Date:  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 11:34:43 EST

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Comment on MLA



>When considering what will be missed when/if ADS no longer has its big

>meeting with MLA --

>Remember PDE. Discussions in the Present-Day English sessions made rather

>direct contributions to the planning for the Atlas.

>I've found the Lexicography Discussion Group to be interesting. And sometimes

>Language & Society has good programs.

>And some of the other lang/ling sessions, such as Language Theory, often

>are organized by spirits kindred to ADS members.

>I'm not arguing against change -- just inserting some little reminders.

>                                DMLance



For what it's worth, I'll say it again. I like MLA. I pay my fees; I get

a badge. I see old friends. I stay in a nice hotel. I get a laugh out of

critical theorists getting it on in the registration line. The parties are

good. The book exhibition is reason enough to go--even to Chicago in

December. But then I teach a good deal of literature in addition to HEL

and grammar/syntax.



But a separate meeting somewhere else for all the exec/committee stuff is

OK. And the Philadelphia plan sounds good. Uhmm, mussels at Walt's on 2nd

Street--I hope it's still there. Vats of olives in the Italian market.

Wear boots.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

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