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NEWS &NOTES
VOLUME XXXV | SPRING 2021
Alumni Association of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
www.clscalumni.com
WHAT CAN CHAUTAUQUANS EXPECT FOR THE 2021 SEASON?
The programming for the 2021 summer season at Chautauqua Institution Regarding facility use, the Institution is planning to hold as many
is still very much up in the air. Like schools, sports venues, restaurants, things as they safely can on the grounds. Lectures, musical programs,
and so many other facilities, Chautauqua’s planning is somewhat at the classes (both student and special studies), author presentations,
mercy of recommendations and decisions coming from the State of New religious programs, and many more events are competing for
York. Of necessity, when Covid cases and death rates fluctuate, so do space and time in a limited number of buildings that can be open.
guidelines, and therefore, programming decisions. Institution programming is going to take up more space than it does
in a typical summer, simply because distancing becomes an issue
On Wednesday, February 3, Deborah Sunya Moore, Senior Vice with capacity. The Amphitheater, for instance, will be used much
President and Chief Program Officer, Shannon Rozner, Senior Vice more frequently because its size allows for more people to be seated
President of Community Relations and General Counsel, and Emily a safe distance from each other and the crowd size can be easily
Morris, Senior Vice President and Chief Brand Officer met via Zoom monitored via gate access. The Hall of Philosophy is more difficult
with the community programs of Chautauqua Institution. The to monitor and much smaller in size and therefore, if it is used at all,
meeting was informative and reassuring, as they strove to answer it may be used for smaller events – like a music class. The Institution
the concerns brought before them. is also planning to hold more events outdoors this season. Once
Institution programming is in place, they are hoping to be able to
So what can Chautauquans expect for the 2021 season? How can add in some community events.
they plan? “We don’t know as much as we wish we did,” Ms. Rozner
said. She states that much of the decision making is out of the What does all this mean for the Alumni Association and the CLSC
Institution’s control for the moment. Administrators are making some specifically? Several weeks ago, Sony Ton-Aime informed us that
decisions based on assumptions, while leaving other decisions until the CLSC Octagon and the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall
more information from the state is available. “There are five things would remain closed for the 2021 season. That has not changed.
we don’t know for every one thing we know,” she said. “We don’t He also stated, “…we are planning for a Recognition Day/Week
expect to be free-flowing this summer in any sense,” Ms. Morris that honors the CLSC Class of 2021 while keeping the health of
agreed. “It’s still too early to know what the guidelines will look graduates and all others as our highest priority. We hope to carry
like.” Ms. Moore stated that the situation is very much in an “if, then” the positives from this past summer’s Recognition Day online
place. “If New York and the guidelines allow and ceremony into 2021 while also looking at the
we can do it safely, then…”, she explained. GLIMPSE OF possibility of on-grounds events that can be
SUMMER 2020 held safely. Returning to something that is as
Administrators used the month of February to close as possible to our normal celebration is
work on safety plans. They are in contact with our planning vision.”
state personnel, asking for updated guidelines as
soon as they are available. In the meantime, they Five CLSC books have been selected for the 2021
are discussing which facilities can be used, what season. You will find them listed elsewhere in this
the capacity of those facilities can be according newsletter. At this time, all author presentations
to guidelines, how to control crowd sizes in those will take place via an online platform. Please
facilities, how to distance patrons who are waiting be sure to check the dates, times, and platform
in line for events, what the protocol will be if locations of these events if you are interested in
either a patron or staff member tests positive for hearing an author speak.
the virus, what cleaning procedures need to be in
place, and many other questions. They do not yet Change can be unsettling, but in times like these,
know if testing will be required, if temperatures it is necessary. Ms. Moore summed it up by saying,
will need to be taken, or to what extent they will “This will be a summer unto itself.” There will be
be able to work in conjunction with local health changes. Some changes will be advantageous,
care facilities. One thing is apparent: Vaccine and the Institution will consider keeping them.
distribution will not be the silver bullet everyone Others will merely be a learning experience.
hoped for. The Institution is not considering Guarding the Golden Gate on What matters most is that we continue to carry the
vaccine availability a determinative factor in its Recognition Day missions of Chautauqua Institution, the CLSC, and
plans to try to mitigate the spread of the virus. the Alumni Association into 2021 and beyond.
