academy of
lifelong learning
Course Catalog
SPR I NG 2 015
On the cover: Colleen Sundstrom, Dick Lance, Professor Michael Harvey.
a message from the chair
This is a very busy season. On top of everything else, we are all making preparations
for the holidays and getting together with family and friends. Some of you are traveling long distances for holiday celebrations and others are snowbirds. However, it’s
also a good time to plan the WC-ALL courses you will take in the New Year. This
catalog lists a rich array of courses in subjects that will stimulate all members. The
topics range from art to theater to Islamic history to Maryland history to European
travel to astronomy to engineering.We encourage you to peruse the course catalog,
make your selections, and register.
Showcase for the Spring 2015 Semester will be held at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, January
13 in Hotchkiss Recital Hall. This is your opportunity to meet the instructors and
listen to their course descriptions. Refreshments and socializing will follow the
presentations. We know it is difficult for everyone to attend Showcase. Therefore, if
you want to hear an instructor’s course description but cannot be present, we will
undertake an experiment that may help. Through the impetus and training of Dick
Lance, we are providing instructors with the opportunity to make YouTube videos
of their two-minute presentations.These will be placed on our website at washcoll.
edu/offices/wc-all for your viewing. Let us know if you like the YouTube videos.
If your reaction is favorable, we will expand the new practice in future semesters.
As always, the Special Events Committee has been hard at work. Two upcoming
Learn at Lunches deserve specific mention. On Tuesday, January 20 we will have
the great fortune of Alice Greenwald, the Director of the National 9/11 Memorial
& Museum in New York as our guest. Then, on Tuesday, February 17 we will be
equally fortunate to have Jay Griswold, the new Interim President of Washington
College, as our speaker. Please review the catalog for other events and mark your
calendar to attend.
We thank the vast majority of our membership who are now registering on-line
with credit cards.This is a big help. It reduces errors and eases administrative burden.
Based upon your feedback, we have made a few minor adjustments to improve the
process further.
Looking forward to seeing you in class and on campus.
Bill Low
Chair
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wc-all council
Officers
Bill Low, Chair
Betty Spence,Vice Chair
Turner Smith, Treasurer
Committee chairs
Dick Swanson, Curriculum Chair
Kathy Sack, Special Events Chair
Betty Spence, Publicity Chair
members
Andrea G. Lange, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Academic Initiatives
John Ames
Anne Donaghy
Mary Pritchard
Lew Gayner, Asst. Treasurer
Connie Schroth
Ellen Plummer
Web Site Technical Support, Dick Lance
Administrator, Sue Calloway
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spring 2015 special events
SHOWCASE
Tuesday, January 13, 4pm
Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts
Refreshments following the presentations.
Meet instructors and learn more about course offerings.
Share experiences with fellow and potential members.
Register for courses.
LEARN-AT-LUNCH LECTURES
12 p.m. at Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall
January 20, 2015
“Through the Lens of Memory: Creating the 9/11 Memorial Museum” with Alice
Greenwald
February 17, 2015
“State of the College and Search for President” with Interim President Jay Griswold
March 4, 2015 “Climate Change” with John Graybeal
April 23, 2015
“Travels in India” with Sybil Wolin
Parking: Please watch for updated parking information to be announced.The former
Board of Education building will be undergoing construction and the parking lot
may not be available.
special trips
March 12, 2015
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis MD
April, 2015 DateTBA
Chanticlear Gardens and/ or Valley Forge
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membership information
Annual membership begins in the fall of each year and includes registration for
courses in any of our four sessions: Early Fall, Late Fall, Early Spring and Late Spring.
Semester membership is also available. Memberships are available for individuals or
couples, a couple being two residents of the same household. Members enjoy reduced
costs for luncheons and special events.
Membership at the Friends of WC-ALL level does not include course attendance, but entitles Friends to receive all mailings and to pay the member rate for
special events and luncheons. All members receive newsletters and announcements
about WC-ALL.
Most courses meet on campus in the late afternoon. Course descriptions and the
day and time that each class meets are included in this catalog. Please retain your
catalog for reference throughout the semester. All sites have handicapped and elevator
access. For some courses, handouts will be provided as a reference. Books required
for a class will be available as noted in course descriptions.
All members are encouraged to participate in the affairs of the Academy. Management consists of a council of twelve, elected annually by the membership. Members
are strongly urged to become involved as council candidates, committee members,
and instructors.
WC-ALL welcomes all new course ideas. Visit our web site at: washcoll.edu/
offices/wc-all and click on Forms and Feedback to submit a proposal.
The WC-ALL office is located in William Smith Hall, Office #5, and is open Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.. Prospective members and visitors are
welcome to attend a WC-ALL class by pre-arrangement with the office.
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membership dues
Membership is available for the full year or a semester, with annual dues payable in
August of each year. Please see the registration form on pages 41 and 43 for current
dues.
TUITION ASSISTANCE
Tuition aid in the form of an ALLship (membership subsidy) is available; please
contact the Academy office to request information.
PARKING INFORMATION
All members must adhere to the following:
Faculty/Staff parking spots on campus are available for use after 3 p.m. There are
plenty of these spots in the parking areas by Goldstein, near the Fitness Center at
the lower end of campus, behind Gibson, and at Kirby Stadium. There are several
handicapped spaces behind Bunting Hall and William Smith Hall. Park only in designated spots, not along the curb in this area. Parking is NEVER allowed in the alley
behind William Smith Hall or in the delivery lot at Casey Academic Center. Please
follow these guidelines carefully, or you run the risk of receiving a parking ticket.
