FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MARCH 1987 AT JACKSONVILLE VOL. 2, No. 8 UTLOOJ Friedmann, an avid diver, relics she on the Boat.” Kalliope Founder Gains National Attention In Search For “Open Boat” By Moore Peggy Friedmann, founding editor and project director of FCCJ‘s literary publica tion Kalliope, was featured in Newsweek Magazine and on the CBS Morning News show in January for spearheading an effort that led to the discovery of what is believed to be author Stephen Crane’s “Open Boat.” Mrs. Friedmann, a former FCCJ trustee, became interested in the remains of the boat, on which Crane based his classic 1898 short story, while teaching a course in English at Jacksonville University where she is an adjunct professor. She began writing a book about Crane’s common law wife, Cora, whom Crane met in Jacksonville prior to leaving the city for Cuba aboard the gunrunning ship, Comv modore. Crane was traveling as a war cor— respondent. The Commodore sank 12 miles off the coast of Daytona Beach Jan. 2, 1897, killing eight men. “The Open Boat" describes Crane's and three other survivors’ ordeal. “I had a nagging feeling the boat was still out there. Nobody had ever found it,’ ’ said Mrs. Friedmann, who is an avid scuba diver. “I bought a navigational chart and started looking for a diver.” She enlisted diver Don Serbousek, who, as it turned out, had already found the boat in previous dives, but didn‘t realize it might be Crane’s vessel. Mrs. Friedmann dove with Serbousek to view the wreckage. “When I saw how small the boat was compared to how big the ocean is, I felt very fortunate that we were able to find it," Mrs. Friedmann said. “Finding the boat gives a new immediacy to the story. It was such a colorful history that it’s fun to be able to relive it." Mrs. Friedmann is saving the relics that have been found on the ship, which in clude rifles, bullets, tools, a brass pulley, iron fittings and bones of a human foot. She plans to have the entire boat brought to the surface in the future, and expects to soon find proof of what she knows in her own mind that the boat is indeed the Commodore. “It all fits in. The boat is in exactly the right spot from Crane’s descriptions and the Commodore’s manifest lists her cargo as ex— actly what we’ve found,” she said. Mrs. Friedmann was featured in the January issue of Newsweek and on the New Year's Day CBS Morning News pro gram, as well as in newspapers around the country. \ Three Student Travel Tours Set In France, Italy, Russia By Judy Moore Florida Community College students will have the opportunity to live with a French family, to visit the cultural highlights of Europe and to experience the Fourth of July at the American Embassy in Moscow in three foreign trips for college credit scheduled this spring and summer. Students interested in studying interior design and humanities may travel to Lon— don, Paris, Florence and other European cities. Those who want to master the French language will live with a French family and study and travel through France. And, students interested in learning about the Soviet Union will travel to Moscow, Leningrad and Jacksonville's sister city, Murv mansk, on an intercultural explorations tour. “The trips are marvelous for students. They make what the students learn in the classroom come alive," said humanities pro— fessor Mary Louise Shannon, who will con— duct the humanities tour through Europe May 26 — June 15. The humanities group will travel with students interested in studying European in— terior design, led by Joyce Butts, professor of interior design. The two groups will sometimes tour points of interest together and split up at other times to tour places of specific interest to each group. “We will be studying the architecture, the interiors, the fumiture styles and the decorative motifs, primarily from the van— tage point of the French and English Giving A Hand To Public Broadcasting historical periods," Ms. Butts said. ”Also, Milan is the new capital of contemporary furniture, so we’re really looking forward to that stop." Interior design students will be enrolled in a three—hour history of interiors course and three hours of humanities, and humanities students will be enrolled in six hours of humanities course work. Classwork will be held during spring term prior to the trip. The Zleday excursion will include stops in Rome, Florence, Venice, Luceme, Strasbourg, Paris and london. Cost is $2,321, which includes all transportation, accommodations, tours and some meals. “They'll see so much — the David, the Pieta, the Sistine Chapel,” Dr. Shannon said. “As an instructor, I’m looking forward to what seeing these great works will do for the students.” For information, call Ms. Butts at 387—8255 or Dr. Shannon at 63382134. French professor Marie Smith will lead the trip to Jacksonville’s sister city in France Nantes where students will receive a taste Of French life by living with French families. They will attend class at the University of Nantes four days a week. On weekends, there will be excursions to Paris, the Loire Valley and castles and chateaus in the region. “They will get that all important firsthand view of what living in France is really like,’ Ms. Smith said. “You can never really leam the language well until you have spent some time in a French speaking (Continued on PAGE 4) Student members of FCCJ’s Data Processing Management Association chapter are volunteering their time and talents to help WJCT Channel 7 with its fundraising activities. At the Old English Furniture Fair in February, student Deborah House (right) in— puts bid information into the computer as FCCJ's Brenda Flinn (center) and another volunteer look on. Students also will assist with the March membership drive and with the art auction this June. , OCR Text: FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MARCH 