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.
"And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am" (John 14.3). From Concordia's 1978 yearbook.
That might be a magical levitation in the bottom photo, as opposed to a corpse, because we see no wheeled stretcher. Granted, that photo being paired with a long, dark hallway suggests a more macabre interpretation. From North Adams' 1971 yearbook.
"This will be an old place someday." Another window into the glowing forests that traverse old yearbooks. From North Carolina Wesleyan's 1963 yearbook.