Singing and performing are among the many skills US Coast Guard cadets learn while in school at the Academy in New London, CT. Nearly one quarter of che scudent body participaces in an array of choral and inscrumencal groups. This pasc October, NMHS members and guests who accended che Society's annual awards dinner ac che New York Yachc Club were creaced to a performance by che cadecs. The chorale is a select group of cadets, culled from che academy's glee club. The group travels extensively throughout the country to perform for both
public and official functions. For more information about how to support the chorale or to see about how to arrange for them to perform at your function, contact: Dr. Robert G. Newton, Director of Cader Vocal Music, USCG Academy, 31 Monhegan Ave., New London, CT 06320; Ph. 800 883USCG (8724); www.uscga.edu) . . . The Spencer Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 "Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education" competition. Approximately 30 fellowships of $25,000 are awarded each year by che foundacion to support doctoral candidaces in a variety of fields whose dissertacions "promise to concribute fresh perspeccives to che history, theory, or practice of educacion." (e-mail: fellows@spencer.org; www.spencer.org/ programs/ fellows/ fellow_ awards.hem) ... The Winterthur Museum & Country Estate in Delaware is seeking applicants for its 2008-2009 Research Fellowship Program. Academic, independem, and museum scholars, and advanced graduate students may apply for short- and longterm residential fellowships. Areas of study include, bur are nor limiced to, material culcure, decoracive arts, archicecture, che Atlancic World, licerary culcure, and many ocher areas of social and culcural history. All applicants are scrongly encouraged to search Wintercac (cheir online library cacalogue), visit che museum and library, and discuss
SEA HISTORY 121 , WINTER 2007-08
THERE IS AWORLD TO EXPLORE Pra~ding programs of sea education and adventure aboard
esoooomers HARVEY GAMAGE
SPIRIT OF MASSACHUSETTS ND
WESTWARD.
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