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07/17/14 11:52 PM #54    

 

Jim Brinegar

I had Mrs. Lunde for senior English. She was indignant when I had to be excused from her class to register for a math class at UK.  I explained that it would be only one time, for registration.  She told me that math was an inferior subject which should not interfere with her class. When I asked my counselor to transfer to a different English class, she explained that I could not transfer out of honors Englsih unless I got Mrs. Lunde's permission, or failed the course.   She insisted that I must remain in her class, so I failed the first term. My final grade in senior English barely got me through graduation. 


07/18/14 09:57 AM #55    

Tommy Holladay

I took all the papers I wrote in her class to college and reused them for my Freshman English class---straight A's!!  I do remember thinking that she was really a "normal" person the day Kennedy was shot--we were in class and she actually got very emotional.  Sandy (Wardell) Holladay


07/18/14 01:15 PM #56    

 

Tee Stevens

Jim, the things I remember most about Mrs. Lundy are: (1) She hated me with a purple  passion because of a paper I wrote in Jr. Honors defending G.M. Humphrey in the Senate hearing after Billy Sol Estes fiasco; (2) she kicked me out of class for aweating. My Jr. year was dbl. ses. and I had English last hour  and study hall / lunch just before & we would play basketball. I came to her class and she saw me at the door and told me to leave as I was not in the right frame of mind to study the transindental thinkings of the authors. I didn't get mad because, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, she was right!!  I also remember wrapping her house three (3) weekends.


07/18/14 06:25 PM #57    

Laurel Richards (Kane)

I remember Mrs. Lundy as a pretty scary teacher when I was in her classes.  But then, when I was a senior in the College of Education at U.K. I was assigned Mrs. Lundy as my advisor and I did my student teaching under her.  In that role, she was really nice and very helpful to me.  I think she was just strict with us as students because she really wanted us to succeed.  I also remember that her first name was Ragnilde, which I always thought was a pretty unusual name.


07/22/14 08:18 PM #58    

 

Jim Brinegar

It appears that none of the African-American students who transferred from the old Douglas High School in 10th grade have joined our web site yet.  I remember that those new students were very active in school activities, and that some of their old teachers also joined the staff.

I hope that we can welcome and encourage them to sign up, and hope that some of them will conisder being a part of our reunion.


07/23/14 08:44 AM #59    

 

Jeanne Buchanan (Shryock)

Betty Newby was one of the teachers who came with that group.  She was my study hall teacher when Kennedy was shot.  She was extremely upset and said that we just didn't know how terrible this was.  She said the country would never be the same--she was so right!  She gave me an umbrella when I graduated and I treasured it for several years.

Jeanne Shryock


07/24/14 03:25 PM #60    

 

Evelyn Burk (Seymour)

I had Mrs. Newby for typing, and  really enjoyed her as a teacher--unfortunately she passed away just a few yeas after we graduated at a very young age.  She's the one I learned the ABC song from because her typing classes had to type to it while singing the song.

 


07/24/14 06:17 PM #61    

David G. Vest

Ruben Givens has passed. Not sure about Freddie Gill. Haven't heard from him since the eighties.

 


07/26/14 06:04 PM #62    

Norman Skinner

I went to Little Picadome, Clays Mill Elementary, Lafayette Jr., and Lafayette Sr. Another Southland boy, I lived on S. Pin Oak, near the fire station and across from Southland shopping center. There were a lot of '64 folks in the hood. Ronnie Cobb's father ran the gas station. Ernie Begley's father owned the drug store. Don Howard's mom was the cafeteria manager at Clays Mill. My mom was asst. manager and Sammy Hall's mom worked there, as well as Ted Hardin's mom. Johnny Zimmerman and Mike Caudill lived nearby. Probably some others I might add were Joe Elam, Turk Evans, and Jimmy Wills. 

By the way, any RPCV in our group? I was PCPhilippines '93 - '95


07/27/14 11:33 AM #63    

 

Jim Brinegar

What nis RPCV, Norman?


07/27/14 11:56 AM #64    

Norman Skinner

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer

Just curious if anyone else tried the toughest job you'll ever love. I worked on the island of Palawan with tribal folks, developing potable water supply. I stayed in Palawan until 2000.


07/28/14 08:54 AM #65    

Linda Mitchell (Birk)

Norman, what an interesting story!

About Reuben Givens- thank you, David.

 


07/28/14 06:08 PM #66    

 

Evelyn Burk (Seymour)

I'm another who went the Big Picadome, Clays Mill to Lafayette Jr. and Sr. route for school, but we moved to gardenside from Southland as a sophomore and I lost touch with so many.  Grew up on the 600 block of Sheridan with Bob Osborn, Jackie Robertson, Sidney Haney, and Tde Hardin.  Life was good! and so was school, even if Lafayette was a long trek!


07/28/14 06:09 PM #67    

 

Evelyn Burk (Seymour)

I really did learn to spell in school, it just doesn't look like it in the above!  LOL


07/28/14 08:06 PM #68    

Tony Thyen

Getting in on the Mrs. Lundy conversation late but she was my introduction to Lafayette when I moved in as a junior. Because I was a transfer I was not permitted to enroll in any honor classes so I was in her non honors English class. Like she did for so many others, she instilled in me a skill of critical reading and writing that has served me well my entire professional life. I remember attending summer school at UK between my junior and senior high school years with several other Lafayette juniors and getting an "A" in the Freshman Comp class. It would not have happened without her demanding curriculum. She was A SPECIAL TEACHER.


