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- 591: Coming of Age in Mississippi: Anne Moody
- ... and a family's home was burnt to the ground Anne grew sicker of her surroundings. In the summer she would escape to New Orleans and she soon found herself able to get out through college. Anne had been a very intelligent hard-working student from an early age. She had also become a supreme athlete and was able to get a basketball scholarship to Natchez College, a junior college in Mississippi and not New Orleans, where she wanted to go to school. It was here where she had one of her initial confrontations with authority. Feeling the rules set down for the basketball ...
- 592: William Shakespeare
- ... 1592), The Taming of the Shrew (1593), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594), and Love's Labour's Lost (1594). These plays we do not read much ins school, but they are studied extensively in college. Shakespeare's second period includes his most important history plays, his so-called joyous comedies, and two of his major tragedies. In this period, his style and approach became highly individualized. The second-period historical ... and pain but are reunited. In The Tempest (1611) the resolution suggests the beneficial effects of uniting wisdom and power. Because of the gravity of these plays they are not studied, but on the higher college level. Still though, entire courses are devoted to just this Shakespearean era. William Shakespeare ranks so high with me because I took a summer course over him 3 years ago. It was wonderful and I ... considered the most classic author of all time because that’s just what he as done, survived time and all the trials and tribulations set forth by it” In Shakespeare too, there are dozens of college courses dedicated solely to his life and works. His works define several literary devices that even bear his name (i.e. Shakespearean Sonnet). He was so prolific that he was one of the first ...
- 593: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... entering he found that he was too old at the age of 20. Then after studying hard Eisenhower was accepted atthe West Point Military Academy with the help of a U.S senator (Hargrove33). At college Ike showed himself as a hero on the Army Football team asan end (Hargrove 34). He also found an easier procedure for working advanced calculus (Hargrove 36). At the end of his college career in 1915,Eisenhower graduated number 61 out of a class of 164 (Hargrove 38). Eisenhower's military journey began during World War One. When he graduated college World War One was still raging through Europe. Instead of fighting in the infantry overseas Eisenhower was to stay home on U.Sbases (Hargrove 41). After being promoted to a Lieutenant Colonel, Eisenhower was ...
- 594: Samuel Adams - American Patrio
- ... John Adams who became President of the United States. As a young child, Samuel spent his elementary school days at Boston Latin. Academics quickly became his forte and at age fourteen he enrolled in Harvard College. Four years later, a member of the Class of 1743, Samuel Adams graduated from Harvard College with a Master of Arts degree. After college he entered private business, and throughout this period was an outspoken participant in Boston town meetings. When his business failed in 1764 Adams entered politics full-time, and was elected to the Massachusetts State ...
- 595: Steve Jobs
- ... blue Box” that allowed them to get free long distance calls from pay phones. Jobs helped “Woz” to sell a number of “blue boxes”. In 1972 Steve graduated from high school and registered at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. After dropping out of Reed after one semester he hung around the campus for a year taking classes in philosophy and immersing himself in the counter culture. In 1974, Steve Jobs took ... Atari, Inc., a pioneer in electronic arcade recreation. After a few months he saved enough money to go to India where he traveled in search of spiritual enlightenment with Dan Kottke, a friend from Reed College. In the autumn of 1974, Jobs returned to California and started attending meetings of “Woz’s” “Homebrew Computer Club”. Woz like most of the clubs members, was happy with the creation of electronics. Steve wasn ... many changes to the company. People that he has worked with are afraid of being “Steved” if they don’t work hard enough; that means fired by Steve. In conclusion, Steve Jobs who was a college dropout, experimented with drugs and Eastern religions before turning to computers, is a very strange man. He continues to lead Apple and his sub companies into the 21st century by carrying the lead in ...
- 596: George Washington Carver
- ... an African American, he was not accepted at any local schools, therefore he had to attend school eight miles away from home. He did very well in school. In 1885 he was accepted to Highland College in Kansas. However, race became an issue again and they took away the offer. He became very discouraged and chose to travel abroad until 1890 where he found himself in Iowa. He decided to enroll in Simpson College in Indianola. One of his teachers recognized his many talents and encouraged him to transfer to Iowa State College at Ames, which he did in May 1891. At Iowa State, Carver found that he was especially gifted in plant hybridization and the study of fungi. In 1894, Carver earned a bachelor of science ...
- 597: The Life of Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... from it. It was this that inspired her to become a doctor. Her dream was to help others and she decided that the best way for her to fulfill her dream was to go to college and become a physician. When they got to America, her mother opened a school. Elizabeth taught for many years although she did not enjoy it. A few years later, she decided to do what no ... accomplishment as a doctor and referred people to her. She also helped train nurses for the battlefront during the Civil War. After the war ended, Elizabeth pursued a new goal, which was to open a college for women. In 1868, she opened the New York Infirmary and College for Women, a hospital completely operated by women. In 1869, she decided to permanently move back to England where she continued her practice. Elizabeth ended her career in 1907 after an accident in Scotland. ...
- 598: Grace Hopper Biography
- ... Although at the time women were not considered as important to society as men were, she would turn out to be one of the most important influences of the century. In 1924 Grace attended Vassar College, majoring in the sciences, specifically mathematics and physics. After four years of hard work she graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a Vassar College Fellowship. With that she progressed to earning her MA in mathematics at Yale University in 1930, and her Ph.D. in 1934, along with two Sterling Scholarships and an election to Sigma Xi. While finishing her college education she married the New York University English teacher Vincent Hopper. Her computer technology life would soon begin following her graduation. Upon graduating, Grace was accepted to the Bureau of Ordinance at Harvard University. ...
- 599: Sister Helen Prejean
- ... babies born has an unwed mother, and the violent crime rate is ninth highest in the nation…I am meeting seventeen-year-old girls who have had one sometimes two children. Without a chance for college… [they are] vulnerable to the first young man who looks at them (7-8). As she talks about this she seems surprised that things like this actually occur. She then meets Patrick Sonnier, a death ... and violence. She made it very clear that if she were ever slain then she would not want the slayer to be put to death. (21). When a student at the lecture, here at Roanoke College, was talking to Sister Helen Prejean about the death penalty she got people to look at things a different way. The student told her that she was against the death penalty but still has a ... to force her views on them. However, after hearing her side most people usually reevaluate their views. Works Cited Prejean, Helen. Dead Man Walking. New York: Vintage Books, 1993 Prejean, Helen, CSJ. Public Lecture, Roanoke College. Salem, VA, 1 February 1999
- 600: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... as far as earning letter awards in four. Football, baseball, track and field, and basketball. (Grate time Coming ,the life of Jackie Robinson) Upon graduation from John Muir Technical High School, Jackie attended a Junior College called Pasadena J.C. . He continued to participate in track and field, and helped lead his basketball, baseball, and football teams to championships. Once in a track and field meet in Pomona, California, he competed ... several major universities offered him scholarships for his last two years of athletic eligibility. Jackie chose the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to finish his last two years. Basically because UCLA was the college that was closest to home. He had a repeat performance and became the first four letter man. No one had ever made four varsity athletic teams. Again just like in high school, he played basketball ... to young people wherever he went." This supports the statement that Jackie Robinson was a great leader of his Afro-American people on, as well as, off the baseball field.Starting in high school into college, he paved the way for other athletes with his accomplishments. Minor and Major Leagues in baseball he refused to buy into the racism and death threats and continued to receive awards and honorable mentions. ...
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