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index by class
SESSION I
(February 1 - March 20; No Classes Week Of March 8)
Paramount Pictures, Part 3 ................................................................... 8
Music You Love to Hate........................................................................ 9
Digital SLR Cameras - Beyond the Basics .......................................... 10
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Part 1 ................................................ 11
Antebellum Maryland, 1800-1850 ...................................................... 12
Machiavelli ........................................................................................ 13
Eat, Drink & Be Merry: Food as Symbol & Material
in Literature & Culture ...................................................................... 14
The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain & the New World .............. 15
Mountains, Museums, Mozart (and Pastry) ......................................... 16
Furniture – History, Style, Construction and Value .............................. 17
Vital Ideas: Crime .............................................................................. 18
Birds & Birding: Kent County & Beyond ........................................... 19
The Panama Canal Today: A Brief History
of the Path Between the Seas ............................................................. 20
SESSION II
(March 22 - May 1)
Paramount Pictures, Part 4 ................................................................. 23
Great Decisions 2015 ......................................................................... 24
It’s Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile ....................................................... 25
Practical Astronomy, Continued ......................................................... 26
Ethical Issues in Human Subject Research ......................................... 27
Outrageous American Ladies............................................................... 28
Bio Timelines of our Lives ................................................................. 29
Islam & the Early Arab World ............................................................. 30
Is She Really THAT Old? .................................................................. 31
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Part 2 ................................................ 32
Why Things Don’t Fall Down ............................................................ 33
Modern Theatre Styles ....................................................................... 34
The Importance & Significance of American Pragmatism ................... 35
21st Century Art: A Global View ........................................................ 36
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: The Assassination of JFK Revisited ....... 37
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Campus Map ................................................................................ 44-45
Sessions at a Glance ...................................................................... 21-22
Important Information ....................................................................... 38
Registration Form ........................................................................ 39-42
index by instructor
Ames, John......................................................................................... 16
Batcheller, David................................................................................. 34
Beaven, Warren................................................................................... 24
Ellison, Walter..................................................................................... 19
Foster, Sherri...................................................................................... 14
Gillespie, John..................................................................................... 31
Harvey, Michael ................................................................................. 13
Hawkins, Dick ................................................................................... 18
Herrmann, Dennis ............................................................................. 26
Hukill, Jane......................................................................................... 18
Janson-LaPalme, Bayly........................................................................ 12
Keating, David ................................................................................... 25
Lance, Dick......................................................................................... 33
Lohkamp, Richard ............................................................................. 35
Miller, Bob ........................................................................................ 10
Molloy, Patricia ...............................................................................8, 23
Orrick, Bentley .................................................................................. 37
Premo, Dan ....................................................................................... 20
Rather, Lucia ..................................................................................... 28
Rosenberg, Philip ................................................................................ 9
Shivers, George .................................................................................. 15
Smith, Beverly ................................................................................... 36
Sundstrom, Colleen ........................................................................... 27
Swanson, Dick ................................................................................... 17
Thompson, Patti ................................................................................ 29
White, David ..................................................................................... 30
Wieczoreck, John .......................................................................... 11, 32
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES, PART 3
Fine & Performing Arts
Patricia Molloy
Sundays, February 1 – March 15 (six weeks)
(No class week of March 8 – Spring Break)
1:30 – 4:30 pm
Lecture/Film/Moderated Discussion
Part III of this chronological look at Paramount’s films will focus on comedies –
romantic, screwball, and otherwise. The list will probably include: MIDNIGHT,
with Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, and John Barrymore,THE LADY EVE with
Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS with Joel McCrea
and Veronica Lake, I MARRIED A WITCH with Veronica Lake and Fredric March,
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR with Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland, and
others to be announced.
PATRICIA MOLLOY is a former corporate public relations executive with a B.A.
from Skidmore College and a M.A. from Georgetown University. Sometimes she has
trouble remembering when she didn’t teach this course, but her joy remains intact.
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MUSIC YOU LOVE TO HATE
Fine & Performing Arts
Philip Rosenberg
Mondays, February 2 – March 16 (six weeks)
(No class week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:15 pm
Lecture/Discussion
“Beethoven’s Second Symphony is a crass monster, a hideously writhing, wounded
dragon that refuses to expire, and though bleeding in the finale, furiously bleats about
with its tail erect.” In 1893 Philip Hale, writing in Boston Journal, said of Brahms’s
C Minor Symphony; “I do not like and I cannot like the C Minor Symphony of
Brahms… I am willing to admit without argument that the Symphony is grand and
impressive and all that. So is a Channel fog.” “The music of a demented eunuch,”
writes one 19th-century critic of Wagner. Perhaps there are pieces of music that
you love to hate. You are not alone. All of the above quotes from the composers’
contemporaries are from the Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven’s Time, by Nicolas Slonimsky.This class will confront a few of the
styles of music that seem to cause distress in many of the otherwise music-loving
population. Some of the topics we will cover will include: Stravinsky Atonality and
Serialism, the music of Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg Bela Bartok, Folk music
inspired? Henry Cowell, John Cage, experimental and chance music Minimalism,
John Adams, Philip Glass Electronic and Computer Music, Edgar Varese, Mario
Davidovsky …and Chestertown’s most hated (or loved) Gustav Mahler. Members
of the class will be invited to bring in examples of music they love to hate.Together
we may discover compositions we can add to our list of music we love to hate - or
we may find new styles of music that we love.
PHILIP ROSENBERG taught Music and Theater at Hunter College High School
in New York and Seacrest Country Day School in Naples, FL. A composer and stage
director, his most recent work, an original musical version of “Much Ado About
Nothing” titled “A Merry War,” was premiered at the National Music Festival at
Washington College in June 2014.
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DIGITAL SLR CAMERAS – BEYOND THE BASICS
Fine & Performing Arts
Bob Miller
Mondays, February 2 – February 23 (four weeks)
4:15 – 5:45 pm
Lecture/Discussion
*This course limited to 12 participants.
This course is designed for students who feel they already have a basic understanding
of their SLR camera and would like to go Beyond the Basics. The instructor will
only assume students know how to set aperture and shutter speed on their cameras.
