Hail to Thee, Okoboji U!: A Humor Anthology on Higher EducationMark C. Ebersole HAIL TO THEE, OKOBOJI U! is a collection of articles, stories, poems, and drawings that pokes fun at the revered institution of higher education. Nothing is sacrosanct; everything is fair game: admissions procedures, intercollegiate sports, student affairs, professors, the curriculum - English, music, art, history, philosophy, science - college and university presidents, commencements, alumni affairs, and fund raising. The anthology includes some of America's most distinguished writers and artists: Woody Allen, Russell Baker, Roy Blount, Jr., Robert Benchley, Jules Feiffer, Fran Lebowitz, Henry Martin, Don Marquis, Mary McCarthy, Ogden Nash, Frank Sullivan, James Thurber, Garry Trudeau, Mark Twain, Peter DeVries, and E. B. White. Contributors also include Richard Armour, Jeremy Bernstein, Max Eastman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Randall Jarrell, Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., John Crowe Ransom, Leo Rosten, Delmore Schwartz, Calvin Trillin, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Though higher education is universally renowned for fostering prodigious learning and wondrous knowledge, HAIL TO THEE, OKOBOJI U! reminds us that this eminent intellectual institution is caught in the meshes of the nonsensical and the ludicrous - the querulousness of faculty meetings, the posturing of college presidents, the banality of commencement speeches, the inanity of arcane scholarship, etc., etc., - and that, therefore, the institution's important personages best not take themselves too seriously. HAIL TO THEE, OKOBOJI U! takes a light-hearted look at the groves of academe and will appeal to administrators and faculty members, graduates and students, and all of us who wonder what really goes on in the ivorytowers. |
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... asked knowingly . " You also answer everything with a question . " He shook his head . " And if you academics aren't asking each other questions , you stop talking to each other altogether . Amazing ! Half the people in the history ...
... asked knowingly . " You also answer everything with a question . " He shook his head . " And if you academics aren't asking each other questions , you stop talking to each other altogether . Amazing ! Half the people in the history ...
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... asked John as he juggled books , record albums , and a lamp . " We're in the wrong building , that's what's the matter , " I said , wondering why he couldn't see the obvious . " No , we're not , " he said . " This is Abel Hall ; I've ...
... asked John as he juggled books , record albums , and a lamp . " We're in the wrong building , that's what's the matter , " I said , wondering why he couldn't see the obvious . " No , we're not , " he said . " This is Abel Hall ; I've ...
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... asked to be assigned a room in Abel Hall . " Why do you want to live in a dorm ? " I asked . " Why can't you live with John ? I can't afford to ' furnish ' another dorm room ; I thought we would never get all John's stuff moved down to ...
... asked to be assigned a room in Abel Hall . " Why do you want to live in a dorm ? " I asked . " Why can't you live with John ? I can't afford to ' furnish ' another dorm room ; I thought we would never get all John's stuff moved down to ...
Contents
A Reflection | 7 |
The Rich ScholarTeresa Bloomingdale | 14 |
Gather Round CollegiansRoy Blount Jr | 21 |
Copyright | |
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