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

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Gberlin Perspective: Eating Tell those kids to be quiet. We'll be ready in five minutesl A welcome change from the dining halls came for seniors when they were invited to professors' homes for dinner. One of the few relaxed periods of the day is the time between morning classes and lunch-though it's a bit too long if you didn't make it to breakfast. N

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One can always find time and some sort of perverted ra tionale to play cards He sings raggedy melodies, and so does Dean Mary Dolliver after 0 Sunday dinner in Harkness. ec ion ar ies an en u s i ir i 's rooms-or vice versa S t p t d op ho se make t le al tor is to be n men ,Huw

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Debby Chess, Pyle lnn's cook for the night, dishes out an intriguing QD new concoction. Co-Upers Do-It-Themselves The do-it-yourself movement thrives in the Oberlin student Co-ops, which endorse individual expression in all fields from politics to domestic science. Democratically conducted house meet- ings, with weighty consideration of the lease or arguments over the motion to serve saucers with cups, determine Co-op policy and develop politic- ally astute citizens. Exotic Casseroles, which leave behind an uncountable number of dirty pots, and homemade bread are products in which Co-op culinary artists take pride. Informal recre- ation contrived by the Committee for Spontane- ity is most frequently folk-singing, accompanied by the music from improvised music-makers, but Co-op also sponsors traysliding parties and a Creative Arts Festival. -Nancy Franklin 9: Et i Dinner table conversation at Grey Gables is never dull-and seldom very quiet.