PRESIDENT’S LETTER 2021 CLSC TRUSTEES
I shall not comment on 2020 as many others have done EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
so—ad nauseam. Let me simply say that your CLSC
PRESIDENT
Alumni Association is alive and well. Dick Karslake (Class of 1999)
rck6207@gmail.com
The Class of 2020 held the first-ever virtual graduation
VICE PRESIDENT BLDGS & GROUNDS
that will be long remembered. But 2021 will be
Bill Crittenden (Class of 1975)
interesting in that we will not only have a Class of 2021 charcrittenden@me.com
complete with vigil, banner, and graduation but we will
VICE PRESIDENT EDUCATION
possibly also make up for some of the missed events of Jack McCredie (Class of 2000)
2020. Stay tuned as the schedules for ‘return to normal’ mccredie@berkeley.edu
and the ‘can’t-yet-return-to-normal’ are being made. VICE PRESIDENT EVENTS
Griff McDonald (Class of 2016)
In the meantime, steady activity has been going on griffmcdonald@gmail.com
behind the scenes—where many people are operating these days—to enhance the
VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE
operation of your Alumni Association. Don Greenhouse ’00, our Treasurer, and Jim Jim Kullberg (Class of 1998)
Kullberg ’98, our Finance Committee Chairman, are working to incorporate QuickBooks judyjimkullberg@yahoo.com
Online into our accounting system. Fortunately, a member of the class of 2012, Paul Ritacco VICE PRESIDENT
II, is an expert at making precisely this accounting program change and is working long GUILD OF SEVEN SEALS
and hard with Don and Jim to make it happen. This upgrade of QuickBooks, along with the Gary Doebler (Class of 1989)
new membership management software that our Technology Committee (Dick Karslake, garydoebler@gmail.com
Kathy Hurst, Pat McDonald, Griff McDonald, Laura Ryan, and John Ford) is evaluating, will VICE PRESIDENT HISTORY
provide us with improved communications with our members. Other member advantages & TRADITIONS
Mary Lee Talbot (Class of 1974)
include the opportunity to have “shopping cart” capabilities so that individual members
mltalbot@aol.com
can shop various areas of interest. One-stop shopping will include membership categories
VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP
(Life, Annual dues, Class dues, and Guild of Seven Seals dues), items we offer for sale
Pat McDonald (Class of 1978)
(history books, banner books, tee-shirts, stoles), and additional items (white gifts, tickets pat.plpmcd@gmail.com
for the Gala and other special functions). Members will be able to pay with one credit
RECORDING SECRETARY
card payment which the system automatically places in the appropriate category on the Laura Ryan (Class of 2017)
books. These changes will not only make it easier for all of us to support our organization lauracryan@nyu.edu
by encouraging and facilitating our financial involvement but also make it easier for the TREASURER
information to be posted with speed and accuracy—without a measureable amount Donald C. Greenhouse (Class of 2000)
of manual bookkeeping. A great amount of appreciation is due to those working on dgreenhouse@roadrunner.com
this project.
NEWS & NOTES
Pat McDonald ’78 and her Silent Auction Committee, after a successful 2020 effort, are
CLSC Alumni Association
working on the 2021 version. The Technology Committee believes that this new system,
P.O.Box 1034
in addition to providing many membership benefits, will also help us expand our income
opportunities. Griff McDonald ’16 has been key in this whole process due to both his Chautauqua, NY 14722
proximity to Pat and his membership on the Finance Committee. Thanks, Griff!
clscalumni@gmail.com
www.clscalumni.com
Bill Crittenden ’75 and his wife, Charlotte ’67 (yes, that’s 100 years of alumni experience
between them!) are both to be shown appreciation for their care of Alumni Hall and our
invaluable banner collection. Charlotte has not only worked with the banner committees
of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 but also, is storing ‘stuff’ in the dormant Alumni Hall for
our next, highly-anticipated Silent Auction.
Finally, I would like to commend our Executive Secretary, Kathy Hurst ’18, for all of HELP US CONSERVE
her positive efforts. She had but a few hours of training with Cate Whitcomb ’16, has
RESOURCES
not yet spent a full day—much less a season—inside of Alumni Hall with her present
responsibilities, yet has become fully involved in producing informative newsletters and
If you would prefer to receive NEWS &
facilitating many varied activities that comprise our organization. Kathy deserves all of our
NOTES electronically, just let us know via
email at AlumAssocExecSec@gmail.com.
support and accolades for all she has done and is doing.
It will help us be more eco-friendly and
— Dick Karslake, rck6207@gmail.com reduce our printing and mailing costs!
