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240THE OBERLIN REVIEW.of mankind must rejoice that Oberlin College has obtained half a million more endowment than it possessed before the last hours of the old year. 1 hat sum would mean much to any college or university, but it is more to Oberlin than it could be to institutions which have long been far richer. 1 hey are not so accustomed to getting along with means scarcely adequate to the imperative needs of the work done, and making a modest income go far.The college which won fame in the heroic days of the great struggle for human liberty, before slavery went down in blood and fire, has always been far more wealthy in high ideals and fine purposes than in money or material possessions. It has been trained in frugality and carefulness Its students have felt and sympathized with its noble views of life, and they have been none the less loyal because there were few evidences of a full treasury in the management of its affairs.Now that Oberlin’s prosperity increases and its resources become more adequate to its needs there will be no lowering of the high level upon which its ideals and purposes have been maintained. It will still be distinguished as an institution peculiarly ambitious to reach the utmost possible elevation of spirit, the best and truest point of view, the finest field of endeavor. Iligh thinking and plain living will be the rule rather than the exception in that historic citadel of human liberty, bounded by no race or color limits, and there will be the old strenuous ambition to do all that can be done for the widest possible enlightenment of mankind, regardless of sex or other distinctions.A very rich and happy New Year to Oberlin and many others to follow, as decades and centuries work unmeasured changes in the material phases of life, but leave enduring forever the solid rock on which Oberlin’s moral and intellectual life is founded !Mr. Herbert Harroun.The vacancy in the conservatory faculty caused by the resignation of Mr. Henderson has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Herbert Harroun. The following from the Cleveland Leader gives a short sketch of Mr. Harroun’s musical career.The musical circles of Cleveland and Northern Ohio have received a notable addition to their numbers in the person of Herbert Harroun, who has recently returned to this vicinity from Boston, and has accepted the position of tenor in the choir of the Second Presbyterian church, and will also be associated with the teaching force of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.Mr. Harroun was formerly a resident of Mansfield, O., where his musical career began under the teaching of Professor W. H. Pontius, and where he was associated with several of the church choirs of thatcity. In 1889 Mr. Harroun entered Oberlin College, where in addition to the work of his regular college course he pursued his musical studies, and was for some time tenor soloist of the famous Second Congregational church choir of Oberlin, and was for four years a member of the college glee club, and during his senior year was director of that organization and the mannerchor. In the summer of 1893 he was first tenor of the Oberlin Quartet, which assisted D. L, Moody in his World’s Fair campaign.From Oberlin Mr. Harroun went to Albuquerque, N. M., to teach singing in a newly established conservatory in that place, and also introduced a systematic course of music in the public schools of that city, and w’as director of the Orpheus Club and the Choral Society. From Albuquerque Mr. Harroun went to Boston in the fall of 1895, where he was associated in musical work with Albin R. Reed, as teacher. While in Boston he was connected witli the choir of Wellesley Hills church, and was soloist at the Shepherd Memorial church in Cambridge, and for the past three years has participated in concert and song recital work in Boston and other New England cities.In accepting the call to the Second Presbyterian church choir Mr. Harroun was influenced in his decision to come to Ohio by the desire and advice of many Cleveland friends. lie will divide his time between this city and Oberlin.Athletics.Graduate Manager Jones announces the following dates, subject to the proval of the faculty for the athletic teams Oberlin. April 19, Probably Case, at Obe n.“ 26, Ohio Wesleyan, “May 3, Open.“ 10, Ohio State, ““ 19, (Monday) University o- Michigan,at Oberlin. u 24, U. of M. at Oberlin, probably.“ 31, University of Chicago, ft Chicago.June 7, Ohio State, at Columbus.“ 12, Cornell, at Oberlin.Chicago wili probably play a return game, but the date is not fixed.There is also a possibility of ,;anie * the University of Minnesota eao) Jun ’ at Oberlin. jIn football, a game has bee arr2.n^with University of Michigan, to 1 e P I at Ann Arbor on Nov. 22.The O. S. U. game will be played at 0
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Oberlin Review
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Thu, Jan 16, 1902
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