5th Annual CFI Faculty Colloquium
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of
Species
January 17 & 18, 2004
Galt House Hotel - Louisville, KY
Darwin's On the Origin of Species is offered by popular demand and the discussion will be led by Daryl Karns and Jeff Brautigam.
In response to feedback from previous participants, the program has been compacted a bit and will begin on Saturday morning instead of Friday afternoon. The Saturday afternoon free time has been eliminated and the Sunday Brunch will be combined with a session. We will still have the Saturday dinner in the revolving restaurant and the ever-popular hospitality time in the lobby bar will continue.
Schedule of Events
Friday, January 9 (a week before the actual
colloquium)
3:30 p.m. Visit Duggan Library Archives
4:00 p.m. Victorian High Tea
Saturday
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Registration/Reception - Anchor Room
- 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. - Session One - Water Poet
- 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Break - Anchor Room - Photo Session
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Session Two - Water Poet
- 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Check into Hotel
- 1:30- 3:00 p.m. - Lunch - Anchor Room
- 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Session Three - Water Poet
- 4:30 - 5:00 p.m.- Coffee Break-Anchor Room
- 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. - Session Four - Water Poet
- 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Dinner in Revolving Flagship Restaurant
- 9:30 p.m.- Hospitality in the Lobby Bar
Sunday
- 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Session Five - Small Group Discussions/Brunch - Anchor Room
- 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Session Six - Water Poet
Description of high tea: The earlier practice among ladies of having cakes and wine when friends came to call evolved into afternoon tea as women began to consume less alcohol. Afternoon tea (between 4 and 5 p.m.) Became popular during the mid 1800s. It was thought of as a ladies' meal, although men were often present. An urn of boiling water was carried into the parlor or drawing room along with teapots and a container of loose tea. The lady of the house made the tea and poured it out; servants handed the cups to guests. Small cakes, rolled bread and butter, and other dainty finger foods were offered around. Afternoon tea, in other words was an occasion for visiting rather than a meal. The tea was often preceded or followed by the reading of poetry, playing of piano, or a walk in the gardens.
What to expect: When you arrive, you find a cheerful and broken-up assemblage--people conversing in twos, or at most in threes. In this society no man sees or shows a full-length portrait (this means you sit down, not stand up). Having been more or less introduced, you take a cup of tea, with the option of bread-and-butter, cucumber sandwiches or a scone and converse with one or two people at a time, trying to exclude no one. Having finished this, you vanish; you have shown yourself, reported yourself; more was not expected of you.
What to wear: You go, if invited, in spruce morning dress, with as much or as little display of train and bonnet as may suit with your views.
CFI version: Our tea will be somewhat less formal. We think it would be rather pleasant if one wore somewhat less informal clothing than one would wear on a normal Friday during break, but formal morning dress and bonnets will be dispensed with unless, of course, you prefer to dress as such. The entertainment will precede the tea in the form of a visit to the Duggan Library archives to see the collection of Darwin materials housed there. Then a brief stroll to the Campus Center Alumni Lounge where the actual tea will commence. The tea will be made by each guest and food collected onto small plates by ones own hand. This is more in keeping with modern American practices. We will provide seating for everyone, so there is no danger of seeing a "full-length portrait."
Sources:
Victorian House.com web site: Victorian High Tea
Daily Life in Victorian England by Sally Mitchell
History of Tea web site: http://www.geocities.com/lgol27/HistoryTea.htm