Obiter Scripta

Five men in ties looking at a sheet of paper, text below image reads Obiter Scripta, a literary club functioning independent of College sponsorship, is designed to provide occasion as well as opportunity for original literary activity on the part of its members who are limited to a total of eight for the campus. Membership, not open to application, is by invitation. Its literary work has always been varied, even including one-act drama and novelette. The current year has seen poetry (elegies, ballads, parodic ballads, sonnets, lyrics); short story; serious essays; humorous essays; dialogue; critical essays, and a projected novel. Text to the right of image reads Obiter Scripta. Mr. John M. Aden, Sponsor. John Briney, Harry Chase, Bert Johnston, Jack Seaton.Date: 1948

Obiter Scripta (“random writings”) was the name of a literary society formed at Centre in 1948 whose purpose was to encourage literary activity among students. Professor John Aden of the English Department was the sponsor and director. Membership was determined by nomination and election within the group, and initially limited to eight members who met semi-monthly to present and criticize their individual manuscripts.

Image is from theĀ 1949 Centre College Yearbook.

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