Tolkien Conference
Hillsdale graduate delivers speech on Tolkien’s early education.
By Owen Cox Staff Writer Hillsdale College graduate Benjamin Boyle delivered a speech on Tolkien’s early education titled “Honor, Competition, and Academic Devotion: Tolkien’s Education and King Edward’s.” Boyle’s speech primarily concerned his belief that Tolkien’s classical education was the source of Tolkien’s success as a writer and academic. Tolkien attended King Edward’s Grammar School, […]
Students attend a birthday party for Bilbo Baggins
By Margaret P. McAuley Staff Writer Hobbits, elves, men, wizards and even nazguls attended the first part of Bilbo’s Birthday Party in the Finnegan Fieldhouse Plaza. The event was hosted by the FUS Tolkien Society to kick off the National Tolkien Conference on Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. The plaza was decorated with string lights […]