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Title: Writing Papers in a Statistics Course, Technical Report No. 91-005, Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW)
Description: There is an increased emphasis on writing in today's undergraduate curriculum, and papers can play an important role in an introductory statistics course. With the existence of good interactive statistical software it is possible to move the classic introductory statistics course away from the study of formulas to the study of statistical thinking and the role of statistics in society. In such a new course students get an increased understanding of statistical ideas by writing papers across a wide range of topics; actual topics having ranged from a comparison of statistics and religion to a study of the relationship between time of first class in the morning and the distance from the bed to the alarm clock.
Date Created: 1991
PID: grinnell:26697

Title: York Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The York Lumber Company entry in the parade was a horse drawn wagon full of lumber. There is a girl in dress and bonnet and a boy sitting on the lumber. The driver is obscured. A sign on the side reads, "We like to trade at York's." York's was located at 732 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28734

Title: AMERICA REBORN AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
Description: Homage to 9/11. An American flag torn and glued on canvas. In the center is a mermaid holding an American flag and blowing a trumpet. There is a winged spirit holding a cross and a sword above the water. '0682852' below the signature. In front of her you
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:34843