Sesquicentennial Events Fill the Seasons
By Liz MacDonald ’04
José Ramos-Horta kicked off Antioch’s sesquicentennial
celebrations last summer, and the events have continued through
the fall and winter months, and will continue into spring
and summer.
On Sunday, October 5, we celebrated the 150th anniversary
of Horace Mann’s founding address. The day began with
a community picnic outside the Student Union, where president
Joan Straumanis ’57 appeared
wearing a period dress on loan from theOhio Historical Society.
Later that afternoon, the new historical marker on Livermore
Street was dedicated. Straumanis — as well as University
archivist Scott Sanders, Yellow Springs Mayor David Foubert,
and Floyd Thomas of the Ohio Historical Society — spoke
at the dedication ceremony. Following the dedication, Scott
Sanders presented the slightly irreverent slideshow, “150
years of Antioch History in 60 Minutes or Less.”
Later in October, Antioch hosted “The Courage of Social
Scientists” a two-part panel discussion in honor of Robert
Krinsky ’57, chair of the Campaign for Antioch
College. David Apter ’50,
Gordon Fellman ’57, and Fred
Greenstein ’53 took the stage in Kelly Hall for
the first half of the discussion, moderated by Joan Straumanis.
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein ’55
and Allan Pred ’57 presented
the second part. Irwin Abrams, Professor of History Emeritus,
also joined the second panel and read a paper on behalf of
Heinz Eulau. Eulau, former Antioch professor of political
science, passed away in January of 2004. Richard Couto served
as moderator. The following night, educator and MacArthur
Fellow Lisa Delpit ’74 accepted
the Horace Mann Award.
In November, former poet laureate and MacArthur Fellow Mark
Strand ’57 visited campus for a reading. He read
from his Pulitzer Prize winning book Blizzard
of One as well as other published and unpublished works.
Early December brought photographer Wendy
Ewald ’74 to campus. Ewald’s presentation
included a video and slides of her work. She is also one of
Antioch’s seven MacArthur fellows.
In early 2004, Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton ’60 and former classmate Joan
Steinau Lester ’62 traveled to Antioch for the
2004 Chatterjee Peace Lecture. Lester is the author of Norton’s
biography, Fire in My Soul.
In her presentation, Norton urged the audience to consider
the treatment of volunteer national guard and reservists serving
in Iraq. Painter Emma Amos ’58
came to campus next to celebrate International Women’s
Day. Her artwork, which has been displayed internationally,
filled the Herndon Gallery.
Prior to Amos’s exhibit, the Herndon Gallery was filled
with the “Antioch Cartoonist Exhibit” and “Made
in Prison”—an exhibit that displayed the work of
incarcerated men and women.
MacArthur winner Sylvia Law ’64
presented in late March. She has worked on significant Supreme
Court cases involving women’s rights, welfare and health
issues.
We look forward to seeing you at Reunion 2004, June 25-27,
when a presentation from Coretta Scott
King ’51 will wrap up this exciting Sesquicentennial
year. She will make her presentation on Friday, June 25 at
1:30 PM. Thank you to all those that participated in these
events and made our Sesquicentennial a very memorable celebration!
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