Without Him Was Not Anything Made
The Hall of Fame is almost entirely the invention of one self-sufficient self-starter, a man possessed. On his own, within one year, Henry Mitchell MacCracken had written the contract with…
The Lady Likes Green
I could have gleefully strangled Theresa for asking me to meet her at Cleo Clancy's apartment. I took my fury out on the doorbell. Nothing annoys me more than to…
The Housekeeper’s Lover
Abbot Bailey had never noticed the eyes of Greta, the housemaid, before. But the mattresses in Henry Howe Hall were no lawns of feather, so he had bet Hank Williams…
The Eternal Curve
The Eternal Curve (or A Pound of Flesh) -- the play Characters: Lavinia Luce, Sally Simpson, Marcy Young, Betsy Treadway, Junie Nestor, and Grace Plankhurst Act I Announcer: (a woman,…
The Electors
Meanwhile, let those immortals rest in the peace they have earned and turn with MacCracken in his book to those who put them there: the Electors of the Hall of…
The Concept
To get more open space on the limited acreage of the new campus, the architect placed the first building as close as possible to the western edge of the Heights.…
The Ascendancy of Henry The Great
Nowadays, few of those close to higher education are sure which is hardest -- to find a college president, to keep one, or to be one. The Presidency calls for…
Some Poems — by Peggy Stebbins Nelson
Flight Unafraid, he flies Into strange skies; Unrehearsed, he sings Of sweet springs; Unattended he dies While no one cries; A tiny bird Once heard By God. …
Postscripts
Siegfried Transformed Oh woe to Wotanfully clademerging now from darkness . . . There is within you a tragic poet --one who has crafted timeand the ductile bladesof ironyguilelesslywithout intentto find what…
Poems of Experience: White Goddess as Love, Loss & Lust
Silent Womb of Self Hard moments, these,Requiring faith in unyielding silence.Yet I too know that need to be alone,To gather into the cloak of one's beingAll the trembling limbsAnd Whitening…
Poems Escaped from New York City
Found in a Volume of Shakespearean Sonnets: A Photo of My Lover's Last Love In Shakespeare's Sonnets I come upon your other woman, Dark Lady of the Sonnet, once Mistress of…
P.N. and the Moon
Words of a Gilyak Nomad Look, Oh White ManWhen the moon is roundCan you not see him--The Nibach*On the moon? See, Oh White ManWhen the night is lightThere he goes,…
N.N. and the Night
"I Ran Faster", which appeared in the original "Apollo," has been replaced by the following two poems. Individuation Full moon mandalaof perfect peacespinning my lifelike a ball ofyarn unwinding.Nights…
More Poems — by Peggy Stebbins Nelson
One in Many One sun, many rays, One time, many days, One world, many lands, One work, many hands. One moon, many tides, One truth, many sides, One God,…
Leftover Poems
Leftover Poems Christmas Eve alone: tying up ends unwrapped gifts unraveled crochet Memories of you. Stillness undoing: trying to forget tying knots while trying to untie knots Your tatting on…
Gospel: Constitution
Wisely, Dr. MacCracken kept the constitution short -- just under 300 words -- allowing his successors freedom to amend on the basis of experience. Through 1968, the constitution was altered…
First Election
The MacCracken book describes the first election from nominations to voting and analyzes the results. In keeping with promises made, the University declared the hall open and ready for work.…
Epiphainein
Penelope Laurie on the sandand you are smittenwhile I am bereftthe Irish havesuch lily white skinyou said it must be the salt airI can still tasteon your hands. To say…
Undated Poems by Peggy Stebbins Nelson
Just So Much Do not snatch up more than you can hold,Troubles, joy or yellow gold.Tumble trouble in time's waiting lapLet unborn days solutions unwrap. Taste joy with lips of…
Childhood: Poems of Innocence
If you rememberNever to forgotThe YouthThe wild hopeThe dream . . .You will forgetTo rememberThe wrinklesThe wearinessThe short days. P.N. Dream Play Where is the dream, Margaret,Young as first…
Categories of Election
The last sentence of the constitution reads: "The Senate Committee shall determine an appropriate classification of citizens by vocation or achievement, and shall assign each name chosen for the Hall…
A Walk With A Patriarch
The Chancellor's "official Book," Hall of Fame, is also a leisurely rambling talk on foot, so to speak. He tells visitors how things are going and how he expects them…