2 NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S LETTER THE VISIONARY CLASS OF 2020
Hello! On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, the Visionary Class of the CLSC
made history. They were the first to graduate virtually. While many of
the traditions such as the vigil, processions, and luncheons had to be
I recently watched a video clip of the Ellen
postponed, each graduate was given a chance to shine individually
DeGeneres show. Ellen asked a millennial
by sending in a photograph of themselves.Since the class was
from the audience to come down and load
honoring the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, they choose
film into a 35mm camera. Upon opening
yellow as their class color, the color also chosen by the women of the
the box of film and the film canister, the
suffragette movement. Many of the class members included yellow
young lady then pulled some of the film
in their graduation pictures.
out, exposing it to the studio lights. Noting
the audience’s reaction, she asked Ellen, The breaking of new ground is often a struggle but forging ahead
“Am I not supposed to do that?” After finally figuring out how to onto that new ground can bring about changes for the good. We
open the camera, with some coaching from Ellen, she pulled out proudly honor the Class of 2020 and their willingness to go where no
more film in an attempt to get it loaded into the camera correctly. class has gone before.
The audience again reacted, and she said, “Maybe I should roll it
back up?”
Sony Ton-Aime, Director of
While this task may seem simple for many of us and we may laugh at Literary Arts, and Stephine
this poor girl’s struggle, it was a change for her. Change is difficult. Hunt, CLSC Octagon Manager,
It produces anxiety brought about by fear of failure, humiliation, and conduct the Recognition Day
frustration. As much as we may resent change, silver linings can be ceremonies.
found if we are inclined to look for them. We may miss those bygone
days of 35 mm cameras, but it is an impressive feat to be able to snap
Michael Hill, President
a picture on a cell phone and send it - in the moment - to as many
of Chautauqua
people as we like.
Institution reads
COVID-19 has forced us to accept many changes this year. We wear Stephine Hunt’s name
masks. Meetings and events have moved to an online format. For a as she graduates from
few months, we had to hunt down essentials we previously took for the CLSC
granted. We no longer shake hands, attend large gatherings, or travel
long distances. We missed holiday gatherings, school functions, and The Past - Our Heritage
Sunday morning worship.
The Present - Our Responsibility
But there were definite silver linings to be found. The earth began to The Future - Our Challenge
heal. Street crimes dropped, as did the number of car crashes. Family
time significantly increased. Parents have a better understanding of
what teachers do. People made music from balconies. We slowed
down and took stock of our lives and priorities. Employees caught
glimpses into each other’s private lives, making it easier for them to
bond and sympathize with each other’s struggles.
Last year, thanks to the hard work of Pat McDonald, Debra Dinnocenzo,
and the rest of our silent auction committee, the Alumni Association was
able to hold a highly successful online silent auction. Paul Ritacco II put
together an online Eventide program that was excellent! Chautauqua
Institution moved the writers’ classes and authors’ presentations to
an online format, and they were as inspiring and informative as ever. THE INAUGURAL VINCENT CLASS
Each member of the Class of 2020 was recognized individually, as was
our inaugural class of Vincent graduates. Congratulations to this fine group of
readers! Each of them achieved the rank
There are more changes coming for the Alumni Association and we will of the Vincent Echelon of the Exalted
keep you apprised of them as they happen. Some of those changes Order of the Chautauqua Founders on
may feel uncomfortable. I encourage you to keep the words of George Recognition Day 2020, having read a
Bernard Shaw in mind. “Progress is impossible without change, and minimum of 201 CLSC selections.
those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
Catherine F. Backlund • Barbara Daly Blanchard • Alice Cripe
Please feel free to contact me at alumassocexecsec@gmail.com. Karen Douds • Leslie Holder • Jeff Innes • Patricia Killewald
Kathy
Jeffery Miller • M. Sue Richardson • Janet Yauch
Always,
NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021 3
TREASURER’S REPORT 2020
E V E N T S
In view of the closing of the Institution and Alumni Hall,
All meetings and events will be the 2020 was a success. Our results were heavily impacted,
held online via Zoom but thanks to the generous involvement of our Alumni and
volunteers, we arrive at 2021 with our Treasury in excellent
2021 COMMITTEE MEETINGS shape. Following are the highlights of 2020:
THURSDAY, JUNE 24 – 9:00 AM Finance Committee • Our investments increased by 15.5% in value from 12-31-2019.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25 – 4:00 PM Executive Committee • Although our operating results were negative, they were
MONDAY, JUNE 28 – 4:00 PM Trustees Committee significantly better by 20% than our revised budget/plan. Total
MONDAY, JULY 19 – 4:00 PM Executive Committee revenue was 3 times greater than the revised 2020 budget/plan.
