Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the opening in 1837 of the first American college for women — Mount Holyoke Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The new institution began instruction with 80 students, who paid annual tuition and boarding fees of $64. Receiving a collegiate charter in 1888, the school became Mount Holyoke College in 1893, and remains a prestigious liberal arts college for women. Among its prominent alumni are poet Emily Dickinson, and former Secretaries of Labor Frances Perkins and Elaine Chao. Today, there are 11.3 million women attending college, almost 2,200 off them at Mount Holyoke College. In comparison, male higher education enrollment stands at 8.6 million students. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.
Saturday, November 8th. On this date in 1966, Edward Brooke became the nation’s first African-American to win election to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, and only the third to serve in that house. During Reconstruction in the 1870s, two blacks chosen by Mississippi’s legislature briefly represented the state as senators. Brooke’s election ended an 85-year drought of black senators. Since his defeat in a bid for a third term in 1978, the chamber has seated six more African-Americans, one of whom cut his term short to become President. In the 2012 election, 56.5 percent of registered Americans voted. Massachusetts, with 65.4 percent participation, trailed very few states. One of them was Mississippi, with the nation’s highest state voting rate of 73.3 percent. Profile America is in its 18th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sunday, November 9th. A key part of daily telecommunications is 63 years old this week, as direct-dial telephone area codes for transcontinental calling were introduced in 1951. The mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, made the first official call, picking up the phone and directly called his counterpart in Alameda, California. At the time, all previous long distance calls went through an operator. To begin with, there were 86 exchanges, but the vast expansion in cell phone usage means the U.S. is fast running out of 10-digit phone numbers. American residential customers on average pay $434 annually for their home telephone service and over $700 for cell phones. Despite our familiarity with do-it-yourself calling, there are still some 28,000 telephone operators serving us. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov
Northern Vance and Webb play tonight, was thinking about the “problems” that occurred last year, so thought I would read the newspaper article about it. I think the reader can figure this one out.
from Dispatch:
“What happened last year, happened in professional football, college football,” Northern Vance head coach Eric Watkins said. “But the media just took it and blew it out of proportion.
Midgette said he planned to talk with his team about last year’s incident this week, and he’d like to think his team has moved on from the experience.
“That was something that happened, that shouldn’t have happened, and we hope our guys learned from it,” Midgette said. “Nothing is that serious in the game of football that should have taken place.”
It seems one coach agrees with most that it shouldn’t be that important, that it should not have happened. The other, well, it happens everywhere, it was blown out of proportion, according to the Dispatch, “featured a Northern coach seen on top of a Webb player. The coach was one of several pepper-sprayed in an effort to restore order.
I hate to keep making Deception’s points for him, but…
Mingo…..would you want your kids playing for NVHS Coach? If they don’t get rid of him for the sorry Win-Loss record then maybe comments such as his latest should expedite his removal. He can’t win @ the High School level…….his record since being hired @ NVHS speaks volumes!!!!
At least the Webb Coach seems to have a little more class.
gotta agree with all you said
Was speaking to a NVHS parent last week who confirmed that school is a very different one now than it was a few years ago with Creaseman as principle. The football program is a mess and the coach swears like he is off the street and is the root of the problem despite the money that is thrown at the program. Where is the School Board on these issues of a high school with obvious problems, is it fair to the students to have to endure this negative environment? When is it going to be about the students? School Board members, do your job and demand some accountability – remember you work for the students and their parents and not the administration.