UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 23, Page 4
March 9, 1995
Up and coming

Hagley Fellows to host conference
     The University Hagley Fellows are hosting a conference March 24
at the Hagley Museum and Library entitled "A Variety of Tasks: Women,
Men and Work in Early 19th-Century America."
     The one-day conference is scheduled from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in
the Soda House auditorium.
     Sessions will explore the ways in which gender, race, ethnicity,
technology and economic development helped define the meaning of work
during the first half of the 19th century.
     The keynote address will be presented by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
of the University of New Hampshire. Her book, A Midwife's Tale, was
awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990. Six other scholars, organized into
three panels, will present papers and address issues related to the
history of work in the early United States.
     Panel I will focus on "Gender, Class and Institutional
Constructions of Work"; Panel II will discuss "Business, Technology
and the History of Work"; and Panel III's theme is "Race, Ethnicity
and Work in the Antebellum South."
     Registration is $15 for the general public, $10 for students and
senior citizens. Lunch is $9. Late registration, after March 17, is an
additional $5. For more information, call 658-2400, extension 243.


Gospel Choir to perform March 19
     The Gospel Choir at UD will sing anthems and communion music at
St. Hilda's Eucharist, a service that celebrates the faith of women,
to be held at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, March 19, at St. Thomas Episcopal
Church, 276 South College Ave., in Newark.
     Celebrant will be the Rev. Beverly Porteus. The service will be
followed by a light supper at the church. Both the service and supper
are open to all and free of charge.


Aging conference planned March 15
     The Newark Senior Center will present a mini White House
conference on aging, entitled "Advancing Age, Declining Health and
Economics." The program will be held from 1-4 p.m., Wednesday, March
15, at the Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Headquarters.
     John Stapleford, UD Bureau for Economic Affairs, will present the
keynote speech on "The Impact of the Wellness of Older Individuals on
Public Policy." The program will include a public discussion on
economic security, health/wellness, delivery of services and care
giving.
     The event is open to members of the public of any age.
Information from the session will be given to the White House
Conference Committee and to delegates who will attend the White House
Conference on Aging in May in Washington, D.C.
     Space is limited. For information, call 737-2335.


Toastmasters set abortion debate
     The Toastmasters Club is sponsoring a free, public debate on
abortion between the Student Coalition for Choice and student pro-life
advocates at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 16, in the Rodney Room of the
Perkins Student Center.
     The format will include questioning of each side by the
moderator, the opposite side and the audience. For information, call
Anne Counterman at 837-8468.


Pearson Hall site for rap concert
     Rappers Pete Rock and CL Smooth will perform in a rap concert at
8 p.m., Friday, March 17, in Pearson Hall. Tickets, available at the
box offices of the Bob Carpenter Center and Perkins Student Center,
are $10 in advance. Tickets will be sold for $12 at the door the
evening of the performance.
     Rock and Smooth's latest release, Main Ingredient, is their
streetwise, wildly inventive follow-up to 1992's Mecca and the Soul
Brother, which was named album of the year by The Source and called
the most well-produced album of today's rap generation by Spin.
     Rock and Smooth's home turf is Mount Vernon, N.Y., one of the
most fertile grounds for East Coast rap. The two performers hooked up
in their teens and spent hours making tapes. After one appearance on
"Rub U the Right Way," their first performance outside their
neighborhood was before 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden.
     For information on the March 17 performance, contact the Center
for Black Culture at 831-2991.


Lunch sessions on scholars & library
     The University Library Assembly of Professional Staff is
sponsoring a series of brown bag lectures on "Scholar and the Library"
one Friday each month during the spring semester.
     Free and open to the public, all presentations will be held from
noon to 1 p.m. in the Morris Library Class of 1941 Lecture Room.
Topics, all on recent research in the humanities and social sciences
by UD faculty members, include:
     "Baseball Research: It Really Is Scholarship," presented by David
Smith, associate professor of life and health sciences, on Friday,
March 24;
     "The Lost Life of Emily Shore," presented by Barbara Gates,
Alumni Distinguished Professor of English, on Friday, April 21; and
     "The Role of Women in Revolution," presented by Wunyabari Maloba,
associate professor of history, on Friday, May 5.
     For more information, call 831-2231.


Memorial Day concert, parade
     The annual Newark Memorial Day ceremonies and parade will be held
Sunday, May 21. The full military ceremony on the Mall will begin at 1
p.m., with the parade down Main Street beginning at 2 p.m. There is no
rain date.
     A World War II Commemorative Concert, featuring the Delaware
National Guard Band and the U.S. Marine Corps Band from Louisiana,
will be presented from 6-9 p.m., Saturday, May 20, on the lawn of the
Academy Building.
     The concert, presented by the Newark Memorial Day Committee in
cooperation with the Newark Business Association, will feature World
War II era music. A public display of WWII vehicles and uniforms also
will be presented.


Faculty recital Sunday in Loudis
     A faculty recital by Marie Robinson, soprano, accompanied by
pianist Julie Nishimura, will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 12, in
the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     The free, public concert will feature works by Mozart, Berlioz
Weber, Richard Strauss, Aaron Copland and Robert Starer. This
performance was originally scheduled for Feb. 19, but was postponed
due to illness.


Prof. is featured on 'Discovery'
     John Gallagher, professor of marine biology and biochemistry, and
his research to develop food and forage crops from salt-tolerant
plants, will be featured on the Discovery Channel's weekly program,
"Invention."
     The segment on Gallagher will air at 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 15.