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.
For years we've documented folks disguised as Christmas trees, but this one is more properly "Disguised as a Christmas tree ornament." From Morris Harvey's 1970 yearbook.
It's been said that sports hooliganism comes down to a fear of death and that "fan riots are sparked by terrible insights that the Grim Reaper is winning" (Mary Pilon). Here's Dr. Death on the field, from Birmingham-Southern's 1982 yearbook.
You've heard the great question from The Sound of Music, "How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?" It's actually not that difficult. From the University of the South's 1976 yearbook.
You can do this at home, too -- pull out a few books on criticism and stick your head in, facing the wall. Or, um, so I've heard. From Eastern Nazarene's 1976 yearbook.