DOCSLIB.ORG

And Others TITLE Teaching Vermont's Heritage. Proceedings of T

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
And Others TITLE Teaching Vermont's Heritage. Proceedings of T DOCUMENT RESUME ED 350 245 SO 022 632 AUTHOR True, Marshall, Ed.; And Others TITLE Teaching Vermont's Heritage. Proceedingsof the Working Conference on Vermont's Heritagefor Teachers (2nd, Burlington, Vermont,July 9-13, 1984). INSTITUTION Vermont Univ., Burlington. Center forResearch on Vermont. SPONS AGENCY Vermont Council on the Humanities and PublicIssues, Hyde Park. PUB DATE 84 NOTE 167p.; For a related document,see SO 022 631. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Cultural Background; EducationalResources; Elementary Secondary Education; *HeritageEducation; History Instruction; *InterdisciplinaryApproach; Local History; Social Studies; *StateHistory; *Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS *Vermont ABSTRACT This document presents the proceedingsof a conference devoted to the developmentof teaching materialson the heritage of Vermont to be used inVermont's classrooms. The following articles are included: "EverybodyHas to be Somewhere, Sometime" (S. Hand); "A Vermont Geography:The Dynamic Map of the State" (S. Farrow); "The Vermont Environment:Landscapes and People" (J. Flack); "Living Spaces and Moving Places: Housing and Transportation inthe Vermont Environment" (W. Ramey; D. Davidson);"Nature's Great Potential: The Forest" (Sr. A. Deslauriers);"A Choice to Make--Vermont Careers" (K. Lovering;J. Spidell); "Sifting the Dirt: Archaeology in the Elementary Classroom" (D.Plumb; J. Benjamin); "Literacy, Machinery, and RegionalPoetry" (F. Gardner); "Cobwebsand Cookbooks" (A. Sullivan); "Musicand Songwriting" (J. Gailmor); "Opening Grammy's Memory Box inthe Classroom: Folklore in the Schools" (E. Ott); "SeeingVermont with Our Ears" (M. Woods); "Musings on Clio: Life in the LittleRepublics of Vermont" (D. Sanford); "Was this Trip Necessary? 'Lt. Gen. John Burgoynein the Champlain Valley in 1777'" (K. St. Germain); "Politics and BedLice: A Historical Study of Vermont Inns" (M.Paretti and others); "Mythor Reality? The Underground Railroadin Vermont" (R. Angell); "The Burlington Waterfront" (D. Orr);"Alternative Sources for the Teaching of Vermont History" (C. Denker); "Partnerships: Museumsand Schools" (D. Dunn); "A Vermont Heritage Festival: A Celebrationof Our Cultural Past and Present" (R.Bellstrom); and "Preserving Vermont's Political Heritage: Cosmetics or Culture?" (F. Bryan).Two appendices that list theprogram and participants for the conference also are included. (DB) **************;.,, ***************************************************** AeproaucLions supplieo Dy LDAS areErie nest that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** rjli t At 15 J. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Once of Educalonal Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproducedas recetved from the person or organization originating .1 0 Woo/ changes have been made to improve fsf" reproduction quality ,t'i Points of new or opintons Stated in this doCu moot do not necessaniy represent official It: OERI positron or policy )1L115.5II 14 I-M.-Y.5 ./4 NJ 0"PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Proce MA RIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY -4vprtite secondwo tit of- ("_(2_;t0N1 onNerni-dfit's heri' TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).- A Aa tATP--4-0441-0 3:44102,,,e4.3A0,1* 4 , V VI k' riqA iN Et/ Edited By Marshall True Mary Woodruff Kristin Peterson-Ishaq THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT BURLINGTON, VERMONT 2 LIST COPY AVAILABLE TEACHING VERMONT'S HERITAGE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND WORKINGCONFERENCE ON VERMONT'S HERITAGE FOR TEACHERS EDITED BY MARSHALL TRUE MARY WOODRUFF KRISTIN PETERSON-ISHAQ THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT BURLINGTON, VERMONT The Center for Research on Vermont College of. Arts and Sciences The University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 Copyright 1984 by the University of Vermont "Vermont's Heritage: A Working Conference for Teachers II" was held at the University of Vermont on July 9-13, 1984. The conference and this publication were funded in part by a grant from the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues and by the University of Vermont's Center for Research on Vermont. CONTENTS