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Gwen Drury – “The Wisconsin Idea: How Do We Define the Concept that Defines Us?”<\/h2>\n
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Gwen Drury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“When Gwen Drury started researching the expansive,\u00a0100-year history of the Wisconsin Idea,<\/a>\u00a0she was impressed by the university\u2019s culture and the rich stories of how it manifested itself again and again during the last century. \u00a0But she also discovered that people\u2019s knowledge and opinions about it had changed significantly, and the only way that today\u2019s UW alumni and friends could truly appreciate their shared history was to learn about it \u2014 and more importantly, to discuss it with each other.” \u00a0Wendy Kraus Hathaway, WAA<\/em><\/p>\n

Drury received undergraduate degrees in History and English at Frostburg State University.<\/p>\n

Click here to view actual lecture from September 12th.<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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PLEASE JOIN US on Wednesday, September 13th at 7 p.m<\/strong>.for a special screening of “Howard’s End”<\/strong>, in the Marquee Theatre of Union South.\u00a0(Film rental funded by a gift from Gerald Campbell, Professor Emeritus – Ag and Applied Economics and Former Vice-Chancellor of UW-Extension)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Assigned Readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Wisconsin Idea: The Vision That Made Wisconsin Famous” by Gwen Drury<\/a><\/p>\n

Just read the essay, \u00a0links are optional.<\/p>\n

“Great American Universities” by Edwin Emery Slosson<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 7 ONLY, begins on page 210.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gwen\u2019s Suggested readings\/resources<\/strong> for week of September 12, 2017<\/p>\n

1) The 1848\u2019ers<\/strong> (brief book review on the subject political refugees from a wave of
\nunsuccessful revolutions against absolute monarchy that swept many countries in
\nEurope around 1848. Many of these well-educated, middle class refugees settled in
\nWisconsin, right as statehood was declared, especially Germans)
\nhttps:\/\/scholarworks.iu.edu\/journals\/index.php\/imh\/article\/view\/8017\/9747<\/a><\/p>\n

2) The \u201cDollar Princesses\u201d and the potential rise of an aristocracy in America,<\/strong>
\ndue to fortunes based on new technologies<\/strong> (steam ships and railroads, in the
\ncase of the Vanderbilts)\u00a0 http:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/The-story-of-Consuelo-Vanderbilts-marriage-to-the-Duke-of-Marlborough-7745-1.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

3) Coronation of Edward VII in 1902<\/strong>
\nSilent film clip on Youtube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lomlHuC6eYI<\/a>
\nNo need to watch the whole film clip \u2013 but DO watch the segment from 3:05-3:10.<\/em>
\nNote what happens at the exact moment the king is crowned\u2026. (Crowns are not just
\n\u201cbling\u201d that rich people wear)
\nThe entire English aristocracy \u2013 all present at Westminster Abbey \u2013 simultaneously
\nplace their own family crowns on their own heads. The crowns symbolize their own
\nplaces \u2013 determined by family ties and inheritance \u2013 in the religious, social, and
\ngovernmental power structure of England. Consuelo Vanderbilt\u2019s parents
\npurchased family ties in this power structure by forcing her to marry the Duke of
\nMarlborough, against her will.
\nAmerican heiress Jenny Jerome, Winston Churchill\u2019s mother, appears to have been
\nhappy to marry into that same English family.<\/p>\n

4) Whose Property Rights?<\/strong> Logging and rivers in Wisconsin
\nJohn Dietz Defender of Cameron Dam (very short piece)
\nhttps:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/Records\/Article\/CS2487<\/a><\/p>\n

