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By 1905, the school's enrollment was declining. One of the factors for the decline was that public high schools were becoming widely available by that time. In January 1910, the Oberlin Alumni Magazine published an entry on the school, its significance, and the need for continued support of it. In
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It is a co-educational school with an attendance of over three hundred, largely from the region round about, but in all representing thirty states. For many years during its history the teachers of the Academy were students at the College who thus earned their support. The Academy has however for
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in 1850. The secondary school serving local and boarding students continued as a department of the college. The school and college admitted African Americans and women. This was very unusual and controversial. It was located on the Oberlin College campus for much of its history and many of its
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The school was removed from campus from 1912 to 1916 and occupied the Johnson mansion (now known as Johnson House) on South Professor Street in Oberlin. The Johnson House is now the Hebrew Heritage House, a college residence for Jewish students.
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Rasmussen, Frederick (10 February 2001). "She achieved her goals Educator: Fannie Jackson Coppin made a name for herself by teaching and job-training African-Americans in the late 19th century. Baltimore's college is named for her".
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Most sources list 1833 as the establishment date. However, an item in the January 1910 Oberlin Alumni Magazine (third, unnumbered, page after title page) signed by John Fisher Peck, Principal, states that the school was founded in
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The Preparatory Department was the only primary education in Oberlin until the community organized a school district and eventually launched public schools. The Preparatory Department had an enrollment of 690 students in 1890.
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Sarah Watson, the first African American woman to attend Oberlin, enrolled in the Preparatory Department in 1842. Between 1833 and 1865, at least 140 black women studied at Oberlin, most of them in the Preparatory Department.
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In 1887, the school moved into French Hall and part of Society Hall. From 1892 the secondary school was called Oberlin Academy. The school's mission was to prepare students for college.
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Oberlin Institute faced opposition from conservative Whites in Ohio who opposed its admittance of African Americans. Nevertheless, in 1850 the school was granted a charter and became
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Seventeen hundred and nine persons received instruction at Oberlin in 1890, of whom 940 were women. These persons were assigned as follows: ... preparatory department, 690 ...
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Descriptive Pamphlet of Oberlin Academy (1912), a special pamphlet issued to publicize the donation of Charles Martin Hall
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In 1915, the college announced that it would close the Preparatory Academy. In that same year, the academy was listed in
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Butchart, Ronald E. (2002). "Mission Matters: Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, and the Schooling of Southern Blacks, 1861-1917".
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Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America
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Morris, J. Brent (2014). "College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America".
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students continued on to study at Oberlin College. Various alumni and staff went on to notable careers.
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Blodgett, Geoffrey (July 1968). "John Mercer Langston and the Case of Edmonia Lewis: Oberlin, 1862".
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1912 a new building opened for the academy and the Oberlin Academy Alumni Association was organized.
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which operated from 1833 until 1916. It opened as Oberlin Institute which became
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Oberlin Institute, Preparatory Department of Oberlin College, Oberlin Academy
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many years had its own independent faculty and developed a life of its own.
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Elusive utopia : the struggle for racial equality in Oberlin, Ohio
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A Handbook of the Best Private Schools of the United States and Canada,
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A history of Oberlin College from its foundation through the civil war
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Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History
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Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History
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ProfilesOhio History: A Legacy of African American Achievement
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College preparatory school in Oberlin, Ohio, United States
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was the school's principal from 1853 until 1869. An
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41°17′35″N 82°13′07″W / 41.292929°N 82.218576°W / 41.292929; -82.218576
preparatory school
Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College

secondary school
Oberlin, Ohio
their public high school
Oberlin College
OBERLIN, OHIO. Eighteen Instructors. Thoroughly equipped to prepare for any college or scientific school. New Gymnasium, new Library, new Chapel. Expenses $ 200 to $ 325. Seventy-ninth year begins Sept. 20, 1911. For catalogue apply to JOHN F. PECK, principal, Box T.
Edward Henry Fairchild
abolitionist
Berea College
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Calvin Brainerd Cady
Jacob Dolson Cox
Union Army
John Dube
Richard Theodore Greener
Howard University School of Law
James Monroe Gregory
Luther Gulick (physician)
Charles Robert Hager
Forrest M. Hall
William W. Hannan
Ellen Hayes
Robert Maynard Hutchins
John Mercer Langston

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