lntroduction Everybody has to BeSomewhere, Sometime Samuel. B. Hand the State A Vermont Geography: The Dynamic Map of Steven Farrow Landscapes and People The Vermont Environment: 13 Jean RichardsonFlack Rousing and Living Spaces andMoving Places: Vermont Environment Transportation in the 22 Wayne Ramey and DaveDavidson The Forest Nature's Great Potential: 27 Sr. Agatha Ocslaurierc A Choice to Nlakc -Vermont Careers ,Videll 31 CaCltc ringLovering and Joann( Sifting Away the Dirt: Archaeology in the Elementary Classroom 44 DorisPlumb (rnd JoanBenjamin and Regional. Poetry Literacy, Machinery, 49 Frieda Gard;ier Cobwebs and Cookbooks 59 Ann Stal[van Music and Songwriting 63 Jon dal'. /mot, Opening Grammy's MemoryBox in the Classroom: Folklore in the Schools 65 Eleanor Ott Seeing Vermont withOur Ears 82 Mari Zyit ti( h.; Republics of Vermont Musings on Clio: Life in the Little 86 P. arcgory:)*(o/PPri "Lt. Gen. John Burgoynein the Was This TripNecessary? Champlain Valley in1777" 92 Kenneth 31. Cf2rmain Politics and Bed Lire: A Historical Study of Vermont Inns Michael Paretti, Sue Lewis, and Andrea Torello 97 Myth or Reality? The Underground Railroadin Vermont Rosalie Angell 101 The Burlington Waterfront David Orr 108 Alternative Sources for theTeaching of Vermont History Cornelia Donkor 124 Partnerships: Museums and Schools Dorothy Dw'n 130 A Vermont Heritage Festival: A Celebration of Cur Cultural Past and Present Regina BeVstrom 136 Preserving Vermont's PoliticalHeritage: Cosmetics or Culture? Prank Brywr 144 Appendix 1 Program, "Vermont's Heritage: A Working Conference for Teachers II" Appendix 2 Participants, "Vermont'sHeritage: A Working Conference for Teachers 11" INTRODUCTION Abenaki mythology has it that Lake Champlain was the last work of Odzihozo, ("He Makes Himself from Something"), a legendary creature who built himself from dust. Odzihozo's drawn-out struggles to shape himself in turn created the mountains, streams, meadows, rivers, and lakes which make up Vermont. Odzihozo also transformed this environment, making it more suitable for human habitation. Moreover, so the legend goes, Odzihozo liked his work so well that he clambered upon a rock in Burlington Bay (which later arrivals named Rock Bonder), turned himself to stone, and there he chose to remain. Those who would teach about Vermont's heritage often resemble Odzihozo as they assemble materials to create a Vermont curriculum fromsomething. And creating a Vermont curriculum can be a challenging task. Vermont is too small a market: to attract the attention of commercial publishers interested in a national market. Therefore teachers here must develop their own materials for teaching about Vermont. Yet, as the proceedings of this conference suggest, Vermont is fortunate in a number of ways. We have a rich variety of materials available for teachers ranging from cook- books and memories from Grandma's attic to the latest environmental impact survey. Additionally, as Sam Hand pointed out in his keynote address, Vermont is sufficiently small to be studied as a coherent whole.Moreover, Vermont, perhaps in a manifestation of what Frank Bryan identifies as its commitment to human scale communities, has attracted a group of dedicated and energetic people--Vermonters by choice or by birth--to teach about. Vermont's heritage in the state's schools.These professionals are the people who are her able to create, shape, and maintain a Vermont curriculum. These proceedings, as well as the conference from which they were drawn, represent the continuing commitment of the Center for Research on Vermont and the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues to help teachers solve some of the problems of developing curricular materials for Vermont's classrooms. Our formula was simply to bring together a distin- guished group of Vermont scholars to talk about their work to an audience of interested teachers. We particularly asked the scholars to address the question of how the materials they were discussing might be taught. We then invited the teachers to develop curricular units for classroom use. We also asked both scholar-teachers and teacher-scholars to work together to establish some initial guideposts to resources that arecurrently available for teachers interested in exploring some aspects ofVermont's heritage. Our reasoning was that scholars and teachers should work cooperatively lo begin to identify. suggest, and develop teaching materials for Vermont