MONDAY, AUGUST 2 – 4:00 PM Trustees Committee Expenses exceed the plan by 20% mostly due to use of Zoom
MONDAY, AUGUST 16 – 4:00 PM Executive Committee for meeting, and other expenses required to operate in the
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 – 9:00 AM Finance Committee 2020 environment.
As a member of either of these groups, it is your obligation to attend • Even without the Great American Picnic, thanks to the hard
the meetings or send a substitute. There are only five meetings work of Pat McDonald and Carol Collins, we raised $2,800 from
for Executive Committee members, plus two for all Trustees. Each the silent auction through the use of Zoom and credit cards,
meeting lasts an hour. getting it all done from scratch.
• Brick sales continued at $3,750 for the year. Kathy Heimann
2021 CLSC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and Kathy Hurst deserve our thanks for a wonderful job.
SPECIAL EVENTS • We collected $9,000 through class dues etc., and currently hold
RECOGNITION DAY FOR THE CLASS OF 2021 just over $54,000 for the classes.
Wednesday, August 4
• Total donations, white gifts and alumni dues were $5,000, in
BRYANT DAY line with prior years.
Saturday, August 21
• We supported scholarships for local High School Seniors and
Guild of Seven Seals
teachers by providing $1,700 to cover the cost for the summer,
while maintaining a balance of $47,000 in the fund.
In summary we hope this gives a clear view of the activities in which
We are the “Guild of Seven Seals” we are engaged. All of this was accomplished while maintaining
founded in 1887 at Chautauqua as our healthy cash/investments and is a good summary of how we
the graduate level of the Chautauqua
weathered the 2020 season.
Literary and Scientific Circle. The
Guild’s motto is; “To learn, to teach, Should you have any questions regarding these data, please let me
to serve, to enjoy”. Our “Objective” know. Our executive secretary, Kathy Hurst, will also be happy to
as written at Chautauqua in 1887 answer your questions.
is “To emphasize the spirit of the CLSC, to stimulate members to
continue reading books, and following other lines of study offered CONSIDERING PURCHASING A BRICK
by the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle”
for the walkway at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall?
We “Seals” welcome all CLSC graduates to join the Guild. The Guild
For more information, visit
is all about lifelong learning and great books. To learn more about
clscalumni.com and
us and what we do please peruse the CLSC Alumni web page at
select the Brick Program
www.clscalumni.com
under Alumni Info. A
Many of our traditional undertakings designed to support our brick order form can be
secondary goal “To emphasize the spirit of the CLSC” are still in printed from this site. You
the planning stage due to our support of Chautauqua’s Covid also can contact me at
-19 protocol. Events like our traditional “New Seals Graduates 352.249.7640 and I will
Luncheon” and post Vigil gathering are on hold awaiting the final provide you with information and
Covid19 Protocol. However, you can rest assured that once the final mail a form to you.
Protocol is in-hand, and plans are finalized, that we will inform you
The deadline has passed to order a brick for 2020 placement. If
via e-mail and CLSC Web Page posts. Until then, we can all look
you place an order postmarked by December 31, 2021, it will be
forward to greeting each other and enjoying Guild functions during
installed in 2022 prior to the Chautauqua Summer Season.
the 2021 Season. “Onward Upward Still Appeals, We’re The Guild
of Seven Seals” — Kathy Heimann, Brick Project Coordinator
4 NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021
THE CIRCLE SCHOLARSHIPS
Last summer, three new scholarship recipients joined our group, for the Chautauqua Literary and Science Circle Scholarship in early
giving the Alumni Association a total of seven recipients. They 2020. With all the craziness of a global pandemic happening in
forged ahead when the Literary Arts department made the decision March, it was a very quiet induction into the group and very nearly
to move the writers’ classes into an online platform. I know from got lost in the shuffle of my emails. Despite not being able to be on
corresponding and talking with all of them, that they have enjoyed the Chautauqua Institution grounds for the summer season, I had a
the Circle Scholarships immensely. They feel the writing classes have very enjoyable virtual writing workshop.
stretched them, helping them to build confidence in their writing
skills. For some, the classes have also helped them along their I participated in the Prose Workshop: On Holding Attention with
personal journeys. Jack Wang. Initially, I was very intimidated by the members of the
workshop, as some of them have been published or close to that
Norma DeJoy is a teacher at Jamestown point. It was inclusive and I received great feedback from the class
High School. She is a life-long learner who on a story I have been working on for years. I also provided feedback
embraces a growth mindset and who is always on the writings of other members.
looking for new learning opportunities. Her
goals include reading often and widely, I have taken much of what I learned in the workshop and passed it
exploring other cultures through immersive along to the members of the writing group I oversee at the Ahira
experiences, and participating in experiences Hall Memorial Library. The workshop members also formed a virtual
that foster all types of creative expression. writing group after the class ended and I try to attend when I can.
