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.
Though a powerful tool for astral travel, this hallway should not be used by those susceptible to near-death experiences. From Tri-State's 1969 yearbook.
This photograph may be used to make contact with a shadowy figure distant from you; the photograph may also facilitate astral travel. From the North Adams State College yearbook, 1966.
"The main danger of wearing a mask is that one comes to identify with it, and may even forget that it was only a tool used to accomplish a specific purpose" (Arnold Nerenberg, 1992). From Belmont Abbey's 1985 yearbook.
Before "Netflix and chill," there was Netflix and CHILI!
They'll eat Mexican food and watch a zombie movie with you, but they charge $1.50 (which is equivalent to $4.71 today). From Western Carolina's 1980 yearbook.
A rarely admitted outrage of higher education: you've seen those college pennants, but did you know that coeds go unclothed just so dormitory walls can be decorated? From Greensboro's 1926 yearbook.
This detail of a photograph in a Philadelphia yearbook, 1968, has clearly captured a being from the Otherworld. We've identified this creature as the long-nosed seducer demon Zanni (of Harlequin mask fame).