Class of 1957
Class Chairs:
Daniel Stone and Ruth Ellen Prevo Stone 317/839-8837; ruthellen1@juno.com
Class Notes:
Ruth Prevo Stone
It was wonderful to see so many of you on campus for our 50th Reunion this past October. We were sorry that others of you could not be there. Please know that you were missed and often mentioned in various times of reminiscence about our shared years at Earlham. We enjoyed reading about many classmates in the booklet the Alumni Office compiled from your submissions. If you did not send word about your
current life and activities, please send a brief item for use in this column next issue. We really do want to know about you.
(Posted October 31, 2007)
Pat Harlow Shuss
Featured in the Alumni Spotlight, Pat shares letters she wrote 50 years ago while on Earlham's first off-campus international program.
(Posted July 10, 2007)
J. Walton Blackburn
We have moved to Chatham, IL. I hope to get to reunion in October for class of 57. I am still working with the Ilinois Dept. of Human Services writing and editing administrative directives for the Bureau of Policy - chance to do some writing which I love though there is routine to it also, which is not bad. I am now a Methodist pastor's spouse and find that the Methodists have many of the good works of Quakers and a fellow pastor was a conscientious objector. I found a letter my father wrote about being a CO at camp Sherman in 1918 - he helped to reorganize the camp emergency hospital and thought he would have earned some stripes on his shoulder if he had not been a Friend. They helped to save many to survice the flu epidemic. I am more and more proud of Earlham the more I learn about the alumni and EC good works. If you are interested in Quaker theology, my second cousin, Wilmer Cooper's book on A Living Faith, A Comparative and Historical Study of Quaker Beliefs is great but also deep. Read Tom Hamm and Hugh Barbour's books on Quaker history - an extraordinary tale since the 400 or so who died for their faith in the 17th century - they were an extraordinary bunch who had to get the message out as they thought the world would end soon, such as the chaos in England at that time. I learned about where a lot of my spiritual ideals came from by reading Wilmer Cooper's study. Earlham continues a wonderful tradition of Friends yet brings together many ideas which were deeply dividing Quakers in the past centuries.
(Posted April 19, 2007)
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