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.
This is the most interesting college seal we've encountered, for its inclusion of the sprite Willie who is conjured with the magic words "Brillig Spillig Jiminillig." From Wesleyan College's 1953 yearbook.
"Perhaps there are but two witches in the world, who are born into it again and again" (Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator). From North Texas' 1918 yearbook.
We were asked just today, in a random encounter, how we came up with a thousand definitions for our One-Letter Words: A Dictionary. We had to make up an answer, because the truth verges on unbelievable. From North Texas' 1918 yearbook.
What do these cats have to do with a yearbook? Well, a tabby named Tom Terrific earned his medical degree in 1972. From Medical College of Virginia's 1972 yearbook.