The class will begin with a basic review of camera operation and then move onto
exposure using manual mode. There will also be sessions on photo tips for travel,
close up, and landscape photography as well as teacher demonstrations of Photoshop to enhance images in the computer. Students will also have the opportunity
to shoot photo assignments and have their work critiqued. An optional field trip
will be offered so students can have some hands on instruction in the field. Students
should have a Single Lens Reflex camera for this class. This kind of camera usually
takes interchangeable lenses and has full manual control.
BOB MILLER is a retired science teacher with a 35+ year passion for photography.
He does all kinds of photography but has recently specialized in nature photography. He has taken his camera all over the world including Africa, Iceland, The
Arctic, Australia, Europe and our United States. He has won many awards and was
recently named Digital Photographer of the Year by the Arundel Camera Club. His
photographs have been published in The Baltimore Sun, Backyard Gardens, and most
recently in the fine art photography magazine B&W. Bob enjoys teaching and loves
to share his love for photography with others.
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THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK, PART 1
Fine & Performing Arts
John Wieczoreck
Mondays, February 2 – March 16 (six weeks)
(No class week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
A master of suspense, Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s directing career spanned more than
fifty years. This series of classes will explore a sampling of Hitchcock’s craft from
his early silent “The Lodger” (1927) through “Vertigo” (1958), which many critics
consider his masterpiece, to the later films of the ’60s and ’70s. In addition, we will
look at many of the teleplays he directed for TV’s Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Part 1 will
concentrate on Hitchcock’s nine first films – the silents – through his first ‘talkies’
of the 1930s. Sit back. Enjoy the class, but hold on to your seat.
JOHN WIECZORECK has taught American and world literature as an adjunct
professor at Delaware State University, Chesapeake College and Rowan University.
He has conducted over 40 Adult Learning seminars on the American Musical;
Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Franklin’s Philadelphia; Tutankhamen; Pre-Raphaelite Art;
directors Federico Fellini, David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock and D.W. Griffith; Orson
Welles’ Citizen Kane; Shakespeare Movies, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet films; Books
vs. Movies; Documentary Films, Graphic Novels and Edith Wharton’s The Age of
Innocence. He has also conducted trips to an opera, musicals and cultural destinations.
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ANTEBELLUM MARYLAND, 1800-1850
History
Bayly Janson-LaPalme
Tuesdays, February 3 – March 17 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:45 pm
Lecture/Discussion with images
This course covers the history of Maryland in the first half of the 19th century.These
were turbulent but highly productive years prior to the Civil War and Marylanders played a significant role in national developments. Topics addressed will include
agriculture, slavery and freedom, transportation networks, industrialization and the
growth of Baltimore.While major emphasis is on economic and cultural themes, the
role Maryland played in national politics and in the War of 1812 will be discussed.
BAYLY JANSON-LAPALME, PhD, a veteran WC-ALL faculty member, is Professor Emerita of Catonsville Community College. She has advanced degrees from the
University of Virginia and the University of Maryland, and is a specialist in Maryland
history and American architecture.
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MACHIAVELLI
Political Thought
Michael Harvey
Tuesdays, February 3 – March 3 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:15 pm
Moderated Discussion
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) is one of the world’s most influential political
thinkers.To be a ‘Machiavellian’ is to be perceived as amoral, duplicitous, and untrustworthy. But what did Machiavelli actually say in his works? This short course will
read several of Machiavelli’s works and consider his legacy.
PROF. MICHAEL HARVEY (Department of Business Management) has a Ph.D.
(1995) in Government from Cornell University, with a concentration in political
thought. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on Machiavelli’s influence on Shakespeare’s
Hamlet. His current research explores leadership from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY: FOOD AS SYMBOL & MATERIAL IN
LITERATURE & CULTURE
Humanities
Sherri Foster
Tuesdays, February 3 – March 17 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
Food is most certainly the ‘stuff of life’—that which nourishes and sustains us—but
it is also a powerful symbol. It binds us at once to our cultures and our families, and
what we do with it, according to Marcella Hazan in The Classic Italian Cookbook,
“reveals how [we] construe the world.” In this seminar-style course, we will examine
the personal and cultural significance of food. We will read a number of excerpts
from works of fiction (short stories, and novels) as well as memoir, and we will watch
segments of contemporary film. We will also discuss the representation of food in
other cultures—as well as the meaning it comes to bear in our own lives.The goal is
to arrive at an understanding of the varied representations and functions of food—to
share stories and experiences that are both personal and universal, and at the end of
the course, as a culminating experience, we will share a meal. The required text for
the course is Julia Childs’ My Life in France, available on Amazon.com.
SHERRI FOSTER is an adjunct lecturer in English at Washington College, and
she is an Assistant Professor of English at Chesapeake College. Sherri moved to
England in 2005 to complete a Master of Studies in Literature/Women’s Studies at
the University of Oxford. Following that, she transferred to the University of Sussex,
from which she earned a Ph.D. in Literary/Cultural Studies in 2012. Much of her
research focuses on Disability Studies, cultural constructions and representations of
‘othered’ bodies, life writing, Medical Humanities, and contemporary fiction. She
is also a ‘foodie’ and a photographer.
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THE BURIED MIRROR: REFLECTIONS ON SPAIN AND THE
NEW WORLD
Humanities
George Shivers
Wednesdays, February 4 – March 18 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:45 pm
Moderated Discussion
The year 1992 marked the quincentenary of the “discovery” of America by Christopher Columbus. On that occasion Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes stated “Five
hundred years after Columbus, we are being asked to celebrate the quincentennial of
his voyage … But many of us in the Spanish-speaking parts of the Americas wonder
whether there is anything to celebrate.” He then produced his book titled The Buried
Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World, published first in Spanish. In his review
of the book, published in April of 1992, Jonathan Kirsch of the New York Times
wrote:“Fuentes is deferential to the native people of North and South America, and
he pays homage to the ‘visions of the defeated.’ But, in a real sense, The Buried Mirror
is a bittersweet celebration of the hybrid cultures of Spain and the New World, what
Fuentes calls ‘our cultural heritage - what we have created with the greatest joy,
the greatest gravity and the greatest risk.’”This course will explore the trajectory of
the historical evolution of the cultures of Spain and the Spanish-speaking people of
South and North America, through Fuentes’ beautifully expressed personal vision.
