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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1954
Page
8
Oberlin College kicks off Homecoming week with frosh week antics and a campus pageant on Tappan Square. Freshmen showcase pastel dress codes and playful themes while townsfolk watch, share laughs, and reminisce about earlier frosh traditions.
Oberlin records show multiple daily entries from Sept 28 to Oct 4 noting births and dismissals. Names include Mark Mergard Horace Beam Walter Nord Ernest Parsons Mrs William Somsak Mrs Ben Benner Warren Gleason Philip Robb William Allen Richard Huston Walter Young James Wyatt Eddie Snyder Fr ech and others with addresses in Oberlin Gratton Wellington Boston Mansfeld and Box 132.
Drug manufacturers strive to preserve glossy pill coatings with careful manufacturing. Inspectors at the Amer Co. must control breath and avoid disturbing the coatings during inspection to prevent dulling or damage.
Oberlin College Conservatory opens its faculty series with pianist Arthur Dann. A CBS NBC soloist noted for clarity and intelligence, he will perform Bach Beethoven Liszt Debussy and Liszt. The program includes Rondo in C Major Op 51 No 1 and Prelude and Fugue in A minor, plus Mozart, Debussy, and Liszt works. Public welcome starting 8 p.m.
Alumni and Oberlin College affiliates will gather for a weekend of homecoming events in Oberlin. Faculty speakers, student leaders, and panels will discuss curricular policies and campus life, with awards for dormitory and merchant decorations during the football game versus De Pauw. An informal reception follows in the area building lobby.
Oberlin College opened its social season with open house events across dorms Baldwin May Cottage and Heussner’s featuring circus themes and humor filled displays. A faculty reception capped the weekend at the Allen Art Museum.
Cubmaster Cheford Stevenson forecasts largest Cub Scout enrollment in Oberlin as 11 dens start fall and winter meetings. If 14 dens form, about 110 boys aged eight to eleven may join. den mothers named for dens I through XII and NID. Pack meetings set for last Wednesday monthly at 7 15 pm at James Brand House with planning sessions the prior Wednesday.
Old 1108, a veteran steam engine retired after 52 years and one million miles, is installed as a Pealie exhibit near Ardmore County Fairgrounds. Santa Fe Railroad donated the locomotive as diesels took over, to show future generations the look of once common steam motive power.
California's largest trailer park, planned as a luxury housing project, opens in San Diego with 200 spaces now and 985 spaces planned on 80 acres. It features a 6 unit motel, a yacht basin, and a shopping center, serving residents and guests in a upscale trailer community.
Morris Barr, famed Australian lecturer and concert singer, arrived in Oberlin to base operations at 270 Elm St. He will perform lectures and concerts across the United States, having spent spring and summer in Austria France Italy Switzerland and England. Barr heads the Melbourne Conservatory of Music and has been on leave for three years, planning to finish his tour before returning to Australia.
Oberlin College soccer team lit up the field against Western Reserve University, winning 13 to 1 in their season debut. Yeomen players Xavier Pi Sunger Maurice Comb Ted Boswick and Dick Kiddy each scored twice, with Obleson Seaman Moazed Christianson and Thoms adding one goal apiece. Oberlin finished with 47 shots to WRU's three.
Richard Weldon of Oberlin public schools is appointed by OMEA president Richard Stocker as state calendar chairman for noncompetitive events. He will record and report band festivals choral festivals exchange concerts clinics workshops and region and state orchestra events for The Triad magazine. He will distribute information blanks to district presidents for group distribution.
JoJo the crow, kept as a pet after leaving its nest, perished when struck by a car in Portland. Henry Klaus, who found the bird and fed it, had it watch a TV set daily, but the creature died in a street accident involving an auto.
Oberlin educators and culinary curiosity mix as W Hayden Boyers of Oberlin College shares Parisian style French cooking. He details salad, tenderloin, fries in olive oil, spinach puree, cheese, coffee, and a robust French dressing recipe with variations. A brief note hints at growing gas crops intertwined with nitrogen for farming.
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