Independent Order of Odd Fellows Essays

  • The Broadway Fountain in Madison, Indiana by Sculptor J. P. Victor Andre

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    pinnacle partition. The fountain appeared in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in the Agriculture Nave. Several years after the exposition ended, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows purchased the fountain for the city of Madison, Indiana in August 1884 for one thousand two hundred forty dollars. “There were four or five Odd Fellow Lodges in Madison at that time, and they all pulled together and had it shipped (here),” said Paul Yount (as cited in Wright). The original intended purpose of

  • The Broadway Fountain of Madison, Indiana

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    closed, the Madison Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows purchased the fountain and presented it to the city in 1884 (U.S.).” What makes this fountain so special? “It is one of only four remaining of this style in the world (U.S.).” The Madison Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows was looking for a way to “regain the momentum it had lost to the railroads with a public drinking fountain (Untitled).” “Crozier told Joe that they needed something out of the normal order to catch the attention and

  • Broadway Fountain Research

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    belongs to. The Broadway Fountain was given to the city of Madison in 1886 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Wright). Today, it is still revered as a magnificent work that the citizens of Madison would do anything to preserve. Dimensionally, the fountain is grand. It stands at 26.6 feet high and is 35.6 feet wide. The work put into the fountain is clearly seen in its beautiful design. The fountain features the Odd Fellows symbol of three intertwined links decorate each surface on the fountain’s octagonal

  • An Enemy of The People

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    an enemy of the people or just an idealist with all the odds against him? Right from the beginning of the play it was apparent that Dr. Stockmann was a man of character. He welcomed the company of his fellow townspeople by offering food and drinks to anyone who entered the Stockmann house. He was very active in town and was constantly publishing articles and pamphlets concerning various ideas he had to improve the health or lives of his fellow citizens. The main reason he took such a strong position

  • Halo: The Fall Of Reach

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    Chief: He is a great leader, he is always on task, and he dedicates his life to his missions. John has always succeeded in every mission no matter what the cost. He has only lost a fellow Spartan in battle under his command when it is the last resort to further increase his team's chance of success, but every time a fellow Spartan has been lost it was because the Spartan volunteered to risk or give his life for the mission at hand. This shows that his teammates have the same view on a mission as he

  • Battle Of Marathon Analysis

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    the then capital city of Persia. The Persians were a far superior force. They had the numbers and the weaponry. The Athenians, in contrast, were less in number and less equipped. What makes this battle epic and significant, is that despite all the odds, the Athenians won, and the Persians lost. The battle itself is one of history’s most memorable. It is also the earliest battle with a recorded history. In his book, Marathon: How One Battle Changed Western Civilization, Richard Billows argues, and

  • The Story Of An Hour

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    The number of marriages that end in divorce in America is one out of every five; the number of marriages that end in death is about eight hundred thousand per year. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is the tale of a married woman who finds herself on an emotional rollercoaster after learning that her husband was killed in a train accident, only to have him walk through the door within the hour. At first, she mourns the loss of her husband. However, as she realizes the breadth of the freedom she

  • Parole Module

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    Introduction Correction has now moved from that of retributive to rehabilitative and doing so has also implemented certain institutions to assist in the rehabilitation process. Such institutions involve offer two basic service called ‘probation and parole’. Probation and Parole are very similar in that they are both dealing with someone who has broken the law and is a substitute to incarceration; both systems are used by judges in dealing with offenders. Probation deals with offenders before they

  • Enders Game

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    anger. The same is true of Ender's schoolmates, and he is forced into brutally beating the leader of a gang of bullies in order to protect himself. Although Valentine tries to protect Ender from Peter, he is only saved from his brother when Colonel Graff of the International Fleet comes to take Ender away to Battle School. Ender leaves behind Valentine, who loves him, in order to help save the world from the buggers. Battle School is located on a ship far from earth. On the flight there Ender demonstrates

  • Reflection Of Ender's Game

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    anger. The same is true of Ender's schoolmates, and he is forced into brutally beating the leader of a gang of bullies in order to protect himself. Although Valentine tries to protect Ender from Peter, he is only saved from his brother when Colonel Graff of the International Fleet comes to take Ender away to Battle School. Ender leaves behind Valentine, who loves him, in order to help save the world from the buggers. Battle School is located on a space station far from earth. On the flight there

