{"id":31101,"date":"2024-01-19T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=31101"},"modified":"2024-01-23T17:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T22:30:51","slug":"watermargin-75th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/","title":{"rendered":"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you enter the Watermargin Co-op<\/a>, you\u2019ll find evidence of three-quarters of a century of cohabitation by people from different backgrounds and traditions. Located at 103 McGraw Place at the edge of West Campus, the house carries the imprint of generations of past residents\u2014from artwork and murals to vintage group photos, eclectic d\u00e9cor, and an ever-evolving collection of books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A plaque in the entryway reads \u201cAll men are brothers \/ All people are family.\u201d It\u2019s accompanied by the Chinese character for \u201cwater,\u201d which also appears above the front entrance of the five-story house, founded in fall 1948 and currently home to 23 residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Watermargin\u2019s
The back porch swing remains a favorite hangout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe house\u2019s focus on intergroup living keeps it unique and continues to draw interest from students,\u201d says Lou Hom \u201993, a former resident who has remained involved with the co-op and serves on its board of directors. \u201cThere are various program houses that tend to focus on individual cultures, but Watermargin was always meant to be an intersectional space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The co-op<\/a> is preparing to mark its 75th anniversary later this spring, with a reunion<\/a> planned for May 4, 2024 (details are pending). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that milestone, alumni and current members are looking back at its history and how the house continues to promote its ideals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"This
This photo was displayed in the house for years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Initially dubbed the United World Foundation, Watermargin was conceived by a group of World War II veterans who were attending Cornell under the G.I. Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having fought for democracy, they found they could not reconcile the principles for which they\u2019d risked their lives with the widespread discrimination and segregation they saw when they returned to the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mature undergraduates with notable life experience, they were inspired to create a community that would promote understanding across races, national origins, and religions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
A quarter-century and counting: The house today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n

The group took its name from the English title of a centuries-old Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan<\/em>, which also had long been interpreted as \u201call men are brothers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(It had been translated into English in 1933 by a fellow Cornellian: Nobel laureate Pearl Buck, MA 1925.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Formed and first incorporated in 1947, Watermargin secured its house the following year, leasing it from the University beginning in fall 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among its founders were future Cornell Alumni News<\/em> editor John Marcham \u201950, union leader Jacob \u201cJack\u201d Sheinkman \u201949, JD \u201952, labor activist and mediator Samuel H. Sackman \u201949, and cultural anthropologist James Gibbs Jr. \u201952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWatermargin did not see itself as a fraternity per se, but fraternity-like\u2014and we wanted to show the fraternities, with their discriminatory patterns, a different way that people could live together,\u201d Gibbs recalled in a 2006 interview<\/a> for the HistoryMakers website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

The house\u2019s focus on intergroup living keeps it unique and continues to draw interest from students.<\/p>\nLou Hom \u201993<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Watermargin was unique not only at Cornell but nationwide as the first racially integrated, interfaith living unit on a college campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(While women could be members by the 1960s, University and in loco parentis<\/em> rules of the time kept the house itself all male until about 1970, when it finally became co-ed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house\u2019s ambitious educational outreach program brought high-profile speakers\u2014including Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, Margaret Mead, Malcolm X, and Marian Anderson\u2014to campus in its early years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Eleanor
Eleanor Roosevelt famously visited the house and spoke on campus in 1948.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt seems to me very encouraging that these young people should take such an interest in human rights and freedoms,\u201d Roosevelt wrote in her nationally syndicated newspaper column in 1948, recounting her visit to campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is encouraging that they should recognize so quickly that our acceptance of these ideals is just a spelling out of the real ideals of democracy. They believe that only by putting them into practice will we demonstrate to the world what democracy really stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning, Watermargin members worked to combat discrimination on campus and in the wider community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Watermargin
A festive group photo from a spring 1962 gathering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In addition to hosting speakers and debates, the co-op screened films, published a newsletter, fielded intramural teams, produced a radio program, and sponsored a conference on \u201cInter-Group Living and the College Campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it wasn\u2019t all work and no play. The house was reportedly a popular after-concert destination: it held receptions for performers like Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie and their bands, and, in 1969, hosted an infamous afterparty following a Janis Joplin concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps surprisingly, by the tumultuous late \u201960s and early \u201970s, Watermargin was drawing students who were more artistically inclined than politically active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Two
Two residents jam in this undated photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n

During that era, the house took on the cooperative structure that remains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents share cooking and cleaning responsibilities as well as participate in regular meetings, governance, and other management roles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Kathy Menton Flaxman \u201971 recalls the house as a center of creativity\u2014for example, a few residents would regularly scour the music library for chamber pieces that had parts to fit whatever assortment of musicians were living there at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember a violin, a cello, a flute, a French horn, the piano,\u201d she says. \u201cThey would sit down and try to bang something out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After developing a reputation as somewhat of a party house through the \u201970s, Hom says, Watermargin underwent a renaissance in the \u201980s, when \u201cthere was a lot of energy and enthusiasm for reviving the original mission and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Watermargin
Sharing a meal in a common area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