The book is available at this writing on Amazon.com.The book is accompanied by
five DVD’s narrated by Fuentes, which the instructor provides and further enhance
the readings in the book. The films will be an essential part of the course. The class
will meet for six weeks in one and one-half hours segments. We will view the film
during the first hour and then have a half hour for questions and discussion. The
sixth class session will be devoted entirely to discussion of the entire program.
GEORGE SHIVERS taught Spanish and Latin American literature and culture
at Washington College for 38 years. Much of his research and several published
articles focus on Magic Realist writers such as Julio Cortazar and Gabriel Garcia
Marquez. He holds a doctorate (1972) in Spanish and Comparative Literature from
the University of Maryland, College Park.
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MOUNTAINS, MUSEUMS, MOZART (AND PASTRY)
Travel
John Ames
Wednesdays, February 4 – March 18 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
This course is designed to prepare those who will be traveling on the WC-ALL
trip to Budapest, Prague, Salzburg, and Vienna in April and May, though others who
want to travel in their own minds – or perhaps relive an earlier trip – are welcome
to participate. It will not be so much a day to day itinerary as a look at the history
and culture of each city and a chance to become familiar with what we will find
there. One session each, with a guest leader, will be devoted to exploring the art
galleries and music opportunities which are available to us.
JOHN AMES led a WC-ALL trip to England and Scotland in the spring of 2013.
He is a retired minister, now on the staff of the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown
and has taught WC-ALL courses for several years in the areas of history and religion.
He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi (BA), Union Theological Seminary
(BD), and Duke University (PhD).
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FURNITURE - HISTORY, STYLE, CONSTRUCTION AND VALUE
Fine & Performing Arts
Dick Swanson
Thursdays, February 5 – March 19 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
When civilization started to move from Hunter /Gatherer to Producer /Consumer,
we began to accumulate “stuff ” -- the trappings of our identity, prosperity and
lifestyle.The need for furniture evolved to provide comfort for our increased leisure
time as well as entertain and impress our friends and associates with our material
success. During the course we will explore the origin and history of domestic furniture, including the regional and stylistic influences on furniture design; the types of
furniture woods; and the meaning of construction terms and manufacturing techniques with an emphasis on value and age, while probing the big question, “What
do those buyers at Crumpton see that I don’t see and why did they pay that price?”
Outline:
Week 1 History of Furniture Development
Week 2 Periods and Styles 1650 - 1800
Week 3 Periods and Styles 1800 - Present
Week 4 Furniture Constructions: Terms, Materials and Techniques
Week 5 American Furniture 300 years: Regional Styles and Influences
Week 6 Buyer Beware: Age/Dating, Deception and Valuation
DICK SWANSON is an engineer with degrees in electrical engineering. He was
raised in a furniture making family in the furniture manufacturing area of Jamestown,
New York and completed the 4-year high school program for furniture and cabinet
making. He has continued his interest in furniture history, style and construction
for the past 40 years, making and repairing quality furniture.
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VITAL IDEAS: CRIME
Social Science
Jane Hukill & Dick Hawkins
Thursdays, February 5 – March 19 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Moderated Discussion
*This course is limited to 20 participants.
This course is a repeat of the Fall 2014 course for those that had interest but did
not get into that session. This course brings to your attention a wide range of real
and fictional characters; John Dillinger, folk hero criminal Stackalee, Oscar Wilde
and Martin Luther King, Jr. among others. Using the readings from the Great Books
Foundation Vital Ideas text, we will think about why crimes are committed, how they
are defined, how criminals live in the human imagination, and how punishment is
determined and meted out by systems of justice.The text, Vital Ideas: Crime, may be
purchased through the WC-ALL Office.The class is limited so that all can participate
in the discussions, which from past experience may be very spirited.
DICK HAWKINS, an engineer, and JANE HUKILL, an academic librarian, come
from the science and liberal arts fields respectively, but join together in their sessions
to encourage a humanist perspective. Both have been past chairs of WC-ALL and
have been providing courses like this for many years.
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BIRDS & BIRDING: KENT COUNTY AND BEYOND
Natural History
Walter Ellison
Fridays, February 6 – March 20 (six weeks)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
*This course is limited to 20 participants.
Birds are largely active by day, fairly conspicuous, and often readily identifiable (given
some practice). As such, birds offer a great invitation to going outdoors and learning
more about wildlife and nature.This course will cover several aspects of bird biology
and birding and show how the study of birdlife and birding for pleasure complement
and enhance each other. There will be six classroom presentations as well as four
optional weekend field trips offered during this course. The Delmarva Peninsula
is famous for its birds, especially shorebirds and waterfowl. Kent County itself has
hosted 319 bird species and boasts some of the largest concentrations of wintering
waterfowl on the Eastern Seaboard. The field trips are designed to showcase some
of this diversity and abundance.
WALTER ELLISON is a resident of Kent County, but was born and raised in New
England. He has been a birder since early childhood and has studied birds professionally since 1976. His first bird specimen, a Common Yellowthroat according to
his mother, was collected by the family cat Pandy when Walter was three years old.
Walter keeps a good-sized life-list and chases the occasional rare bird if it’s nearby.
He is still very much a birder but also has a professional interest beyond his hobby
with a particular interest in bird distribution. Walter completed work in 2010 as
the coordinator of a comprehensive study that mapped the nesting ranges of all of
Maryland and D.C.’s breeding birds. The book, entitled The 2nd Atlas of the Breeding
Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia, covering the project’s results was
published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2010.
