Distinguished Gallantry in Action

Among the many paintings of Abraham Lincoln hanging in the Civil War Institute, there is one face that may not be as familiar. Peering out from a small wooden frame in the main office sits Philip Goettel, a Civil War soldier. His posture is relaxed as he sits in a chair proudly displaying his Union uniform. A caption with the mere word “Father” appears below him, along with a significant date: 1863. Truly, the year 1863 would be a pivotal year in Philip Goettel’s life. He would be wounded, scale a mountain under fire, and earn a Medal of Honor. [excerpt] Course Information: Course Title: HIST 300: Historical Method Academic Term: Fall 2006 Course Instructor: Dr. Michael J. Birkner \u2772 Hidden in Plain Sight is a collection of student papers on objects that are hidden in plain sight around the Gettysburg College campus. Topics range from the Glatfelter Hall gargoyles to the statue of Eisenhower and from historical markers to athletic accomplishments. You can download the paper in pdf format and click View Photo to see the image in greater detail.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/hiddenpapers/1033/thumbnail.jp

Westwood Multimodal Transportation Plan

Westwood is experiencing an industrial regeneration that will change the way the area is utilized by the surrounding communities. To be proactive, Henrico County is planning for the future by creating an overlay zoning district and striving for a multimodal environment to ensure the area grows in a sustainable manner. This plan evaluates the study area, retrieves community engagement, and makes recommendations on streetscape design and public transit improvements to create a multimodal Westwood. Study area observations provided evidence that the streets in Westwood need to be redesigned to accommodate more for pedestrians and cyclists. Community outreach in the form of a survey was conducted to gather input on how the streetscape should be designed and what elements of the study area need the most attention. Results of the surveys and observations were analyzed and used to build the recommendations made for Westwood. Various types of funding options are presented to implement this plan. Sustainable, connected, and integrated transportation is essential to success and livability of the fast-growing study area. The plan aims to supply the knowledge needed to create a livable and thriving Westwood

The World War II Letters of Richard Schade

Richard Schade was a newlywed when he was drafted into the United States Army on January 29, 1943, in Camden, New Jersey. While stationed in the United States during World War II, he wrote a series of letters to his new wife, Betty. Many of these letters were love letters discussing deep love as well as the active plan to start a family. Through the letters written over the course of months he records his daily duties, concerns, dreams, and various information about the conditions in the military. His letters developed into a valuable insight into the life of a soldier stationed in America during World War II. This research paper uncovers information about Richard Schade and his military time that had been lost not only to his family but also to some military records, creating a fuller picture and providing many answers to questions left unanswered over time

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: Background and Implications

Recent estimates suggest that youth spend approximately 80-93% of their working hours in a sedentary state, such as sitting or resting longer than usual (Institute of Medicine, 2013). Schools are conducive of this sedentary behavior and because of that, they have been identified as viable locations for children to be physically active. In order for schools to accommodate the daily physical activity guidelines for youth--60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity--the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a whole-of-school approach that aims to promote and achieve physical activity guidelines for youth throughout and beyond the school day. This whole-of-school approach, also known as Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP), is a multi-component behavioral intervention that is typically set forth by the physical education teacher and serves as a framework to increase physical activity in and outside of the classroom. As part of this backgrounder, I will provide an overview of a CSPAP, discuss the inner workings of its components, and supply a brief overview of each of the four contributors for this critical issue.Educatio

Looking Back and Pressing Forward: Lessons for Today Found in the Story of Barbara Smith Conrad

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There\u27s a Word for it

You may remember that people used to worry about what the word was for the fluff that one finds in the corners of one\u27s pockets. Sometimes people invent words for things that have long gone un-named: Gelett Burgess though up blurb for the self-promoting material on a book jacket; someone came up with gridlock (and pedlock, but the latter did not catch on). And some people seem to know the name for everything; the little decorative thing that screws on at the top of a lamp to hold the shade on is a finial, and it screws onto the top of the harp

Where There\u27s Smoke ...

In the August 1978 issue of Word Ways, James Rambo showed how Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health could be repeatedly anagrammed to form a cautionary tale in verse. It\u27s time, therefore, for a quiz on smoking terminology

They\u27re Using Our Lingo

In 1964 I wrote in Pageant that English (more than half of which is composed of foreign words) has reached the point where other languages are beginning to borrow rather extensively from us . Since then, I have watched with interest as our mongrel tongue has not only continued to borrow from others as usual -- we have recently acquired discotheque from the French, just as we long ago got woodchuck from the Indians -- but has increasingly received from foreign-language speakers around the globe the compliment of imitation, sometimes without acknowledgement

It\u27s Greek to Me

The Greek grammarians and rhetoricians saddled subsequent cultures in the West with awkward and somewhat ugly terms for the discussions of speaking and writing. Take Paradiorthosis, as when we allude to a quotation that does not need to be identified but is given a new twist

Gems from Johnson\u27s Dictionary

English lexicographers, those harmless drudges as Dr. Johnson called them, go all the way back to the English Expositour (1617) and maybe farther, to lists of hard words compiled by curious logophiles. But Ursa Major himself is surely the dean of all dictionary-makers. Here are some of Dr. Johnson\u27s own definitions. His famous definition of network as any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections at least is intellibible to those who know some Latin ( I do not love Latin originals he said under ferry, but his sesquipedalian vocabulary often denies this), but see what you can do to produce the words still in current speech that the good doctor explained like this