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singing praises of our popular hymn, america the beautiful Boston
Globe columnist Ellen Goodman recently wrote about "the
chorus of patriotism that has risen from the ashes of
Sept. 11" and her choice for America's national anthem,
"Katharine Lee Bates' paean to the land and the people."
It is, of course, Wellesley's most cherished song,
"America the Beautiful." Bates,
who headed Wellesley's English department and was a
member of the class of 1880, received further attention
this month with the publication of America the Beautiful:
The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song
by Lynn Sherr, ABC news correspondent and member of the
class of 1963. To
see a slice of history, visit the fourth floor of Clapp
Library where Wellesley archivist Wilma Slaight has
produced a small display, America the Beautiful. "Bates
went to teach summer school at Colorado College," Slaight
said. "She went by train, of course, as you did then. She
stopped in Chicago as the World's Fair of 1893--the
World's Columbian Exposition--was going on to commemorate
the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher
Columbus. The fairground was full of huge white
buildings--that's what the alabaster cities are." Her
trip took her through the heartland plains just when
their "amber waves of grain" were growing lush and full.
"When she got to Colorado, she was teaching and exploring
the area," Slaight said. Back
at her hotel, she jotted the words to her most famous
poem, first published in 1895. Bates twice revised the
words. The music also has changed, but "Materna," by
Samuel Ward, is most often sung. amnesty international: why we should care William
F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International
USA, will deliver a lecture, "In Our Own Best Interest:
How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All," Tuesday,
Nov. 6, at 8 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel. The event is
sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Chaplaincy. "What
does all this have to do with a person in East
Tennessee?" is the question from a call-in radio listener
that prompted Schulz to write his most recent book, In
Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights
Benefits Us All (Beacon Press, 2001). Schulz understands
the arguments of those who disdain human-rights efforts
and regard them as largely moral crusades that hardly
pertain to the everyday lives of Americans. In his
lecture as in his book, he tackles these arguments
head-on by making a passionate and persuasive case for
why defending human rights serves the United States'
practical interests and welfare. Since being appointed executive director of Amnesty International USA in 1994, he has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. In 1997 he led an Amnesty mission to Liberia to investigate atrocities committed during the civil war there and returned to Northern Ireland with the organization in 1999 to insist that human-rights protections be incorporated into the peace process. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, he came to Amnesty after 15 years with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, the last eight as its president. Faculty members from the History Department and Russian Area Studies Program will discuss "Varieties of Terrorism" in a panel Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 8 pm in the Library Lecture Room. Nina Tumarkin, history, a scholar of Russian history, will speak on "Russia: From Revolutionary Terrorism to State Terror," while her departmental colleague Jerold Auerbach's topic will be "Israel: The Exception that Proves the Rule." Phil Kohl, anthropology, whose research and field work focuses on the peoples and cultures of Eurasia and the Middle East, will address "Terrorists as Freedom Fighters, Freedom Fighters as Terrorists: Examples From the Islamic World." For more information, call x2605. embracing the effective use of power The
Wellesley Centers for Women will present a free luncheon
seminar, "Embracing Power for Relational and
Organizational Effectiveness," by Maureen Walker, Ph.D.,
Thursday, Nov. 8, from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Cheever House
Library, 828 Washington St. "If
we are to believe either popular commentary or academic
research, women specifically have been described as being
uncomfortable with power," said Walker, a member of the
faculty and coordinating group for the Jean Baker Miller
Training Institute of the Wellesley Centers for Women.
