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(2000) Discovering Our Voice: A Manual To Accompany 'Geraldo', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter

Geraldo is a story about what an immigrant undergoes when he leaves one culture and tries to 'join' another culture. An immigrant suffers a triple disruption: he loses his sense of place, he enters into an alien language, and he finds himself surrounded by beings whose social behavior, norms and traditions are very unlike, and sometimes even offensive to his own. The explanation of the leading ideas in this manual help students and teachers explore the philosophical themes in Geraldo. The discussion plans, exercises, and activities are designed to foster and cultivate the process of philosophical dialogue in the classroom. …

The Purple, October 1909

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Night on the Beach
• The Weather
• Society Notes
• The Wilderness Charm
• He Stoops to Conquer
• Catholic Industrial and Reform Schools
• Pipes 'o Pompey
• Times is Changin'
• Autumn
• On Being a Spectator
• Gold-Brick
• Autumn-the Cheerful Giber
• Sparks from a Whetstone
• Sunrise on Greylock
• An Anglo-Egyptian Incident
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• With Our Alumni
• Athletics
• Indian Summer