Comments on: Bug Club vs. University of Chicago, 1921 http://bughousesquare.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/bug-club-vs-university-of-chicago-1921/ still on my soapbox Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Toby Higbie http://bughousesquare.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/bug-club-vs-university-of-chicago-1921/#comment-128 Toby Higbie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:26:55 +0000 http://bughousesquare.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-128 They probably did talk about the books that would soon become "Great Books." I'll dig out a great doc on "What the Hobo Reads," although the Bug Club was not so much a hobohemian forum as was Bughouse Square. I'm sure a few U of C faculty wandered over. They certainly sent their students to gather data for papers. They probably did talk about the books that would soon become “Great Books.” I’ll dig out a great doc on “What the Hobo Reads,” although the Bug Club was not so much a hobohemian forum as was Bughouse Square. I’m sure a few U of C faculty wandered over. They certainly sent their students to gather data for papers.

]]> By: Tim Lacy http://bughousesquare.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/bug-club-vs-university-of-chicago-1921/#comment-127 Tim Lacy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:29:26 +0000 http://bughousesquare.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-127 Do you think they also discussed the "Great Books"? Hah! But seriously, I wonder how many (if any) U of C staff and faculty wandered over. Surely Dick Arman is using the term "Americanists" loosely? I doubt any of those "true blue Americans" (i.e. the then popular KKK) discoursed with the other at the Washington Park Bug Club?! - TL Do you think they also discussed the “Great Books”? Hah! But seriously, I wonder how many (if any) U of C staff and faculty wandered over.

Surely Dick Arman is using the term “Americanists” loosely? I doubt any of those “true blue Americans” (i.e. the then popular KKK) discoursed with the other at the Washington Park Bug Club?! – TL

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