Robert C. Abbott, Jr.

At the end of the Nineteenth Book of the Iliad, Achilles prepares himself to return to the battlefield and avenge the death of his friend, Patroclus.  He puts on the divinely wrought armor of Hephaestus, mounts the chariot behind his two immortal horses, and calls on them in a terrible voice.

A poem by Louis Petrich

Linda Wiener

I have three main goals in this lecture. The first, and most important, is to inspire you to be more open to and aware of the animals all around you. The second is to give some history of a fascinating debate on animal color and behavior that began in the early twentieth century in the United States; this will illustrate how difficult it is to elicit any sort of Truth from the phenomena of nature. The third is to persuade you that, at least some of the time, animals engage in artistic expression for its own sake.

Scott Buchanan

This occasion reminds me of an occasion some twelve years ago when Winkie and I were leaving St. John's. There was a farewell party given us by the students. Some of you may remember, some money had been collected and put on deposit with the bookshop, a fund for books on which we could draw if we got lonesome. We were each given a token book and we had to make little farewell speeches. It was a very moving occasion for us, and particularly for me because I casually opened to the first page of my book and read it.

Jon Lenkowski

I would like to begin with two prefaces.  I have taken this invitation as an opportunity to put to paper something that has been nagging at me for some time, something which is an aspect of thinking and—who knows?—may turn out to be at the heart of thinking; and along with this bold claim, a cluster of experiences that I think are familiar to all of us here.

Henry Higuera

I’ll start by explicating my title. In my opinion, the word "multiplication" has had five or so meanings in the past 2500 years, but they have been confused and mashed together.[1] This has had unfortunate results which include skull- splitting, intimidation, discouragement, demoralization and apathy, as people attempt to understand how these five are "really the same operation," as they are often told to think they are—when in fact in important respects they are not. I am going to try and dispel some mystery and introduce what I hope is pleasing clarity.

Performed in Greek by Katie Kretler