Class 29: Banner drop + mission presentation and discussion with Peter Buckley

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For our twenty-ninth class on May 1, 2017 we met at 2pm in 901 NAB. Peter Buckley

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Hey Projects class,

We'll see you on Monday 4/24 at 2pm.

Please bring in some initial materials, sketches, and drafts for a class publication/reader, which we'll risograph! Some ideas: a short reading that feels relevant, sketches, notes, proposals, writings, or something new. As a starting point, the dimension of each page is 8.5x11 in (letter), and we're thinking that it's feasible for everybody to have 4 pages across 2 spreads, like below. Together we can look at it all and move forward from there!

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We'll also continue our 5 minute presentations, from those who haven't gone yet, as several people have volunteered to present this week. We'll go around really fast with everyone, too, to consolidate whose projects are coming to an end before the academic year, and ask everyone to specify if you're working collaboratively with others in the class and/or if you need help.

Registration is coming up and we will continue projects in the same time slot, Monday 2-5. We welcome anybody in the class who's graduating to continue on with us!

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Finally, time-permitting, we'd like to continue our work on the mission. Re-attaching the 35 page reading on the purpose of a mission, from last week's email. On May 1st, we'll be joined by Peter Buckley, who served both then and now as the chair of mission-related committees. So if there are any questions coming up, maybe we can formulate some topics in advance of his visit.

If you missed part I of David Gersten's lectures on John Hejduk yesterday, please try to attend the Part II tonight (Thursday) at 6pm in room 315 fdn. He mentioned that it'll tie back to Cooper and education, so it seems relevant to our discussions.

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Also, Rachel and Magnus and others have been working on the Cooper Film Festival, which is coming up next week. See attached for a draft poster. And please help spread the word!

https://www.facebook.com/cooperunionfilmfestival

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p.s. If you're around on Sunday, alumnus Barry Drogin is leading his annual visit to Peter Cooper's grave site at Green-Wood Cemetery. Recommended, if you haven't been yet!

Join fellow alumni at the Annual Visit to Green-Wood Cemetery, final resting place of Peter Cooper.

Rain or shine, appropriate activities planned.

WHEN: Sunday April 23rd, 2017 at 3pm

WHERE: Green-Wood Cemetery

Meet at the 9th Avenue (Prospect Park West) Entrance at 20th Street

(F Train to 15th Street)

VENUE CONTACT INFO:http://www.green-wood.com/hours-directions-rules/

COST INVOLVED: Free

RSVP by date: Friday, April 21, 2017

RSVP to: Barry Drogin, EE ’83,barry@notnicemusic.com

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PETER COOPER

PATRIOT. PHILANTHROPIST. SAGE

PIONEER UNDER THE FREE

INSTITUTIONS OF A NEW NATION IN WORKS OF

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE

AND OF FAR SIGHTED BENEVELENCE.

FOUNDER OF THE COOPER UNION

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT

OF SCIENCE AND ART, WHICH HE

CONCEIVED WHEN A POOR

APPRENTICE AND REALIZED

AFTER MANY YEARS OF

SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION

THUS BECOMING THE FIRST

IN AMERICA PERSONALLY

TO ADMINSTER LARGE PRIVATE

FORTUNE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

DISTINGUISEHED AS

MUNICIPAL LEGISLATOR

INVENTOR, MECHANIC,

AND MANUFACTURER,

HE WAS A LEADER IN PROVIDING

HIS NATIVE CITY WITH ITS POLICE

AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS,

ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

AND THE CROTON WATER.

HE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED

THE FIRST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

BUILT IN AMERICA:

RECEIVED THE BESSEMER MEDAL

AS THE FATHER OF THE

AMERICAN IRON TRADE,

WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS

OF THE TRANSATLANTIC CABLE

AND FURNISHED THE MEANS

BY WHICH THIS UNDERTAKING

WAS REVIVED AND ACCOMPLISHED.

SIMPLE AND DEVOUT IN SPIRIT,

INDUSTRIOUS AND HONORABLE IN BUSINESS,

HE DEVOTED HIS GENIUS AND ENERGY

NOT MORE TO USEFUL

PRIVATE ENTERPRISES

THAN TO THE DIRECT SERVICE OF

MANKIND, CHIEFLY THROUGH THE

GIFT OF EDUCATION, WHICH

LEADS TO SELF-HELP, SELF-RESPECT

AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

INSPIRED BY FAITH

IN INFINITE LOVE WORKING

THROUGH IMMUTABLE LAW,

HE LIVED TO A GREAT AGE

IN THE GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION

OF HIS FELLOW MEN.

BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1791

DIED APRIL 4, 1883

IN HIS NINETY-THIRD YEAR.