26-562: Yale Corinthian Yacht Club is a public sailing facility located on Short Beach in Branford, Connecticut ( United States ), home of the Yale University sailing team . It is generally abbreviated as "YCYC" and is affectionately pronounced "yic-yic." Founded in 1881, it is the oldest collegiate sailing club in the world. YCYC is about six miles from campus . Student officers, such as the commodore, secretary, and fleet captain, run
52-419: A clear pool of water, asked Mr. Heindel, and see the trees and skies repeated therein? And did you ever cast a stone into that pool and see it clouded and turmoiled, so it gave no reflection? Yet the skies and trees were waiting above to be reflected when the waters grew calm. So God and your husband's spirit wait to show themselves to you when the turbulence of sorrow is quieted. Several months later she composed
78-504: A distribution of 50,000 copies, according to its publisher, Elizabeth Towne . The following statement expresses Wilcox's unique blending of New Thought, Spiritualism, and a Theosophical belief in reincarnation: "As we think, act, and live here today, we build the structures of our homes in spirit realms after we leave earth, and we build karma for future lives, thousands of years to come, on this earth or other planets. Life will assume new dignity, and labor new interest for us, when we come to
104-420: A few small cabins used as summer homes. Short Beach was once a thriving shoreline vacation village that became almost a completely year-round neighborhood starting in the late 1950s. There are still million-dollar summer homes on the waterfront as well as the old vacation homes. Nowadays Short Beach is a fast-growing area that still retains a neighborhood feel. It is home to people of every economic background and
130-552: A little mantra or affirmative prayer which she said over and over "I am the living witness: The dead live: And they speak through us and to us: And I am the voice that gives this glorious truth to the suffering world: I am ready, God: I am ready, Christ: I am ready, Robert." Wilcox made efforts to teach occult things to the world. Her works, filled with positive thinking, were popular in the New Thought Movement and by 1915 her booklet, What I Know About New Thought had
156-647: Is a safe and heavily policed area. Most of the old cottages have been fixed up, so much so that the area has a newer look than it did just ten years ago. There has been immigration to Short Beach and the New Haven area in general from the former Yugoslavia as well as from the Caribbean . The central portion of the Short Beach neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as
182-445: Is cited in the anthology of bad poetry, Very Bad Poetry . Sinclair Lewis indicates Babbitt 's lack of literary sophistication by having him refer to a piece of verse as "one of the classic poems, like ' If— ' by Kipling , or Ella Wheeler Wilcox's 'The Man Worth While.'" The latter opens: Her poem "Solitude" opens: The Winds of Fate Wheeler Wilcox cared about alleviating animal suffering, as can be seen from her poem, "Voice of
208-531: Is known for a population of monk parakeets that live there. It is said that they escaped from captivity and never left the neighborhood. The parrots took up residence in the community's trees and can be heard and seen all year long. Short Beach was occupied by the Quinnipiac and possibly the Paugussett tribes in the 17th century but this information is still disputed. It became part of Branford when
234-648: The Short Beach Historic District in 2017. Short Beach is home to half of the famous Shore Line Trolley Museum , which is also in neighboring East Haven, Connecticut . Also in Short Beach are the Yale Corinthian Yacht Club (YCYC), Shore Automotive, the Adult Day Care Center, Short Beach Church, the local fire house , which houses and is owned by Short Beach Hose, Hook and Ladder Volunteer Company 4 of
260-578: The Branford Fire Department, as well as a U. S. Post Office. Short Beach has three parks, the largest being Pardee Park in the center. Short Beach has a 3-day festival at the end of summer called Short Beach Days with a parade, lip-synching contest, races, basketball, and sand castle building. New Haven CT Transit F3, F5 and F6 buses run through Short Beach connecting the neighborhood to East Haven , New Haven , downtown Branford and go as far as Seymour and Ansonia . Short Beach
286-651: The Voiceless". It begins as follows: She made an appearance during World War I in France, reciting her poem, The Stevedores ("Here's to the Army stevedores, lusty virile and strong...") while visiting a camp of 9,000 US Army stevedores . Several of Wilcox's poems were the basis for silent films: The titles for the ten episodes of the final, fifth season of the science fiction television series Orphan Black come from Wilcox's poem, "Protest". The lines "Laugh and
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#1732786778381312-437: The club. They manage everything from the facilities and fleet to fund-raising and hosting events, The yacht club hosts a summer program annually for youth and adults in the interest of teaching novices to sail and race while partially funding the college team's racing activity. Short Beach Short Beach is a beach neighborhood situated in Branford, Connecticut . It is the westernmost of Branford's seven neighborhoods,
338-734: The couple lived before moving to New York City and then to Granite Bay in the Short Beach section of Branford, Connecticut . The two homes they built on Long Island Sound , along with several cottages, became known as Bungalow Court, and they would hold gatherings there of literary and artistic friends. They had one child, a son, who died shortly after birth. Not long after their marriage, they both became interested in Theosophy , New Thought , and Spiritualism . Early in their married life, Robert and Ella Wheeler Wilcox promised each other that whoever died first would return and communicate with
