CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
Wikipedia claims that the fad of phonebooth stuffing was passé by the end of 1959, but here it is in 1989. WTF, Wikipedia? From Eastern Kentucky's 1989 yearbook.
It's been said that teachers help us to see a brighter future, and that's never truer than for our wizard mentors. From Atlantic Christian's 1985 yearbook.
Our not-so-secret ambition: to don the crown of "Visiting Artist." There's such power and freedom in "just visiting" and then going on your merry way. But do you get to keep the crown as a memento? Also, is there a scepter, and do you get to keep that as well? From Cleveland Technical's 1984 yearbook.
You'd think he was playing Dracula in a theatrical production, but given the occult nature of college yearbooks, we've learned to make no assumptions. From Lambuth 's 1983 yearbook. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.