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Agnes Scott Alumnae Magazine [1984-1985]
iNAE m^azin: "^ #n?^ Is There Life After CoUege? AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE ALUMNAE MAGAZINE v^ %' >^*^, n^ Front Coilt; Dean julia T. Gars don her academic robe for one of the last times before she ends her 27-year ten- ure at ASC. (See page 6.) COVER PHOTO by Julie Cuhvell EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR Sara A. Fountain ASSOCIATE EDITOR Juliette Haq3er 77 ASSISTANT EDITOR/ PHOTOGRAPHER Julie Culvvell ART DIRECTOR Marta Foutz Published by the Office of Public Affairs for Alumnae and Friends of the College. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030 404/373-2571 Contents Spring 1984 Volume 62, Number FEATURES ARTIST BRINGS THE MOUNTAIN HOME hdieCidudi I Agnes Scott art professor Terry McGehee reflects on how her trek in the Himalayas influenced her art. IS THERE LIFE AFTER COLLEGE? Bets_'v Fancher 6 Dean Julia T Gary takes early retirement to pursue a second career as a Methodist minister. 100 YEARS. .. Bt'ts>- ¥a^^c\^er 14 John O. Hint reminisces about his life and his years at Agnes Scott. DANCE FOLK, DANCE ART DANCE, DARLING, DANCE! Julie Culudl 16 Dance historian and professor Marylin Darling studies the revival and origin of folk dance. PROHLE OF A PLAYWRIGHT Betsy Fancher 18 Pulitzer Prize-winning alumna Marsha Norman talks about theatre today and her plays. "THE BEAR" Julie Culwell 22 Agnes Scott's neo-gothic architecture becomes the back- drop for a Hollywood movie on the life of Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. LESTWEFORGET BetsyFancher 28 A fond look at the pompous Edwardian figure who con- tinues to serve the College long past his retirement. -
The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah: a Memorable Cruise
Civil War Book Review Winter 2006 Article 7 The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah: A Memorable Cruise William H. Roberts Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr Recommended Citation Roberts, William H. (2006) "The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah: A Memorable Cruise," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 . Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol8/iss1/7 Roberts: The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah: A Memorable Cruise Review Roberts, William H. Winter 2006 Whittle, William C., Harris, Alan, editor, and Harris, Anne B., editor. The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah: A Memorable Cruise. University of Alabama Press, $45.00 hardcover ISBN 817314512 Life on a Confederate Raider Timeless and Bound The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah is the cruise journal of Lt. William Conway Whittle, Jr., the executive officer (second in command) of the Confederate commerce raider Shenandoah. Lucid and detailed, Whittle's writing illuminates both time-bound details of the Shenandoah's cruise and timeless elements of warship life at sea. The Shenandoah's story began in September 1864, when Confederate agent James D. Bulloch secretly purchased the full-rigged steamer Sea King in England. In the same way he equipped the famed Alabama, Bulloch sent the Sea King to Madeira to rendezvous with another ship that carried her guns, stores, equipment, and officers. On October 19, 1864, Lt. James Iredell Waddell commissioned the Sea King as the CSS Shenandoah and took command, with Whittle as his executive officer. The newly commissioned raider, with less than a third of the crew she needed, set off into the Atlantic. -
February 2018 Newsletter
February 8, 2018 The Civil War: April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865 Join us at 7:15 PM on Thursday, February 8th, at he spent several years researching this story as a way to Camden County College in the Connector Building, bring some overdue tribute to Waverly’s unsung “colored Room 101. This month’s topic is “Freedom-Seekers troops” and the white Turned Freedom Fighters” abolitionists who stood by them. Embattled Freedom Local journalist Jim Remsen’s illustrated history talk, (Sunbury Press) has been “Freedom-Seekers Turned Freedom-Fighters,” chronicles praised by Lackawanna the experiences of a group of fugitive slaves who escaped Historical Society direc- southern bondage and dared to openly build new lives in tor Mary Ann Moran- the North. Once the Civil War came, these men and their Savakinus as “a fascinat- sons left their safe haven in northeastern Pennsylvania ing history that needs to “Freedom-Seekers Turned Freedom-Fighters” Jim Remsen and returned south, into the bowels of slavery, to fight for the Union. Their valor under fire helped to change many minds about blacks. Remsen’s new history book, be shared.” Mark Bowden, New York Embattled Freedom, lifts these thirteen remarkable Times bestselling author of Black Hawk lives out of the shadows, while also shedding light on Down, Killing Pablo and his latest, Hue the racial politics and social codes they and their people 1968, calls it “a fine example of serious endured in the divided North. local history, which fleshes out in par- ticulars the larger social issues over a The fugitives’ safe haven was little Waverly, Pa., Remsen’s century.” For more, visit boyhood hometown. -
