What is Oberlin College?
[[Image:DSCN4646 oberlincollegepetershall e2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Students passing through the Memorial Arch in front of Peters Hall. The arch is dedicated to the memory of 15 missionaries of the Oberlin Band who were killed in the [[Boxer Rebellion]].]] '''Oberlin College''' is a private [[liberal arts]] [[college]] in Oberlin, [[Ohio]]. It was the first college in the [[United States]] to accept [[African-American]] students as well as female students. It is also known for the [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]]. Oberlin is a member of the [[Great Lakes Colleges Association]] and the [[Five Colleges of Ohio]] consortium. == History == Oberlin College and the town of Oberlin were started together in 1833.<ref name=Fairchild9>James Harris Fairchild, ''Oberlin: The Colony and the College, 1833-1883'' (Oberlin, OH: E.J. Goodrich, 1883), p. 9</ref> In 1837, the college began a program of [[:en:wikt:coeducation|coeducation]]; admitting female students.<ref name=CSO322>''College Access & Opportunity Guide'' (Bethesda, MD: Center for Student Opportunity, 2010), p. 322</ref> In 1835, the college began a policy of [[:en:wikt:interracial|interracial]] education.<ref name=CSO322/> The Board of Trustees voted to allow black students at a time when there was only one black person living in the [[county]].<ref>James Harris Fairchild, ''Oberlin: The Colony and the College, 1833-1883'' (Oberlin, OH: E.J. Goodrich, 1883), pp. 64–65</ref> The first black student was a former [[Slavery|slave]], James Bradley from [[Cincinnati]]. The first building was Tappan Hall, named for Arthur Tappan of [[New York City]]. It was both a [[dormitory]] and [[classroom]].<ref name=Blodgett2>Geoffrey Blodgett, ''Oberlin Architecture, College and Town: A Guide to Its Social History'' (Oberlin College: Kent State University Press, 1985), p. 2</ref> In 1903 Memorial Arch was constructed. It was to [[:wikt:honor|honor]] those from Oberlin college who were killed in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]].<ref name=Blodgett2/> ==Conservatory of Music==