Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-06-19
Letter from Oberlin.

EDITOR CHRONICLE when last
1 wrote you our spring term was pass.
ing along very pleasantly. It closed
on Saturday, May llth. After a re-
cess of four days the Summer term
began. The number of students in
J attendance this term Is not as large
as it was last, owing to the fact that
many prefer not to study through the
warm season.
The organ, for the new church,
which we have been loI < waiting for
has arrived, been put up and is now in
service. This church was completed
some two years since and is quite q
beautiful edifice. It seats twelve
hundred and was built at an expense
of about thirty thousand dollars
The Organwas constructed in Boston
and cost five thousand dollars. 1t has
fifteen hundred and sixty-five pipes,
and if Tumor is correct is the second
in the State in size. Wednesday eve
ming, May Sth, an organ concert was
given for The benefit of the organ
fund. Mr.. Dudley Buck of Boston
presided at the instrument to the en-
tire satisfaction of every one present.
For the sake of variety three cho-
ruses were given by the choir, which
numbered seventy-ive, and a few
solos. All were well pleased with the
concert.
Week before last q large audience
assembled in the big church to hear a
lecture from a graduate of the class of
'69. This gentleman was formerly a
resident of Warren and graduate of
her High School / believe, 1 refer to
William G. COchrane, a relation Of
General Cox. Since graduating here
he has been studying law and travel
inc. He chose for his subject, Swift
zerland. Having travelled over q
great portion of it on foot he was we'll
qualified to give us s beautiful de-
sFiption of it. In glowing language
he described its snow-capped peaks
and the glory of sunrise or sunset
there. He told US of Lake Lucerne
and William Tell, whom he believes
TO have been a historical character
and not q fictitious one as many be-
lieve, of that PASS in the mountains
where Arnold WinkelTeid. ."made way
for liberty" and of the grandeur of a
storm ameng the Alps. The
audience was charmed with his lee
ture and felt that he did honor to his
Alma Mater,
4 few weeks sinea an Anti Masonic
convention was held here. There |
we're representatives from several |
States in attendance. The most in
-eresting part OF the exercises was the |
of the question whether /
hey should nominate a Presidential |
ticket. Many were in favor of doing /
his as they can not conseientiously |
7ote for Grant, as he is a mason, but /
he majority after a lengthy diseus-
ion wisely decided that the conven-
ion should take no political action at
present. After the convention had
adjourned, about twenty-five met in /
he basement of the church and NOM
mated Chas. f. Adams for President
md - Howard for Vice President.
Since then information has been re-
eived that Adams is a mason of
higher standing, than Grant. 1t has
'een intimated that this is a joke on
hose basement anti-masonists.
A sad event happened few miles
rom here yesterday. Last Friday
wo students received permission to
o out OF town on a hunting trip on
that they returned Satur-
ay. This they aid not do, hut on
unday endeayored to cross Black
iver at Charleston harbor on q raft.
When part way cross the raft began
} sink and one of them who could
vim jumped off that it might carry
is friend safely over; but his friend
ls0 jumped and Immediately sank as
e could not swim. When he came
p th-e swimmer caught hold of him
I'D held him till within four feet OF
le wharf when being exhausted he
t go and the young man was
roYned. He was from Titusville we :
and had been sent here
= his guardian to study. Another
ID warning to Sabbath-breakers.
TRU3IBULL.
OBERLIS. o.. June. 1879.