{"id":42,"date":"2022-04-04T11:34:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/?p=42"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:34:42","slug":"letter-from-w-e-b-du-bois-to-searles-high-school-alumni-association-june-13-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/letter-from-w-e-b-du-bois-to-searles-high-school-alumni-association-june-13-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"To Searles High School Alumni Association, June 13, 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-42-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/rocks-and-the-mountains-4_21_22-4.01-PM.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/rocks-and-the-mountains-4_21_22-4.01-PM.wav\">https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/rocks-and-the-mountains-4_21_22-4.01-PM.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/05RocksAndMountains.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/05RocksAndMountains.gif\" alt=\"sheet music for Rocks and The Mountains\" width=\"437\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Rocks and the Mountains&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And you shall have a new hid-ing place that day.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Sundquist, 502)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-8\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"8\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"To Fitzpatrick 1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-9\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"9\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"To Fitzpatrick 2\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">June 13, 1961\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. George P. Fitzpatrick,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President of the Searles\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High School Alumni\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Association,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have your kind invitation of June 9. for Saturday, June 24. I regret to say that on June 15, I fly to Europe to rest in a Sanatarium until about August I. I sahll not therefor be able to accept your invitation much as I would like to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several years ago I spoke at one your anniversaries held in Stockbridge, I emphasized then that the Housatonic river should not be used as a sewer. May I follow that thought further, and emphasize before the Searles graduates a further development of that theme. The Housatonic River is the natural Main Street of the Town of Great Barrington. It should be a clear and limpid stream, flowing gently through grass, trees and flowers; flanked by broad roadways and parks as the life stream of a town. In the midst of its passage, where now rises the monstrosity of a private school should be a lake and beach for public bathing. This would emphasize Great Barrington as a centre for millionaires, not for money-mak- but as town of homes as it used to be; as aplace where men dreamed and thought and sought the meaning of living and cared little about how much they could make or steal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Does this sound very silly to the pupils of the Searles today? I hope not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am very sinserely yours\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the Class of 1888<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Searles High School Alumni Association, June 13, 1961. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. https:\/\/credo.library.umass.edu\/view\/full\/mums312-b154-i213.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; And you shall have a new hid-ing place that day. (Sundquist, 502) &nbsp; Transcript: June 13, 1961\u00a0 Mr. George P. Fitzpatrick,\u00a0 President of the Searles\u00a0 High School Alumni\u00a0 Association,\u00a0 Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick:\u00a0 I have your kind invitation of June 9. for Saturday, June 24. 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