laughter yoga
College Club Member Jodi Hart (on the right) a certified LAUGHTER YOGA Trainer introduced the group to LAUGHTER YOGA. This is a fun exercise that can be done in a group or alone.
Our bodies don't know the difference between real and fake laughter. Both provide health benefits.
LAUGHTER YOGA is a global exercise program that combines laughter, breathwork and mindfulness meditation. It was created by Madan Kataria in 1995 and has been studied for its effects on mental and physical health.
1904 world's fair
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy has worked for over 40 years in St. Louis radio & TV, both on-air and as a 6 time Emmy winning producer of documentaries and musical variety shows.
For the past 26 years he's emceed the St. Louis Speakers Series at Powell Hall. He is also a working artist - producing woodcut prints that are on display in several regional galleries.
He has written four books: "Candymen: The Story of the Switzer Candy Company", "The Irish in St. Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain", "Places to Pray: Holy Sites in Catholic Missouri" and most recently. "The Prelude to a Century: The 1904 World's Fair".
Prelude to a Century
No single event in the history of St. Louis shines as brightly as the 1904 World’s Fair. Forest Park was transformed into a magnificent Ivory City of immense palaces and dramatic vistas. Cascades and fountains splashed and bubbled. Giant engines hummed, powering a million electric lights. Twenty million visitors passed through its gates to witness wonderous displays of the technological
achievements of humankind.
Murphy helped us appreciate how the Fair was a product of its time both in noble aspirations and base prejudices. Exhibits featuring flying machines, automobiles, enormous turbines, and wireless telegraphy stood beside “villages” displaying indigenous people as if they were in a zoo. Murphy’s storytelling took us to the heart of the Fair, amid its sights, sounds, and smells.
Hollywood: the war years 1941-1945
Speaker Mary Saputo
This highly acclaimed program explains what Hollywood was like during the War Years of WWII. Saputo provides this “education” with film clips, romantic music, movie history and some lively narration in her presentations.
presidents luncheon
Michele Crain
Influential Female Singers in Music
Influential Female Singers in Music
Michele is currently one of lead singers in the Midnight Train Band STL. She studied Music and Business at the university of Texas, El Paso. Her travels have taken her all around the world bringing her back home to St. Louis, where she owns an HR consulting business.
Influential Female Singers in Music
Influential Female Singers in Music
Influential Female Singers in Music
We took a stroll down a musical lane to reminisce, sing along and pay homage to amazing Women who helped define the standard of what it means to be a legend. Beginning with the 60's and progressing through today, these trailblazing women have had a lasting musical influence worldwide.
Joe Mosier
Influential Female Singers in Music
Joe Mosier
Joe studied vocal performance at the University of Missouri. His emphasis was opera, musical theater and choral singing. He has performed with the Opera Theater of St. Louis and Cornerstone Chorale and Brass. He is one of the lead singers in the Midnight Train Band and a healthcare worker during the day.
eliminating racism, Empowering Women - ywca today
Dr. Cheryl Watkins, MBA YWCA Metro St. Louis President and CEO
YWCA Metro St. Louis has undergone a transformation. The agency is reimagining, rebuilding, and rebranding. As a result, their holistic and integrated system of services improved the lives of more than 10,000 women and families last year! Dr. Watkins introduced us to the YWCA today - a non-profit that is 118 years old and rooted in rich history, with an approach to the future that is strategic and innovative.
Famous Feuds and Rivalries
Bev Schuetz
Bev Schuetz has been a frequent presenter at the College Club of St. Louis. She is a popular and dynamic speaker who has created a series of live presentations known as History Talks. She is known for her unique topics, delightful presentations, and thoroughly researched programs.
Famous Feuds and Rivalries
In her presentation, Bev examined some of the wildest and most famous feuds and rivalries. Among them is the journalism war between the queens of Hollywood gossip, Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper; the non-speaking rivalry of sisters and Academy Award winning actresses, Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland; the cut-throat battle between the great artists, Carravaggio and Baglione; and the clash of egos of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst.
Book review about the history of st. louis bakeries
Author Rich Gaynor
"Our Hearts Were Stollen: A Partial History of St. Louis Bakeries"
"Our Hearts Were Stollen: A Partial History of St. Louis Bakeries"
Rich Gaynor is a native of St. Louis who grew up with his German grandparents who introduced him to the pleasures of coffee and cake. These early experiences sent him on a ten-year quest to discover the lives, motivations, and relationships of the independent bakers of St. Louis.
"Our Hearts Were Stollen: A Partial History of St. Louis Bakeries"
"Our Hearts Were Stollen: A Partial History of St. Louis Bakeries"
"Our Hearts Were Stollen: A Partial History of St. Louis Bakeries"
"The St. Louis Bakery Community - A story of Creative Kindness and An Extended Family." Rich shared interesting stories about the 25 St. Louis Bakers that he interviewed for the book.
barcelona - an architectural Wonder
Speaker Marion Herrmann
Speaker Marion Herrmann
The old and beautiful city of Barcelona Spain reflects multiple trends in the history of Western Architecture in its own unique way.
Speaker Marion Herrmann
Speaker Marion Herrmann
Speaker Marion Herrmann
Marion is a College Club member who has made many trips to the beautiful city of Barcelona.
Speaker Marion Herrmann
Marion provided a brief survey of the different architecture periods and culminated with the whimsical architectural movement called "Modernisme".
bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum
Daniel Fuller - Event and Volunteer Coordinator
Daniel Fuller - Event and Volunteer Coordinator
Daniel Fuller - Event and Volunteer Coordinator
Bellefontaine Cemetery includes sculpture, stained glass and architecture. The richness can be seen in the 314-acre cemetery and the legacies of those buried there. In the presentation, all elements were explored along with individuals who supported the arts.
