EOF08A The Eye of Faith, A History of Ohio Yearly Meeting Conservative. Chapter 8 Part A: Depression, WW II, and Wider service

We trace Ohio Friends from 1930 to 1950 as schools close, a boarding school survives, and peace work grows while war looms. Through debt, drought, and debate, we hold fast to a shared witness for unity and nonviolence.

• closures of primary Friends schools and shift to public education
• Olney’s crisis management, fundraising, and frugality
• leadership of Gilbert and Rachel Thomas and alumni energy
• opening enrollment beyond conservative meetings
• building the gymnasium through volunteer labor
• disagreements over plainness, recreation, and youth work
• Peace Committee organizing, outreach, and advocacy
• statements to governments and efforts against compulsory military training
• wider cooperation across the Quaker family amid shrinking Wilburite centers