“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” ― Paul Sweeney 

 

“Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.” ― Charles Spurgeon 

 

“Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.” ― Voltaire 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Notes provided by Allan Penwell).

Our bucket money check for June was presented to Sarah Stumpf for her not-for-profit, Trinity Horsemanship Foundation.

Michelle announced that on Saturday, July 22, we need around 8 Rotarians to help Habitat for Humanity which is working on a new home at 1408 West Hill Street in Urbana.  This is the 100th house that Habitat has built in C-U.

 

PROGRAM

Joe Rank and Ryan Ross of the University of Illinois Alumni Association are presenting an 8-week history of the University to OLLI members this fall, and they condensed their presentation for our meeting.  Ryan is full-time with the Association, and Joe is a retired Navy commander whose hobby is to collect U of I music.

The University will begin celebrating its 150-year anniversary in February next year and conclude it in May.  There will be exhibits at Alice Campbell Alumni Center. The first building on campus was Old Main which is no longer in existence, but it was originally a seminary located where Beckman Center is now. Its nickname was “The Elephant.”

From 1868 to 1894 there was a daily chapel, and military instruction was compulsory for me until 1894 because it was a Land Grant institution.  Women were admitted in 1870.  The school colors were chosen in 1894 because orange meant freedom and blue stood for steadfast and stability.

From 1904 to 1920 Illinois came of age when President Edmund James promoted a strong library and recruited a top notch faculty. The years 1920-1940 were called Boom or Bust, according to our presenters, because the radio station was founded, football was a powerhouse, and Lorado Taft designed and built the Alma Mater statue.

The following years the GI bill lead to significant growth in the student population, and federal defense research dollars greatly enhanced the engineering and computer science departments. The first program for rehabilitating disabled veterans was started. From 1950-1965, there was conservatism, conformity, and the cold war.  Over half the student attended church regularly. The first supercomputer (if you could call it that) was born, and politicians were allowed on campus with John Kennedy making a speech in 1960. 

Joe ran out of time, but he reminded us that the first streakers were around in the Here Come the Boomer Years from 1965-1985.  Enrollment increased, and there were many days of protest.

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  July 13th July 20th July 27th Aug 3rd
Introductions Ben Mast John McDaniel Phyllis Mischo Scott Paceley
Invocation Keith Brandau Reuben Chambers Ethan Chew Paul Conforti
Greeters Ben Mast John McDaniel Phyllis Mischo Scott Paceley
Allan Penwell Ed Perry Tod Satterthwaite Angie Schoonover
Song Leader Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell Ed Perry
Notetaker Hodson Lintner Conforti Perry
Decker Weeding Stull LaCharite Hodson Penwell
Next Weekend        
Decker Garden LaCharite LaCharite Van Buren Van Buren
Watering        

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

July 13th – Professor Leslie Looney, Director, Laboratory for Astronomical Imaging, UIUC will discuss the total solar eclipse on 8/21/17 (Phyllis)

July 20th – District Governor’s visit

July 27th – Club Assembly

August 3rd – TBD (Tom)

August 10th – Kenny Chumbley, author of The Green Children, Literary Classics Book Award Finalist (Mary & Jen)

August 17th – Jen Shelby will discuss what’s next for Shatterglass

August 24th – TBD (Tod)

August 31st – TBD (Social)

September 7th – First Followers (Ethan)

September 14th – Belegarth Medieval Combat Society (Ethan) (Meeting in Savoy Room)

September 21st – TBD

September 28th – TBD