Category Archives: Military

J. Edgar Hoover’s Commencement Speech at Sewanee, 1941

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Uncomely and Broken

In June 1941, the University of the South in Sewanee conferred forty-six undergraduate degrees, five honorary degrees, and heard the Latin salutatory of Frank Dana, Jr, which was reprinted in full (as is meet and right) in the Sewanee Purple. … Continue reading →

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Rainy evening reflections

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

It’s raining in Sewanee, and will be for the next few days, they say. Springtime has always been the season of showers around here, of course, a small price to pay for the green of the trees and grass. It’s … Continue reading →

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Oedipus at Colonus

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 30

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Antigone

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola, chap. 28

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Bacchae

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 24

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 21

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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German POWs and Dixie Highway

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Sewanee Purple (April 16, 1918) 3

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