Desiderata Origin Traced to Max Ehrmann, Not 1602 Myth
A long circulating myth claims the Desiderata essay comes from Saint Paul’s Church in Baltimore with a 1602 date. In fact it was written by Max Ehrmann of Indiana, published in 1927, with the misattribution spreading after a 1950s church pamphlet.
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MT. Vernon
Old Saint Paul’s Church
Baltimore
Max Ehrmann
Indiana
Ehrmann
Saint Paul’s Church
Garrett
Desiderata Poet Ehrmann Remembered in Centenary Tribute
The life of Max Ehrmann is recalled in Terre Haute centennial observances marking his birth on Sept 26 1872. Dean Ehrmann recalls a humane philosopher and engaging conversationalist who lived as a Bohemian intellectual. Ehrmann died Sept 9 1945 at age 72 after publishing 22 works with limited acclaim.
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Dean Winston W. Ehrmann
Cornell College
Terre Haute
Max Ehrmann
Cornell
Ehrmann
Dean Ehrmann
Florida
Max
Consumer Protection Is Vowed Approaches Vary
Iowa attorney general candidates diverge on how to shield consumers. Republican Turner ally Julian Garrett backs strong holder-in-due-course reform and mechanics lien changes to curb abuses by finance firms and contractors. Democrat James Reynolds urges finance firms to vet products and favors stricter registration for itinerant sales with door to door rules to curb abuses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Reynolds
Dubuque
Reynolds
Julian Garrett
Garrett
Richard Turner
Turner
Attorney General’s Office
New Clinic Head Names Services At Iowa Speech Center
Dr. James C. Hardy is named director of the University of Iowa speech and hearing clinic within the speech pathology and audiology department. The clinic offers evaluation, corrective services, and therapy for speech language and hearing problems, serves adults and children, and operates as a training center with outreach to workers, Head Start children, and a summer residential program for Iowa children.
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Iowa City
James C. Hardy
University of Iowa Speech and Hearing Clinic
Hardy
U. of I
University Hospitals School
Mason City
Mark Wolter
South Amana
James Hardy
Spanish Tragedy Set at Iowa U in Garca Lorca Play
The University of Iowa Studio theater opens The House of Bernarda Alba on November 2 3 and 4 directed by Candice Ward. Nineteen women and one man in a three act drama tell of Bernarda's iron rule over her five daughters culminating in conflict jealousy and a final mourning death. Ward adds a dream sequence and staging mirrors a household in mourning. Free student tickets via IMU box office with ID.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Studio
Bernarda Alba
Federico Garcia Lorca
Candice Ward
Augustias
Adela
Bernarda
Ward
IMU
I. D
SYCAMORE MALL BOX OFFICE THEATER TICKET NOTICE
Public may purchase tickets at the Box Office and at the Cheese House in the Sycamore Mall for two dollars. Curtain time is eight p.m.
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Sycamore Mall
Young Democrats elects USC Fayette club leaders
The Young Democrats club at Upper Iowa college in Fayette elected Patrick Swift as president and Dave Hoppe of Morley as treasurer in the recent ballot.
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Fayette
Young Democrats Club
Upper Iowa College
Patrick Swift
Dave Hoppe
Morley
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Desiderata
Ind
Winston W. Ehrmann
By Bonnie Wittenburg
Drake University
Repu
Garrett and
National Institutes of Health
Speech and Hearing Clinic
U. of S
The
American Speech and Hearing Association
Gram
the Conference Board
Washington, D.C
Advertising Council
International Newspaper
USC Young Demos
Geraldine Page
Ruth Gordon
Rosemary Forsyth
Aunt Alice
KCRG
McCartney
Ath St
Central
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