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July 2, 1883
Daily Globe
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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Oberlin College marks its 50th anniversary with a jubilee week reunion in Ohio, featuring graduates, a baccalaureate sermon by President Fairchild, ordinations, and music in a new hall built by students.
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Reunion of Oberlin College Graduates.
CLEVELAND, O., July 1.—Fifty years ago to-day Oberlin college was founded, and this will be a jubilee week at the institution. A great number of venerable men, graduates of former years, and many distinguished in ministry or eminent in public life, are gathered for a grand reunion. Most of the classes since 1836 are represented and a wealth of reminiscences is being showered upon the meetings of various character, beginning last Tuesday, and to close July 4 with a mammoth semi-centenary celebration.
The exercises to-day included a Sunday school bi-anniversary, the baccalaureate sermon by President Fairchild and the ordination of ministers and missionaries. President James H. Fairchild preached on the "Providential aspects of the Oberlin enterprise," taking for his text the first verse of the 127th Psalm: "Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it." The sermon was a review of the college from its conception to the present. The services were interspersed with music by the orchestra of thirty pieces, two pianos, and a chorus of 150 voices. A hall, capable of seating nearly 5,000, has been built expressly for the semi-centennial jubilee, and the work upon the building is all done by the students.
CLEVELAND, O., July 1.—Fifty years ago to-day Oberlin college was founded, and this will be a jubilee week at the institution. A great number of venerable men, graduates of former years, and many distinguished in ministry or eminent in public life, are gathered for a grand reunion. Most of the classes since 1836 are represented and a wealth of reminiscences is being showered upon the meetings of various character, beginning last Tuesday, and to close July 4 with a mammoth semi-centenary celebration.
The exercises to-day included a Sunday school bi-anniversary, the baccalaureate sermon by President Fairchild and the ordination of ministers and missionaries. President James H. Fairchild preached on the "Providential aspects of the Oberlin enterprise," taking for his text the first verse of the 127th Psalm: "Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it." The sermon was a review of the college from its conception to the present. The services were interspersed with music by the orchestra of thirty pieces, two pianos, and a chorus of 150 voices. A hall, capable of seating nearly 5,000, has been built expressly for the semi-centennial jubilee, and the work upon the building is all done by the students.
What sub-type of article is it?
Celebration
Education
Religious Event
What keywords are associated?
Oberlin College
50th Anniversary
Graduate Reunion
Jubilee Week
Baccalaureate Sermon
Ordination
What entities or persons were involved?
James H. Fairchild
Where did it happen?
Oberlin, Ohio
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Oberlin, Ohio
Event Date
July 1
Key Persons
James H. Fairchild
Event Details
Oberlin College's 50th anniversary jubilee week features a reunion of graduates from classes since 1836, including reminiscences, a Sunday school bi-anniversary, baccalaureate sermon by President Fairchild on the college's history, ordination of ministers and missionaries, music performances, and a new student-built hall for 5,000, culminating on July 4.