Abstract: Lynn Poole shows two children album pages of lasting gifts the oldest hymn Gloria in Excelsis inserted into Mass by Pope Telesphorus sung by the Johns Hopkins Glee Club the custom of Christmas cards first designed by John Callcott Horsley at the request of his friend Henry Cole in 1843 and another card designed by WM Edgley the story surrounding the composition of Silent Night with words by Father Joseph Mohr and music by Franz Gruber and sung by a duet the history of the Christmas tree traced to Martin Luther the development of Santa Claus by cartoonist Thomas Nast from Dr Clement Moores poem A Visit from St Nick the 1897 Is there a Santa Claus letter to The New York Sun and response from its editor Francis P Church the Welsh air Deck the Halls sung by a quartet the Yule log custom Johns Hopkins President Milton S Eisenhowers remarks on the significance of Christmas and the composition of Hark The Herald Angels Sing with words by Charles Wesley
Date Published: 1958-12-14
Abstract: Fourth generation glassblower John Lehman makes a glass trap for a vacuum system as specified by chemistry professor John Gryder Mr Lehman and Dr Gryder explain the process of making the glass piece including pulling points using both cross fires and torch to heat the glass as it evolves A brief film explores the history of glass from volcanic obsidian to the manmade glass of the Egyptians In 300 BC the blowpipe was invented opening the way to new uses of glass At the first American colony in Jamestown Virginia Captain John Smith built a glass factory A film shows a reenactment of an early American glassblower making a bottle Dr Gryder displays historical tools still used in the art plus modern ones that have been added Manufacturers of glass have changed the assumed properties of glass making it pliant strong heat and cold resistant etc for new functions Mr Lehman completes the glass piece inserts it in the vacuum system and tests it for leaks
Date Published: 1957-12-21
Abstract: This program focuses on the psychological and sociological aspects of gerontology Dr James E Birren with the National Institute of Mental Health discusses how structure is created by a job spouse children friends and organizations and when these influences are stripped away one must initiate ones own meaningful activities to avoid idleness He characterizes meaningful activity as something offering group approval a degree of ritual or repetition a semichallenge and a degree or range of uncertainty of outcome He notes that geriatric research is growing however increasing life spans may increase interrelated problems in health economics social adjustment and personal adjustment Research has shown that usually poor health leads to retirement rather than the opposite and those who continue working tend to feel better Examples include George Bernard Shaw Winston Churchill Eleanor Roosevelt and Ida Fuller the first person to draw social security
Date Published: 1957-11-16
