Oberlin
Coeducation pioneer school
Oberlin is a small city in northern Ohio, home to Oberlin College, a private liberal arts institution founded in 1833.
The college was among the first in the United States to admit Black students and women.
The name often stands metonymically for the college itself: She went to Oberlin.
The place carries associations with progressive politics and artistic cultivation.
Institutional grounds and buildings
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- dormitoriesCommunal student lodgings
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- alumniFormer school members
admissions · residential · selective · private · undergraduate · Ohio · class · semester
Opponent of human bondage
- coeducationTeaching all genders together
- integrationCombining into a whole
- firstPosition number one
- activismDirect effort for reform
feminist · environmentalist · inclusive · diverse · counterculture · protest · divestment · cooperative
Organized auditory art
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
classical · opera · virtuoso · piano · violin · voice · recital · ensemble
A specific year
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
monument · preservation · legacy · tradition · chronicles · archives · bicentennial · commemorative
campus
Institutional grounds and buildings
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- dormitoriesCommunal student lodgings
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
alumni · admissions · residential · selective · private · undergraduate · Ohio · class · semester · quad
abolitionist
Opponent of human bondage
- coeducationTeaching all genders together
- integrationCombining into a whole
- firstPosition number one
activism · feminist · environmentalist · inclusive · diverse · counterculture · protest · divestment · cooperative · grassroots
music
Organized auditory art
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
jazz · classical · opera · virtuoso · piano · violin · voice · recital · ensemble · performance
1833
A specific year
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
pioneer · monument · preservation · legacy · tradition · chronicles · archives · bicentennial · commemorative · antebellum
Ohio
Midwestern state, major river
co-op · bookstore · restaurants · community · residents · local · small-town
OberlinUniversity of Michigan
Major public research institution
Penn State · Texas A&M · community college · Arizona State University · land-grant university
Oberlintrade school
Career-focused technical education
vocational college · military academy · West Point · for-profit university · engineering school