Quest for Learning
LAST FALL 2008
SEMINAR SCHEDULE AND
LEADERS
9:40 to 10:30 A.M.
Sept.18 Smedley Butler, the
Fighting Friend
Dr. John McLarnon
Sept.25 Native Americans and Colonists in
Lancaster County, 1680s-1740s
Dr. Tanya Kevorkian
Oct.2 The KKK in Lancaster in the 1920s
Susan Ortmann
Oct. 9 Peopling of Pennsylvania
Dennis Downey
Oct.16 2008 Road to the White House
Dr. G. Terry Madonna
Oct.23 Pilgrims, Puritans and
Thanksgivings
Dr. Francis J. Bremer
SCIENCE FOR DUMMIES
Arch G. Knisely, Coordinator
William Uyeda, Presenter
Sept. 18 Physical Science: Understanding
Nature
Sept.25 All About Stuff: The Crux
of the Matter
Oct.2 Mechanics of Motion: Bodies in
Action
Oct.9 Sight and Sound: Sensitivity to
Light and Vibrations
Oct.16 Electricity and Magnetism:
Electrons in Action
Oct.23 Heat: Energy of Matter in Motion
HEALTH ISSUES IN LANCASTER COUNTY AND
BEYOND
Dr. John B. Payne, Coordinator
Sept.18 Problems in Healthcare Access
Lawrence Bonchek, M.D.
Sept.25 Project Access of Lancaster
County
Raymond Foley, M.D.
Oct.2 The Need for a Local Public Health
Department
Dr. Hilda Shirk
Oct.9 Preparing to Confront
a Public Health Emergency
Veronica Urdaneta, M.D.
Oct.16 Tuberculosis: Ancient Foe and
Modern Scourge
Dr. Richard Fluck
Oct.23 Primary Care for the Elderly
Alan Peterson, M.D.
THE VARIED GENRES OF C. S. LEWIS
William A. Mehler, Jr.
Sept.18 Memoirs: Surprised by Joy
Criticism: The Allegory of
Love
Sept.25 Letter Style: The Screwtape
Letters
Oct.2 Apologetics: The Problem of Pain
Oct.9 Classics Re-Cast: The
Pilgrim’s Regress
Oct.16 Science Fiction: The Space Trilogy
Oct.23 Children’s Tales: The Narnia Chronicles
10:35
to 10:55 A.M.
A
mid-morning refreshment break provides an
opportunity
to meet informally with our seminar
presenters
and to become acquainted with those
enrolled
in other Quest seminars.
11:00
to 11:50 A.M.
Sept.18 The Scotch-Irish
Peter Seibert
Sept.25 The African-Americans
Dr. Leroy Hopkins, Jr.
Oct.2 The American Indians
Peter Seibert
Oct.9 The Pennsylvania
Germans
Peter Seibert
Oct.16 The Greeks
Nikitas J. Zervanos, M.D.
Oct.16 The Jews
Rabbi Jack Paskoff
Sept.18 Landscaping with
Pennsylvania Native Plants
Ann Bodling
Sept.25 Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow
Karen J. Dickerson
Oct.2 Present and Future Water
Problems
Dr. Charles K. Scharnberger
Oct.9 Lancaster County’s Solid
Waste Management System
Jim Warner
Oct.16 The Nature of Things
Jay George
Oct.23 Polar Wildlife: A
Photographic Essay
Peter and Barbara Hunsberger
ORCHESTRAL STORY-TELLING
Frances Keller, Coordinator
Dr. Peter Brye, Presenter
Sept.18 Masters of the Baroque: Vivaldi
and More
Sept.25 Beethovern: The Pivotal
Figure
Oct.2 Berlioz: The Master of
Depiction
Oct.9 Franz Liszt: the Philosopher
Oct.16 Richard Strauss: The Hero
Oct.23 Masters of the 20th
Century: Copland and More
Sept. 18 Medical Care in Poor
Countries of Central America
Herman Sagastume, M.D.
Sept. 25 Global Health Disparities
Jeff Martin, M.D.
Oct.2 Flying Doctors in East
Africa
Lester Eshleman, M.D.
Oct.9 AIDS and Refugees in East
Africa
Beth Good, B.S.N.
Oct.16 Health Care in Nazareth
Hospital, Israel
Robert Martin, M.D.
David Harnish, M.D. and Flo
Harnish, B.S.N., M.Ed.
Oct.23 Teaching at Nazareth
Hospital, Israel
Dr. Nancy Martin, B.S.N.
Glen Brubaker, M.D.
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