Worry and Sacrifice in the Musical Chairs of College Life
A columnist reflects on high school graduates leaving for college and compares campus life to musical chairs. He cites Ohio State's record of 4514 participants and SUNY's bid to exceed 5000, noting chairs are removed as music stops and the final players compete seat by seat. He shares personal hopes for his son at Georgia Tech and cautions against inflated expectations, joking about academic gains versus the game.
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Aiken County
Institute of Learning
Ohio State
State University of New York
Buckeyes
Georgia Tech
September 3 events mark Crandall birthday and historic wars
On September 3 Chase notes Prudence Crandall born 1803 in Hopkinton Rhode Island who faced boycotts for educating Black girls and started a ladies of colour school. Also recognized are the Treaty of Paris anniversary of 1783 and World War II declaration of war in 1939 with Neville Chamberlain’s radio address.
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Prudence Crandall
Hopkinton
R.I
Germany
Poland
G.M.T
Neville Chamberlain
France
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Rural mail carrier Herrin Drives Long Country Routes
Ken Estates native Ken Perrin Herrin has delivered mail on rural routes since 1968, logging about 500 miles weekly and over 25 000 miles yearly in a 1983 Ford Fairmont. He endures mud and sand, praises country life, and earned the Million Mile Award in 1979 for safe driving.
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Perrin Herrin
Aiken County
Ken Estates
Herrin
Whiskey Road
Wrights Mill Road
Wire Road
Gaston Road
Aiken
Navy
Massachusetts
City 12
Mitchell
du Pont
U.S. Postal Service
Camp Gravett Road
Learning timber framing on a Carolina farm
Dr. Michael Fulford paid 200 dollars for a weeklong timber framing class on the Langsner farm near Ashville North Carolina. Twelve participants lived in tents and shared meals while building a roofed dining pavilion and learning mortise and tenon techniques from master timber framer Daniel O Hagan. The group of professionals bonded through shared chores and meals, forming a close-knit cohort.
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Michael Fulford
Drew Langsner
Ashville
N.C
Langsner
Fulford
Weymouth
East Jordan
Reading
Dr. Fulford
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