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Bennett M. Hollowell, '11
"Peters Court was the real center of college life. (Now)
Peters Hall has been condemned, and is to be replaced much
sooner than we had supposed.... To lose Peters Court and get
no substitute would be a severe loss."
Bennett M. Hollowell, '11
"The Passing of Peters," Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
December 1920, pg. 60-61
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Robert N. Bliss, '37
"Peters Hall was an aberration even when I was on campus; so
was Westervelt....Westervelt is long-gone (serving other
uses (New Union Center for the Arts)); Peters continues to
serve. Count me among the proponents of a solution that will
permit it to continue to serve up-coming generations of
Oberlinites whose parents have told them about classes in
the castle."
Robert N. Bliss, '37
"Letters to the Editor," Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Spring 1993, p.3
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Lois G. Peterson, '37
"I was delighted to read that you support
proper renovation and updating of Peters Hall. I was
thoroughly dismayed to learn that the trustees were
seriously considering demolition of this century-old
(building. A) part of the history of so many Oberlin
alumni-four generations of us in the case of my family."
Lois G. Peterson, '37, to Pres. S.F. Starr, March 4,1993
(copy)
Records of the Development Office~ Oberlin College
Archives
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Diane Rosenthal, '88
"I hope I speak for thousands of my fellows when I say
'it is outrageous' to demolish Peters Hall."
Diane Rosenthal Kowaiski, '88
"Letters to the Editor," Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Spring 1993, p.3
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Sarah G. Epstein, '48
"I have great affection for Peters Hall. As a psychology
major in 1948, I went every day (including Sundays) to the
top floor to feed white rats and to run them on a maze for a
senior-paper experiment.... (A restored Peters could serve)
as Oberlin's headquarters for a Center for International
Studies." Sarah G. Epstein, '48
"Letters to the Editor," Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Sprin~ 1993, p.4
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James K. Sunshine, '49
"I sat in Peters 50 years ago to hear Freddie Artz, Robert
Fletcher, L.E. Cole, Andrew Bongiorno, and Warren Taylor,
and never forgot them. How could anyone contemplate tearing
down the place where they lectured? My wife went to class
there, and 25 years later, my daughter. In short, I have a
personal stake in this place.... James K. Sunshine, '49, to
S.F. Starr, March 13, 1993
Peters Hall File, Oberlin College Archives
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Dr.Robert E. Butler, '41
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"We fail to see the necessity.. .of
replacing so many buildings which. ..serve the college
well.... Leave us our Peters, our Libe, our Warner Gym, and
if ghosts remain there for us, praise be,-let our children
become acquainted with them too!"
Dr. and Mrs. (Barbara Parke) Robert E. Butler, '41 "Letter
to the Editor," Oberlin Alumni Magazine, November
1957, pp.7,14
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Mrs. (Barbara Parke) Robert E. Butler
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