Mt Mercy students tour Ireland with Cork mayor
Mt Mercy college students and four chaperones toured Ireland during the January interim. Lord Mayor T. J. O Sullivan greeted the group in Cork and spoke on County Cork history and current conditions. A stolen rental car in Limerick troubled the travelers who later expected time in Waterford Dundalk Donegal Westport Galway and Ennis before returning to Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Mercy College
County Cork
T. J. O'Sullivan
Eugene McManus
DeWitt
Eunice Kehoe
Waterloo
Margaret Ann McManus
Mt. Mercy Science Department
O'Sullivan
Joseph Hanson
Oxford Junction
Mary Rita Walter
Watkins
Cathy Adam
Keota
Becky O'Meara
Delmar
Deborah Purcell
Mason City
Jean McDermott
Charlotte
Patricia Ennis
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Connie Yuska
Manchester
Rebecca Miller
Norway
Martia Ball
Springville
Susan Orris
Washington
Monica Kehoe
Martha Foster
Grant Wood Drive
Judith Stava
Twentyfifth Street
Sandra Nead
Mr. Mercy College
Ireland
Cork
Mt. Mercy
Limerick
Iowa
Waterford
Dundalk
Donegal
Westport
Galway
Ennis
Teens Help Teens: Pine Ridge Benefit Dance Funds Center
Cedar Rapids and Prairie high school students organized a benefit dance in College Community after a social studies class discussion. Two bands performed free, city high schools donated funds, and over 450 dollars remained to furnish a Pine Ridge Reservation teen center with a stereo, ping pong table, and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation
South Dakota
Cedar Rapids
Prairie High
Joan Benesh
Accent on Youth and Cedar Rapids Teen Center Notes
Miss Raim and a church group visited the reservation after Christmas and conveyed word of efforts in Cedar Rapids and Prairie schools. An Indian youth named Jay expressed gratitude in a note to Lori and area high schoolers, praising the unseen kids who helped, and offering a chant about continuing journeys with the Great Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Schools
Jay
Lori
Linda Wins First Sulky Ride With Gifted Horse
In Cornwall New York Linda Cowton a 14 year old wheelchair user forms a bond with Sam her arthritic horse. Guided by breeder Mrs R E Passenger and trainer Ginny Mowers they arrange a harness sulky ride lifting Linda aboard with sister present. Sam is then gifted to Linda title and all and boarded free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
N.Y
Linda Cowton
Sam
Springerdale Farms
Linda
R. E. Passenger
Newburgh
Lef
Mrs. Passenger
Ginny Mowers
London Trip Explores Urban Ecology With Coe Cornell Group
A Coe College and Cornell University cohort led by Dorothy and Lee Layton travels through London on the Exploratory Term course Urban Ecology in an Old City London. The program includes tours of garbage facilities urban planning sites St Pauls Cathedral Parliament and meetings with scholars and writers. The group attends New Years in Trafalgar Square visits Shakespeare's London and the Chelsea area and plans talks on life in London during the Blitz race relations and English education. They depart London Jan 29 with 35 students from Coe and Cornell and a long list of readings and site visits in the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Coe College
Dorothy Layton
Cornell College
Lee Layton
Coe
Cornell
Trafalgar Square
St. Paul's Cathedral
Parliament
A. H. Halsey
Oxford University
Stephen Spender
Layton
Spender
William Hamling
House of Commons
Hamling
Cedar Rapids
Shakespeare
Thomas More
Chelsea
National Health Services
Coe-Cornell
Chicago
Iowa
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Beth Whitney
Englewood
Rebecca Brown
Illinois
Barrington
Henry Tonigan II
Deerfield
Steven Snell
Dixon
Lisbeth Keller
Glencoe
Jack Bayer
Stanley Goodfriend
Carolyn Williams
Portraits Added to National Portrait Gallery Collection
Washington AP reports the National Portrait Gallery acquired a pastel of General Robert E Lee from the Lee family, Zachary Taylor's Camp at Walnut Springs, 1847 commissioned by a Richmond editor, and Cecelia Beaux’s self portrait. Beaux rivals Cassatt as a leading woman artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert E Lee
Lee
National Portrait Gallery
Zachary Taylor
Walnut Springs
Richmond
Taylor
White House
Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Cecelia Beaux
Mary Cassatt
Miss Beaux
Octopus Snatches 25 Crabs At Once In Swift Feat
A voracious octopus uses its eight arms to seize as many as 25 crabs simultaneously before eating them one by one, illustrating remarkable grasp and predatory skill.
Fairfax Student Aims for Wolf Trap Academy Audition
Coe College sophomore Gordon Shaffer of Fairfax has been chosen as one of 21 Iowa student musicians to audition in Chicago in February for the Wolf Trap American Academy for the Performing Arts 1972 summer school in Washington D C. If selected, he will win an $800 full tuition scholarship. Gordon, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Shaffer, studies with Prof Thomas C Slattery and will be clarinet soloist with the Coe Promenade Orchestra in Sinclair Auditorium today at 4 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Gordon Shaffer
Iowa
Chicago
Wolf Trap
American Academy For the Performing Arts
Washington, D. C
Gordon
Thomas Shaffer
Fairfax
Thomas C. Slattery
Coe Music Facul
Eugene Kassman
Wolf Trap American Academy
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Drake University
Des Moines
Kassman
Wolf Trap Academy
Washington, D.C
Coe Promenade
Sinclair Auditorium
Bicentennial Medal Design Contest Seeks Artists
Franklin Mint invites professional and amateur artists nationwide to design black and white medal drawings depicting each state's contributions to American heritage. The competition runs through March 31 with 200 winners, four per state, and a total prize pool of 500000 dollars. Entry forms available by mail from Franklin Center Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Center
Franklin Mint
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Prairie
Lori Raim
Walford
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Reservation
Wisconsin — Madison
Lindley Hanson
Williams Bay
Katheryne Mauch
England
Essex
John Heisel, Jr
Harvey
Claudiaberland
David Grandon
Cor- Fox
Homewood
Well
Elaine Massey
Maywood
Gloria Diggle
Northbrook
Julie Henke
Barbara Peters
Palos Heights
Deborah Tanis
Sterling
Mary Gray
Tinley Park
Douglas Dykstra
Ames
Linda Jones
Mary Horning
Reinbeck
Susan Keith
Sigourney
Susan Etter
Minnesota
Hopkins
Brian Teeter
Minneapolis
David Pearson
St. Paul
Geri Belenski
William Frank
Cameron Guthrie
Missouri
St. Louis
Michele Zingrich
Nebraska
Grand Island
John Woodyard
Omaha
Gordon Lind
New York
Rye
Daniel Herbst
Wyckoff
Steven Fox
Ohio
Sir Stephen Spender
Sir Spender
Henry “Skip’ Tonigan
P.S
Portrait Studio
Busine
Englis
Histor
Philos
Regi
U.S
Ogy
Lay
Peterson Hall
Academy
Witwer Insurance
Henry Witwer
Walter Fry
Armstrong Beauty Shop
Jbo
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