While campus was by then home to a new generation of program houses and living centers geared toward particular groups and interests, Watermargin offered a contrasting option: bringing students from diverse backgrounds and life experiences together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Says Hom: \u201cWe always liked to point out that at one time, Watermargin was home to the presidents of both the Cornell Democrats and<\/em> the Cornell Republicans.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watermargin is one of eight co-ops<\/a> owned by the University as residential options for students. (Others include 660 Stewart Avenue and Prospect of Whitby.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

It seems to me very encouraging that these young people should take such an interest in human rights and freedoms.<\/p>\nFirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong>, in 1948<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In contrast to the \u201crushing\u201d process for Greek organizations, co-ops host a \u201cmosey\u201d as a purposely more low-key alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current house president Shahad Salman \u201924, a global public health sciences major in Human Ecology, lived in a dorm her first year. But she was looking for a smaller community, and a friend told her to check out Watermargin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople have been really great,\u201d she says of the current crop of residents. \u201cThey\u2019re very devoted, caring, and diligent about keeping up with the responsibilities of the co-op.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archaeology major Remy Kageyama \u201925 notes that just as the house was unique in the \u201940s and \u201950s as an interracial and interfaith residence, <\/strong>today it\u2019s notable for having many residents who are from under-represented groups, come from low-income households, or are LGBTQ+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"Watermargin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Watermargin<\/figure>\n
Residents prepare for the house’s 1948 opening (left); a new generation (right) recreates the scene in 1992.<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been really valuable to have that cohort here and to be in community,\u201d says Kageyama, \u201cto be joyous, to collaborate in a warm and safe environment for people from all backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house\u2019s recent guest speakers have included local farmers and entrepreneurs who provide much of the co-op\u2019s food. Other presentations have come from the residents themselves, who have shared talents and interests including crocheting and birdwatching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI see our home as something that we have to actively make, and create, in the day to day,\u201d says comparative literature major Michelle Wei \u201924. \u201cWe have to be very intentional that there\u2019s this give and take in our living situation, and you have to show up for yourself, and for others, in whatever ways you can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: Residents hang out in 1950. All vintage images courtesy of Rare and Manuscript Collections; modern photos by Joe Wilensky \/ Cornell University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published January 19, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":30906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[367,415,417,421,459,503],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-31101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cornelliana","cornell_year_post-367","cornell_year_post-415","cornell_year_post-417","cornell_year_post-421","cornell_year_post-459","cornell_year_post-503"],"yoast_head":"\nFor 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home - Cornellians | Cornell University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home - Cornellians | Cornell University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cornellians | Cornell University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cornellians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-19T13:58:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T22:30:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joe Wilensky\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@WeCornellians\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@WeCornellians\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joe Wilensky\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joe Wilensky\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eb12371d369d4c9b51867971301228e2\"},\"headline\":\"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-19T13:58:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T22:30:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1345,\"commentCount\":41,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Cornelliana\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/\",\"name\":\"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home - Cornellians | Cornell University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-19T13:58:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T22:30:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eb12371d369d4c9b51867971301228e2\"},\"description\":\"The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Watermargin residents hang out at the house in 1950\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/watermargin-75th\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cornellians | Cornell University\",\"description\":\"Cornell's alumni publication\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eb12371d369d4c9b51867971301228e2\",\"name\":\"Joe Wilensky\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc152614df443c1338ec351e6dad0f70be9da543e8c7f2eacf811ce192f4300e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc152614df443c1338ec351e6dad0f70be9da543e8c7f2eacf811ce192f4300e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc152614df443c1338ec351e6dad0f70be9da543e8c7f2eacf811ce192f4300e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joe Wilensky\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/alumni.cornell.edu\\\/cornellians\\\/author\\\/jjw33\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home - Cornellians | Cornell University","description":"The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home - Cornellians | Cornell University","og_description":"The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal","og_url":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/","og_site_name":"Cornellians | Cornell University","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cornellians","article_published_time":"2024-01-19T13:58:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-23T22:30:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joe Wilensky","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@WeCornellians","twitter_site":"@WeCornellians","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joe Wilensky","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/"},"author":{"name":"Joe Wilensky","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/#\/schema\/person\/eb12371d369d4c9b51867971301228e2"},"headline":"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home","datePublished":"2024-01-19T13:58:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-23T22:30:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/"},"wordCount":1345,"commentCount":41,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg","articleSection":["Cornelliana"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/","url":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/","name":"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home - Cornellians | Cornell University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-19T13:58:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-23T22:30:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/#\/schema\/person\/eb12371d369d4c9b51867971301228e2"},"description":"The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/1950_DSCF5451-A.jpg","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"Watermargin residents hang out at the house in 1950"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/watermargin-75th\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"For 75+ Years, Students Have Made Watermargin a Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/","name":"Cornellians | Cornell University","description":"Cornell's alumni publication","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/#\/schema\/person\/eb12371d369d4c9b51867971301228e2","name":"Joe Wilensky","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc152614df443c1338ec351e6dad0f70be9da543e8c7f2eacf811ce192f4300e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc152614df443c1338ec351e6dad0f70be9da543e8c7f2eacf811ce192f4300e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc152614df443c1338ec351e6dad0f70be9da543e8c7f2eacf811ce192f4300e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Joe Wilensky"},"url":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/author\/jjw33\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET","POST","PUT","PATCH","DELETE"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31332,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31101\/revisions\/31332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31101"},{"taxonomy":"cornell_year_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cornell_year_post?post=31101"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=31101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}