Museum of Early
Trades & Crafts
Spring Newsletter 2014
2014 Craftsman of the Year
DR. SAM ROMANO
T
he Craftsman of the Year award was established
in 2002 to honor New Jerseyans who have, in
their own unique ways, significantly advanced the
Museum’s mission.
Madison native Sam Romano DMD, a graduate of
Fairleigh Dickinson University and UMDNJ-New
Jersey Dental School, established his practice in
Madison in 1986. He practices an ancient profession
that has grown and evolved with advances in medical
science and technology. Such links from past to present
are at the heart of our Museum's mission to enhance
the understanding and appreciation of America's past.
Dr. Romano combines his professional knowledge with
his skills as a craftsman to serve his patients.
Sam Romano advances his passion for dentistry with
continuing education and training with leading
practitioners in his field. He received the prestigious
honor of Clinical Instructor at the Kois Center for
Dental Excellence in Seattle, the premier post-doctoral
dental teaching center in the world. He was recognized
as one of "New Jersey's Top Docs" and New Jersey
Family Magazine's favorite children’s doctors for three
consecutive years.
Table of Contents:
♦ 2014 Craftsman of the Year ♦ From the Board Chair ♦ Craftsman of the Year
♦ Founding Mothers ♦ Academic Garb, A Brief History ♦ Calendar of Events ♦ Thank You for Your Support ♦ Academic Garb... continued
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Not content with just serving his own patients,
Dr. Romano has conducted free clinics to provide
preventive and restorative dental care to under-served
children in New Jersey, and has traveled to Guatemala
"to give children free smiles."
He summed up his approach to his life and profession
when he said "You'll never feel as good as when you do
something for somebody else. The greatest gift is when
you have what somebody else needs, and you can give
it to them."
Please join us to honor
Dr. Sam Romano
on
Sunday, June 8, 2014
2:00pm
More information on page 3.
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Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Spring 2014
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
founded by Edgar & Agnes Land in 1969 with their original
collection of over 3,000 artifacts.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of
America’s past by presenting and interpreting the
history, culture and lives of ordinary people through
educational programs, through preservation and
stewardship of our collection, and through exhibition
and demonstration of the trades and crafts practiced
in New Jersey from its earliest settlement.
METC gratefully acknowledge generous funding from:
Borough of Madison•The Charles L. Read Foundation
F.M. Kirby Foundation•The Fatzler Foundation
Hyde & Watson Foundation•Madison Rotary
Investors Savings Bank Charitable Foundation
Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Morris County Historic Preservation Trust
Russell Investment Group
The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts received an operating
support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a
division of the Department of State.
METC Trustees
Thomas Judd, Chair
Ronald H. Partizian, Vice Chair
Allen Black, Secretary
Irene Maroney, Treasurer
Martin Barbato
Eleanor Barbash Berman
Andrew B. Boles
Mark De Biasse
Michele Luciano Faas
Rodger K. Herrigel
Jerome Holzman
John F. Hoover
Christon S. Kellogg
Frances Mantone
Dorothy Meaney
Tyler C. Merson
Judith N. Mullins
Aldona J. Skrypa
Deborah Farrar Starker
Ellen Steinberg
Jabez Van Cleef
Virginia Wilson
Advisors to the Board:
Barbara Cicco
Nino Coviello
Stacy Russo
David Strand
METC Staff
Vivian C. R. James, Jefferson W. Kirby Executive Director
April Kirchdoerffer, Operations Manager
Meg Wastie, Curator of Education
Educators
Kathleen Brennan Barrett•Mary Ellen McVeigh
Rachel Prager•Marie Seilus
Margaret Skelly•Stephanie Turner
Volunteers
Sandy Miller Citron•Diane Celler-Samiljan
from the Board Chair
N
ew Jersey celebrates the 350th anniversary of
its founding in 2014. Our exhibit The American
Revolution in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the
Homefront complements that celebration. We explore
how the war affected ordinary civilians in the state,
and a series of related lectures will expand on various
aspects of that story. Come take a look – and check our website for
lecture information.
Our always popular Craftsman of the Year celebration is set for June 8th.
This year we honor Madison dentist Dr. Sam Romano, who brings
the ancient profession of dentistry into the 21st century with his state
of the art practice. The linking of past with present is an important
aspect of our mission to enhance the understanding and appreciation
of America’s past.
Recently we have welcomed five new members to our Board of Trustees.
