14 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Oberlin Review
Location
Oberlin, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
1
garbled text mentions Seawmn 10 Open and 10 UE close events at distance, with freshman mile and two mile races. Readers get a fragmentary preview of an athletics meet with multiple distance events and possible team competition.
A fragment from a 1918 newspaper item notes the Glee Club planning an annual vacation tour to the Middle West. The sparse lines list names and initials such as J. and C. Lawrence, Hutton, Hubbert, Schwabow, and others, with unclear roles and dates.
Tomorrow night the freshman and sophomore teams stage their third annual interclass indoor meet. Captain Alex Atin leads the blue and white in a close, balanced race with strong sprinters and distance runners. The freshmen show good speed in Etun and Cole while Newsom, Carick, Andrews, and Nye push for top marks. The sophomores feature a quartet of capable sprinters and solid distance runners, with Vincent, Siemens, and others aiming for victories in the mile and hurdles. Coaches Primus and team captains plan a competitive evening as entries prepare for a series of trials and finals.
Cleveland and Southwestern railway workers strike stalls in Oberlin over a ten cent wage offer. Trainmen declined four cent raise per hour, with no meeting since. Elyria Chamber sought talks but workers did not appear. Rumors of five cent raises float while railways resist higher pay. A football banquet note and a fireless storage house incident also appear in this campus brief. Willis Rose of Cleveland urged immigration awareness at a Red Cross rally.
The Kansas City itinerary for the glee club trip is set to extend to Kansas City and Misouri with two concerts in Mistort. Director B Wickler aims to finalize plans soon as twenty members undertake the journey on a private Pullman ear named Mage net. The club will depart Thursday morning from Ching and return after the trip.
A damaged fragment notes that classes were extended two weeks due to a supply shortage and a faculty vote. It mentions January 16 and a plan to resume work the following Wednesday, with a 1:30 return time. The wording is incomplete but indicates the school extended vacation to address shortages.
A large Oberlin College audience heard the one hundred eighty first Oberst Musical Union concert featuring Handel’s The Messiah. The review lauds the chorus and Professor Rice’s and Dr. Andrews’ leadership, notes financial constraints and rehearsal limits, and calls for stronger support to sustain choral tradition amid changing times.
Albert Clark in France writes from the dug-out asking friends to send good books to the Allies ambulances unit. He notes long hours and temptation to wander the trench fringe, appeals for Macaulay’s Essays, Heroes and Hero Worship, and similar works, and mentions home at a cantonment with a pink walled fire place as a contrast. The letter, dated November 17, asks for Oberlin news and Christmas wishes.
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