  • Essay On Texas Legislature

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    known as independent commission to draw District Maps. An independent redistricting Commission is a council with the authority to drive to implement electoral District Maps. Another key important aspect of the Texas legislature is in regards to the sessions that are held. Due to the Texas Constitution, this limits the regular session to 140 calendar days the Texas legislature will commonly meet and what is known as a regular season which consists on the second Tuesday in January and of each odd number

  • The Fountain Made by J.P. Victor Andre in Madison, Indiana

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    fountain in Place-de-la-Concord in Paris, or by a fountain exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London in 1851” (Wright). “The fountain came to grace Madison’s Broadway Street in 1886, thanks to an organization known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows” (Wright). The group was finally able to buy the fountain and get it moved to the location of choice, which was then and is still to this day in the middle of the inner city of Madison, Indiana. After the purchase of the fountain, a

  • Morality In The Things They Carried

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    Moral degradation is a necessary evil in order to survive through war; therefore, construction of a new morality is inescapable. Within the stories in The Things They Carried, soldiers are required to do so during and after the Vietnam War. War breeds monstrosities and wanton cruelty. When faced with two evils, picking the lesser immoral option is not necessarily something to be frowned upon. This is what separates a soldier’s morality and a civilian’s morality. Civilians see things through a black-and-white

  • Yvonne Vandenbosch Research Paper

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    different, similar to the way her mother acted. With an ever-moving mother came a father that was always looking for new ways to make money for the family. On one occasion, her father thought it would be a good idea to buy rabbits and raise them. For some odd

  • Star Dreck: Paranoia & Patriotism in Alien Invasion Films

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    Star Dreck: Paranoia & Patriotism in Alien Invasion Films My premise is really quite simple: aliens are among us.And they're bad.But they're not the aliens you think they are, and they're not bad for the reasons you might imagine.In order to understand who these aliens are and why they're bad I want to begin by reaching back into the dark heart of the McCarthy era, when American paranoia in its most popular incarnation as American patriotism was at its peak.The year is 1951 and the film is Howard

  • The Pros And Cons Of Prison Rehabilitation

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    Also, current services offered lack goals, plans, or comprehensive policies, proving them to be ineffective and inconsistent. Not only should more rehabilitative services and counselors be available to inmates, but physical changes should be made in order to boost morale. One of the world’s lowest incarceration and recidivism rates come from Norway. Their prisons try to maintain as much normalcy as in the outside world as possible, this means “no bars on the windows, kitchens fully equipped with sharp

  • Analysis Of The Bird Catcher By Malcolm X

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    they try to take what little she has left, the woman is trapped in this cage without even a shirt to cover herself. Much like X who was placed in a different kind of cage by his oppressors, X uses what he has in his cage to fight back even when the odds are against him. X uses the knowledge available as his own net to try and trap his white oppressors who think they are safe by imprisoning him. While they see that X is a threat they cannot do much to him directly as he has turned their oppression

  • Defying Society In The Second Sex By Simone De Beauvoir

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    already considered as the one and are on the top of the social pyramid. In Simone De Beauvoir’s book, The Second Sex, the term the other is used in reference to women. Women are regarded as the inessential and the dependent sex who needs the one in order to exist (De Beauvoir, 1989). The one is referred to as man who is the norm that we need to conform to or else we will be marginalized if we fail to do so. This ideal norm has been present in society since the very beginning of time. Maybe it is because

  • The Sunflower Simon Wiesenthal Summary

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    Since Karl’s parents knew well enough of Hitler’s way of dealing with the impure and “hopeless cases” (Wiesenthal 28) they purposefully avoided any contact or connection with the “evil” (The Sunflower 266) political habits. However, Karl takes an independent decision to join the military and support his beloved nation. One would think that taking such vast measures and becoming a part of something so unknown at such a young age would destroy the individual due to their lack of experience. This factor

  • Religion Vs. Self-interest in Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe

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    passage. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "resolve" as used in the eighteenth century as follows: to decide, to determine, or to convince one of something. The fact that Crusoe had to convince himself and come to a determination in order to lay aside his thoughts of his boat saving him rather than God, reveals to the reader that C... ... middle of paper ... ... to further the image of Crusoe as a morally superior and religious person, when in fact, he has lived his life concerned