I’m delighted to have the opportunity to blend the enthusiasm and
fresh thinking of the newcomers with the dedication and knowledge
of our more experienced Trustees.
Thomas H. Judd
Chairman, Board of Trustees
NEW TRUSTEES
Jerome “Bud” Holzman
John Hoover
Tyler Merson
Jabez Van Cleef
Virginia “Ginny” Wilson
Want to become a Member of the Museum or
renew your membership?
Visit our website at www.metc.org and click on the Join
& Support button to the left for a Membership Form.
Newsletter: April Kirchdoerffer
Photos: Tom Judd, Rachel Prager & April Kirchdoerffer
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
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Phone: 973-377-2982 Fax: 973-377-7358
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Craftsman of the Year
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Lecture & Reception
Sunday, June 8, 2014
2:00pm
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Please join us to recognize Madison Dentist
Dr. Sam Romano
as the Board of Trustees honors him as the
2014 Craftsman of the Year.
Dr. Romano will present a fascinating lecture tracing the evolution of dentistry from its earliest beginnings to the hitech practice of his office today. Program will be followed by a wine & late lunch reception.
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Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Spring 2014
Founding Mothers
Elizabeth Burgin
L
ittle is known about Elizabeth Burgin except that
she played a significant role in aiding American
soldiers who were prisoners of the British during the
Revolutionary War. During the Revolutionary War,
the British held many American prisoners-of-war on
prison ships in the New York Harbor. The quarters
were crowded and the prisoners were given little food
or water. Diseases like small pox and yellow fever spread
easily, and over seven thousand prisoners died while on
the ships. A resident of New York, Burgin was able to
help the prisoners by visiting them and bringing them
food. One evening when she returned home from visiting
a prison ship, an American officer asked to meet with her
about a plan to help the prisoners escape. The British
only allowed women on the prison ships, so the officer
wanted Burgin to alert the prisoners to be ready for the
escape and to help with the plan of smuggling them off
the ship. Burgin complied and helped more than 200
prisoners escape over the next several weeks. Because of
her part, the British offered a two hundred pound reward
for her capture. This amount was equal to twenty years
of pay for a British soldier, so there was a great incentive
for them to try to capture her. Burgin narrowly escaped
being captured and left the area. Burgin wrote to General
George Washington, asking for his help because the
British had all of her possessions. In 1781, the Continental
Congress awarded Burgin with a pension for her part in
helping the Patriots’ cause.
Deborah Sampson
D
eborah Sampson was born in Massachusetts in 1760,
one of seven children. After her father abandoned
the family, her mother struggled to keep the family afloat,
but the children were indentured out at around age ten.
Deborah was indentured as a servant, and performed
farm chores in summer while being allowed to attend
school in winter. When her indenture ended in 1779, she
spent several years teaching before deciding to join the
Patriot cause directly. On May 20, 1782, she joined the
militia as “Robert Shirtliff.” While the large scale battles
were over at this point in the war, small scrimmages and
guerilla fighting continued for several seasons. Deborah
proved adept at both hiding her identity and fighting
loyalists. Her unit was sent to Philadelphia to protect
the Continental Congress from rebelling troops. While
in Philadelphia Deborah was stricken with a fever. The
doctor treating her, Barnabus Binney, discovered that
she was a woman, but rather than turn her over to the
officials, he treated her privately and helped to hide her
identity. In 1783, Deborah Sampson, as Robert Shirtliff,
was honorably discharged from the army. She continued
to dress as a man for several years until she met and
married Benjamin Gannet with whom she had three
children. In 1792, Deborah received a pension from the
state of Massachusetts, and in 1804 by the US Congress.
During the economic recession, she helped to support
her family by becoming one of the country’s first female
lecturers. She passed away in 1827.
-From the National Women's History Museum
Stop in to visit the Museum's current exhibit, The American Revolution in New Jersey:
Where the Battlefront Meets the Homefront and learn about a different side of the War.
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ACADEMIC GARB, A BRIEF HISTORY
uring this time of year,
many of us are tuned
into the idea of "graduation,"
whether we are participants,
celebrating the earning of a
hard-worked-for
diploma
and/or degree, or spectators,
viewing the pomp and tradition
of a graduation ceremony. Most
people recognize the familiar
trappings of graduation: faculty
and graduates processing into the venue, appropriately
capped and gowned, marching solemnly to the strains
of Pomp & Circumstance. But people may overlook the
hidden history behind these recognizable symbols.
