Category Archives: Sewanee

Damnatio Memoriae Sevaniae

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

A year or so ago, I had an exchange with the United Daughter of the Confederacy about the monument to CSA General Edmund Kirby-Smith on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, where I teach. My … Continue reading →

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Regnet Pax Omnem Per Terram

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

This morning’s Sewanee Elementary School assembly was a real treat–this year’s petition for peace for the Peace Pole was in Latin: “Regnet Pax Omnem Per Terram.” To prepare, Kathryn Gotko Bruce had the 4th grade students do some study on … Continue reading →

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Capone among us

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

This morning in McClurg, Jack Nance just told me a great story. Back in the 30s, he says, when Al Capone was being sent on his heavily-guarded way to the Atlanta Penitentiary for tax evasion, he went by way of … Continue reading →

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Protected: What’s in a Place-name?

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: But Let Judgment Run Down As Waters

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

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Introduction to the revised edition of “Latin and Greek As Used at Sewanee”

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

From a Sewanee Features piece last year, some of you will know that I am planning on publishing (at some point in the near but as yet undetermined future) a revised edition of the little pamphlet, Latin and Greek as … Continue reading →

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To Hear About a Martyr and a Hero

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

I had been prepared yesterday to talk about kings and prophets, but instead got to hear about a martyr and a hero. Friday was the day before Fall Break here in Sewanee, and my last class of the week was the … Continue reading →

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Precious Moldering Pleasures

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

A precious—mouldering pleasure—’tis— To meet an Antique Book— In just the Dress his Century wore— A privilege—I think— His venerable Hand to take— And warming in our own— A passage back—or two—to make— To Times when he—was young— His quaint … Continue reading →

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The Abbo’s Alley Labyrinth

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

There’s a fine piece in Smithsonian today about labyrinths, which put me in mind of Sewanee’s own version of the mystic maze (about which more below). As Jennifer Billock, the author of the Smithsonian piece, writes about the spiritual engagement with this unique … Continue reading →

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252 Years of Sewanee

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

April 28, 2016. Resolutions of appreciation for the retirements of Profs. Croom, Delcamp, Rupert, Landon, Perry, and Smith. “That,” says the Dean, gesturing, “is 252 years of Sewanee.” A stunned silence followed by sustained applause, and then handshakes and hugs. … Continue reading →

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