Introduction • Acknowledgements • Going
Going South: U.S. Navy Officer Resignations & Dismissals On the Eve of the Civil War By William S. Dudley Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Foundation © 1981 © Copyright 1981 by William S. Dudley CSS Manassas ramming USS Brooklyn during the battle at Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, Mississippi River, 24 April 1862. The commanding officer of CSS Manassas was Lt. Alexander F. Warley who went South in December 1860. • Introduction • Acknowledgements • Going South • Table I: USN Officer Resignation and Dismissals April 1861 by Days • Table II: USN Officer Resignations and Dismissals 1860 - 1861 by Months • Table III: Proportion of Officers "Going South" • Footnotes • Appendix: Data on Officers Resigning, Accepted and Dismissed --i--- Library of Congress Catalogue No. 81-85072. --ii--- Introduction While still less than a hundred years old in 1861, the nation stood on the brink of catastrophic civil war as states in the lower south followed South Carolina in seceding from the Union. These dire times confronted officers of Southern origin in the country's military service with an agonizing decision whether to remain under the "Old Flag" or leave and follow their section. Local, state and family ties ran very deep. Men of the highest principles from young midshipmen at the Naval Academy to the most senior officers who had devoted their lives to the Navy---Raphael Semmes, Josiah Tarnall, Matthew Fontaine Maury, for example, resigned their commissions to cast their lot with the Confederacy. In this unique and interesting study, Dr. William S. Dudley of the Naval Historical Center has examined in depth how President Lincoln, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, and the Navy Department reacted to and handled the almost 400 Navy and Marine Corps officers who resigned to "Go South." The author has included a comprehensive appendix listing the name of each officer by rank. -
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THEWESTFIELD LEADER the Leading and Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper in Union County
THEWESTFIELD LEADER The Leading and Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper In Union County URPS 680OSU I'ubljfthed NINETIETH YEAR - NO. 44 Second Class PnstflKC ill WesinEld, N. •>. WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1980 ery Thursday 24 Pages - 20 Cents School Closing Appeal Westfield Voters Choose In Hands of Judge Was the June 14 vote of the two days of school board redistricting plan in hand F. Sullivan and Vice Reagan and Kennedy Board of Education to close response. William Peek before deciding to close President Joan K. Corbet, Lincoln and Grant Schools acted as attorney for the schools, and whether the who attended most of the Edward M. Kennedy and Konald this month "arbitrary, board at the hearings. closing of Grant and Lincoln hearings, issued this joint Edna Zdcnek wenl 510 votes; Council votes. Reagan were Hie overwhelming choices aspirants Gerri Gomperls, Ward 1, 10!); Westfield Police Capt. Al Vardalis, Capricious and Eighteen witnesses were Schools was an integral part statement today: of Westfield Dcmoerales and unreasonable?" heard during the hearings of a plan to go to the 4-4-4 "We would like to join Carolyn Klinger-Kueter, Ward 2. ]3l: Republican candidate for county sheriff, Republicans, respectively, in Tuesday's John Kussitano, Ward :S, 122; and ran unopposed in the election and This is the issue on which and 90 exhibits introduced. organization of instruction. Glickman and Mr. Peek in Primary Elections. Judge Robert Glickman has Mrs. Linda Kimerling, appealing to the community Kugene Hosner, Ward 4, 176; and received 2033 votes in his hometown. These points were major Senator Kennedy was the two-lo-ono Republicans: Incumbent Mayor Allen Congressional district and county 45 days in which to render a president of the Parent- issues in the citizen of parents, staff members, choice of Westfield Democrats, gar- decision on an appeal made Teacher Council presented and citizens-at-large to Chin. -
Shenandoah Spring 13.Indd