Norma says, “Last summer, The Circle I read several of the titles on the CLSC 2020 reading list and have
Scholarship provided by the CLSC Alumni reviewed past lists for more titles. I frequently use the reading lists to
Association created an opportunity for me to recommend titles to patrons at the library as well.
interact with writers from around the country
in an engaging and supportive environment. Professor Jacob White Thank you for selecting me for as a 2020 CLSC Scholarship winner.
helped me re-envision and reflect on the writing process through
fieldwork and creation of an original work of fiction. The course Sarah Deault comes to us from the library of Bemus Point Elementary
honed my reading and writing skills through drafting and constructive School. She loves reading, kickboxing, cooking, family time, and
feedback from him and other participants. This rewarding experience fulfilling her bucket list of travels. She is compassionate in everything
re-awakened my love of reading and writing and taught me new she does – including teaching. She loves taking all that she has
devices to share with my own students.” learned and bringing it back to her students to inspire them and
encourage them to dream big. Sarah wants her students to have
Merrie Hanmann is the Assistant Director at confidence in both finding themselves and in having the courage to
the Ahira Hall Memorial Library in Brocton, make their mark upon the world in which we live. She wants to keep
NY. Merrie states that she has always loved opening her world a little bit bigger every year and keep trying new
learning and reading and tries to share that things. She tries to capture her experiences in writing. She also loves
love with the others around her. She enjoys Chautauqua and finds it to be one of her happy places where she can
working with people and children, especially connect, recharge, and grow!
tweens and teens. In her spare time, she likes
to write for fun. She also loves to explore new On August 21 at the Brown Bag Event, Sarah’s instructor, Poet-in-
titles that she has not been expose to as she Residence, Lori Jakiela, asked Sarah to share one of the pieces she
typically reads Young Adult or Fantasy titles. wrote. It was so moving and you can see this scholarship opportunity
Merrie writes, “As a librarian I love books and making a difference in Sarah’s life. Here is the link to that event: porch.
I also dabble in writing. On a whim, I applied chq.org/re/event/332 Her piece begins about the 30 minute mark.
RETURNING THIS SUMMER...
The CLSC Alumni Association Auction —
in real life and/or virtually—and our scholarship fund,
which pays for local residents to attend classes—depends on it!
If you have items to donate and can save them until spring, that would be great!
If you are on the Grounds this winter, email Pat McDonald at pat.plpmcd@gmail.com
or Caroline Young at carolineyoung724@gmail.com to arrange a drop off or pick up.
We would especially appreciate donations of antiques, furniture, art special pottery or
ceramics, linens, quilts, jewelry, collectibles and Chautauqua memorabilia. Thank you!
NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021 5
CHAUTAUQUA AND ANTHONY COMSTOCK
The Chautauquan Magazine was a major source of the required In his letter to Bestor about the incident, Bray said that John Lord
reading for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle from 1880 O’Brien, the United States attorney in Buffalo, was “not favorable to
to 1914. This is the story of an encounter The Chautauquan’s staff had the reproduction,” but his instructions to postal inspector Johnson
with Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Commission. This story “were to caution us (The Chautauquan), under section 2111 of the
first appeared in Chautauqua’s Heart, a history of the CLSC published Postal Laws against Obscene, Lewd, Lascivious, Indecent Publications
in 2017. having an Immoral Purpose.” Johnson told Bray the matter was
over as far as he was concerned but he wanted “a full statement
The Chautauquan did not leave the publishing scene without one last regarding the matter” from Bray. Bray ended his note to Bestor with
bit of notoriety. Its February 1914 issue caught the attention of Anthony the observation that prosecution for mailing objectionable material
Comstock, a postal inspector and founder of the New York Society was by a jury trial with a maximum penalty of $5,000 or five years
for the Suppression of Vice. A powerful censor of sexually explicit in jail, but the Post Office had “the power to exclude from second
materials, he pushed the passage of the Comstock Act in 1873 to ban mail privileges on its own judgment for any matter of this kind.”
the use of the U.S. Post Office to send marriage manuals, materials
on contraception and venereal disease, erotica, sex toys or personal The story made headlines in The New York World on February 21,
letters containing or alluding to sexual content or information. He 1914: “Naughty Chautauquan on Look Out for Comstock!” George
alerted the New York City police to the content of George Bernard Vincent, then president of Chautauqua Institution, wrote to Bray on
Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and had copies of the play March 11, 1914.
removed from library shelves. He was a nemesis of Margaret Sanger.