1987 AT JACKSONVILLE VOL. 2, No. 8 UTLOOJ Friedmann, an avid diver, relics she on the Boat.” Kalliope Founder Gains National Attention In Search For “Open Boat” By Moore Peggy Friedmann, founding editor and project director of FCCJ‘s literary publica tion Kalliope, was featured in Newsweek Magazine and on the CBS Morning News show in January for spearheading an effort that led to the discovery of what is believed to be author Stephen Crane’s “Open Boat.” Mrs. Friedmann, a former FCCJ trustee, became interested in the remains of the boat, on which Crane based his classic 1898 short story, while teaching a course in English at Jacksonville University where she is an adjunct professor. She began writing a book about Crane’s common law wife, Cora, whom Crane met in Jacksonville prior to leaving the city for Cuba aboard the gunrunning ship, Comv modore. Crane was traveling as a war cor— respondent. The Commodore sank 12 miles off the coast of Daytona Beach Jan. 2, 1897, killing eight men. “The Open Boat" describes Crane's and three other survivors’ ordeal. “I had a nagging feeling the boat was still out there. Nobody had ever found it,’ ’ said Mrs. Friedmann, who is an avid scuba diver. “I bought a navigational chart and started looking for a diver.” She enlisted diver Don Serbousek, who, as it turned out, had already found the boat in previous dives, but didn‘t realize it might be Crane’s vessel. Mrs. Friedmann dove with Serbousek to view the wreckage. “When I saw how small the boat was compared to how big the ocean is, I felt very fortunate that we were able to find it," Mrs. Friedmann said. “Finding the boat gives a new immediacy to the story. It was such a colorful history that it’s fun to be able to relive it." Mrs. Friedmann is saving the relics that have been found on the ship, which in clude rifles, bullets, tools, a brass pulley, iron fittings and bones of a human foot. She plans to have the entire boat brought to the surface in the future, and expects to soon find proof of what she knows in her own mind that the boat is indeed the Commodore. “It all fits in. The boat is in exactly the right spot from Crane’s descriptions and the Commodore’s manifest lists her cargo as ex— actly what we’ve found,” she said. Mrs. Friedmann was featured in the January issue of Newsweek and on the New Year's Day CBS Morning News pro gram, as well as in newspapers around the country. \ Three Student Travel Tours Set In France, Italy, Russia By Judy Moore Florida Community College students will have the opportunity to live with a French family, to visit the cultural highlights of Europe and to experience the Fourth of July at the American Embassy in Moscow in three foreign trips for college credit scheduled this spring and summer. Students interested in studying interior design and humanities may travel to Lon— don, Paris, Florence and other European cities. Those who want to master the French language will live with a French family and study and travel through France. And, students interested in learning about the Soviet Union will travel to Moscow, Leningrad and Jacksonville's sister city, Murv mansk, on an intercultural explorations tour. “The trips are marvelous for students. They make what the students learn in the classroom come alive," said humanities pro— fessor Mary Louise Shannon, who will con— duct the humanities tour through Europe May 26 — June 15. The humanities group will travel with students interested in studying European in— terior design, led by Joyce Butts, professor of interior design. The two groups will sometimes tour points of interest together and split up at other times to tour places of specific interest to each group. “We will be studying the architecture, the interiors, the fumiture styles and the decorative motifs, primarily from the van— tage point of the French and English Giving A Hand To Public Broadcasting historical periods," Ms. Butts said. ”Also, Milan is the new capital of contemporary furniture, so we’re really looking forward to that stop." Interior design students will be enrolled in a three—hour history of interiors course and three hours of humanities, and humanities students will be enrolled in six hours of humanities course work. Classwork will be held during spring term prior to the trip. The Zleday excursion will include stops in Rome, Florence, Venice, Luceme, Strasbourg, Paris and london. Cost is $2,321, which includes all transportation, accommodations, tours and some meals. “They'll see so much — the David, the Pieta, the Sistine Chapel,” Dr. Shannon said. “As an instructor, I’m looking forward to what seeing these great works will do for the students.” For information, call Ms. Butts at 387—8255 or Dr. Shannon at 63382134. French professor Marie Smith will lead the trip to Jacksonville’s sister city in France Nantes where students will receive a taste Of French life by living with French families. They will attend class at the University of Nantes four days a week. On weekends, there will be excursions to Paris, the Loire Valley and castles and chateaus in the region. “They will get that all important firsthand view of what living in France is really like,’ Ms. Smith said. “You can never really leam the language well until you have spent some time in a French speaking (Continued on PAGE 4) Student members of FCCJ’s Data Processing Management Association chapter are volunteering their time and talents to help WJCT Channel 7 with its fundraising activities. At the Old English Furniture Fair in February, student Deborah House (right) in— puts bid information into the computer as FCCJ's Brenda Flinn (center) and another volunteer look on. Students also will assist with the March membership drive and with the art auction this June. , Z ArchiveInABox,JAX,Outlook Newsletter,Outlook Newsletter 01-03,March 1987,P01 (2).tif, P01 (2).tif