Captain James Iredell Waddell Chapter No. 32 Military Order of the Stars & Bars Raleigh, North Carolina January/February/March 2013 Annual Robert E. Lee Birthday MOS&B Celebration Draws Crowd Commander-General RALEIGH–The 24th Annual Robert E. Lee Birthday Celebration held in the to Visit NC historic House Chambers of the NC State Capitol in Raleigh drew a standing room crowd of over 100 people on Saturday, January 19th. The celebration Browns Summit–MOS&B Com- was sponsored by the Capt. James I. Waddell Chapter MOS&B, Raleigh; the mander-General Toni Turk will be Capt. Samuel A. Ashe Chapter UDC, Raleigh; and the 47th Regiment NC visiting the membership of the Con- Troops Camp SCV, Wake Forest. The Stars & Bars flew over the Capitol federate Officers of North Carolina during the ceremony. Music throughout the ceremony was provided by Society on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Ellis Selph, Jan Johnsson, and Susan Wagner. The Confederate States The Garnett-Pettigrew Chapter No. Marines from the 47th Regiment NC Troops SCV Camp in Wake Forest 67, Greensboro, will be hosting a provided the color guard. banquet in honor of our Command- Frank B. Powell, III, Commander of the Capt. Waddell Chapter served er General’s visit to the Old North as the master of ceremonies. Greetings were brought from the NC Division State at 6:30 PM. All NC Society SCV Commander Tom Smith, NC Division Children of the Confederacy members and wives are invited to President Michelle Powers, Capt. Samuel Ashe UDC Chapter President attend. Melanie Perryman, and Army of Northern Virginia MOS&B Department The meeting hall (located between Councilor John Williams. -
Farthest to the Front the Official Newsletter of the Confederate Officers of North Carolina Society Military Order of the Stars & Bars Winner of the Col
Farthest To The Front The official newsletter of the Confederate Officers of North Carolina Society Military Order of the Stars & Bars Winner of the Col. Walter H. Taylor Award for Best Society Newsletter - 2006, 2014-2015 Fall 2015 Edition Waddell Members Celebrate the Return of the CSS Shenandoah LIVERPOOL, GB–Capt. James I. Waddell Chapter Lt. Commander Gary Hall, and Chapter Adjutant Byron Brady participated in the Last Flag Down event in Liverpool November 4-7, 2015. The Last Flag Down com- memorated the 150th anniversary of the return of the CSS Shenandoah to Liverpool on November 5, 1865. The week-long event included the dedication of a marker to the crew of the CSS Shenandoah and the presentation of the European Confederate Medal of Honor to Capt. James Iredell Waddell, CSN. The Last Flag Down event, organized by Gerald Wells of Richmond, Virginia, also included a Memorial Service for the men of the Shenan- doah and for two members of the crew of the CSS Alabama buried in Liverpool. See Page 2 for more photos. This plaque, dedicated to the “Honor and Memory of the Of- ficers and Crewmen” that served aboard the CSS Shenandoah, was The European Confederate Medal dedicated at the Alabama House in Byron Brady (left) and Gary Hall of Honor was presented to Captain Liverpool on November 7th. The are shown holding their Chapter James Iredell Waddell during a Alabama House at Rumford Place, Flag in front of the ZEBU, used in ceremony held at Hindley Hall in Liverpool, was the unofficial home th 125th Anniversary of the return Wigan, England on November 4th. -
Starke County Historical Society Has Applied for a Historical Marker to Commemorate This Historically Important School
A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF STARKE COUNTY INDIANA ~ Compiled by Marvin Allen Starke County Historian Copyright© 2008 Introduction Originally submitted to local newspapers between 2004 and 2009 as “Starke History”, these photographs provide a pictorial record of more than a hundred years of local history. Some were taken by other professional photographers, as well as amateurs with early box cameras, but the majority of the pictures were taken by Klopot Studios. Sigmund Klopot moved with his wife Clara and daughter Stella to the area in 1894 from Chicago. Soon studios were opened at North Judson, Knox and Bass Lake. Later Stella related that the lens was so valuable that they carried it with them from studio to studio. She said they traveled on the 3-I Train from Knox to North Judson every Friday morning, handled business there and then took the Erie Train to Bass Lake for the weekend, at least during the summers. After arriving at the south end of Bass Lake, they would take one of the steam boats around the lake as it dropped tourists off a various hotels. Their studio was in Winona on the lake’s north side. Tintypes were a tourist’s favorite. They were quick to make and less costly than prints, which required a separate negative. After Sigmund died in 1912, Clara continued on with the business for many years. Stella eventually took over and ran the studio until the late 1960s. Stella (Klopot) Bonner also served as Starke County’s first County Historian. We are forever indebted to the Klopot family for their many, now historic, photos and efforts to preserve local history. -