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THE PANAMA CANAL TODAY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS
Social Science
Dan Premo
Fridays, February 6 – March 6 (five weeks, with a possible extension to six)
(No class the week of March 8 – Spring Break)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
2014 marks the centennial of the opening of the Panama Canal. This six-week
session will reacquaint everyone with the historical context in which the Canal
evolved, beginning with the strategic importance of the Isthmus after its conquest
and settlement by the Spanish in 1513. We will consider the initial efforts by the
French to construct a canal in the 1880s and learn how Teddy Roosevelt’s Administration subsequently secured the rights in 1903 to build one. Considered by many
historians to be one of the great engineering feats of the 20th century, we will
review the enormous challenges that confronted the individuals charged with the
task of overseeing the Canal’s design and construction, which took a decade to
complete.The course will culminate with a visual “transit” through the Canal from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Those who have experienced this extraordinary passage
will be invited to share in the commentary, normally provided by the “Captain” of
the vessel. For those who have not yet had the opportunity, we promise an exciting
voyage, with no threat of mal de mer.
DAN PREMO is Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science at Washington
College. A former chair of the Department of Political Science, he held the College’s
Louis L. Goldstein Chair in Public Affairs for fourteen years. Professor Premo received
his Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Before
entering academia, he served for eight years with the U.S. Information Agency in
Guatemala and Colombia.
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Paramount Pictures, P3
P3
P. Molloy
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Sunday Machiavelli
M. Harvey
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Five weeks
Eat, Drink & Be
Merry: Food & Lit.
S. Foster
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Films of Alfred
Hitchcock, Pt 1
J. Wieczoreck
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Antebellum MD
1800-1850
B. Janson-LaPalme
4:15-5:45 p.m.
Six weeks
Tuesday Digital SLR Cameras
– Beyond Basics
B. Miller
4:15-5:45 p.m.
Four weeks
Music You Love
to Hate
P. Rosenberg
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Six weeks
Monday Mtns, Museums,
Mozart (& Pastry)
J. Ames
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
The Buried Mirror:
Spain & New Wld.
G. Shivers
4:15 – 5:45 p.m.
Six weeks
Wednesday Vital Ideas: Crime
Hukill/Hawkins
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Furniture
D. Swanson
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
The Panama Canal
Today: Brief Hist.
D. Premo
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Birds & Birding
W. Ellison
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Friday
(no classes week of
Thursday Session I At-A-Glance: February 1 - march 20
march 8)
WC-ALL SPRING 2015
Office : # 5 Smith H all ; Mon., T ues ., T hurs . 9:00-12:00, 410-778-7221
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Ethical Issues/Human
Subj. Research
C. Sundstrom
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Five weeks
Outrageous
Amer. Ladies
L. Rather
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Five weeks
Bio Timelines
of Our Lives
P. Thompson
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Five weeks
Great Decisions ‘14
W. Beaven
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Not Your Father’s Olds
D. Keating
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Four weeks
Practical Astronomy, Con’t
D. Herrmann
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Six weeks
Paramount Pictures, P4
P. Molloy
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Tuesday Monday Sunday Films of Alfred
Hitchcock, Pt 2
J. Wieczoreck
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Six weeks
Is She Really
THAT Old?
J. Gillespie
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Five weeks
Islam & Early
Arab World
D. White
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Five weeks
Wednesday Thursday Inportance/Signif. of
Amer. Pragmatism
R. Lohkamp
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Four weeks
Modern Theatre Styles
D. Batcheller
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Six weeks
Why Things Don’t
Fall Down
D. Lance
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Six weeks
Session II At-A-Glance: MARCH 22 - MAY 1
WC-ALL SPRING 2015
Office : # 5 Smith H all ; Mon., T ues ., T hurs . 9:00-12:00, 410-778-7221
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: JFK
Assassination
B. Orrick
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Five weeks
21st Century Art:
Global View
B. Smith
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Five weeks
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES, PART 4
Fine & Performing Arts
Patricia Molloy
Sundays, March 22 – May 3 (six weeks)
(No class Sunday, April 5 - Easter)
1:30 – 4:30 pm
Lecture/Film/Moderated Discussion
Part 4 of this survey will switch to crime drama, film noir, and drama.The films will
most likely include: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS with Gary Cooper and Ingrid
Bergman, DOUBLE INDEMNITY with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray,
THE BIG CLOCK with Ray Milland and Charles Laughton,THE BLUE DAHLIA
with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, THE HEIRESS, with Olivia deHavilland and
Montgomery Clift, and CARRIE with Lawrence Olivier and Jennifer Jones.
PATRICIA MOLLOY is a former corporate public relations executive with a B.A.
from Skidmore College and a M.A. from Georgetown University. Sometimes she has
trouble remembering when she didn’t teach this course, but her joy remains intact.
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GREAT DECISIONS 2015
Social Science
Warren Beaven
Mondays, March 23 – April 27 (six weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Moderated Discussion
*This course limited to 30 participants.
Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. Each year,
eight topics are chosen by a panel of experts. The program provides background
information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each
year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
We’re pleased to announce the topics for Great Decisions 2015! The titles and topics
are as follows:
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Russia and the Near Abroad
Privacy in the Digital Age
Sectarianism in the Middle East
India Changes Course
U.S. Policy Toward Africa
Syria’s Refugee Crisis
Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Brazil’s Metamorphosis
WARREN S. BEAVEN is a retired United Methodist clergyman living in our
community. Before he went to seminary, he graduated from the School of Government and Public Administration at American University in Washington, DC. He has
had a lifelong interest in some of the great issues facing our nation and the world.
He participated in two of the last four Great Decisions seminars, and offered to
help coordinate the same this year. Warren looks forward to lively discussions, and
leadership from the whole class.
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IT’S NOT YOUR FATHER’S OLDSMOBILE
Math, Science & Technology
David Keating
Mondays, March 23 – April 13 (four weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
*This course limited to 15 participants.
