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156 pp. Illustrated from photographs, cartoons and endpapers by Flannery O'Connor. (4to), boards in padded leatherette, gilt lettering. 

This is the annual for Flannery O'Connor's senior year in college and for which she was features Editor. It contains numerous photos of O'Connor, as well as listings of her name for the campus organizations in which she was active. Ten cartoons by O'Connor appear throughout, with some shown twice, in small and large formats. Her endpaper cartoon shows a large scene with WAVE troops marching on the sidewalk in rain, students attempting to avoid water-filled holes, and several dogs, signed MFO'Connor. Her pervasive sense of humor is only display in these cartoons. College annuals from the first half of the 20th century relating directly to prominent American writers are increasing difficult to find.