Almost from the Beginning of the North Carolina Historical Commission, There Appears to Have Been An
MILITARY COLLECTION IX. CIVIL WAR COLLECTION, 1860-1965, N.D. Accessions information: Almost from the beginning of the North Carolina Historical Commission, there appears to have been an effort to collect and group together records relating to the various military conflicts in which North Carolinians have participated. Unfortunately, the provenance of many of the records so collected and grouped together has been lost or, at best, obscured. Acquisition of records relating to the Civil War is noted in each biennial report of the N.C. Historical Commission (or its successor, the State Department of Archives and History) since 1910. Some of these notices include complete description and provenance of the records acquired. Others are very vague and incomplete. The following is a resume of most of the information contained in the biennial reports from 1910 to 1934: 1910-1912 (p. 9), 8 muster rolls; 1912- 1914 (p. 10), manuscript report of sick and wounded Confederate soldiers at General Hospital No. 8, Raleigh, 1864; muster roll, Co. K, 54th Regiment, N.C.T., January 1-February 28, 1864; 1914-1916 (P. 11), 17 muster rolls, 3 muster rolls (described), 1 enlistment paper, and payrolls of 4th Regiment, N.C.S.T.; 1916- 1918 (pp. 12-13), 25 muster rolls (described) and descriptive book of Co. G, 3rd Regiment, N C.S.T.; 1918-1920 (p. 13), 1 muster roll (described); 1920-1922 (p. 15), 2,500 "pieces," 500 telegrams, 26th Regimental Quartermaster records, 26th Regimental muster rolls, and roster of Pitt County soldiers; 1924-1926 (p. 20), 112 C.S.N. -
Maine Alumnus, Volume 44, Number 7, June-July 1963
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications 6-1963 Maine Alumnus, Volume 44, Number 7, June-July 1963 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 44, Number 7, June-July 1963" (1963). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 258. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/258 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. General Alumni THE Maine ALUMNUS Association Officers Volume 44 Number 7 President Alvin S. McNeilly ’44 STAFF 1st Vice President Editor Dr. T. Russell Woolley ’41 Edward C. Sherry ’38 Associate Editor Ronald K. Devine ’55 2nd Vice President Class Notes Editor Margaret M. Mollison ’50 Mrs. Winona C. Sawyer ’43 Assistant Class Notes Editor Mildred (Brown ’25) Schrumpf Clerk James A. Harmon ‘40 CONTENTS Treasurer Maggie Joins The Ranks 5 Harry T. Treworgy ’49 Alumni Names 7 Executive Director Campus in Spring 8-9 T. Russell Woolley ’41 Alumni Activity Awards 10-11 Ass’t Exec. Director Reunion 1963 12 Margaret M. Mollison ’50 Trustee Report 12-13 Those Who Returned in ’63 15-16 Alumni Trustees Athletic Board Report 17-18 Alumni Names 19 Charles E. Crossland T7 120th Commencement 20-21 Mrs. -
2011 Annual Report of the Georgia Historical Society Fiscal Year 2011
Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report of the Georgia Historical Society Fiscal Year 2011 INTRODUCTION W. Todd Groce, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Fiscal Year 2011 (July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011) was a banner one for the Georgia Historical Society. Due to the launch of a capital and capacity building campaign the institution enjoyed its most prosperous year in nearly 175 years of continuous operation. As evidence of this, GHS raised a record $5 million for educational programming, archival services, capital projects and endowment. The endowment continued to rebound, and at the end of the fiscal year reached $6.54 million, close to its pre-recession level. Total assets grew from $7,382,181 in FY10 to $13,476,604 at the end of FY11, an increase of 82.5 percent. This healthy bottom line was due in part to careful financial management, dynamic board leadership, a recovering stock market, and the creation of two new endowment funds: the Dr. Henry Sauls Fund, established by a gift of $25,000 from John and Laura Wallace; and the Allan Gaynor Fund, established by an initial bequest of $300,000 from Alan Gaynor, a long-time supporter of GHS. The primary reason, however, for the significant increase in the Society’s net assets was the acquisition in June 2011 of the property at 104 West Gaston Street in Savannah for development as the Jepson House Education Center. Named in honor of philanthropists and higher education champions Robert and Alice Jepson, this is the first physical expansion of the Georgia Historical Society in forty years.