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

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Iii 1870 The arrival or organized athletics was another sympton of the post-civil war atmosphere. Velocipede racing on West College Street became a neighborhood nuisance 30 years before Oberlin became a bicycle town. I HHI'Y HXH .V D f0LOXIU HUI XBUFT mm, 12

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xunx M 1 v 1879 In 1869 the village paper came out against baseball. HBaseball, it reported, ttis to be vetoed among students during the coming season because it has been found to have a demoralizing effect on scholarship. Football received a kinder press when it came on in the 18705. Announcing the results of the game between the College and a pickup team from Wellington in 1878, the paper notes, ttAlthough the game as played at Oberlin is much less dangerous that at other colleges, still even here there is sometimes a little excitement. 13