'WHAT DO YOU SEE?'  WONDERFUL THINGS!'

That question, that response were first uttered at the threshold of an Eygptian pharoah's tomb in 1922.  1999 will not take us to Egypt but nevertheless we will see wonderful things.  Our seminar will introduce us to ways of looking at and thinking about the world right here --- dormitories, libraries, a profession school or two, museums, pictures and places.  We shall look at all of these as carefully crafted objects of art, for starters, then as historical artifacts embedded in the culture of their particular times, and finally as the carriers of much much older meanings.  Our looking and learning will keep us on the road for most of the semester (weather permitting) but we'll begin with stuff we carry in our own pockets.  Bring a one dollar bill to the first class on the 8th of September next, and you will see wonderful things.