The author of Works in Progress, she is associate
director of MBA Academic Affairs at Harvard Business
School and a licensed psychologist, she is co-editing a
case book of relational-cultural practice. Bring your lunch; coffee is provided. For more information, call x2483. walking through the tall pines Wellesley's
pines have a history and pedigree worthy of any family
tree. On Nov. 5, at 2 pm, the Friends of Horticulture
will present "Walk Through the Hunnewell Pinetum," led by
horticulturist David Dusenbury. The
Pinetum, or collection of pine trees, was started in 1866
by Horatio Hollis Hunnewell, founder and creator of the
estate. The cultivation and care of this world-class tree
collection has continued through four generations of the
Hunnewell family to the present day. The 10-acre area
includes more than 350 specimen conifers representing
approximately 150 varieties ranging in age from a few
years to 140-plus. Features include spectacular mature
specimens of Sargent's Weeping Hemlock, Cedar of Lebanon
and Dawn Redwood, among others. The
walk begins at the Greenhouse Visitors Center and is free
to active volunteers, $12 for members and $15 for
non-members. learn about japan from many perspectives Wellesley and Tufts University will present the annual meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies, "Japan from Somewhere Else," focusing on Japanese cultural heritage and issues of identity and place outside of Japan. Academic panels will be held at Tufts Nov. 9-11; cultural events will take place at Wellesley. On Nov. 7, from 2:15-4 pm in Collins Cinema, Marilyn Sides, English, will read from her short stories woven around photos from the Davis Museum collection. A pottery exhibit, "Moments of Genji," by Kyoko Tonegawa, will be on display through Dec. 30. On Nov. 8, a lecture, "Abusing Children: Boys and Girls in the Fiction of Yu Miri," will be given by Bates College Japanese Professor Melissa Wender from 11:10-12:30 pm in the Library Lecture Room. A film, "Life Tastes Good," and discussion by playwright Philip Gotanda will be held Nov. 8 at 7 pm in Collins Cinema. For more, see the calendar section, go to http://ase.tufts.edu/asian/japanese/ajls/ or call x3394. marshall goldman, economics, spoke on the unfolding U.S.-Russian relationship in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in a Boston Globe story, "War on Terror Signals Changed U.S. Relations." Russian President Vladimir Putin "used this free pass to join the West, to come closer," Goldman noted. "It could work, but it's not going to be a perfect way to do it." phillip levine, economics, contributed to two wire service stories and a Wall Street Journal article on unemployment compensation. In a Reuters piece, "Some States Have Slim Funds to Pay Jobless," he pointed out that several states face the risk of insolvency in unemployment trust funds if the country suffers a modest or severe recession. In an AP story and the Wall Street Journal, he talked about particular states' problems. In the Metrowest Daily News, janet lavin rapelye, dean of admissions, discussed the value of diversity in student populations, noting that Wellesley does not use a formula for establishing diversity. "It can be race and ethnicity, geography or diversity of talents and thoughts," she said. susan reverby, women's studies, notes the book she edited, Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, is a collection of primary and secondary articles and correspondence on the Study from a wide variety of perspectives. It was misidentified in an earlier news item. A MetroWest Daily News story focused on identical twin volleyball coaches, Liz Rey of Wheaton College and her Wellesley counterpart, dorothy webb, who is in her eighth season of coaching a highly successful team.
catholic
mass.
12:30 pm, Newman Common Room. Info: x2688. spanish
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Small Conference Room. Info:
x1068. nature
walk.
Tour Hunnewell Pinetum. 2 pm, Greenhouse Visitors Center.
Sponsor: FOH. (See story, page 2.) Info, cost: x3094. italian
table.
5:30 pm, Tower Court Small Conference Room. Info:
x2616. cws
information session.
On Tuck Business School. 5:45-6:45 pm, Founders 227.
Info: x2352. english
tutoring.
Sign up for consultations. 6-8:30 pm, LTC. Info:
x2480. apt
workshop.
"Test Taking and Preparation." 8 pm, Davis. Info:
x2641. buddhist community gathering and discussion. 8-9 pm, Meditation Room beneath Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2793. japan
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Small Dining Room. Info:
x3226. bible
study.
Protestant Christian, Roman Catholic Chaplaincies. 4:15
pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. reading.
In response to Sept. 11; open to all. 4:15-6 pm, Founders
120. Sponsor: English. Info: x2585. lecture.
"Un crivain franais en Amrique." Held in French. Speaker:
Catherine Cusset. 4:30 pm, French House. Info: x2196. discussion.
