Alma Mater

Dear Friends,

Yesterday afternoon as I was out meandering through the streets of Riga, you'll never guess what I found. This building, that looks so much like Sturtevant Hall! Just see for yourself...

Okay, you enterprising readers, I know you're much too clever to believe me.

But, I did see Sturtevant Hall yesterday... on my computer screen in my classroom. The curriculum of my International Baccalaureate course calls for an examination of various school systems. Using the "Bon Voyage" CD of images graciously sent with me from the Alumni Office -- thanks again, Pam! -- I was able to incorporate a number of Illinois College shots into my presentation.

So, Admissions Office, expect an influx of Latvians in the student body beginning in the 2010-2011 school year.

We shall not cease from exploration,

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

-T. S. Eliot

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,

and paints his own nature into his pictures.

-Henry Ward Beecher, brother of Edward Beecher, first president of Illinois College

We have an unknown distance yet to run,

an unknown river to explore.

What falls there are,

we know not;

what rocks beset the channel,

we know not;

what walls ride over the river,

we know not.

-John Wesley Powell, Illinois College alumus

Praising God for the beauty here... Praising God for the beauty of home...

Your True Blueboy,

Tim

PS-Those of you out there in bloggerland who may be thinking about where to go to college (or those of you wishing you could go back to college), check out http://www.ic.edu/ for more about Illinois College. When it comes to liberal arts, IC is the oldest and best in the Midwest... and beyond!*

*The writer fully acknowledges the shameless advertising tactic used above which does not necessarily fit the aforementioned purpose of this on-line journal... but hey, let the boy in Latvia revel in this moment of unabashed pride for his Alma Mater, would ya?