I am returning your memorandum about the Chautauquan for
In February 1914, The Chautauquan published a photo of a nude February 7th. This is interesting. When you consider the kind of stuff
male statue called “Faun from Lake Nemi,’ a part of the classical that is being published everywhere in these days, such discrimination
art collection of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. The as this is thoroughly typical of bureaucrats. I dare say there will be no
readings for the 1913-14 CLSC reading year included a book, The further allusion to the matter.
Message of Greek Art, by Dr. H.H. Powers and the article in The
Chautauquan was designed to let readers know where they might find Comstock died in September 1915. The Comstock Act has never been
classical art in the United States. repealed. It was a strange episode in the life of a magazine designed
to help adults use their leisure time in efficacious ways. As Bray wrote
As Frank Chapin Bray, the editor, explained in a letter to Mr. L. A. to Johnson, “’The Chautauquan’ is about the last place toward which
Johnson, the postal inspector in Buffalo, Mr. Comstock had called people are apt to look for prurient material.”
the New York City office maintained by The Chautauquan at The
Church News in Union Square on or about February 13. There was
no representative of The Chautauquan in the office, so Comstock ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The above, written by Mary Lee Talbot, is a
spoke with Mr. E. M. Camp, manager of The Church News. Camp brief excerpt from her book “Chautauqua’s Heart: A History of the
referred Comstock to the main Chautauqua office, but Comstock Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle”. The book, written in 2017,
told Camp to pass along his notification that no more issues of the follows the history of the CLSC from its founding in 1878 to present
February Chautauquan were to be mailed. Camp, according to Bray, day. It is filled with fascinating facts and stories and is an outstanding
told Comstock that the entire edition had already been mailed but he reference tool. You may purchase the book on our CLSC alumni page at
would let The Chautauquan know of Mr. Comstock’s edict and that tinyurl.com/1j4x56a3 or by mailing a check for $32 to Alumni
Comstock would lay the matter of prosecution before the government. Association, PO Box 1034, Chautauqua, NY 14722.
Thank you for sharing with us, Mary Lee!
Bray was at The Church News office on February 17. He sent
instructions to his office not to mail any more copies of that issue and
wrote to Arthur Bestor, then the director of Chautauqua Institution, of Get your copy of
the situation. Because the actual office of The Chautauquan was not
in the Southern District of New York but in the Buffalo district, Bray
Chautauqua’s Heart
online at:
addressed his explanation to Johnson, the Buffalo post inspector. He
tinyurl.com/1j4x56a3
noted that the photo and its description had already been published in
the journal of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in 1910 and It can also be purchased at Alumni
that it had been included in The Chautauquan under the supervision Hall, the Chautauqua Bookstore, or by
of the assistant editor who was the former Dean of Women at the mailing a check to Alumni Association,
University of the South. Bray also told the inspector that his office had PO Box 1034, Chautauqua, NY 14722.
only received one letter criticizing the publication of the photo. Bray
closed his letter asking if it was possible to mail the issue along with Cost is $28 plus $4 S&H
other back numbers of The Chautauquan to its representatives who Order one for your local library
were enrolling new members at Chautauqua assemblies in the South and provide this great reference for
since all issues contained required reading for the CLSC course. In a readers and scholars.
note received on March 28, 1914, the answer appeared to be no.
6 NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021
2021-2022 CLSC SELECTIONS FAQs
This is the current list of CLSC Selections for 2021-2022. Rust: A Memoir
of Steel and Grit by Eliese Colette Goldbach was announced on Bryant Q I have read more CLSC books. How can I add them to
Day in August. Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro my list?
was announced at Christmastime, Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha A There are two ways to do this:
was announced at the end of January, and The Riches of This Land • CLSCbooks.org is a site that allows you to log on and
by Jim Tankersley and On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What keep track of your own books. After creating an account,
It Means to Disappear by Lynn Casteel Harper were announced in click on “Add Book to My List”. The entire database of CLSC
early February. As they are announced, they are listed on the Alumni books will open. You can narrow down the list by typing in a
Association’s Facebook page and an email is sent out to all alumni. title or an author’s name. Click on “Add Book” and the book
You can also find a list of all CLSC selections on the Chautauqua is added to your list.
