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...Drennan, instructor in English at Harvard, is a graduate of Oberlin in the class of '57, as is also Prof. F. D. Allen, in the class...
...pamphlet on "The Admission of Women to Universities." It consists of letters from President White of Cornell University; Dr. John LeConte, ex-president of the University of California; President Angeil of the University of Michigan; President Beach of Wesleyan University; President Warren of Boston University; President Fairchild of Oberlin College; Mrs. Louis Agassiz, on the development of the Harvard Annex, and others. These letters were written in answer to questions sent out by the association to the presidents of several American universities where co-education is in operation. The effect of co-education was asked on the standard of scholarship...
...Evening Post: "The conservative spirit prevailing in the council of Columbia College, of which this latest action is a very good example, apparently looks upon co-education as something radical, and revolutionary, and untried in fact as a positive danger to society and morality. The examples of Cornell, Oberlin, Michigan University, and the late concessions at Harvard, are not even alluded to, although the evidence in favor of co-education from these institutions is overwhelming...
There are 1493 students now enrolled in the various department of Oberlin College...
Homer's catalogue of ships can only be rivalled in prolixity by a catalogue of the innumerable colleges and "universities" of the West. Ohio, perhaps, can claim to be the greatest mother of colleges in the Union; at least her brood is more numerous than any other. Kenyon, Oberlin, University of Wooster, Baldwin University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio University (located amid the classic shades of "Athens"), Heidelberg College, Denison University, Wittenberg College, Antioch College - the list is truly apalling. The predominance of the title, "University," in such a list as the above is very significant. Nothing seems to satisfy...