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What's Happening at Oberlin College Lanes: 1988: Anne Nadreau 1st Female Student 600
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be traveling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday.
One of the big milestones for women bowlers is to roll a 600 series. It’s a milestone for guys too, but since there are far more male bowlers…
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be travelling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday.
1982: Scenes from a Frame
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“Tank Hall, formerly known as Tank Home, was erected in 1896 as a home for children of missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It was named in memory of Mrs. C.L.A. Tank of Green Bay Wisconsin, who gave $10,000 toward its construction. For ten years, 1922 to 1932, it was used as a hall of residence for women, with accommodations for forty-four persons. This use was resumed in 1935. At the present time it accommodates forty-seven women. [Forty-two students live in Tank, and an additional forty take meals in the co-op.] “
- Oberlin Archives](http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d456a8fb3bbb6738c40d0b101cb7b73/tumblr_mkyiqxr2bc1sn6clio1_500.jpg)
“Tank Hall, formerly known as Tank Home, was erected in 1896 as a home for children of missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It was named in memory of Mrs. C.L.A. Tank of Green Bay Wisconsin, who gave $10,000 toward its construction. For ten years, 1922 to 1932, it was used as a hall of residence for women, with accommodations for forty-four persons. This use was resumed in 1935. At the present time it accommodates forty-seven women. [Forty-two students live in Tank, and an additional forty take meals in the co-op.] “
- Oberlin Archives
What's Happening at Oberlin College Lanes: 1981: Keglers finishes its first season
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be travelling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday.
The league experience is not limited to townspeople visiting College Lanes. One of the programs started up by Tom Reid ‘80 when he started…
What's Happening at Oberlin College Lanes: 1980: Bob Emary rolls a perfect game
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be travelling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday.
All you need to do to bowl a perfect game is get 12 strikes in a row. It may sound easy, but some bowlers spend decades trying to accomplish the…
What's Happening at Oberlin College Lanes: 1975: The Golden Agers league begins
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be travelling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday.
With the fire knocking KD Lanes out of commission permanently, local bowlers turned to Oberlin College Lanes for league options. One of the…
What's Happening at Oberlin College Lanes: 1973: The first Tuesday Free Bowling (shoes)
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be travelling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday
It is one of the most popular events we have at Oberlin College Lanes: Tuesday Free Bowling! This is the earliest mention we have been…
What's Happening at Oberlin College Lanes: 1968: Who was eligible to use the lanes?
Oberlin College Lanes turns 50 this year. To commemorate this event, we will be travelling through the history of the bowling center each Wednesday
Oberlin College Lanes wasn’t always open to the public. In fact, the entire Hales complex used to be only open to the public during the…
Definitely Oberlin, class of 1913.
This comes from the days of yore when co-op tee shirts used to be a big thing (ie 1989.) Apparently our old grungy couch was old and grungy 20 years ago too, and Harkness was still into tofu (although to fight the myth of presentism, I think I should point out that OSCA in-house tofu hasn’t operated continuously from 1989 to the present—according to our Winter Term president, Zo, it disappeared for a while and was revitalized in the last few years by Ike, a former Operations Manager and all-around OSCAn extraordinaire.)
Many thanks to the alum and intrepid current Fairkid who sent the pictures of the tee shirts our way!
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