"Religion and Multiculturalism at Wellesley." 5 pm,
Harambee House. Sponsor: Multicultural Council. Info:
x4894. canterbury
episcopal club.
Discussion and prayer. 5:30 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor:
Religious Life. Info: x7409. concert.
"Distant Voices." Dramatic reading with piano
underscoring of diary of Hiroaki Nishimura in WWII
Japanese internment camp. 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium.
Sponsor: Music; Committee on Lectures and Cultural
Events. Info: x2028. lecture.
"In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights
Benefits Us All." Speaker: William F. Schulz, Amnesty
International USA. 8 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. (See
story, page 1.) Info: x2517. panel
discussion.
"Varieties of Terrorism." 8 pm, Library Lecture Room.
(See story, page 1.) Sponsor: History and Russian. Info:
x2605. apt workshop. "Test Taking and Preparation." 8 pm, Munger. Info: x2641. benefits
information day.
10 am-2 pm, Alumnae Hall Ballroom; open enrollment, Nov.
7-21. Sponsor: HR. Info: x2215. art
tour.
At Davis Museum. 11:10 am, museum lobby. Sponsor: DMCC.
Info: x2051. discussion.
"9/11: The War," 12:30-1:30 pm, Pendleton Atrium.
Sponsor: Women's Studies. Info: 2535. sustaining
prayer.
12:30-1 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian
Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. open
class.
"Three American Women in Japan, 1889: An Experiment in
Photography and Fiction" by Marilyn Sides. 2:15-4 pm,
Collins Cinema. (See story, page 2.) Info: x3394. cws
workshop.
"Second Interview." 4:30-5:20 pm, Founders 120. Info:
x2352. lecture.
"American Prints and Historical Interpretation" by
Georgia Barnhill '66, American Antiquarian Society. 4:30
pm, Jewett 354. Sponsors: Religion, G.S. McNeill
Program/American Art. Info: x2609. theatre.
"The Diary of Anne Frank." 5 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae
Hall. (See ongoing.) workshop.
"Advanced Web Pages-Integrating Fireworks and
Dreamweaver."6-7 pm, Library Lecture Room; optional
hands-on lab. Sponsor: IS. Info: x3175. women's
health series.
"Pregnancy and Childbirth." With Sloane Crawford. 6:30
pm, Munger. Info: x2821. cws
panel.
"Medical School and Residency." 7-8:30 pm, Science Center
277. Info: x2352. praise
and worship.
7:15-8:15 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant
Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. apt workshop. "Test Taking and Preparation." 7:30 pm, Dower. Info: x2641. lecture.
"Abusing Children: Girls and Boys in the Fiction of Yu
Muri." Speaker: Melissa Wender, Bates College. Lunch
provided. 11:10-12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. (See
story, page 2.) Info: x3394. cws
workshop.
"Interview Skills Workshop." 12:30-1:20 pm, Green Hall
330. Info: x2352. wcw
luncheon seminar.
"Embracing Power for Relational and Organizational
Effectiveness." Speaker: Maureen Walker. (See story, page
2.) Bring lunch. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House (828
Washington St.). Info: x2500. french
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Small Dining Room. Info:
x1004. catholic
mass.
(See 11/5 listing.) open
class.
"Images of Prince Genji in the Arts" by Carolyn Morley
and Kyoko Tonegawa. 2:50-4 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor:
Japanese. Info: x3394. film.
"Kagemusha."
Japanese; subtitles. 4:15 and 7 pm, Founders 128. Info:
x3226. pottery
demonstration.
Featuring Kyoko Tonegawa. 12:30 pm, Pendleton West 111:
Sculpture Studio. Info: x3226. unitarian
universalist community gathering.
6:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. english
tutoring.
(See 11/5 listing.) women's
health series.
"Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: How the Tobacco Industry Dupes
Women." 7 pm, Claflin. Info: x2821. film.