classrooms and that these materials should then be offered to teachers all over rho stare. We believe these proceedings contain many suggestions for teaching about the heritage of this marvelously idiosyncratic place called Vermont. We hope that this volume will he useful; more than that, we hope itwill be used. vi We believe that this year's conference,the second we have held on Vermont's heritage, succeeded in a number of ways. As the following con- tributions from scholars and teachers suggest,there are dozens of ways in which Vermont material may be used inthe classroom. To mention just some of the cross-disciplinary waysthat might he used to introduce Vermont materials into the curriculum is only to hint atthe range of discussion which occurred at the conference itself. For example, the nature poetry of St. Albans' Frances Frost might he used tointroduce a unit of botany or geology
Load more

Recommended publications
  • State of Vermont Personal Income Taxes and State of Vermont Corporate Income Taxes
    New Issue – Book Entry Only Ratings: Moody’s: Aaa Fitch: AAA S&P: AA+ (See “RATINGS” herein) In the opinion of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, Bond Counsel, based upon an analysis of existing law and assuming, among other matters, compliance with certain covenants, interest on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Interest on the Bonds is not a specific preference item for purposes of the federal individual or corporate alternative minimum taxes, although such interest is included in adjusted current earnings when calculating corporate alternative minimum taxable income. Under existing law, interest on the Bonds is exempt from State of Vermont personal income taxes and State of Vermont corporate income taxes. Bond Counsel expresses no opinion regarding any other tax consequences related to the ownership or disposition of, or the accrual or receipt of interest on, the Bonds. See “TAX MATTERS” herein. $26,765,000 $66,420,000 STATE OF VERMONT STATE OF VERMONT General Obligation Bonds General Obligation Bonds 2012 Series E 2012 Series F‡ (VERMONT CITIZEN BONDS)† (Competitive) (Negotiated) Dated: Date of Delivery Due: August 15, as shown on the inside cover hereof The 2012 Series E Bonds (the “Series E Bonds”) and the 2012 Series F Bonds (the “Series F Bonds,” and together with the Series E Bonds, the “Bonds”) will be issued as fully registered Bonds, and, when issued, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), an automated depository for securities and clearinghouse for securities transactions.
    [Show full text]
  • THE GREENE FAMILY of ST. ALBANS, VERMONT Together with the Origin and the History of the Greene Family in England and Rhode Island
    THE GREENE FAMILY of ST. ALBANS, VERMONT together with the origin and the history of the Greene Family in England and Rhode Island by Walter and Ella Greene 1964 Copyright 1964 by Walter and Ella Greene PREFACE To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. - - Chinese Proverb Some years ago the authors discovered that the genealogy of our branch of the Greene family had been compiled to about the year 1800. This work was then conceived as a small pamphlet which would bring the record up to the present generation for our immediate family. In searching for data, we contacted many related branches of the family. We were encouraged by those with whom we talked to believe that interest in our endeavor reached beyond our own family. The information we gathered increased in volume to the point where we decided it should be preserved per­ manently in book form and that it should include a summary of information from earlier genealogies which are now out of print and practically unobtain­ able, except in large libraries and historical society collections. This work includes names and pertinent dates for the Vermont Greenes which were supplied to us by interested members of the present generation, supplemented by our own searches in genealogies and vital records. It is sufficiently complete, we believe, so that present (and future} generations not now included in the book can trace back their own lines to where they join that of Nathan, Job, or Caleb Greene, and from them to our common ances - tors in Rhode Island and England, Our sincere thanks to all who assisted us by supplying information and checking sections of the manuscript on the accuracy of the data for the vari­ ous branches of the family.
