http://villastjean.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ ... an unsanctioned production of the Bossuet Material Support Committee en Vox Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:49:06 +0100 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/dipalma-in-the-middle-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/dipalma-in-the-middle-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/dipalma-in-the-middle-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:49:06 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddc14f5d860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddc14f5d860b-50si" alt="DiPalma" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yes, it's true that Kevin Di Palma (vsj '67) remains teaching English in rural China. To that end we offer this recent photograph, mailed to the Villa Alumni offices world headquarters. Kevin also provided this links to better understand his worl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/dipalma-in-the-middle-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123dde9ea8a860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> di palma http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/the-macintyre-dorrance-legacy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/the-macintyre-dorrance-legacy.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/the-macintyre-dorrance-legacy.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:38:32 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f1800d41860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f1800d41860f-50si" alt="Darwindeez" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What are the odds that an Indie band would have two connections to the long-closed Villa? From a note from '68 graduate Steve MacIntyre to his colleagues... ... today, Cole, my stepson, called to tell me that he had news he guaranteed would be e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/the-macintyre-dorrance-legacy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123dde9e9b6860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/jean-remy-speaks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/jean-remy-speaks.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/jean-remy-speaks.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:06:29 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f1746864860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f1746864860f-50si" alt="Jean Remy interview" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> From an interview published in the autumn issue of the University of Dayton's magazine. (it's here) The headline: Jean Remy first met Americans, U.S. soldiers pushing through eastern France, during World War II. -- “My first words in English were... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/jean-remy-speaks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddcaa175860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/notre-ancien-super-star.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/notre-ancien-super-star.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/notre-ancien-super-star.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:27:04 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddca9e4e860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddca9e4e860c-50si" alt="Littleprince" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The tireless Jean Remy passes along the latest information from the Continent regarding Antoine Saint-Exupéry. First, he notes that a French TV magazine show, earlier this month, devoted a story to the disappearance off the coast of Marseilles an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/notre-ancien-super-star.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddca9e60860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> saint exupery jean remy http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/keeping-watch-on-saint-exup%C3%A9ry.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/keeping-watch-on-saint-exup%C3%A9ry.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/keeping-watch-on-saint-exup%C3%A9ry.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:32:25 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddd3d04a860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddd3d04a860d-50si" alt="StExupery" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Our colleagues send along news of two reports published by the St-Irenaeus Centre in Lyon on Saint-Exupéry. One story, we're told, describes the creation of a Saint-Exupéry Foundation for youth. Another describes the decision to create, after lo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/keeping-watch-on-saint-exup%C3%A9ry.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddab30ba860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/brian-lawler-half-man-half-beast.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/brian-lawler-half-man-half-beast.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/brian-lawler-half-man-half-beast.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:53:33 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f1618289860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f1618289860f-50si" alt="Lawler &amp; son..." /></a> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddcb6918860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123ddcb6918860d-50si" alt="I&#39;m talking to you! " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mr. Lawler, class of 1968 at the Villa, returned yet again to the Alps this year to race the Gore-Tex Transalpine Run, for reasons not entirely clear to us. He was accompanied this time by son Patrick, 23; his support crew was wife Anne and brot... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/brian-lawler-half-man-half-beast.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0123f16182f9860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lawler http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/reunion-fougerolles.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/reunion-fougerolles.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/reunion-fougerolles.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:50:37 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110164fcbac860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110164fcbac860b-50si" alt="Reunion3" /></a> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110186f0591860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110186f0591860f-50si" alt="Reunion2" /></a> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110164fcbaa860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110164fcbaa860b-50si" alt="Reunion1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> All: Our esteemed French breathren met earlier this month in Fougerolles. Via post and routed through China, we have come across some pictures showing both our brothers and -- apparently -- many wine bottles. (The photographer, we believe, are s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/reunion-fougerolles.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b01101694a151860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/gallia-stands-alone.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/gallia-stands-alone.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/gallia-stands-alone.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:48:21 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b01101642c920860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b01101642c920860b-50si" alt="Gallia" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> All: Our photography team is still catching up the treasure of pictures and old yearbooks sent to our offices by our esteemed alumni. Here is a recent photo of Gallia, the only surviving structure of our old school. Our correspondents -- among the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/gallia-stands-alone.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110180314f4860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/50-years-ago-at-the-villa.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/50-years-ago-at-the-villa.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/50-years-ago-at-the-villa.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:32:39 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b011017ff221f860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b011017ff221f860e-50si" alt="Vsj-1959-60" /></a> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b01101683ad98860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b01101683ad98860c-50si" alt="Vsj-1959-60-2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Our photo desk is still going over the vast library of material released by François Marchal (see this post). We thought we'd pass along a couple more excerpts, these from the 1959-60 yearbook, a half-century ago, and the twilight period of the V... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/50-years-ago-at-the-villa.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110185e1501860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/old-vsj-yearbooks-preserved.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Villa St. Jean) http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/old-vsj-yearbooks-preserved.html?_c=feed-rss http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/old-vsj-yearbooks-preserved.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:58:43 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b011016831de9860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b011016831de9860c-50si" alt="Yearbook for 1954-55" /></a> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e47914dbe2b011017fe92f2860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e47914dbe2b011017fe92f2860e-50si" alt="The villa in color, circa 1960" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> François Marchal, one of our esteemed senior alumni from the Villa's French days, has taken the trouble to scan and preserve some VSJ yearbooks from the late 1940s to 1960-61. It's a stagering amount of work that adds, significantly, to the scho... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://villastjean.vox.com/library/post/old-vsj-yearbooks-preserved.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e47914dbe2b0110185d8485860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>