{"id":692,"date":"2014-09-10T14:56:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T19:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/?p=692"},"modified":"2015-05-20T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:49:58","slug":"1960-fall-14-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/2014\/09\/10\/1960-fall-14-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"1960 Fall ’14 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

IWU Class of 1960 News<\/strong><\/h1>\n

From the Ol\u2019 Alma Mater<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greetings, classmates. It\u2019s time for the fall newsletter. Much of what used to be contained in the newsletter is now available online and needn\u2019t be reproduced here. Consequently, I\u2019ve limited the news to items of special interest, news that our classmates have submitted, and a couple of incidental items I thought you might find interesting. Or not.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ol\u2019 Alma Mater values your news and your continued support. It is a much finer university now than it was in our day\u2014as a check of the website [iwu.edu<\/a>] will substantiate.<\/p>\n

Japanese Shrine Finds a Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On IWU Campus; Homecoming Approaches<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Mikoshi, a Shinto shrine donated by Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, Bloomington-Normal\u2019s sister city, now resides on the IWU campus, its permanent home. A Mikoshi is a temporary portable shrine used to hold the spirit of deity during festivals.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speaking of festivals, Homecoming will be held Oct. 13-19. The ol\u2019 alma mater hopes you\u2019ll attend and participate in events listed for you on the university web site.<\/p>\n

Late Breaking News about Us; <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Or, What I\u2019ve Received by E-Mail<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Karen Kenyon<\/strong>, 864 Grand Ave., Astoria OR 97103, sent the following greeting: \u201cI have lived in Astoria, Oregon, for about 36 years. It’s close to the mouth of the Columbia River. I’m married with several step-children (all grown, of course). My husband and I live in a house that overlooks the Columbia River. Can you imagine what that means to one who was raised a flat, flat Midwest?? \u00a0 I still can’t believe it!\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I’m a retired librarian, active with AAUW.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Richard Leonard\u2019s<\/strong> composition, \u201cThe Tri-State March\u201d was performed by McNamara\u2019s Band, Keokuk, IA, in March 2014 and by the Hamilton, IL, City Band in June 2014. A computer realization is available on YouTube. Richard was a liberal arts music major at IWU and plays flute and piccolo in these bands.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ann McGurk Sokan<\/strong> joined Donna and me for our annual trip to Cooperstown, NY, where we saw two operas and a musical: Madame Butterfly, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Carousel. <\/em>In the spring, we joined Pat (Lashbrook) and John Jordan at the Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign-Urbana.<\/p>\n

Reading Habits<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What are you reading these days? Donna and I recommend the detective novels of Donna Leon, which we read one right after another until we\u2019d read all of them. Then we bought DVD\u2019s of TV dramatizations done in Germany of several of the novels. These were recorded in German with English subtitles. We enjoyed them as well as the paper versions on which they\u2019re based.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A few days ago I finished reading a Harry Potter novel in a German translation. Now I\u2019m reading, in English, the third volume of Rick Atkinson\u2019s The Liberation Trilogy<\/em>, a history of the European theater of World War II.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What\u2019s next? I\u2019m open to suggestions<\/p>\n

In Parting, a Suggestion for Reading<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you\u2019re undoubtedly aware, 2014 is the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of the beginning of World War I. That war was one of the most literary ever fought. So I suggest that for your reading entertainment you try the poems of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, and Ivor Gurney. Selections of their poetry are available online.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In prose, I suggest All Quiet on the Western Front, The Case of Sergeant Grischa, The Good Soldier Schweik, <\/em>and Other Ranks. <\/em>The last of these novels has been long out of print, but is available through interlibrary loan, which is how I got a copy.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of course there are many other novels set during this period that are well worth your attention. I\u2019ve merely suggested my favorites here.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s it for the fall newsletter. Remember to send me your news for the spring newsletter.<\/p>\n

Keep in touch and stay well.<\/p>\n

Larry<\/p>\n

Larry Uffelman<\/p>\n

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