Crowe Academy
Benjamin Franklin,
American Sage
June 10, 11, 12, 2005
"I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults from the first. . . . But though this were denied, I should still accept the offer," Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Autobiography. It is little wonder that Franklin felt he had enjoyed a "considerable share of felicity," for he lived with spirit and purpose: a diligent tradesman and entrepreneur; a scientist, inventor, thinker, and diplomat; and a founding statesman of the republic. At this year's Crowe Academy, we will study Franklin's life and thought and celebrate the approaching tricentennial of his birth.
Location: Hanover College Campus
Featured Speakers
John Ahrens is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Free Inquiry at Hanover College. Prof. Ahrens earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1978 and joined the Hanover faculty in 1992. He is a specialist in Ethics, Political Theory, the History of Modern Philosophy, and Roman Philosophy. Every other year, he leads a group of students to Rome and Pompeii in Italy. His lecture will be "Benjamin Franklin and the Philosophers."
George W. Boudreau is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Penn State Capital College in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and Editor of Early American Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University. In his work on Benjamin Franklin and early Philadelphia, Prof. Boudreau has been associated with the Samuel Powel House, the National Park Service, and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. His recent scholarship includes "'Done By a Tradesman': Franklin's Educational Proposals and the Culture of Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania" in the Winter 2003 issue of Pennsylvania History. His lecture will be "Editing A Life: Benjamin Franklin in Words and Images."
George Nickas is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Hanover College. Prof. Nickas earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and came to Hanover in 1989. His main research and teaching interests are galaxy dynamics, cosmology, comets and life in the universe. His lecture will delve into the science of Benjamin Franklin.
Sheila Skemp is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and, in 1980, joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi. She also recently served as Acting Director of the university's Sarah Isom Center for Women. She is the author of William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King (Oxford University Press, 1990), Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist (Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 1994), and Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography with Documents (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1998).
Carla Williams is Head of User Services at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at Indiana University in Bloomington. A doctoral student in Early Music Instrumental Performance, she specializes in the forte-piano, harpsichord, and organ, and focuses on the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She is also a volunteer at the historic Wiley House in Bloomington, where she has performed American popular songs on a 1795 Broadwood and Sons piano.
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The Book: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
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This book will be sent to all registrants as soon
as the full registration fee is received in our office. We recommend
you allow yourself 2 months to read and enjoy this book before attending
Crowe Academy.
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Schedule of Events
Friday, June 10
12:00-1:00 Registration/Light Lunch - Campus Center
Lobby
1:00-1:15 Orientation - Marsha Ahrens - Brown Campus Center
1:00-4:00 Library and bookstore open
1:15-2:00 Campus Tours
2:15-3:30 John Ahrens - Classic Hall 102
"Benjamin Franklin and the Philosophers"
3:30-4:00 Refreshments - Classic Hall Lobby
4:00-5:00 Documentary "Benjamin Franklin" - Classic Hall 102
5:30-7:00 Dinner - Campus Center Main Dining Room
7:00-8:00 Small Discussion Groups - Classic Hall rooms
8:30-11:00 Film: "1776" - Classic Hall 102 
Saturday, June 11
7:00 Coffee - Brown Campus Center Lobby
7:45-8:45 Breakfast - Brown Campus Center Main Dining Room
9:00-10:30 George Boudreau - Classic Hall 102
"Editing A Life: Benjamin Franklin in Words and Images"
10:30-11:00 Group Photo and Refreshments - Classic Hall
11:00 - 12:00 Documentary "Benjamin Franklin" - Classic Hall
102
11:30-2:00 Hanover College Bookstore is open
12:00-1:00 Lunch - Brown Campus Center Main Dining Room
1:00 Deadline for Box Lunch Requests
1:30-3:00 Sheila Skemp - Classic Hall 102
"A Choice of Loyalties: Benjamin and William Franklin"
3:00-4:00 Documentary "Benjamin Franklin" - Classic Hall 102
4:30-5:30 Small Discussion Groups - Classic Hall rooms
6:00-7:30 Dinner - Brown Campus Center Main Dining Room
8:00-10:00 Carla Williams Lecture and Music - Brown CC Lobby
"Music When America was Young"
10:00 Social Hour - Refreshments - Brown Campus Center Lobby
Sunday, June 12
7:00 Coffee - Campus Center Lobby
7:45-8:45 Breakfast - Campus Center Main Dining Room
9:00-10:00 Sunday Service - Michelle Bartel - Campus Chapel
"Benjamin Franklin, Proverbs, and the Test of Time"
10:30-12:00 George Nickas - Classic Hall 102
"The Science of Franklin"
12:00-1:30 Checkout, Pick up Box Lunch - Campus Center Lobby