5) How did Conservation, defined as \u201cthe greatest good, for the greatest<\/strong>
\nnumber, and for the longest time\u201d come to be so important in Wisconsin?<\/strong> See
\nCurt Meine\u2019s talk<\/a>, from the 2016 course web page. But also consider this:
\nPassenger Pigeon \u2013 an extinct species<\/strong>
\nWhile learning to think in geological time frames, Charles Van Hise<\/strong> would also have
\nbeen watching the actual extinction of a species within a few decades, less than the
\namount of time that he personally was actively<\/em> connected to the University of
\nWisconsin. Though humans had hunted these birds for generations on the years
\nwhen their nesting flocks were massive and hadn\u2019t depleted their numbers, new
\ntechnologies quickly allowed humans to hunt the birds to extinction. Telegraphs
\ncould alert people to the direction that the incredible flocks were headed, and
\nrailroads could allow for shipping barrels full of bird carcasses to city markets for
\nsale.
\nAdditionally, wealthy people in cities would pay a premium for a fashionable dish
\ncalled \u201cSquab\u201d \u2013 baby pigeons taken directly out of nests. Once their overall numbers
\nhad been depleted, their habitat disrupted, and their efforts to raise their young
\nthwarted, Passenger Pigeons quickly went from most-populous bird in the United
\nStates, to extinct species. People in Wisconsin would have witnessed this decline with
\ntheir own eyes.<\/p>\n

Measuring time in Wisconsin \u20131871-1914 – in stone, and in birds.<\/strong>
\n\u2022 1871<\/strong> \u2013 largest nesting of Passenger Pigeons ever documented. This massive
\nnesting occured in Wisconsin<\/em>
\n\u2022 1874<\/strong> \u2013 Charles Van Hise first associated with the University of Wisconsin<\/em><\/strong>, as
\na freshman. Studies mining and metallurgy. Learns to think in geological
\ntime frames.
\n\u2022 1914<\/strong> \u2013 Martha, the very last Passenger Pigeon on earth, dies in an Ohio zoo
\n(she had been hatched in captivity<\/em> – in Wisconsin<\/em><\/strong>)
\n\u2022 1918<\/strong> \u2013 Charles Van Hise, then the sitting president of the University of
\nWisconsin and a famous geologist, dies unexpectedly of a post-operative
\ninfection, after a relatively minor surgery.
\nhttp:\/\/onwisconsin.uwalumni.com\/features\/empty-nests\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/dnr.wi.gov\/wnrmag\/2014\/04\/pigeon.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(1910) Conservation of the Natural Resources of the United States<\/span><\/strong> , is the first
\ntextbook ever written on the subject of conservation. The author is Charles Van
\nHise, famous geologist and the sitting president of the University of Wisconsin. He
\ntaught a course on the subject as well. The book is written in such a way that the
\nstudents and the people of Wisconsin can use it to become informed about the
\nsituation, and as a reference. It has handy notes in the margins to make it easy to
\nfind passages. Van Hise was fond of defining conservation as, \u201cThe greatest good<\/strong>
\nfor the greatest number\u2026for the longest time.\u201d<\/strong> This book is available to read
\nonline via Google Books. Conservation of the Natural Resources of the United States by Charles Van Hise<\/a><\/p>\n

(1910) Great American Universities<\/span> by E.E. Slossen<\/strong>
\nThis book is a compilation of magazine reviews \u2013 one each – of 14 prominent
\nuniversities. Each university has its own chapter, giving this 3rd party\u2019s opinion of
\neach of the universities. Mr. Slossen spent a week at each one prior to writing the
\nreview of that school. It\u2019s fascinating to see how Wisconsin\u2019s university differs from
\nits peers \u2013 though the author considers them all to be top universities of his time
\nperiod. Also available to read online via Google Books.“Great American Universities” by Edwin Emery Slosson<\/a><\/p>\n

1912 The Camp Randall Arch \u2013 a commemorative program of the dedication<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/camprandallmemor00rood#page\/2\/mode\/2up<\/a><\/p>\n

1924 article in The Atlantic Magazine: \u201cLa Follette and La Follettism\u201d<\/strong>
\n(note what they said about the Wisconsin Idea)
\nhttps:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/1924\/10\/la-follette-andla-follettism\/306030\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(1962) The American College and University: A History<\/span><\/strong>, by Frederick Rudolph
\npp. 362-363 describe the Wisconsin Idea
\nThis book is available to read online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/The_American_College_and_University.html?id=3se-H1Y_l7kC<\/a><\/p>\n

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