President Wilkins Appeals for Housing Help at Oberlin
A 1946 message from President Wilkins to returning students seeks immediate aid from carpenters and others to secure emergency housing in Oberlin. The plan leverages a Lanham Act program through the Federal Housing Authority and Roth-Schenker Corp to adapt 400 temporary housing units, but delays threaten timely readiness.
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Cerin
Federal Housing Authority
Roth-Sehenker Corporation
Oberlin
Bowdoin Expedition Crew Delivers Supplies to Eskimos
Vice President Harold S. Wood and Trustee A. R. Hart return from a Labrador voyage aboard the Bowdoin led by Donald B. MacMillan. The June 29 departure from Boothbay Harbor included a mixed crew of professionals. They delivered supplies to Nain Moravian Mission, filmed coast scenery, and studied Labrador birds while logging uncharted waters and rough ice conditions.
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Harold S. Wood
A. R. Hart
Labrador
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin
Boothsay Harbor
Maine
Foresta
Cruse
Colorado Museum of
Ausuron Society of
Boston
Colorado Museum
Mace Atlan Moravian Mission
Eskimos
Nain
Syiney
Wood
Boothbay Harbor
Main
Oberlin
Oberlin Dormitory Deposit and Work Opportunities
Oberlin residents planning to return to college housing must pay a ten dollar room deposit to the Office of the Dean of Men by August 26. The notice seeks men with carpentry experience to work for the college during opening and asks them to wire Superintendent Ris of Bullion Grounds with their qualifications and availability.
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Auust
Oberlin
Colle
Laster
Ris
Oberlin Colire
Couples Sponsor Pot Luck Supper This Saturday
Couples in the Married Students Group sponsor a pot luck supper in Ree Hall on Saturday August 24 at 8 30 PM. Each couple is asked to bring enough food and utensils for six. Activities include dancing to records, bowling, pool, and ping pong. All other married students are invited.
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Ree Hall
Council Vetoes Move To Reassign Rooms
The Student Council rejected a proposal to involve the Men's Board in future dormitory room assignments for veterans next term and passed a unanimous resolution seeking Men's Board participation. Debate centered on fairness, potential disruption of house groupings, and the impact on FPHA unit placements with talks of dining hall assignments near Pyle Inn and a drawing-based redistribution plan.
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Pyle Inn
BBL Bosworth
Lke
Embassy
Charlie Trewin
Petey Web's
Bosworth
Snd
Sam Jones
Joan Barlow
Bill O'Connor
Tate
Petey Webb
Coune
Sturges
Counc
Counel
Bill Bosworth
Sam Dudley Reports Hi-O-Hi To Appear Early in Full Term
Sam Dudley announces Hi-O-Hi will be ready at the start of the term. Student Council reports the annual will be distributed to subscribers upon return, with mailing plans for those away. John Rumely, editor of the 74-01, will visit John and Ollie Engraving Co in Chicago on September 6.
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Sam Dudley
Gray Publishing Company
Fostoria
Ohio
Hi-O-H
Sam Dudle
Sim Jones
Studen Council
Dudley
John Rumely
Will Visi
John and Ollie
Chicago
Communist Speaker Attacks Byrnes Anti Soviet Policy
Md Dave Fowler reports on a Cleveland gathering where Greenfield of the Communist Party outlines a thirteen point critique of U S policy, criticizing anti Soviet actions and arguing for common understanding while defending Soviet moves and denying imperialism. The meeting at MBS auditorium featured probing questions but limited student engagement.
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R I
Ken Forman
Greenfield
Exec’arty
Cleveland
Reaction
America
Strymes
Fif
Russia
Europe
MBS
Greenfeld
Amer
Comon
Ican Communist Party
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Kumlein
Wilkins Svat
All ‘En
Us Fa
Kumein Gulf
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Elfin Island
Kumiein Gull
Baley
Robert Grayce
Hiip
Sola
Sydney
Strait of Bell Inc
Ernest
Assails Byrnes
Dave Fowler
United States
Iran
Balkan
Toso
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