07/29/14 02:46 PM #69    

 

Evelyn Burk (Seymour)

As a freshman at Miami of Ohio, my ACT records were lost, and first semester I was in regular English 101. The first writing assignment came back with a "D",  but no comments, corrections or errors notated.  Just out of Mrs. Lunde's Honors English, after Mrs. Butler and Miss Dietz,  I asked the teacher, "Why is this essay a "D"?"  After a long discussion, it came down to, "Well, no one is good enough with the first assignment in college to have better than an "F" or "D", so be glad you got a "D".  Also, in first semester, we just want to make sure you can write a decent  business letter."  Talk about angry!  Because.... I knew what the three had taught us. Analysis, creative writing techniques, impeccable punctuation, spelling, formats and grammar.  As a "doormat", I was amazed at how sure of my argument I was, but that's the testimony to three truly excellent teachers. 


07/29/14 04:49 PM #70    

Laurel Richards (Kane)

The same thing happened to me, Tony.  I took Freshman English at UK between my Junior and Senior year at Lafayette, and my excellent instruction by Mrs. Lunde allowed me to get an A.  It was a great start in the English department at UK, and I owe it all to Mrs. Lunde.


07/29/14 10:01 PM #71    

 

Jim Kurz

Mrs.  Lunde -- teaching Beowulf to the Angels

The recent posts about Mrs. Lunde put a smile on my face.  I learned important lessons from her, but frankly I didn’t like her –at first.

Before I began her class, when I read a book I’d get lost in the story. However, Mrs. Lunde insisted that I must appreciate, also, the ideas, the messages and themes that drove the author’s story.

It was a concept that I refused to accept. Refused that is until we read “Macbeth”. That’s when I got it! What made Macbeth great for me was its message of what the allure of power can do, and how it can blind a person to moral reason and common sense.

This was an insight that I was able to put to good use in a conversation that I had with John W. Dean of Watergate fame.  He was on a book tour peddling his book Blind Ambition, when our paths crossed. Based on what I learned from Mrs. Lunde, I was able to knowledgeably discuss how the misuse of power can cause an individual to forsake their moral code.

Also, from my time in Mrs. Lunde’s English class, the concept that is indelibly etched  in my mind is the power of the English language to change over time.  A view that she hammered home by having us memorize the first 13 lines of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, as originally written. Memorizing Middle English was tough sledding.  But, today, I can still recite a good portion of those lines just as Chaucer wrote them over 600 years ago. 

Memorizing lines written in the English language of the 1400's taught me that our language is in a constant state of flux. And, that’s a valuable lesson to learn. The language changes because its speakers change.

So, it is with deep and abiding thanks that I say -- “here’s” to you Mrs. Lunde!” I am sure that right now you are in English Teachers’ Heaven teaching Beowulf to the Angels.   Jim Kurz

 


07/30/14 11:33 AM #72    

 

Ellen Everett (Warren)

Jim, Mrs. Lunde would appreciate this piece. I do!


07/30/14 05:22 PM #73    

Laurel Richards (Kane)

Very well put, Jim.  Looks like it boils down to the fact that she taught all of us something we've retained into adulthood.


08/03/14 04:43 PM #74    

 

Evelyn Burk (Seymour)

Carol and Linda,

Looking forward to the Charmette breakfast!  Thanks for putting it together.  Evelyn


08/04/14 10:22 AM #75    

 

Jeanne Buchanan (Shryock)

This weekend I was reminded how lucky our group is to have the reunion committee.  The rest of us can't thank you enough for all the preplanning, the many things that you have made available to the alumni and for all the hours you have put into the project!  My daughter had her 25th reunion this weekend.  She didn't go.  They planned a Friday night visit to a bar & grill.  The class had 3-400 in it.  The bar holds about 30-40 people!  There was a dinner planned for Saturday night.  That was it!  Last week, a message went out that the Saturday event was cancelled.  The class had very poor planning and as a result, several chose not to go at all. Our class of 1964 is very fortunate that a few people have given of themselves to make our reunion a huge success!


08/09/14 12:45 PM #76    

 

Jeanne Buchanan (Shryock)

I want to make sure that everyone knows that I have invited anyone who is interested to have dinner at Abuelo's Restaurant on FRIDAY NIGHT at 7 pm. The restaurant is located at 3395 Nicholasville Road at Fayette Mall.  They have a separate room for 20 people that I have reserved and several have voiced an interest.   It is under my name--you do not have to call ahead for a reservation or stand in line when you get there. To see their menu, you can Google, Abuelos Lexington KY Menu.  There is also a casual gathering at the hotel.  I plan to go there for an hour or so and then go to Abuelo's.  If you prefer to stay at the hotel, that's great.  This is just another option.  Since we are down to less than two weeks, I do need to get a head count.  Please post here or email me at TheNightOwl@aol.com.


08/13/14 08:33 PM #77    

 

Evelyn Burk (Seymour)

Dear Jeanne,

 

Jim and I both plan on being at Abeulo's Friday at 7 PM.  Looking forward to seeing everyone!  Evelyn

 


08/14/14 11:49 PM #78    

Karen Hall

Jeanne, I will be at Abuelos. Can hardly wait to see people again. Karen Hall

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