    [Show full text]
  • Book Reviews
    BOOK REVIEWS ........................................................ A Building History of Northern New England By James L. Garvin (Hanover and London: The University Press of New England, 2001, pp. ix, 199, $35.00). his is not a typical volume of architectural history, surveying great Tmonuments and masters, identifying styles, or reproducing glorious photos of precious meetinghouses and mansions. True to its name, it is a history of building in upper New England, examining and explaining how and of what materials the regional buildings from the seventeenth century through World War II were put together. The book is the prod- uct of James Garvin’s extended process of self-education, synthesized from specialized scholarship of the last decades of the twentieth century (collected here into a valuable, topically organized bibliography) and looking closely at the material evidence over a period of some thirty years, the last thirteen as state architectural historian for the New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources. It looks at the characteristics of building technology and planning, beginning with craft principles dis- tilled from intuitive engineering, through the increasing impact of manu- factured details and systems, to complete pre-fabrication. The book is organized into concise, well-explained sections dealing first with technology (why the building is built the way it is) and then with style (why the building looks the way it does). In the former Garvin explores the unfolding histories of framing, sheathing, masonry, roofing, hardware, finishes, nails, and glass. He takes us from hand-hewn timbers to contemporary two-by-fours, from braced frame and plank construc- tion to platform framing, from split shingles to cement asbestos roofing, from graduated clapboards to novelty siding, from Dutch bond brick to concrete blocks, from riven lath to beaver board.
    [Show full text]
  • State of Vermont Personal Income Taxes and State of Vermont Corporate Income Taxes
    New Issue – Book Entry Only Ratings: Moody’s: Aaa Fitch: AAA S&P: AA+ (See “RATINGS” herein) In the opinion of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, Bond Counsel, based upon an analysis of existing law and assuming, among other matters, compliance with certain covenants, interest on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Interest on the Bonds is not a specific preference item for purposes of the federal individual or corporate alternative minimum taxes, although such interest is included in adjusted current earnings when calculating corporate alternative minimum taxable income. Under existing law, interest on the Bonds is exempt from State of Vermont personal income taxes and State of Vermont corporate income taxes. Bond Counsel expresses no opinion regarding any other tax consequences related to the ownership or disposition of, or the accrual or receipt of interest on, the Bonds. See “TAX MATTERS” herein. $20,310,000 STATE OF VERMONT General Obligation Bonds 2014 SERIES A (VERMONT CITIZEN BONDS)† (Negotiated) $53,245,000 $36,205,000 STATE OF VERMONT STATE OF VERMONT General Obligation Bonds General Obligation Refunding Bonds 2014 SERIES B‡ 2014 SERIES C‡ (Competitive) (Competitive) Dated: Date of Delivery Due: August 15, as shown on the inside cover hereof The 2014 Series A Bonds (the “Series A Bonds”), the 2014 Series B Bonds (the “Series B Bonds”) and the 2014 Series C Bonds (the “Series C Bonds,” and together with the Series A Bonds and the Series B Bonds, the “Bonds”) will be issued as fully registered Bonds, and, when issued, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), an automated depository for securities and clearinghouse for securities transactions.
    [Show full text]
  • In Memoriam: John Joseph Duffy, Jr. (1934-2020)
    In Memoriam . John Joseph Duffy, Jr. 1934-2020 fter perservering for three years through A a combination of incurable diseases, John Duffy left us in February. He also left his daughters, his grandchildren, and Barbara, his wife of nearly six decades who provided steady, dignified, and loving care during his fight. John left a long list of Vermont colleagues as well. We appreciated him as a warm and gentle companion, blessed with a quiet sense of humor, sparking blue eyes and a mischievous smile, and we admired his rigorous discipline to finish what he had started and his perceptive scholarship that made a positive and indelible imprint on our understanding of Vermont. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 1957, John came to the University of Vermont to pursue a M.A. in Eng- lish, which he received in 1958. A year in Burlington made him eager to return to the Green Mountains when he could. After a year as the Third Form (ninth grade) English Master at Mercersburg Academy (Mercers- burg, PA), John entered the doctoral program in English at Syracuse University. With brief appointments teaching at Rider University (Law- rence Township, NJ) and Syracuse University, he received a Ph.D. in 1964. His doctoral study and interest in the literature of England, Ire- land, Canada, and the United States and its cultural contexts gave John a broad perspective that brought a special nuance to his approach to history. After leaving Syracuse, John taught briefly at the University of Maryland (College Park) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before accepting an appointment as an Assistant Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire.
