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| Posted: Tue Oct 9th, 2007 10:04 pm |
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Daniel Sauerwein
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I heard from Ed (Class of '68), but I know there are a few more of you IC folks here, so let me hear from you. Shout out your class year, major, minor(s) (if any), and favorite prof.
I'll start:
Daniel Sauerwein
Class of 2006
Major: History
Minors: Economics and Geography (I am probably the last Geog. minor at the Hilltop)
Fav. Prof.: Dr. James Davis (Kudos to Dr. Kunath also)
I wish I could be there for homecoming, but I am in ND at graduate school, but I stopped by ol' IC this summer and the place looks good. To all IC alums going to homecoming, have a great time.
Daniel Sauerwein '06
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 01:38 am |
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Daniel,
Ed Stanfield
class of 1968
Major: History
Member: Sigma Pi
Favorite prof.. Dr Hildner, Mrs Joe Pat Smith, Prof Al Lynn and so many others.. and of course NIERBO himself..Doc O'Brien. I lived at "the house" for 3 years and am forever grateful for his guidance, counsel, widom and support.
Now, how did a nice Southern boy wind up in a school with a mascot like a BlueBoy? And yes I will be at Homecoming
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 01:52 am |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 02:00 am |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 06:09 am |
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ole
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Very true, Texas. And Indiana and Ohio as well. Haven't got a number, but of the "northern" boys that wore gray, most came from those areas. (Although I've heard of only about 2 companies from Little Egypt.)
Much of that response might be due to the Tennessee and Kentucky folks taking advantage of the open flatland when it became available.
I have a question. Where is IC?
ole
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 07:43 am |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 02:35 pm |
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Welll.....
Came from Alabama via Texas in '63 was gonna stay one year till graduation from HS. visited Illinois College in Jacksonville,..West Central part of the state, 35 miles W of Springfield. (Home of Gen Grierson.)and fell in love with the campus... was gonna go south when I graduated...fell in love with a Jacksonville Girl... was gonna go south, but our families were here... was gonna go south at retirement, but the grandkids are here.... so now I ain't got a chance!
Today I work in Springfield, center of the state and the home of St. Abraham.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 02:39 pm |
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Interesting...off topic, but still interesting...
we can account for a few more than 13,000 confederate Veterans buried in Illinois even tho not even a skirmish was fought in the state.
5 POW camps account for the majority, but many old rebels settled in Southern Illinois and are buried there, as well, of course as the men who settled around the state and are buried in the towns of their residence.
Ed
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10th, 2007 10:14 pm |
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Daniel Sauerwein
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There's at least two buried in my hometown of Jerseyville. Col. William Fulkerson, who's mansion still stands north of town and one of his sons are buried in the city cemetery.
Ole,
Illinois College was founded at Jacksonville, IL in 1829 and held the first class in Jan. 1830. Like Ed said, it is in the west central part of IL. IC has a rich Civil War related history. We are also the alma mater for William Jennings Bryan '81 (Ed I know that since you are a Sig, you know of WJB). It served as a stop on the Underground Railroad (the campus is now part of the National URR trail, or something to that effect) and a majority of students and staff served on both sides in the war, with most serving the Union, which is how we got our nickname the Blueboys. That nickname has been the source of some embarrassment. I have heard (and Ed correct me if I am wrong) that Tom Rowland, when he had to announce the college and its mascot at his NFL tryout, said he went to Illinois College, home of the Tigers because he did not want to be teased for the Blueboys nickname. That's just what I heard from another alum. Ed is right about falling in love with the campus. It is beautiful, with several buildings being over 75 years old.
Getting the thread back on topic, where are the rest of the IC alums?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11th, 2007 03:39 am |
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Ole
To continue the IC history lesson, the college graduated the first class in the state of Illinois, and the wartime governor of IL was a member of that class..Richard Yates. The first building is named after the first president, Edward Beecher, brother of Harriet. Beecher hall was built in 1832 or so and is in use today. IC was home of the first medical school in Illinois and with this rich history is still a school of only 1000 students...600 to 800 when I was a student.
The second president of the college, Julian Sturdevant is widely regarded as the father of the land grant colleges. and in addition to WJB, a fellow named John Wesley Powell was also a student....He of the Grand Canyon fame. It is a Phi Beta Kappa institution and is one of the few colleges in the US that continues the tradition of the Literary Society.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11th, 2007 05:52 am |
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Daniel Sauerwein
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Ed,
I think half of Beecher (the north half I believe) was built in 1829. At least that is what the plaque on it says.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11th, 2007 05:58 am |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11th, 2007 01:00 pm |
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Jacksonville,Illinois...named after Andrew is an interesting town in its own right. It is a small community of 30,000 or so and boasts two colleges...Illinois College and MacMurray College. It also is home to the Illinois school for the Deaf, and the Illinois Visually handicapped Institute (Blind School). If that were not enought, there is a Developmental Center, formerly a State Hospital, dating to the 1870's, two book binderies and a prision. If you go to the museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian, in Washington, you will see on display outside a bandstand from the turn of the 20th century. That bandstand came from the grounds of the Jacksonville State Hospital
all in all a charming town..
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