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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Miss Eliason

What are your memories of Miss Eliason? Apparently she took her bird-watching seriously! http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/e/Eliason,Jane_G.html

10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    Who said this? “Class!! Give (student’s name,) a clap.” John Millar

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  2. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    OK, I think I have the “clap” answer: Miss Eliason. Never knew where she came from. I remember a southern accent (or was that southern Jersey ?). It was a proud moment, to be sure, when you were on the receiving end of a “clap”. I think maybe I had 2 in my year with her. Is that correct, John, or am fabricating the whole deal?

    Rick Bowe

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  3. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    Jane Eliason was, I recall, from North Carolina . I don't remember her southern accent, but at that time I had no idea what a southern accent was. Living in Tennessee for the last thirty plus years, now I know better. I've even been caught rolling off "y'all" a few times. Don't worry. While no one guesses that I grew up in New Jersey , no one thinks I grew up in Nashville either.
    I don't remember ever getting a clap in 6th grade, so good job Rick!

    Dave Smith

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  4. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    And we are the recipients of Jane's total some of experiences. I do remember first hearing about Afghanistan in Miss Eliason's Class. I built a miniature version of the United Nations for one of our projects. I think that is how I earned...
    "Class why don't we'all give John a clap." Thank you Miss Eliason.

    John

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  5. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    You've got it! Miss Jane Eliason. I think she was from North Carolina. Sixth grade Willard. She was also an ornathologist. That is why those of us who took her class can identify most North American birds on the Eastern Seaboard. I think it was Dave Smith who had such a high pitched whistle that he called down a black capped chickadee, with Miss Eliason coaching him of course, as we watched in awe. She took us to the New York Historical Society in Manhattan so we could see one of John J. Audoban's original portfolios of bird paintings. That day we also saw maps that had been drawn by Major Erskine for Genereal Washington during the revolution. She was amazing. She gave us a life long assignment which was..."Class i want you to look at the sky every day." What can i say? I look at the sky every day.

    John M.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    John,
    You're right . I could whistle down a chickadee. Those bird walks have lasted a lifetime for me. A couple of years ago I had to laugh to myself (since no one else here would think it funny) that Miss Eliason pointed out a Louisianna water thrush in the woods behind the Bowe's by the Ho-ho-kus Brook, and 40 years later I saw a Northern water thrushdown here outside Nashville. You must have good skies to watch in Omaha. I look every day too. (But don't recall the assignment)

    Dave Smith

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  7. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    Dave,
    Finally I am able to hit those high notes to get the chicadee's attention. Like Rick i have pretty good luck with cardinals.
    Remember cupping your hands and blowing air into your thumbs like blowing in to a conch shell to make noise?
    Well I've had great luck with calling in mourning doves like that.
    Briefly the skies in Nebraska and Iowa. Finches of all kinds. Medow larks. Wood thrush. Wood peckers red headed and piliated. Sand hill cranes depending upon the season and location...thousands. Snow geese depending upon the season...thousands. Canadian geese. Bald eagles... most of the time when you are not looking for them. Never when you are looking for them. Red tailed hawks. Coopers hawks. Ospreys by the Missouri River. Wood ducks. Canvas backs. Mallards and Mergansers. Egrets and a Great Blue Heron that lives in a creek not far from where I work.
    Thank you Miss Eliason!

    John

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  8. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    Gents,

    I have been a “bird guy” for 50 years. I had attributed it to my father (the butterfly guy who was (and still is) a big bird guy). I must say that I had forgotten that Miss E was a bird person. And, Dave, I’m sorry to say that I either did not witness or do not remember you whistling down a chickadee. I have had some success whistling in cardinals.

    Rick Bowe

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  9. AnonymousMarch 02, 2010

    You are totally right Rick. I didn't have her in 3rd but I distinctly remember her saying, with her southern accent, "Give that boy [or girl] a clap!". I always thought that was hilarious, especially the idea of a singular clap. Irene Nagy Talerico

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  10. AnonymousMarch 03, 2010

    Did I miss something? I don't remember anyone having the 'clap' in sixth grade? I'm not sure I even knew what that was. Was that what the 'special assembly' for the fifth grade girls was all about? You can tell us now, we can handle it... Stan Brown

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