"Life Tastes Good" by playwright and filmmaker Philip Kan
Gotanda. 7-9 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Japanese. Info:
x3394. theatre.
"The Diary of Anne Frank." 7 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae
Hall. (See ongoing.) apt
workshop.
"Time and Task Management. "8 pm, Bates. Info: x2641. shabbat
services.
5:30 pm, Hillel Lounge (Billings 300). Info: x2687. films.
"Amores Perros," 7 pm; "Before Night Falls," 9 pm.
Collins Cinema. Info: x7736. theatre. "The Diary of Anne Frank." 8 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall. (See ongoing.) vietnamese
classes.
9:30-11 am: "Mechanics of Language" 11 am-12:30 pm:
"Examining Language through Culture." Billings 100. Info:
x4767. tour.
Obituary exhibit. 1 pm, Chandler Gallery. Sponsor: DMCC.
Info: x2051. theatre.
"The Diary of Anne Frank." 2 and 8 pm, Barstow Stage,
Alumnae Hall. (See ongoing.) reading.
"Dog/Meat." By Ruth L. Ozeki and Yoko Tawada. 4:15-5:30
pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Japanese. Info:
x3394. films. "Before Night Falls," 7 pm; "Amores Perros," 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Info: x7736. concert/lecture. "Baroque Motets and Duets." 7 pm. (See story, above.) worship.
11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant
CC. Info: x2655. theatre.
"The Diary of Anne Frank." 2 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae
Hall. (See ongoing.) catholic
mass.
4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688. apt workshops. "Note Taking," 6 pm, Freeman; "Reading," 7 pm, Munger. Info: x2641. birth
of baha'u'llah.
Baha'i tradition. cws
meeting.
"Recruiting for Junior Internships." 12:30-1:30, GRH 330.
Info: x2352. catholic
mass. (See
11/5 listing.) spanish
table.
(See 11/5 listing.) lecture.
"Black Hamlet: Murder in Guyana, Battening on the Moor."
Speaker: Patricia Parker, Stanford University. 4:30 pm,
Founders 120. Sponsor: Classical Studies, English. Info:
x2632. italian
table.
(See 11/5 listing.) reading/performance.
By Vietnamese-American writer/artist Le Thi Diem Thuy. 7
pm, Founders 120. Info: x2590. apt
workshop.
"Note Taking," 8 pm, McAfee. Info: x2641. theatre. "The Diary of Anne Frank." Lives of eight people hiding in an attic from Nazis. Nov. 7-11. Wellesley, MIT students, free; students, seniors, $8; others, $12. Info: x2000. exhibit.
Obituary. Includes international newspapers, refreshed
weekly. Through Dec. 30, Davis Art Museum. Info:
x2051. exhibit.
America The Beautiful. Learn what inspired Katharine Lee
Bates; see two text revisions. Clapp Library, 4th Floor.
Sponsor: Library. Info: x2128. exhibit. Happy Birthday, College Government-1901-2001. Clapp Library Lobby. Sponsor: Library. Info: x2127. exhibit. "Works of Science." From the 15th-20th centuries. Clapp Library, 4th floor, Special Collections. Info: x2129. don't miss...music and lecture offer baroque motets and duets During the 17th century, singing duets and chamber music was a particularly popular form of entertainment. On Saturday, Nov. 10, at 8 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel, you can find out why when the Music Department presents "Baroque Motets and Duets: Church and Chamber Music for Soprano and Tenor," a free concert of the intimate and appealing duets and motets of the 1600s. "This music is a total joy to sing," says faculty member and soprano Sally Sanford, who will be joined by guest artist tenor Bruce Fithian and an ensemble of instrumentalists including faculty members James David Christie, organ and harpsichord, and Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, to perform music of Montiverdi, Purcell and their contemporaries. To hear a musician's take on this music, come early to hear Fithian present a lecture demonstration, "Text Setting from Both the Composer's and Performer's Points of View,"at 7 pm in the Chapel. For more information, call x2028. |
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