    [Show full text]
  • Book Reviews
    Book Reviews . H. Nicholas Muller III, Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, J. Kevin Graffagnino, and Richard Watts, Eds., Green Mountain Scholar: Samuel B. Hand, Dean of Vermont Historians. Thomas K. Slayton 162 Scott Andrew Bartley, Ed., Early Vermont Settlers to 1771, Vol. 1: Southern Windsor County. P. Jeffrey Potash 163 Christopher S. Wren, Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution. H. Nicholas Muller III 166 John P. Kaminski, et al., Eds., Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Confederation Congress and Vermont. Vol. 29 of The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Peter R. Teachout 168 Richard Archer, Jim Crow North: The Struggle for Equal Rights in Antebellum New England. Harvey Amani Whitfield 171 Beth Kanell, The Long Shadow. The Winds of Freedom (Book One). Christine Smith 172 Yvonne Daley, Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont. Kate Daloz 175 James J. Dunn, Breach of Trust: The Ethics Scandal that Challenged the Integrity of the Vermont Judiciary. Gary G. Shattuck 177 Bernie Sanders, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In. Jon Margolis 180 More About Vermont History Compiled by Paul A. Carnahan 183 Book Reviews . Green Mountain Scholar: Samuel B. Hand, Dean of Vermont Historians. Edited by H. Nicholas Muller III, Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, J. Kevin Graffagnino, and Richard Watts (Burlington: Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont, 2017, pp. xl, 462, $50). his volume is an affectionate tribute to Sam Hand, an important T and much-loved Vermont historian who taught at the University of Vermont (UVM) for more than thirty years and remained an important force in Vermont historical circles for years afterward.
    [Show full text]
  • State of Vermont Personal Income Taxes and State of Vermont Corporate Income Taxes
    New Issue – Book Entry Only Ratings: Moody’s: Aa1 Fitch: AA+ S&P: AA+ (See “RATINGS” herein) In the opinion of Locke Lord LLP, Bond Counsel, based upon an analysis of existing law and assuming, among other matters, compliance with certain covenants, interest on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Interest on the Bonds will not be included in computing the alternative minimum taxable income of individuals. Under existing law, interest on the Bonds is exempt from State of Vermont personal income taxes and State of Vermont corporate income taxes. Bond Counsel expresses no opinion regarding any other tax consequences related to the ownership or disposition of, or the accrual or receipt of interest on, the Bonds. See “TAX MATTERS” herein. $88,255,000 $39,525,000 STATE OF VERMONT STATE OF VERMONT General Obligation Bonds General Obligation Refunding Bonds 2019 Series A‡ 2019 Series B (Competitive) (VERMONT CITIZEN BONDS)† (Negotiated) Dated: Date of Delivery Due: As shown on the inside cover hereof The 2019 Series A Bonds (the “Series A Bonds”) and the 2019 Series B Bonds (the “Series B Bonds,” and together with the Series A Bonds, the “Bonds”) will be issued as fully registered Bonds, and, when issued, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), an automated depository for securities and clearinghouse for securities transactions. Purchases of beneficial interests in the Bonds will be made in book-entry form (without certificates) in the denomination of (i) in the case of the Series A Bonds, $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and (ii) in the case of the Series B Bonds, $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
    [Show full text]
  • Vermont Officeholders, 1787–1791
    Officers of the State of Vermont 1787–1791 Governor Surveyor General Thomas Chittenden (1787–89, 1790–91) James Whitelaw (1787–91) Moses Robinson (1789–90) Supreme Court Lieutenant Governor 1787–1788 Joseph Marsh (1787–90) Moses Robinson, Chief Judge Peter Olcott (1790–91) Nathaniel Niles, Side Judge Secretary of State Paul Spooner, Side Judge Micah Townsend (1787–88) 1788–1789 Roswell Hopkins (1788–91) Moses Robinson, Chief Judge Attorney General Paul Spooner, Side Judge Samuel Hitchcock (1790–91) Stephen Row Bradley, Side Judge Treasurer 1789–1790 Samuel Mattocks (1787–91) Nathaniel Chipman, Chief Judge Auditors of Accounts Noah Smith, Side Judge Elisha