This course aims to demystify the technology of modern vehicles. Topics of this
practical, car owner education course include: how to use your owner’s manual and
maintenance booklet, engine management and sensors, tire pressure monitoring
systems, brakes, check engine light, and how to interpret what you are being told by
dealers and the automobile industry. Students may meet at auto shop for some classes.
DAVID KEATING has over 50 years of experience in the auto collision and repair
industry.
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PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY, CONTINUED
Math, Science & Technology
Dennis Herrmann
Mondays, March 23 – April 27 (six weeks)
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. (Classes will meet at Kent County High School Planetarium)
Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration
This is a continuation of Practical Astronomy from Fall 2014, however that course is
not a pre-requisite for this one. Students from the fall session may find some review/
repetition in basic material covered. This is a course in basic astronomy designed
to allow participants to learn important constellations for each season of the year
and to be able to identify visible planets, comets, meteor showers, conjunctions, and
eclipses. The celestial sphere model will be taught in order to allow participants to
understand basic motions of celestial objects. Constellation identification will be
an integral part. The classroom will be the Planetarium at the Kent County High
School and a ten inch reflector telescope will be available for real-time viewing of
the night sky.
DENNIS HERRMANN was an astronomy/earth science/biology/environmental
science teacher at Kent County High School from 1972 to 2014, as well as the
Planetarium director and Track Coach. He produced and presented 27 Christmas
Programs at the Planetarium, open to the public, from 1987 to 2013. Dennis has
been a member of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Association since 1987. He
hosted and taught an astronomy workshop for middle and elementary school teachers
from Caroline, Queen Anne, and Talbot counties in the spring of 2011. He has
hosted numerous church, school, 4H, Adult Day Care, Boy and Girl Scout, and other
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ETHICAL ISSUES IN HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH
Humanities
Colleen Sundstrom
Tuesdays, March 24 – April 21 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
*This course is limited to 20 participants.
This course will be a general overview of the ethical principles underlying research
with human subjects. The first class will be an introductory lecture about the
history of research with humans, the establishment of ethical guidance governing
human subjects research and the practical application of those guidelines. It will
also include an explanation of the various types of research, e.g., randomized control
trials, double blind trials, survey research, and retrospective studies for those who
may not be familiar with research. Subsequent classes will consist of class discussion focusing on specific issues using case studies. Proposed topics are 1) research
with vulnerable populations, such as children, mentally challenged individuals, and
prisoners, and 2) research on emerging health problems, such as the Ebola epidemic,
which may mirror many of the ethical research issues that arose during the beginning
of the AIDS epidemic. The final class will focus on reporting and interpretation
of research results and attempt to provide a means for assessing the interpretation
research results, particularly by the popular media.
COLLEEN SUNDSTROM has worked in medical ethics and research compliance
since 1990. She retired as a Research Ethics and Compliance Officer from the
Army Human Research Protections Office in 2013. Her graduate work at UMD
was in philosophy with an emphasis on applied ethics. For ten years she worked
at the Howard University Cancer Center, primarily in regulatory affairs for cancer
research but also conducting ethics seminars for graduate students and residents
and overseeing a program to send graduate students to Africa to conduct research.
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OUTRAGEOUS AMERICAN LADIES
Humanities
Lucia Rather
Tuesdays, March 24 – April 21 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
The course will highlight the loves, foibles, and adventures of five “outrageous ladies,”
this time focusing on Americans. Join me in meeting Rose O’Neale Greehow, the
beautiful Confederate spy who alerted Southern general Beauregard to the planned
movements of the federal army before the first Battle of Bull Run; Alva Vanderbilt
who climbed into the top layers of New York society, forced her daughter Consuelo
into a loveless marriage with the Duke of Marlborough, and then became a moving
force in the suffragette movement; Nellie Bly, pioneering girl reporter who had herself
committed to a mental institution to report on abuses and then beat Phineas Fogg’s
record of rounding the world in 89 days; and Josephine Baker, legendary African
American dancer who scandalized society with her exotic nightclub act in Paris in
the 1930s and helped the French Resistance during World War II. The course will
be in lecture format illustrated by slides.
LUCIA RATHER was formerly Director for Cataloging at the Library of Congress.
She has a Ph.D. in history from George Washington and enjoys the story-telling
aspects of American history.
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BIO TIMELINES OF OUR LIVES
Psychology
Pat Thompson
Tuesdays, March 24 – April 21 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Moderated Discussion
*This course is limited to 30 participants.
Everyone’s life story is a tapestry of special and significant experiences.You are invited
to consider taking a snapshot of your life using an easy format – a simple timeline
of key elements and events in your life. Our first session will open with a brief,
positive reflection on our peak life events and victories (challenges overcome). In
later meetings and at home, we will “timeline” our lives a decade or two at a time,
and then transfer these dates and brief descriptors to heavy paper. A fine timeline
can be done totally by hand on cardstock and can later be enhanced with photos,
drawings, or symbols or can be computer and technology enhanced. Methods for
enhanced and/or illustrated timelines will be discussed for those who desire more
depth or creativity. Mingled with our meetings will be awareness that timelines are
part of an emerging neuroscience that can allow us to see patterns in our lives and
can even help us resolve and/or reframe parts of our lives if desired. Our primary
goal is to celebrate life and create an easy, practical product like the timelines we
once studied in our history textbooks.
PATTI THOMPSON enjoys blending her fields of study and life experience to build
paths to affirmation and success at any stage of life. Retiring as a district administrator
in Delaware public schools, she has since focused on illustrated freelance writing,
academic and life coaching, family and nature photography, and volunteering as a
living history educator at a Dover Victorian village. Her passion is offering strategies
to live well on less, reduce stress, reflect on one’s life, or enhance daily living. She
earned her B.A. from the College of William and Mary (English) and has advanced
degrees from the University of Delaware (literature) and Wilmington University
(counseling plus administration).
