I am going to post more photos tomorrow. Stay tuned...
--Becky
Chapel
Well...I didn't get to sleep until about 6:30 am Sunday morning and slept through chapel. No house parent checking my room; no harm done! I will let the others tell you how the service was.
After everyone was gone, Isaac and I went into the chapel and took photos. The pool under the chapel is now carpeted. I am not sure why, but the floor is of it is slanted toward the deep end of the pool.
Now Morning Reports are more comfortable. They ditched the folding chairs for new, much more appealing, padded chairs in Kiggins Hall. Isaac and I found some of the old chairs in the chapel basement.
Reunion Class Photo -- All Classes
Just about everyone who attended the reunion is in these photos. My son Isaac, 12 years old, took a great photo for us. Right at the end of the photo session they shot confetti into the air to photograph us frolicking in the excitement. Isaac was thrilled and was able to get some good photos of us enjoying the dropping color.
Sage At Night
Blurry, I know. I am still learning how to use my new camera. Still, pretty interesting photo.Alumnae Art Exhibit
Friday night after the Class Dinner we were invited to Dietl Library for an Alumnae Art Exhibit. I have posted my work (small format quilting) as well as some of my favorites. Girl Power #3 made me laugh out loud. I unfortuately forgot to document who made it. I talked to the artist and she is Dutch and I think from the class of 1972. It is a composition of female "action" figures trying to save the planet Earth by using their super powers!
My other favorites take the traditional needle art of cross stitch to portray non-traditional images by Alice Tavener, class of 2002. I love the whimsy and element of surprise these give to the person looking at them.
Emma Archives
There were educational sessions held during the day on Saturday. We attended a talk about the Emma Willard Archives which is located in the Dietl Library basement. The talk was given by Nancy Iannucci, Archivist, and History faculty member, Dr. Robert Naeher. It was fascinating.
Part of my reason for attending the reunion was two fold. I definitely wanted to get back to Emma but I also wanted to get into the archives. I have been doing family research and have discovered that I have distant cousins who attended Emma in 1822.
Ms. Iannucci was very generous with her time and opened the archives for me. There is a newspaper article in the archives reprinting a letter from a relative of mine to Emma Willard herself. The letter talks about the approval to build Emma on Mt. Ida from the City of Troy. Very exciting!
The archives are incredible. Ms. Iannucci has devoted a lot of time to organizing and cataloging the tremendous amount of material. There is still a lot of work to be done. Students are helping the collection by transcribing documents. She has done a superb job and the archives are well used by the Emma students as well as independent researchers. As you can imagine there are letters and writings from Emma herself during the Civil War Period. It is a rich resource of primary research and I encourage you all to take time to see it or use it if you are able. What a valuable resource to have at Emma.
More Photos of the Celebration Dinner
I think our class was the last to leave the Celebration Dinner. We made it back to the hotel and there were about 6 of us who stayed up until 11 pm, 5 made it to 3 am, and 4 of us were up until 6 am. We talked about everything from religion, politics, sexuality, getting fat, getting thin, faith, relationships, Emma, careers, addiction, our health, learning disabilities, getting older and a whole lot more. We talked about how we thought Emma prepared us for the big bad world. Some of felt unprepared. Some of us felt we were guided towards the wrong path. Some us felt like we got what we needed from Emma. We all had good experiences at Emma. We all felt like we are starting to figure it out...whatever it is. None of us are famous. We gossiped about others who didn't attend the reunion (be sure to come to the reunion next time! You never know what we'll say about you if you don't...). We all are having a pretty good life. We talked about our teachers from Emma. We reminisced about our Senior Class Trip. We laughed A LOT! We enjoy the children in our lives. We all seem to get satisfaction from our careers. Overall, it appears that all of us are doing well- family, friends, career, etc. What's NEXT? I look forward to hearing what the next 5 years brings us.
Celebration Dinner
Beth Cody's daughter Emma danced the night away. I don't know why but I don't have photos of the Class Dinner. Saturday night we were offered Japanese, Italian, and it was so crowded I didn't see what else was offered. The sushi was great.
Gargoyles
I took photos of almost all of the gargoyles. I don't think that when I attended Emma that I noticed all of them. They are quite wonderful. If you want high resolution photos sent of specific gargoyles, let me know and I will email them to you. There are dragons, birds, men, women, a squirrel, lots of owls, different practices represented like: music, art, science, literature, etc., different elements: wind, earth, water, fire, a cat, a few monkeys, flowers, and more. Let me know and I would be happy to send you a couple.
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