Doctoral robes also have velvet panels down the front
and three bars of velvet on the sleeves.
The Cap
Most caps are "mortarboards" with tassels. The cap
should be worn so that the mortarboard is level,
not tilted to the back or side of the head. The crown
should be approximately one inch above the eyebrow.
Individual school tradition dictates whether the tassel
is worn over the left or right temple. Some schools
have the graduates switch the tassel from one side to
the other in unison after all of the diplomas have been
conferred.
For some Masters and Doctoral degrees, the wearer
may have a soft cap or tam with a tassel. Tams are
• Why do we wear caps and gowns? The simple made from velvet, and usually have a ribbon over the
answer started out as "Brrrrr!" Scholars in the 12th fabric. The number of sides vary, and can be four, six, or
and 13th centuries--when universities first came eight sided. Four sided is usually only used for Masters
into being--worked and studied in cold, unheated degrees, while six and eight sided are used for Doctoral
buildings. Most medieval students were affiliated degrees depending on which the university prefers.
in some way with the church, and had taken some Tams are "poofed" at the top instead of flat, and come
vows, so priestly garments were their main form of with a tassel usually in gold.
dress. The long robes--in addition to showing that
they were scholars--provided the added benefit of
The Hood
keeping them warm. Caps, accordingly, served to
The hood was originally merely a useful
keep the head warm, maintaining body heat. The
head-covering providing warmth and
square academic cap, graduate cap, or "mortarboard"
protecting the wearer from the elements.
is so-called because of its similarity in appearance
It also served as a shoulder covering, and
to a "hod" used by masons to hold mortar. The full
its bag-shaped bottom served, in medieval
graduation regalia consists of a cap, a gown (robe),
times, as a receptacle for donations/alms.
and a hood.
Bachelor and master hoods were originally
lined in fur--the value of which defined the level of the
• Did you know you can tell a lot about a person, degree. Bachelors wore badger's fur or lamb's wool
based on the style of his academic garb?
lining. Masters and Doctors wore ermine. Today,
hoods are draped over the shoulders and hang down
The Sleeves
the wearers' backs, and are black, made from the same
The length and shape of the fabric as the gown. They vary in length--from three feet
robe's sleeves are different, to four feet--depending on the degree. The length of the
indicating the highest hood increases with the level of education, with the
degree level of the wearer.
Bachelor hood being three feet long. The Master hood
is three-and-a-half feet long, and the Doctoral hood is
Bachelor's gowns have four feet long. The doctoral hood is also wider. By 1592,
pointed sleeves. Master's the hood was worn with the lining displayed in order
gowns have oblong sleeves, to indicate the college or university colors. The hood's
open at the wrist, with the base hanging down, and edge is velvet in the color of the degree subject.
rear part of the oblong cut square while the front arc
cuts away. Doctoral gowns have bell-shaped sleeves.
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Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Spring 2014
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May
Blue Star Museum Season Memorial Day –
Veteran’s Day Regular Hours
As a thank you to those in the Armed Forces and their
families, METC will once again participate in the
Blue Star Museum program. This is a free admission
program available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention
Common Access Card (CAC), A DD Form 1173 ID Card,
or a DD Form 1173-1 ID Card, which includes active
duty military and their immediate family members,
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National
Guard, and Reserve. For more information call x14 or
visit www.metc.org. FREE!
June
Exhibit Lecture
Sunday, June 1st 2 PM
New Jersey’s Early Iron and Salt Industries, presented by
Eleanor H. McConnell - Examine both the early iron
industries and salt production in New Jersey, and
how they were affected by the American Revolution.
Admission $7 for Non-Members, $5 for seniors and
students & $3 for Members. Advance registration
recommended; call x10.
Friday The Thirteenth
Friday, June 13th 3:45-5 PM
Learn about common superstitions and phobias.
Create a silly phobia of your own. Story time & Snack.
Advanced registration recommended, call x12. $3
admission/ participant & Regular Admission for all others.
July
Downtown Concert Series,
Friday, July 11th 6 - 8 PM
Enjoy a FREE, family-friendly outdoor concert on
the lawn of the Museum. Bring a blanket/chair and
sit back and relax with a pleasant evening of music.
Picnicking welcome. For more information call x10 or
visit our website at www.metc.org. Rain or Shine! In
case of inclement weather concert will be held inside
the Museum with first come first serve seating. FREE!
Family Fun Day
Saturday, July 12th 1 - 3 PM
Join us at the Museum for lots of family fun. Family
Fun Day is held every 2nd Saturday of the month.
