14 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Oberlin Review
Location
Oberlin, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
1
The historic mansion at Swift's Hollow burned last Friday. Locals recount legends of buried treasure and ghosts, with tales of a vanished late owner and visits by campers and tourists over the years.
A Christmas carol service is announced to be held in the chapel next Sunday evening starting at 7 18. The event features hymns and readings including Holy Night and Other seasonal selections and is part of a local church program.
The Politan Club schedules a Christmas party at 7 20 p m in the parlor with Theodore Forbes in charge and Marion Hosack to treat guests. The event lists a program including songs and activities led by committee members.
A regional high school oratorical contest organized by the Lit Society and Boost Ober Association is set for March 15 at Warner Hall. About 85 high schools across two northern Ohio counties from Lima to the Indiana border will send delegates and join committees from the territory to coordinate the event.
Grace Kearns, gifted American soprano, will perform with the New York Symphony Festival Tour in France this spring. She appears in Mora Novia on January 10 as an artist of versatility with the Musical Union.
Senator J Burke former Oberlin student accepts call to run for governor of Chiost on the Republican ticket responding to county petition. President King praises Burke as capable leader while Albert Storms of Berea College lauds his character and fitness for the office.
Two grade school girls trained under YWCA leadership at Citizens Home in a club called The Dolly Duans meeting weekly. The program includes health, self expression, and fine arts, with ceremonies reciting purpose and plan, focusing on handwork, music, dance, and etiquette skills.
Fragment references a past choice by a New York Symphony leader at Carnegie Hall, naming Wilter Damroseh and a list of possible seats, but details are incomplete and not all names are clear.
The Better Movie Board outlines a schedule adding five films to the year’s series with dates in February through April. Prospective titles include The Uninvited Guest and Ashes of Vengeance, aiming for a broad, appealing lineup and noting tentative dates amid ongoing efforts to secure further features.
In December 25 and 26 the community awaits a stage production at the auditorium. The event features students presenting a pair of plays with strong narration and engaging performances. Students, teachers, and families are invited to attend the shows and enjoy the drama on Friday and Saturday night.
Christmas program at the Methodist Church includes a carol service with organ violin and choir pieces. Prelude and offertory lead to a sequence of hymns and songs including Carol Stompersong and Come From Heaven.
Fragmentary notice describes women’s gym equipment and training. mentions regular strokes, Tuesday practice times at 5 40, with special sessions and a December 18 instruction class at 5 00. Names, places, dates, and activities are garbled but indicate a schedule for women's gym activities and coach-led practice periods.
A report of East High fifteen being entertained by the Oberlin Glee Club. The morning program featured a marler song, with performances before Lincoln High. In the afternoon the group sang at a city venue and again in the evening at Pexewood Congregational church.
Paul D Cravath of New York argued in a morning chapel lecture that reparations remain the world's most perplexing postwar issue. He said no nation should dictate terms until the United States gains influence, while urging discussion among leading powers before peace confers lasting stability.
The notes describe Professor W D Cairns and Professor Mary Buy Sinelai planning to attend the annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Cincinnati on December 27. Cairns serves as secretary and treasurer. Sinelai will present a paper on research interests in variations. The American Mathematical Society also meets in Cincinnati, with Miss Line presenting national papers. The piece touches on reparations debates and broader postwar economic concerns, linking them to the need for mathematical and scientific progress.
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