Oberlin Y's provided a ferment for a liberal interpre- tation of the policies that were to guide the student movement for the next four years . . . the questions of race, the church, politics, war, and requirements for membership. Oberlin was asked to make a large display of posters, pictures and lists portraying the work of the Y on our campus. The conference cycle was completed in May with the annual retreat for Ohio student Y's at Tar Hollow. But the Y's work doesn't all consist of mass meetings and leadership training retreats. Throughout the year the Y's carry on an extensive program in four different fields with a total of fifty committees. The main em- phasis is on the religious side of college life. Jointly sponsored weekly vespers, daily matins, devotional lit- erature Mrchwaysj, and the YM pre-theolog club as well as the Religious Conference on Direction in a The YM cabinet had a chance to meet their area secretary. Bill Black. as they enioyed pie. ice cream. and coffee. at their Christmas party at Bob Rankin's house. Campfire singing filled Tappan Square at this marshmallow roast 'held by the YW to further the fall membership drive. World of Confiicti' helped enrich religious life at O- berlin. Public affairs concerned the Y Open Forum and Social Action committees, while service to the campus was rendered by the Freshman Club, the Seminar in Higher Education, the Y Poll, the Sum- mer Projects committee, and the group which helped Oberlin's foreign students get adjusted. The routine tasks of publicity, office, and membership commit- tees were also a necessary part of the program. Io Peck and Laurie Meltzer lead the weekly Wednesday night vespers, sponsored by the YM and YW, while Ioe Elder at the organ completes the inspirational mood. 23