[Alumni-chat] Re: Alumni-chat Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15

[YAZZ Allen]

Nov. 30, 07
 
Hi from Yazz Allen '66 (YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com)!
 
Thanks for the explanation about "Pelicans" on "Star Island."
 
During the 1960's there places around the country which were "Antiochian" without being officially part of Antioch College.   Part of the socially liberal culture of which the Unitarians are a famous group and expression.  But it goes beyond just that group or just Antioch.
 
Circle Pines Camp in Michigan was one such place.  It attracted a lot of Chicago area liberals, featured international folk dancing of the sort done on Red Square at Antioch.
 
The Clearwater Ranch in Mendicino County, California was a famous Antioch College co-op job in the 60's (child care work for emotionally disturbed children) which had sort of a "Summerhill" personality, and was set in the Redwood country very near the Pacific Ocean coast, and the town of Mendicino, CA,  a seacoast town which itself was famously "Antiochian."
 
The Pacific Grove/ Carmel/ Big Sur Claifornia area was similar, and the University of California Santa Cruz campus had sort of an "Antiochian" personality.   San Francisco itself did before the "Manhattanization" of the town which infused skyscrapers and off-the-chart rental charges for little guys, just like the actual Manhattan on the east coast, once populated with many more Antiochians and Antioch "types" than can now afford it.
 
The Black Mountain College community in North Carolina was another such place. The Goddard College community in Plainfield VT was another (I hitchiked to Goddard during a 1964 Antioch co-op job at Yale U. Med. School I had during my undergrad days at Antioch, folk danced there with Goddard students, and was surprised by the similarity of the two schools).
 
They (big money hustlers and the ownership class) might shut Antioch down, but they can't shut down the Antioch "idea" or get rid of all places where it live.....and makes people like me happy!
 
Best,
Yazz

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Contact "Yazz" (David) Allen directly via email at YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com, mail to 644 Shrewsbury Commons Ave., #239, Shrewsbury PA USA 17361...Phone (717) 235 - 1982!
 
See my pro movie actor photos and recent credits/resume by visiting WWW.IMDb.Com (world's largest movie info database, owned by Amazon.Com) IMDb RESUME.  Also WWW.SAG.Org "IActor" file.  Also WWW.CastingNetworks.Com and/or WWW.NYCasting.Com. > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:25:09 -0500> From: lrpjak at verizon.net> Subject: RE: [Alumni-chat] Re: Alumni-chat Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> > I would've written privately, but I didn't see his address.> > A "pelican" is a staff person at Star Island, a UU retreat center 10 miles> off the coast of NH (near Portsmouth). They work as chamberpeople, bell> hops, snackies, etc.> > Laurie> lrpjak at verizon.net> > > -----Original Message-----> From: alumni-chat-bounces at w3.antioch.edu> [mailto:alumni-chat-bounces at w3.antioch.edu] On Behalf Of YAZZ Allen> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:30 PM> To: Alumni Chat List> Subject: RE: [Alumni-chat] Re: Alumni-chat Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15> > > Not everbody is a Unitarian or knows about them, other than Garrison> Keillor's jokes about Unitarian missionaries teaching interpretive dance to> the Indians in the 19th century.> > What's a Unitarian "Pelican?"> > Best,> Yazz '66> > ---------------------> Contact "Yazz" (David) Allen directly via email at YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com, mail> to 644 Shrewsbury Commons Ave., #239, Shrewsbury PA USA 17361...Phone (717)> 235 - 1982!> > See my pro movie actor photos and recent credits/resume by visiting> WWW.IMDb.Com (world's largest movie info database, owned by Amazon.Com) IMDb> RESUME. Also WWW.SAG.Org "IActor" file. Also WWW.CastingNetworks.Com> and/or WWW.NYCasting.Com. > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:10:06 -0500> From:> lrpjak at verizon.net> Subject: RE: [Alumni-chat] Re: Alumni-chat Digest, Vol> 9, Issue 15> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> > Hey Matt,> > I'm a 3rd> generation UU and a 41 year veteran of All Star I. I heard you met> your> partner as a Pelican (I was suggesting it as a coop).> > Laurie Powsner '83>> lrpjak at verizon.net> > > -----Original Message-----> From:> alumni-chat-bounces at w3.antioch.edu>> [mailto:alumni-chat-bounces at w3.antioch.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Baya> Sent:> Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:25 AM> To: Alumni Chat List> Subject: Re:> [Alumni-chat] Re: Alumni-chat Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15> > > I think today's> youth are starving for a spiritual perspective on > > life, and I think if> the "new" Antioch could include in it's > > curriculum (and advertise it)> continuing in-depth studies in > > comparative religion, it would attract> some very interesting > > students and provide a needed niche in higher> education, i.e., to > > study all major faiths without bias, and apply that> knowledge to > > understanding cultures and world events. It would be> fascinating.> > Sounds like Unitarian Universalist University :) They've> bailed us out > twice in the past, why not buddy up with them once again :)> I've > always considered Antioch the UU equivalent to Earlham. There was> even > a scholarship advertised in the UU World magazine for a while for >> Unitarians who wanted attend Antioch or Harvard. As a UU I took notice > of> the # of UU Chalice symbols I'd see on necklaces, t-shirts and > tattoos> even.. there's alot of us. Would be interesting to do research > to find out> how deep this connection runs.. would be a great place to > recruit, can we> sponsor YRUU Conferences? :) Ferry Beach? Star Island? > Rowe Camp?> >> -Matt> _______________________________________________> Alumni-chat mailing> list> Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu>> http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> Visit> http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!> >> _______________________________________________> Alumni-chat mailing list>> Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu>> http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> Visit> http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!> _________________________________________________________________> Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate.  Join in.> www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline__________> _____________________________________> Alumni-chat mailing list> Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> Visit http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!> > _______________________________________________> Alumni-chat mailing list> Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> Visit http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!
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