Eva Greenberg writes: “Here is the article and picture about the “Oberlin boulder” which appeared in the Chronicle-Telegram on May 22, 1983. Since the article itself does not make any reference to what is written on the rock, let me explain.

The rock was painted in August of 1982, a few days before my daughter, Judy, was married to “Mikey” or more officially, Michael Larkin.

“Welcome back Henk” refers to the fact that our AFS student, Hendrik van’t Hull, who spent the year 1971-1972 with us, came back and surprised us when he showed up unannounced for Judy’s wedding.

“Happy Birthday Goethe” was something the rock painter threw in as August 28 also happened to be the birthday of the German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.”

Thank-you, Eva, for sending in the newspaper clipping and explanation. So far, it is the earliest photo, 1982, that is on the website.

Class of 1898 monument.