The Wainright Tomb
Daniel Fuller - Event and Volunteer Coordinator
Daniel Fuller - Event and Volunteer Coordinator
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Busch Mausoleum
Daniel Fuller - Event and Volunteer Coordinator
The Busch Mausoleum
Designed by Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett
breakaway siberians: the st. Louis dog sled team
Speaker: Richie Camden
We heard the interesting story of the Breakaway Siberians, the competitive sled dog team from Missouri. We learned how musher, Richie Camden stumbled into the sport of sled dogs and mushing.
The Siberian Huskie Team
The team consists of huskies adopted from shelter and rescue groups around the Midwest.
Sled and Breakfast
Richie and his wife own and run the Sled & Breakfast. It is a dog daycare, boarding, training, and grooming facility located in Fenton, Missouri in the St. Louis Area. As you can see their huskies are just part of their family.
st. louis houses with a wow factor
Douglas Schneider was our speaker. Doug showed us homes in St. Louis that cost as little as $1.22 and some that cost as much as $20,000,000. The home pictured above was built out of shipping containers.
With each home that Doug showed us you couldn't help but say WOW! The one pictured above was built inside a cave which used to be a skating rink.
There were St. Louis homes with windows in their chimneys and homes made out of steel, cement blocks, or Styrofoam, The one above is constructed from dirt bags.
forest park owls: Hunting & feeding
Mark H.X. Glenshaw
Mark Glenshaw, an award winning naturalist, has studied the lives of the Great Horned Owls in Forest Park since 2005. In his presentation: Hunting & Feeding, Mark covered obscure behaviors from hunting perches and their predatory attempts. He also described the owls' attempts to feed themselves and their many owlets.
Great Horned Owl
The great horned owl is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. Its primary diet is rabbits and hares, rats and mice, and voles, although it freely hunts any animal it can overtake, including rodents and other small mammals, larger mid-sized mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.
123rd college club birthday scholarship benefit party!
Special Guest
HAPPY 123rd BIRTHDAY COLLEGE CLUB!
HAPPY 123rd BIRTHDAY COLLEGE CLUB!
Francis Lemkeuhle was our special guest for the Club's 123rd Birthday Celebration. Francis mother Mrs. F. Ray Leimkeuhle was the Club's President between 1926-1927.
HAPPY 123rd BIRTHDAY COLLEGE CLUB!
HAPPY 123rd BIRTHDAY COLLEGE CLUB!
HAPPY 123rd BIRTHDAY COLLEGE CLUB!
The College Club of St. Louis was formed 1901 to unite college women for the promotion of education, social and other interests beneficial to the community. Dedicated to the importance of education for women, the membership supports an extensive scholarship program for college bound high school women.
Presenters
HAPPY 123rd BIRTHDAY COLLEGE CLUB!
Presenters
Members of the History Committee - Marsha Rolwes, Claudia Uccello, and Sandy Mueller presented a program with interesting highlights of our Club's last 42 years.
"the court watch project: a model for systems change"
Carla Maley
Court Watch Project
Court Watch Project
Carla Maley, Court Watch Project Coordinator, gave an overview of the problem of domestic violence and the legal remedies available in St. Louis. Carla's overview served as background for her discussion of the Court Watch Project and its impact on the complicated problem.
Court Watch Project
Court Watch Project
Court Watch Project
The Court Watch Project is a community-based initiative within the court system to help improve court processes regarding Order of Protection hearings.
The mission of the Court Watch Project is to make the justice system more effective and responsive in handling cases of domestic violence perpetrated against women and children and to create a more informed and involved public.
navigating the cultural waters of diversity
Speaker: Honorable Judge Judy P. Draper
Judge Judy Draper discussed her journey coming to the US and the cultural and racial obstacles she had to overcome to become an Associate Circuit Judge in St. Louis County and currently the Honorary Ambassador for the Republic of South Korea.
2024 COLLEGE CLUB ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON
Scholarship Awards
This event is the highlight of our year and is attended by members, the high school finalists, their college counselors and our US Bank financial partners.
The Award Winners
Eighteen high school seniors were chosen to receive scholarships to help with their first year of college.
frank lloyd wright house in ebsworth park
Tour of the Kraus House
The brick and cypress house was designed and constructed for Russell and Ruth Goetz Kraus. The design was conceived in 1950 and construction continued until 1960.
The house features parallelograms. The only right angles are located in the bathroom. Even the bed is a parallelogram and sheets must be custom made. The house itself sits on parallelogram blueprint..
The house features a carport., attached shed, and a workroom for Kraus, a glass work artist. Kraus heard of Wrights work and was so excited at the thought of living in a work of art himself, he wrote to Wright, who sent him the plans for his "little house".
theodore roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Speaker Bev Schuetz
Speaker Bev Schuetz
Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th president, turned himself from a sickly, asthmatic child into a robust and powerful leader. He fought corruption, championed progressive reform, wrote 50 books, and led the cause of conservationism.
Known for his dynamic and exuberant personality, he grew in stature after leaving office. Called bully by some and fearless by many, this towering figure is honored on Mount Rushmore and in the national memory.
Speaker Bev Schuetz
Speaker Bev Schuetz
Speaker Bev Schuetz
Bev Schuetz has been a frequent presenter at the College Club of St. Louis. She is a popular and dynamic speaker who has created a series of live presentations known as History Talks. She is known for her unique topics, delightful presentations, and thoroughly researched programs.