Bookstore’s website at www.chautauquabookstore.com. • If you prefer not to use technology, you may make a list of
your books and either email the list to clsc@chq.org or send
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the fact that the Hall of it via the postal service to CLSC, PO Box 28, Chautauqua, NY
Philosophy will NOT be hosting author presentations 14722. The staff at the CLSC will enter your books into your
this summer, these presentations will be on the account. Don’t forget to include your name on the list you
online platforms. Some of the presentations will be send in.
in March and April, rather than in season.
Q Would you send me the complete list of the 2021 CLSC
selections?
THURSDAY, MARCH 11 A Typically, the complete list isn’t available until about mid-
at 7:00 PM June. As new books are announced, the Alumni Association
will post them on its Facebook page or send them out in an
James Shapiro’s
email. At the time of this writing, five of the selections for the
presentation will be on the 2021 season have been made.
CHQ Assembly Platform
Q Can I pay my dues or buy a brick online?
A At this time, you cannot pay your dues or buy a brick
THURSDAY, APRIL 8 online. We are working on it, though, and hope to have that
at 7:00 PM option available to all of you sometime in 2021. We will send
out an email and post it on Facebook when the credit/debit
Steph Cha’s presentation card system up and running. In the meantime, you may mail
will be on the CHQ your dues payments to The Alumni Association of the CLSC,
Assembly Platform PO Box 1034, Chautauqua, NY 14722.
A dues form and a brick order form are included in this
newsletter.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22
at 7:00 PM
GLIMPSE OF SUMMER 2020
Eliese Colette Goldbach’s
presentation will be on the
CHQ Assembly Platform
2020 bricks awaiting
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 installation
at 3:30 PM
Jim Tankersley’s
presentation will be on the
CHQ Assembly Platform
These benches sat on
the porch of Alumni Hall
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 last summer, waiting for
at 3:30 PM readers to visit. Charlotte
Lynn Casteel Harper’s Crittenden assured us
presentation will be on the that folks did indeed
CHQ Assembly Platform pause during their day to
read on our porch.
NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021 7
2021 CLASS NEWS
CLASS OF 1978 As with so many other things in 2020, the Class CLASS OF 2006 The Class of 2006 continues
of 1978 was not able to meet. Many members however were able to collect CLSC books for the Little Free Library
to participate in other ways, such as paying class and CSLC Alumni located on the grounds of Alumni Hall. We
Association dues and attending Association Board meetings-via distributed close to 200 books from the CLSC
Zoom. We plan to hold our annual class meeting in Bestor Plaza list in 2019. We hope to exceed that number
on Monday, August 2, 2021 at 4:00 PM and to participate in any in the coming years. To do so, we need all
Recognition Day activities that may take place. — Dana McKnight CLSC members’ help with donations of used
CLSC books. During the season, you can drop
off books in the donation box under the Little
Free Library. Thanks for your participation in
our “LFL” project as we attempt to get CLSC
books to as many people as possible.
— Sandi Stupiansky
CLASS OF 2009 The class of 2009 met for two virtual gatherings on
zoom. We were all so happy just to see each other’s faces and check
in on our classmates. We shared book recommendations and the
hope for bright summer days together in the future.
— Carrie Zachry
Class of 2000
CLASS OF 2000 Last year we were planning a celebration of our CLASS OF 2014 CLSC Class of 2014 was active in their participation
twenty years as a class of readers! So many of our classmates are of continued levels of graduation at the virtual Recognition Day 2020.
involved in so many aspects of Chautauqua and continue their We are proud to have so many participate and the only class that had
commitment to the CLSC program and the Alumni Association. So! two that achieved the inaugural class of the Vincent Echelon level.
We are planning for a twenty plus one reunion at the Athenaeum — Mary Lou Parlato
Hotel at noon on Wednesday, August 4. Classmates can just let Ellen CLSC Class of 2014 Graduates Achieving
Chamberlin, Class Secretary, know if they can attend the luncheon. 2020 Guild of Seven Seals Levels:
No advance payment is necessary. Please let Ellen know by July 25 Seven Seals Donna M Dominick Vincent Echelon
if you plan to attend so the hotel can set up for us. Ellen’s contact is Olympian Ann McLaughlin (Inaugural Class)
erc@ncweb.com or after June 30th: 716-753-7170. For class members Catherine F. Backlund
Centurion Grace S. Lipman
who are not able to attend, please send any remembrances or M. Sue Richardson
Genevieve Madden-Koch
greeting you wish to convey to the class to Ellen. During the reunion
Alice Pedersen
we would like to acknowledge our classmates who have died, so
please let John Dilley, Yvonne McCredie or Ellen Chamberlin know
of any classmates whom you know have passed in the last 20 years
so we may properly acknowledge them. Karen Goodell has taken on GLIMPSE OF SUMMER 2020
the Hall of Philosophy mosaic project so we will be looking forward
to an update on that project. For the Summer of 2021, we plan to
fund CLSC scholarships for young adults (ages 16-23). We will again Petina Gappah,
offer to pay for Chautauqua employees and students’ membership author of the 2020
in the CLSC. This project had just started to grow during the summer Chautauqua Prize
of 2019. I have included a picture from Recognition Day 2019 so we Winner, “Out of
can all be reminded of what fun Recognition Day is and look forward Darkness, Shining
to our 20 Plus 1 Reunion. — Ellen Chamberlain Light”.
