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1943-1944-1945 Cluster


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65th CLUSTER REUNION                             CLASSES OF 1943, 1944, 1945   
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE


Reunion Headquarters:  Oberlin Inn, Aspen/Birch Room
    The Aspen/Birch Room is available for informal visiting throughout the weekend.

Friday, May 22, 2009

5:00-           Check-in and Refreshments                     Aspen/Birch Room
7:00 p.m.    Headquarters Volunteers:                      Oberlin Inn
                   Mary Beth McCalla & Tori Young

6:50 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Oberlin Inn to Wilder    for Reunion Kick-Off Picnic


7:00 p.m.    Reunion Kick-Off Picnic                     Wilder Bowl

8:10 p.m.    Cars to transport people from Wilder to the Inn or to the Conservatory for Grand Piano Extravaganza

8:30 p.m.    The Grand Piano Extravaganza            Warner Concert Hall

10:15 p.m.    Cars to transport Class of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Conservatory to Oberlin Inn after Grand Piano Extravaganza

Saturday, May 23, 2009

9:00 –    Check-in and Refreshments                          Aspen/Birch Room
11:00 a.m.    Headquarters Volunteers:                       Oberlin Inn
                     Jean Waugh & Midge Oakley Bowman

9:45 a.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Inn to Kendal for Tennis Reunion

10:00 a.m. -    Tennis Reunion at Kendal (lunch included)        Kendal at Oberlin
1:00 p.m.

10:45 a.m.    Cars to transport alumni who do not go to Tennis Reunion to Fairchild Chapel, Bosworth Hall, for Alumni Memorial Service

11:00 a.m.    Alumni Memorial Service              Bosworth Hall
                    (All reunion classes)                        Fairchild Chapel

11:50 a.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Fairchild Chapel to Finney Chapel for Moment of Remembrance at WWII Memorial

NOON    World War II Moment of Remembrance            WWII Memorial
                                                                                            Finney Chapel

12:15 p.m.   Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Finney Chapel to rear of Oberlin Inn

1:00 p.m.   Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Tennis Reunion at Kendal back to Oberlin Inn

1:50 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Oberlin Inn to Oberlin Depot for photography exhibit

2:00 p.m.    Bill Farquhar ’43 photography exhibit              Oberlin Depot   

3:15 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Oberlin Depot to                 rear of Oberlin Inn

3:30 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Oberlin Inn to steps of Severance Hall for class photos

3:45 p.m.    1943 Class Photo                       Severance Hall Steps

4:00 p.m.    1944 Class Photo                       Severance Hall Steps

4:15 p.m.    1945 Class Photo                       Severance Hall Steps


5:00 p.m.    Half-Century Club Dinner                    Root Room
                                                                                 Carnegie

8:00 p.m.    Commencement Recital Part I               Finney Chapel   

9:15 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Finney Chapel to rear of Oberlin Inn

Sunday, May 24, 2009

7:45 a.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Oberlin Inn to Stevenson Hall, Longman Entrance for Shansi Breakfast

8:00 a.m.    Shansi Breakfast                            Stevenson Hall
                                                                          Longman Commons

9:30 a.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Stevenson Hall, Longman Entrance to rear of Oberlin Inn

10:15 a.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Oberlin Inn to Finney Chapel for President’s Address

11:00 a.m.    Presidential Address                                                              Finney Chapel
                     President Marvin Krislov delivers his State of the College Address

12:00 p.m.    Champagne Alumni Luncheon                                             Wilder Bowl Tent
                     (Special tables have been reserved for the 65th Cluster, near the dais)

2:00 p.m.     Multi-faith Baccalaureate Celebration                                    Finney Chapel
                    Speaker: Peter J. Gomes, Harvard Divinity School

2:45 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Finney Chapel to Warner Concert Hall for Commencement Recital, Part II

3:00 p.m.    Commencement Recital Part II                                      Warner Concert Hall

4:15 p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Commencement
        Recital Part II to rear of Oberlin Inn


4:30 p.m.    Conservatory Alumni Reception                                   Conservatory Garden
                    Featuring Conservatory Dean David Stull ’89

5:00  p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Conservatory Reception to rear of Oberlin Inn

5:45  p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from rear of Oberlin Inn to Kendal for Cluster Dinner

6:00 p.m.    Cluster Reception and Dinner                          Kendal at Oberlin
        Guest Speaker: Paul Arnold ‘40                       

8:00  p.m.    Cars to transport Classes of 1943, 1944, 1945 from Kendal to Tappan                 Square or to rear of Oberlin Inn

9:00 p.m.    Campus Illumination & Commencement Jazz Band     Tappan Square
                   followed by Oberlin Steel                                               Finney Chapel Plaza


Monday, May 26, 2008

9:30 a.m.    Academic Procession and Commencement Exercises         Tappan Square
                   Commencement Speaker: Dr. Richard Haas ‘73

Following Commencement: 
Box Lunches                            Wilder Bowl Tent
For alumni, graduating seniors, parents, faculty and staff

 
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