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western ■ • • arolinian Connemara: A Writer's Wonderland by Stacey Ruiz "Fog" Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Does this poem sound familiar? It should—it is the work of one of America's most famous poets, Carl Sandburg. Although many of us have learned about Sandburg in literature classes, few people in this area realize that we are presented with the rare opportunity of learning about this great man in a much more personal way. The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located in Flat Rock, N.C, only about an hour and a half away from the WCU campus. The site sponsors various activities, ranging from talks, exhibits and films, to guided house tours, hiking and picnicking. Sandburg was not born in this house; he was born in Galesburg, 111., in 1878. The house of his birth is also an historic site. Sandburg moved to Connemara, a 240-acre farm, in 1945, and he spent the remaining 22 years of his life there. Prior to moving to the mountains of North Carolina, Sandburg had gained notoriety as a prolific poet and author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Abraham Lincoln biography. His life had not always been luxurious, however. The second of seven children, Sandburg quit school after graduating from eighth grade. He then worked a variety of low-paying jobs such as milkman, ice harvester, bricklayer, and shoe shiner. In 1897, at the age of 19, Sandburg decided to travel as a hobo. Though he only traveled for one year, Sandburg was exposed to many factors that proved to be a great influence on his writing. During his travels he picked up a number of folk songs, which he later performed at speaking engagements and in recordings. He also experienced firsthand the contrast between the rich and the poor, which caused him to distrust capitalism. This idea became evident in his writings and lectures. In 1898 the Spanish-American war began, and Sandburg volunteered for service. He was stationed in Puerto Rico, but did not participate in any actual combat. He returned to his hometown later that year and enrolled in Lombard College, where he realized his capacity for writing. His mentor, professor Phillip Green Wright, urged Sandburg's creativity and further impressed upon him a socialist view. During the first decade of the twentieth century, Sandburg followed his interest in socialism and worked as an organizer for the Wisconsin Social Democratic party. He was forced to change his career when, in 1908, he married Lilian Steichen, and he became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News. After publishing several volumes of poetry and his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Lincoln, Sandburg and his family moved more than 10,000 books and hundreds of goats to the North Carolina farm. Connemara provided plenty of seclusion for Sandburg's writing and ample pasture for his wife's prize winning goat herd. The property had originally belonged to Christopher Memminger of Charleston, S.C, the first Secretary of the Confederacy Treasury from 1861-1864. Memminger built the estate in 1838 and used it as a summer home to escape the Charleston heat. After his death, the property was passed down to the Gregg family, then later to Captain Ellison Smyth, a textile tycoon. Smyth's heirs sold the land to the Sandburgs. While living there, Sandburgub- lished Remembrance Rock, his only novel, Always the Young Strangers, an autobiography, and Complete Poems, which won the poet his second Pulitzer Prize in 1951. Sandburg died at Connemara in July of 1967. Following his request, his ashes were returned to his home in Galesburg and placed under the "Remembrance Rock," a red granite boulder located behind the house. The following year, Congress established the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site to be administered by the National Park Service. Connemara is located three miles south of Hendersonville and 26 miles south of Asheville via 1-26. Turn off U.S. 25 onto Little River Road at the Flat Rock Playhouse. The house tour fee is $2 per person and is free for ages 16 and younger. The visitor center is open daily, except Christmas Day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site at (704) 693-4178. Honors Board Sponsors Spring Semiformal by Daniel Hooker The Western Carolina University Honors Board, a governing part of the Honors College, is planning to hold a Spring Semester Semiformal Dance on February 11,1998, from 9:00 p.m. to midnight in the Grand Room of the Hinds University Center. All students of WCU are invited to attend. Adrianne Kirby, the Chairperson of the Honors Board, commented, "I think that it'll be very exciting with our professional DJ and all of the work and preparation that has gone into the dance. We hope to make it an enchanting evening!" The Honors College is sponsoring this dance to both raise money for the Board and increase awareness of the College here on campus. "The main reason we are doing the dance is to raise the Honors Board funds. But in doing so, we want to show that the Honors College is involved in other social activities," added Kirby. Marriott will cater the event, and the music will be provided by a professional DJ, Reagan Banks. "This is another new venture for the Honors College," stated Dr. Brian Railsback, dean of the Honors College . "It should be a lot of fun—even though I can't dance!" Tickets for the event will be on sale in Dodson Cafeteria, in front of the stairs in the University Center, in G-47 of Stillwell, and also up in Reynolds Hall. Prices for a "couples" ticket is $10 m advance, $12 at the door. For those who choose to go single, the ticket will cost $7 in advance, $9 at the door. All students here at WCU are encouraged to buy their tickets in advance and to attend the dance. The Sandburg home is located an hour and a half from Cullowhee. in Flat Rock. N.C. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Presents St. Patricks Day Give-Away Win a 1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport Drawing March 17, 1998 Sponsors ALLISON'S Jeep West Main Street •Syb.NC 586-4016 Contact 227-4213 ext 4 e-mail tt4220@wcu.edu, iinfoma@mu.eiu
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