Clark (1790–91) Samuel Knight, Side Judge Roswell Hopkins (1787–88) 1790–1791 John Strong (1787–88) Nathaniel Chipman, Chief Judge Isaac Tichenor (1788–91) Noah Smith, Side Judge Samuel Knight, Side Judge COUNCILLORS1 11th Council (1787–1788) 13th Council (1789–1790) Timothy Brownson (Sunderland) Timothy Brownson (Sunderland) Peter Olcott (Norwich) John Fassett, Jr. (Cambridge) Jacob Bayley (Newbury) Peter Olcott (Norwich) Samuel Fletcher (Townshend) Jacob Bayley (Newbury) Thomas Porter (Tinmouth) Thomas Porter (Tinmouth) Thomas Murdock (Norwich) Samuel Safford (Bennington) Samuel Safford (Bennington) John Strong (Addison) John Fassett, Jr. (Cambridge) Jonathan Hunt (Hinsdale) John Strong (Addison) Ebenezer Walbridge (Bennington) Jonathan Hunt (Hinsdale) Isaac Tichenor (Bennington) Ebenezer Walbridge (Bennington) Nathaniel Niles (Fairlee) Isaac Tichenor (Bennington) Luke Knoulton (Newfane)
    [Show full text]
  • I. Ii. Iii. Iv. Vi. Agenda February 28, 1984 Federal Judicial
    AGENDA FEBRUARY 28, 1984 FEDERAL JUDICIAL SELECTIONS COMMITTEE I. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT II. U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA III. U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT IV. U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF · LOUISIANA v. U.S. ATTORNEYS A. Northern District of Oklahoma B. Southern District of Indiana VI. PENDING VACANCIES U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT The previously selected candidate for this position has now indicated that she is not interested in a judicial appointment at this time. Set forth below are brief comments on the other individuals previously considered as possible candidates for this position. Because the time for background clearances on judicial candidates averages about 6 to 8 weeks, we should select ~ candidate for this position as soon as possible. JEAN G. BISSELL: Previously, this Committee had authorized the Justice Department to seek a f~vorable rating from the ABA of Ms. Bissell's qualifications. (Because there had been an earlier indication that the ABA would find Bissell "not qualified"., this request was made before a full-field back­ ground investigation was initiated on Ms. Bissell.) Bissell is a South Carolina attorney who has been strongly recommended for this position by Senate Judiciary Committee .Chairman, Senator Thurmond. She is 48 and has practiced probate, business and banking law in South Carolina since .1958. She engaged in private firm practice from 1958 to 1976, when she became Senior Vice President and General Counsel of a large South Carolina bank. She now serves as Executive Vice President and Geµeral Counsel of that bank.
    [Show full text]
  • Connecticut Reports, Vol
    FROM "CONNECTICUT REPORTS, VOL. LXVIII" 1882 592 APPENDIX. Obituary Notice of Chief Justice Seymour. irresistible flashes of wit, and of illustrating men and things 'with touches of poetical fancy, gave him a truly wonderful power of fascina tion by talk. Nor was he in the least overbearing in conversation, as is often the case with good talkers, but added the influence of unfailing politeness to marvelous powers of persuasion, such as one must have felt to appreciate. OBITUARY NOTICE OF CHIEF JUSTICE SEYMOUR. Hon. Origen Storks Seymour, Ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, died at Litchfield, where he was born and had always resided, on the 12th of August, 1881, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. Judge Seymour was a man of very rare qualities of mind and heart. It is safe to assert that no member of the Connecticut Bar ever drew to himself in larger measure the respect and affection of his professional brethren and the confidence and esteem of the public at large. Judge Seymour was born February 9th, 1804. His father was Ozias Seymour, for many years sheriff of Litchfield County. His grand father, Mnj. Moses Seymour, bore a distinguished part in the Revolu tionary War. Gov. Horatio Seymour of New York, Senator Horatio Seymour of Vermont, and many other noted public men of the name, were his family relatives. He graduated at Yale College in the class of 1824. His college standing was very good, although from weakness of eyes he was compelled much of the time to depend on having his lessons read to him by others.
    [Show full text]