CLASS OF 2003 Greetings to all CLSC Class of 2003! We missed
seeing all on the Holec’s porch during summer, 2020. Stay current
with your reading and remember to enter your completed books
on the CLSC website, clscbooks.org. Perhaps we’ll be able to see
one another on the CHQ grounds next season. Stay safe and happy
reading! — Sharon Thawley Roof work on
Alumni Hall
CLASS OF 2004 We are looking forward to gathering again this season
and enjoying some of our traditional activities. Especially our class potluck
and, of course, the annual march behind our beautiful banner. Our class
members have had an extra year of reading and we look forward to
sharing all the good reads we have enjoyed. — Susan Fowler
8 NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE
DUES PAYMENT FORM
NAME: First Middle Last
SPOUSE NAME:
ADDRESS (summer):
Street City State Zip
ADDRESS (winter):
Street City State Zip
TELEPHONE:
Home Cell
EMAIL: DATE:
NOTE: By providing your address and email you agree to receive communications from the Alumni Association.
DUES ANNUAL AMOUNT
Annual Dues to Support Alumni Hall and the Alumni Association $10.00
(optional for Life Members)
Life Time Membership in the Alumni Association (one time) $100.00
Guild of the 7 Seals $5.00
Your Class: _________ Class dues (suggested minimum) $10.00
Contribution to Class Kate Kimball White Gift * Any amount
*DONATIONS TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
GIFTS & DONATIONS AMOUNT
Order Chautauqua’s Heart $28.00 Unrestricted Gift
Shipping 4.00 Alumni Hall
Pick-up at Alumni Hall -0- Banner Maintenance
Add to TOTAL Pioneer Hall
Library
OTHER
Total of all Amounts
Chautauqua’s Heart
TOTAL
Make your check payable to ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of the CLSC
Please mail to Post Office Box 1034, Chautauqua, NY 14722
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Use: Copy Given________ Entered in Data Base_______ Recorded on Cash Deposit Form_______
_____Cash ____Check ______Credit Card _____ CLSC membership card
NEWS & NOTES Spring 2021 9
BECOME A SPECIAL PART OF CHAUTAUQUA
Sponsor a Brick in the Walkway from Wythe Avenue to Alumni Hall
All Chautauquans are invited to participate!
This ongoing project began with the first bricks being placed in 2012. To date, almost 650 bricks
honoring family and friends, remembering a loved one, commemorating events, honoring a graduating
class, and so forth grace the front walkway of the historic Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.
If you place an order postmarked by December 31, 2021, it will be installed in 2022 prior to
Chautauqua’s summer season.
Each brick is $100. A brick having the CLSC logo as the first line is $110. Please be sure everything is
spelled correctly and that punctuation as well as upper and lower case letters are printed exactly as you
want them to appear. The text is centered (left-right) on the brick. If sponsoring more than one brick,
please complete a form for each brick.
Name _____________________________________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________________
City ______________________________________________ State ___________________ Zip ___________
Email _______________________________________________ Best Phone # __________________________
Please Print Clearly (20 characters per line including punctuation and spaces)
1st line or CLSC logo __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2nd Line __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
3rd Line __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Total amount enclosed $ _________________
Checks are payable to the Alumni Association of the CLSC. Please mail, the completed order form and
check to:
Alumni Association of the CLSC
PO Box 1034
Chautauqua, NY 14722
Questions?
Contact: Kathy Heimann kwalton3024@gmail.com Phone: 352-249-7640
100% of your donation for the purchase of a brick is deductible for tax purposes since the Alumni
Association of the CLSC is a 501c3 corporation.
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PO Box 28
Non-Profit Org.
CLSC Alumni Association
PO Box 1034 US Postage Paid
Chautauqua, NY 14722 Chautauqua, NY
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