Day 22

Today was a day of reunion where we visited an alumni chapter meeting at the home of Shelby Whitson, Class of '59 at her home in Atlanta. The warm breakfast she made for the alumni in attendance was a nice addition to the special guest at the event, Chris Miller, Curator at Berea College. He brought some nice artifacts from Berea's past and told a short history on the labor program at Berea and President Frost's commitment to, in particular, the Crafts of Berea College. Among the many artifacts he brought were; an egg carton when Berea used to collect and sell eggs to the surrounding region, a wooden stool from the 1930's that a student had made and two hand made quilts that were over 60 years old. Mostly the morning was spent with some reminiscing of Berea College with stories of labor positions, fields of study and friendships acquired along the way.
After breakfast, Sonja and I made our way to Emory University where we presented the recently published history book of Berea College by Shannon Wilson, to Charles Forrest, who accepted on behalf of Emory and the Woodruff Library. He gave us a brief tour and left us, too, with an autographed copy of a history of Emory University for our own Hutchins library. So, the addage is true, "give and it shall be given back to you!"
It was a rainy day here in Atlanta, but the personalities and smiles covered over any fatigue or "rainy day doldrums," anyone might have had, and everyone left us revived and ready to tackle this second half of the Relay through Appalachia and the South.

Thanks for reading,

Eric