Quaker College - period ended 10.1.2006

Quaker Schools/Whittier College//Sen. Allen's mom says she hid Jewish roots/Washington Times/Washington/DC/USA/22-Sep-06//... damaged her husband's career. His first coaching job was at Whittier College, a Quaker school in California. Allen has accused his ...

Quaker Schools/Quaker History/Swarthmore College/Celebrate 350th Quakerism birthday/Annapolis Capital/Annapolis/MD/USA/20-Sep-06//... ANNAPOLIS - Dr. Jerry Frost will give a presentation, "American Quakerism's 350th Birthday," as part of St. John's College's history lecture series.

Maryland history comes to life in these presentations by historians, curators and other prominent professionals.

The lectures on Maryland history are co-sponsored by the Anne Arundel Trust for Historic Preservation and Friends of St. John's College.

Dr. Frost's lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium on Oct. 17 at 8:15 p.m. A candlelight dinner will be held before the history lecture in Randall Hall at 7:15 p.m. and must be reserved by Oct. 12.

The lecturer is a retired historian, a teacher of peace and conflict studies and the curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. He has written extensively on the relationship of religion and war in the context of the Quaker society.

Dinner reservations may be made by telephone, mail, or E-mail by the Thursday before the Tuesday lecture. Make checks payable to St. John's College, P.O. Box 2800, Annapolis, MD 21404-2800. ...

Quaker Schools/Peace Activities/Earlham College/Peace House/Inadequate enrollment stalls colleges' urban peace and justice .../South Bend Tribune/South Bend/IN/USA/19-Sep-06//... since fall semester 2004, including eight from colleges other than Goshen (a Mennonite college), Manchester (Church of the Brethren), and Earlham (Quaker). ...

Quaker Schools/Progressive//City excels as education hub/Whittier Daily News/Whittier/CA/USA/29-Sep-06//... Its progressive, Quaker-originated ideals and its superb reputation as a molder of teachers of probing intellect are the reasons why. Caltech? ...

Quaker Schools/Progressive//City excels as education hub/Pasadena Star-News/Pasadena/CA/USA/29-Sep-06//... Its progressive, Quaker-originated ideals and its superb reputation as a molder of teachers of probing intellect are the reasons why. Caltech? ...

Quaker Schools/Earlham College/Runkle, Elsie/Runkle, Harold/Card shower planned to mark 100th birthday; bridge-builder .../Palladium-Item/Richmond/IN/USA/17-Sep-06//A resident of Friends Fellowship Community, she will celebrate her birthday with a private party.


Runkle was born on Sept. 19, 1906, in Wabash County, Ind.

Her father was a Quaker minister and the family lived in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. She had two brothers, both of whom are deceased.

She attended Earlham College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in social studies and English. Also attending Earlham were her brothers and her husband, Harold Runkle, whom she married in 1933.. ...

Quaker Schools/Social Networking//True confessions from a recovering Facebook freak/The Phoenix Online/Swarthmore/PA/USA/20-Sep-06//...I think that Swarthmore students are tired of superficiality and tired of awkwardness. I think we’re ready to rid our lives of this pathetic parasite and to re-introduce ourselves to the pleasures of human interaction. Let’s celebrate our Quaker heritage of truly valuing each other by coming to a consensus and deactivating our Facebook accounts en masse.. ...