364-401: The few other pieces of literature that were to be had in her home). Around the age of 8, Wilcox turned to writing poetry as an outlet. When she was 13 years old, her first poem was published. After losing her subscription to The New York Mercury , and being unable to afford to resubscribe, Wilcox thought that if she could get a piece of literature published, she would at least receive a copy of
390-440: The knowledge that death is but a continuation of life and labor, in higher planes." Her final words in her autobiography The Worlds and I : "From this mighty storehouse (of God, and the hierarchies of Spiritual Beings) we may gather wisdom and knowledge, and receive light and power, as we pass through this preparatory room of earth, which is only one of the innumerable mansions in our Father's house. Think on these things." Wilcox
416-549: The leader of the Rosicrucian Philosophy in California , he made very clear to me the effect of intense grief. Mr. Heindel assured me that I would come in touch with the spirit of my husband when I learned to control my sorrow. I replied that it seemed strange to me that an omnipotent God could not send a flash of his light into a suffering soul to bring its conviction when most needed. Did you ever stand beside
442-496: The mirror, she suddenly recalled the sorrowful widow. It was at that moment that she wrote the opening lines of "Solitude": She sent the poem to the Sun and received $ 5 for her effort. It was collected in the book Poems of Passion shortly afterward in May 1883. This collection was reported to have made $ 2000 that year. In 1884, she married Robert Wilcox of Meriden, Connecticut , where
468-508: The other. Robert Wilcox died in 1916, after over thirty years of marriage. She was overcome with grief, which became ever more intense as week after week went without any message from him. It was at this time that she went to California to see the Rosicrucian astrologer, Max Heindel , still seeking help in her sorrow, still unable to understand why she had no word from her Robert. She wrote of this meeting: In talking with Max Heindel ,
494-478: The others being: The Hill , The Center , Pine Orchard , Stony Creek , Indian Neck , and Brushy Hill . Short Beach's population is approximately 2,500. About a half mile long, it is situated in New Haven County and is bordered by East Haven to the west, Branford to the north and east and Long Island Sound to the south. It is home to many small islands, the largest being Kelsey's Island which has
520-510: The paper wherein her piece was printed. The piece that she submitted is lost, and Wilcox later admitted that she could not recall even the topic of the poem. Wilcox became known as a poet in her own state by the time she graduated from high school. Her poem "The Way of the World" was first published in the February 25, 1883, issue of The New York Sun . The inspiration for the poem came as she
546-510: The result of her father's failed business aspirations and speculation. Wilcox's family held themselves to be intellectuals, and a mastery of the nuances of the English language was prized. During her childhood, Wilcox amused herself by reading books and newspapers, which may have influenced her later writing (most notably William Shakespeare , The Arabian Nights , The Diverting History of John Gilpin and Gulliver's Travels , in addition to
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#1732786778381572-403: The town was established in 1644. The area remained largely undeveloped until the post-Civil War period, when it began a slow development as a summer resort area. By the 1890s the area featured a hotel and a number of seasonal and year-round residences along Beckett Avenue. From 1891 until she died in 1919, poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox lived on the Short Beach coast overlooking Granite Bay. Wilcox
598-540: Was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection Poems of Passion and the poem "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." Her autobiography, The Worlds and I , was published in 1918, a year before her death. Ella Wheeler was born in 1850 on a farm in Johnstown , Wisconsin , east of Janesville , the youngest of four children. The family later moved north of Madison , after losing its wealth, as
624-624: Was an advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism . She died of cancer on October 30, 1919, in Short Beach, Connecticut . None of Wilcox's works were included by F. O. Matthiessen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose fourteen of her poems for Best Loved Poems of the American People, while Martin Gardner selected "The Way Of The World" and "The Winds of Fate" for Best Remembered Poems . She
650-499: Was influential in promoting the area, and its growth was assured when the Branford Electric Railway ran its line near Short Beach in 1897. The area's popularity as a summer resort area peaked in the early 1920s, after which it was subjected to increasing suburbanization. * Consolidated borough and town Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919)
676-544: Was travelling to attend the Governor's inaugural ball in Madison, Wisconsin . On her way to the celebration, there was a young woman dressed in black sitting across the aisle from her. The woman was crying. Miss Wheeler sat next to her and sought to comfort her for the rest of the journey. When they arrived, the poet was so depressed that she could barely attend the scheduled festivities. As she looked at her own radiant face in
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