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ISLAM & THE EARLY ARAB WORLD
Social Science
David White
Wednesdays, March 25 – April 22 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:15 pm
Lecture/Discussion
A look at the formation of Islam and the early history of the Arab world from
Muhammad to the age of Mehmet the Conqueror.We will look at the formation of
Islam during and after the life of the prophet; the split between Shia and Sunni and
the development of Sufism; the golden age of Islam and developments in medicine,
mathematics, and architecture; the Crusades; and the formation of the three great
empires of the Muslim world: Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Iran, and Mughal India.
DAVID WHITE received a PhD in History from the University of Virginia and
taught Middle Eastern and Indian history for 25 years at Appalachian State University
in North Carolina where he held the I.G. Greer Chair in History before becoming
a Dean and then Provost. He has held two Fulbright Fellowships and four Joseph
Malone Fellowships, lived in India for three years and lived and travelled extensively
throughout the Middle East, especially in Egypt, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
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IS SHE REALLY THAT OLD?
Math, Science & Technology
John Gillespie
Wednesdays, March 25 – April 22 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:15 pm
Lecture/Discussion
Our understanding that the earth is very old–4.5 billion years–began in the 17th
century with Nicolas Steno’s epiphany that layers of rocks in the Appenine Mountains have a story to tell about the history of the earth. That history was not fully
unraveled until the mid-nineteenth century requiring, as it did, an understanding
of fossils, extinctions and geologic processes: were they incomprehensibly slow or
catastrophic? The people involved were wrestling not only with difficult scientific
questions, but also with conclusions that were at variance with contemporaneous
Western religious beliefs. All this makes for a fascinating chapter in the history of
science and, fortunately, one that is fully accessible as it does not require a background
in geology or biology: the fundamental observations are simple and the interpretations
straightforward. This course will introduce some of the Giants of Science–Darwin,
Lyle, Hutton, Cuvier, Buffon, among others–and will describe the history of the
earth as understood in the 19th century and today, with our new-found knowledge
of continental drift and radiometric dating.
JOHN GILLESPIE is a retired professor of evolution with stints at the University
of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Davis. He has written many
scientific papers and two books on the genetics of evolution.
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THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK, PART 2
Fine & Performing Arts
John Wieczoreck
Wednesdays, March 25 – April 29 (six weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
A continuation of Part 1, this class will concentrate on Hitchcock’s 13 British sound
films of the 1930s including (count them) “The 39 Steps” (1935) and “The Lady
Vanishes” (1938). Relax. You’ll learn to live with the creepy feeling at the back of
your neck!
JOHN WIECZORECK has taught American and world literature as an adjunct
professor at Delaware State University, Chesapeake College and Rowan University.
He has conducted over 40 Adult Learning seminars on the American Musical;
Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Franklin’s Philadelphia; Tutankhamun; Pre-Raphaelite Art;
directors Federico Fellini, David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock and D.W. Griffith; Orson
Welles’ Citizen Kane; Shakespeare Movies, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet films; Books
vs. Movies; Documentary Films, Graphic Novels and Edith Wharton’s The Age of
Innocence. He has also conducted trips to an opera, musicals and cultural destinations.
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WHY THINGS DON’T FALL DOWN
Math, Science & Technology
Dick Lance
Thursdays, March 26 – April 30 (six weeks)
4:15 – 5:15 pm
Lecture/Discussion
Technology surrounds us. Bridges and towers are some of the most noticeable of
structures that comprise the ’infrastructure’ of our modern civilization: we drive our
cars across bridges and cell phone towers assist us in communication. The primary
goal of this course is, then, to describe the principles on which such structures are
based and to show why, in general, they do not fail - or fall down. There will be
a review of the laws of physics as they apply to structures ‘at rest’ and the material
properties that must be known before such structures can be designed and built.
Details of existing structures will be explored. Examples will be drawn from some
of the familiar structures of the Eastern Shore: the truss bridge across Morgan Creek
outside of Chestertown; the Bay Bridge across the Chesapeake Bay; the cable-stayed
bridge across the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on Rt 1 in Delaware. Homemade
models will be used in the discussion and attendees will be encouraged to construct
their own, as appropriate to the discussions. The attendee should come away from
the course with a better understanding of the form and function of the structures
that surround us.
DICK LANCE is Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Cornell University. He has
taught a wide variety of courses for the Academy since becoming associated with it
in 2002, including computer and photography courses. He is an active member of
the Council and has helped develop the Academy web site.
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MODERN THEATRE STYLES
Fine & Performing Arts
David Batcheller
Thursdays, March 26 – April 30 (six weeks)
4:15 – 5:15 pm
Lecture/Discussion
*This course is limited to 25 participants.
The trend toward realism in theatrical production came to a head when Ibsen wrote
realistic plays and Stanislovski produced them. From that point forward, various
styles evolved. The course will examine Naturalism, Realism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Epic Theatre, and Theatricalism. Each style will be visualized in a power
point presentation.
DAVID BATCHELLER earned his B.A. at the College of Wooster, and his M.A. at
the University of Illinois. He has a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University (emphasis
on Theatre history).
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THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF AMERICAN
PRAGMATISM
Humanities
Richard Lohkamp
Thursdays, March 26 – April 16 (four weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Moderated Discussion
Session 1: Charles Sanders Peirce, Founder of Pragmatism – his father, Benjamin
Peirce taught mathematics at Harvard; Peirce and science; Charles Peirce and Kant;
Charles Peirce and “Medieval Logic and Realism.”
Session 2: Charles Peirce and William James – what James took from Peirce;William
James and Peirce’s career; pragmatism in the hands of James.
Session 3: John Dewey and Pragmatism – Dewey and Hegel; Dewey and William James.
Session 4: Pragmatism Today – pragmatism and religion today; effect on our ideas
of faith today.