Advance registration recommended, call x12. $5 for all
participants & $3 for members.
Exhibit Lecture
Sunday, July 13th 2 PM
‘A Nest of Tories’: The American vs. American Battle of Fort Lee,
1781, presented by Todd W. Braisted - The American
Revolution was as much a civil war as anything else.
This lecture focuses on Fort Lee and its strong Loyalist
claims. Admission $7 for Non-Members, $5 for seniors
and students & $3 for Members. Advance registration
recommended; call x10.
To register call 973-377-2982 & the extension listed.
For more information on these or any other Museum
programs, visit our website, www.metc.org.
Downtown Concert Series
Friday, June 13th 6 - 8 PM
Enjoy a FREE, family-friendly outdoor concert on
the lawn of the Museum. Bring a blanket/chair and
sit back and relax with a pleasant evening of music.
Picnicking welcome. For more information call x10 or
visit our website at www.metc.org. Rain or Shine! In
case of inclement weather concert will be held inside
the Museum with first come first serve seating. FREE!
Family Fun Day
Saturday, June 14th 1 - 3 PM
Join us at the Museum for lots of family fun and craft
activity. Family Fun Day is held every 2nd Saturday of
the month. Advance registration recommended, call
x12. Regular Admission.
While on a field trip, Griffen S. from Clinton School took a
moment to pose with the Museum's garden griffin.
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ACADEMIC GARB... continued
The following velvet border colors indicate the wearer's
degree major:
Apricot: Nursing
Aquamarine: Foreign Affairs,
Optometry
Bilberry: Interior Design
Blue-Violet: Architecture, City
Planning, Urban Planning,
Regional Planning
Brown: Dramatic Arts, Fine Arts
Citron: Social Work, Social
Service, Urban Life, Sanitary
Science, Social Science
Copper: Economics
Crimson: Communication,
Journalism
Dark Blue: Philosophy, Political
Science, Social Ethics
Drab: Accounting, Business
Administration, Business
Education, Commerce,
Commercial Science, Industrial
& Labor Relations
Gold: Psychology
Gray: Veterinary Science
Kelly Green: Medicine, Osteopathy
Lemon: Library Science
Light Blue: Education, Arts
in Education, Counseling &
Guidance, Pedagogy, Religious
Education
Lilac: Dentistry, Dental Surgery
Maize: Agriculture
Midnight Blue: Criminal Justice
Nile Green: Chiropody, Surgical
Chiropody, Podiatry
Olive: Pharmacy
Orange: Engineering, Civil
Engineering
Peacock Blue: Foreign Service,
Government, Public Service,
Personnel Services
Pink: Music
Purple: Jurisprudence, Law
Russet: Conservation, Forestry
Sage Green: Hygiene, Health &
Rehabilitation, Physical Science
Salmon Pink: Public Health
Scarlet: Theology, Divinity,
Canon Law, Sacred Theology
Science Gold: Science, Physics,
Mathematics, Criminology,
Police Science, Philanthropy,
Military Science, Environmental
Science, Industrial Arts
Silver: Oratory, Speech, Chiropractic
White: Arts, English, History,
Letters, Literature, Sociology
or current resident
Just as familiar to spectators as the cap, gown, and hood • The title comes from William Shakespeare's
is the traditional processional music that accompanies
Othello, Act III, Scene 3:
most graduation ceremonies: Pomp and Circumstance,
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
by Sir Edward Elgar. Here are some facts about this
The spirit-stirring drum, th'ear-piercing fife,
familiar tune that you may not have been aware of:
The royal banner, and all quality,
• The full title is Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!
Opus 39. It is a series of 6 marches for orchestra,
So enjoy this "ceremonial season," knowing some
the first and most familiar of which is the tune
new facts about a well-known tradition.
associated with graduation processionals.
By Meg Wastie
• Pomp and Circumstance premiered in Liverpool,
England, on October 19, 1901. Sir Elgar conducted
Interested in bringing a unique history
the Liverpool Orchestral Society.
• When Henry Wood conducted the piece on
program like this to your adult group or
October 21, 1901 at a London Promenade Concert,
having them come to the Museum?
the audience "rose and yelled. . . .the one and only
Contact the Education Department at
time in the history of the Promenade concerts that
973-377-2982 x12 or [email protected].
an orchestral piece was accorded a double encore."
(Henry Wood, My Life of Music, p. 154)
Spring Edition 2014