Jackson Sherman ’39 working the Dispensary Desk at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, circa 1935.
ANTIOCHIANS
ON CO-OP Antiochians’ memories from Co-op in their own words.
As we mark a century of cooperative education, we will continue to welcome contributions and memories throughout the year including in the next issue of The Antiochian. See more stories and submit your own at: antiochcollge.edu/co-op-100 30 THE ANTIOCHIAN WINTER 2020
1930s
how lousy the winter weather can be
Listen up
the lake effect in 1938-40. Five feet of
Esther B. Read ’31 Let everybody else talk—you learn a lot that way! But I admit that THAT was a difficult lesson for me to absorb (absorb: “to receive without recoil”—old dictionary, what does yours say?).
in Buffalo, NY—they hadn’t defined snow was routine. Subject not taught at Antioch.
Jolt of realization Rollin Brewer ’48 I learned electricity can be lethal. I’m
1940s
testing 60 searchlights (remember
Animal feeds
Sperry Gyroscope plant. Forgot to turn
Robert R. Cruse ’42 A short but intensive course in animal feeds at the Eastern States mill—have used the knowledge on several occasions since, and recall most of it. Also,
them?) October 1943 at the Brooklyn off the main switch, entered the camp to adjust the negative carbon, and got a jolt! If I didn’t have rubber insulators around my pliers, I wouldn’t be writing this!
Familiar face
Mary Bowman ’49 My first Co-op job opened the job at the Field Museum in Chicago in 1946, winter. It was begun in the Insect Department and I worked for the two assistant curators. They were nice guys and when my youngest daughter worked on her Co-op job (Phyllis Bieri) 30 years later, both of them were still in Insects and exclaimed, “Why haven’t you been back to visit sooner!” A mind-blower.
Remember the panties
Patricia Faist Johnson ’49 I had an early Co-op job at the Re-