RICHARD LOHKAMP has a doctorate in philosophy from Notre Dame University. His doctoral dissertation was on one of Charles S. Peirce’s essays. Peirce was the
founder of Pragmatism and a good friend of William James. Dr. Lohkamp taught
philosophy for three years and then left teaching for a position with a healthcare
consulting firm - a career he pursued for 35 years. In the first years of that career
he completed a two year non-credit program at the University of Pennsylvania’s
Wharton School that presented the core curriculum of the MBA degree. In the latter
years of that consulting career (2003) he became a member of the adjunct faculty
at Villanova University’s Department of Philosophy, teaching a course in business
ethics, and a position in the Department of Theology teaching an undergraduate
course: Introduction to Theology.
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21ST CENTURY ART: A GLOBAL VIEW
Fine & Performing Art
Beverly Smith
Fridays, March 27 – April 24 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
Twenty-first century art is dynamic and global. Not limited to America and Europe,
the artists of China, Japan, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, to name a
few, are creating works that are beautiful, funny, controversial, provocative and that
comment on the environment, politics, current events and more. Painters and sculptors continue to mirror the human experience and cultural change. Course objectives include assisting students with developing a deeper personal appreciation of
contemporary art, engaging students in critical discussion of the themes and media
seen in the works presented, and helping students understand the evolving definition
of “art” during the 20th and 21st centuries.
BEVERLY HALL SMITH moved to Chestertown in January 2014 from Michigan,
where she was an Assistant Professor of Art History. With 40 years’ experience, she
has taught classes on art from the caves to the 21st century. She has been teaching
a graduate course on art of the 21st century at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Beverly has also directed ten study abroad classes to several European countries and
to Greece and Bulgaria. In addition she is a practicing artist specializing in watercolor
and photo montage.
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BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT: THE ASSASSINATION OF
JFK REVISITED
Social Science
Bentley Orrick
Fridays, March 27 – April 24 (five weeks)
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Lecture/Discussion
Did the Warren Commission get it right in naming Lee Harvey Oswald as the
lone gunman? A review of the evidence—from the Altgens photo to the Zapruder
film—shows that Oswald fired all the shots in Dallas’s Dealey Plaza that day. Was
there a conspiracy? Thousands of Warren Commission critics have labored for over
half a century to prove one conspiracy theory or another—from gunmen on the
“grassy knoll” to poison darts from the “umbrella man”—but have yet to produce
any credible evidence backing a plot by pro-Castro Cubans, anti-Castro Cubans, the
CIA, the mob, the KGB, LBJ, or anyone else in the murder of John F. Kennedy, Dallas
Police Officer J.D.Tipitt, or Oswald himself. Perhaps the only real mystery surrounding the assassination is why a majority of the citizenry agrees with the conspiracy
mongers. But considering the volume of misinformation disseminated, often in an
attempt to gain fame or fortune, and the lack of kickback from mainstream scholars,
perhaps that skew of public opinion is not a mystery either.
BENTLEY ORRICK is an unreconstructed hot-type print reporter who worked
for the Baltimore Sun and the Tampa Tribune covering politics, wars, and other
natural and unnatural disasters.
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Sunday
AAParamount Pictures, P 3
Sunday
AAParamount Pictures, P 4
Monday
AAMusic You Love to Hate
AADigital SLR Cameras – Beyond Basics
AAFilms of Alfred Hitchcock, Pt 1
Monday
AAGreat Decisions ‘14
AANot Your Father’s Olds
AAPractical Astronomy, Con’t
Tuesday
AAAntebellum MD 1800-1850
AAMachiavelli
AAEat, Drink & Be Merry: Food & Lit.
Tuesday
AAEthical Issues/Human Subj. Research
AAOutrageous Amer. Ladies
AABio Timelines of Our Lives
(Please also choose this course below)
(Please also choose this course below)
Wednesday
AAThe Buried Mirror: Spain & New Wld.
AAMtns, Museums, Mozart (& Pastry)
Wednesday
AAIslam & Early Arab World
AAIs She Really THAT Old?
AAFilms of Alfred Hitchcock, Pt 2
Thursday
AAFurniture
AAVital Ideas: Crime
Thursday
AAWhy Things Don’t Fall Down
AAModern Theatre Styles
AAInportance/Signif. of Amer. Pragmatism
Friday
AABirds & Birding
AAThe Panama Canal Today: Brief Hist.
Friday
AA21st Century Art: Global View
AABeyond a Reasonable Doubt: JFK Assassination
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WC-ALL) by hand to the WC-ALL office at #5 William Smith Hall, or by mail to
WC-ALL, 300 Washington Ave., Chestertown, MD 21620. Registration deadline
is January 20.
Individual: n Spring 2015 Semester $95
Couple:
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Session 1
Session 2
Sunday
AAParamount Pictures, P 3
Sunday
AAParamount Pictures, P 4
Monday
AAMusic You Love to Hate
AADigital SLR Cameras – Beyond Basics
AAFilms of Alfred Hitchcock, Pt 1
Monday
AAGreat Decisions ‘14
AANot Your Father’s Olds
AAPractical Astronomy, Con’t
Tuesday
AAAntebellum MD 1800-1850
AAMachiavelli
AAEat, Drink & Be Merry: Food & Lit.
Tuesday
AAEthical Issues/Human Subj. Research
AAOutrageous Amer. Ladies
AABio Timelines of Our Lives
(Please also choose this course below)
(Please also choose this course below)
Wednesday
AAThe Buried Mirror: Spain & New Wld.
AAMtns, Museums, Mozart (& Pastry)
Wednesday
AAIslam & Early Arab World
AAIs She Really THAT Old?
AAFilms of Alfred Hitchcock, Pt 2
Thursday
AAFurniture
AAVital Ideas: Crime
Thursday
AAWhy Things Don’t Fall Down
AAModern Theatre Styles
AAInportance/Signif. of Amer. Pragmatism
Friday
AABirds & Birding
AAThe Panama Canal Today: Brief Hist.
Friday
AA21st Century Art: Global View
AABeyond a Reasonable Doubt: JFK Assassination
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Gibson Center for the Arts
Daly Hall
Casey Swim Center
Cain Athletic Center
Johnson Fitness Center
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