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Imformation, S. Ray Granade
Imformation, S. Ray Granade
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Quiet reigned throughout OBU’s dimmed Mabee Auditorium as the man sat on the stage’s top step, head in hands. The large screen, emblazoned with a single word provided by an overhead projector, emitted most of the room’s light and drew attention all out of proportion to its message and brightness. It was, to offer a variation of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s words about Pearl Harbor, a moment that would live in infamy. Saved by an alert faculty member, the overhead transparency lived in obscurity in Riley-Hickingbotham Library’s Special Collections until thrown out by an archivist on a cleaning frenzy who knew …
She Did What?!, S. Ray Granade
She Did What?!, S. Ray Granade
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My wife, the high school History teacher, had just returned from a long day at school with a huge pile of papers. This was not a rarity; no, this was commonplace. But spring had come: days were lengthening, air growing milder, leisure pursuits beckoning. The weekend stretched ahead. Beyond the proverbial fork in the road lay either more drudgery through grading or the delights of free time. Being the dedicated teacher that she was, she opted for grading.
The Best You Can, S. Ray Granade
The Best You Can, S. Ray Granade
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Mary Washington taught History at what was then Howard College while I was a student. Possessed only of an MA, she epitomized the best of the “junior lecturer” tradition. She was widely read and traveled and displayed a love of learning on the one hand and an iron will that balanced that love on the other. Students found her immensely accessible while immensely knowledgeable—a powerful combination. Perhaps most significantly of all, she wedded her equanimity to the most pleasant of personalities. To contact her was to feel bathed in grace. To see her anywhere on campus was to see her …