AtD Chapter 26, Section 2, p. 322: Canonical Eli
Michel
bulb at vheissu.net
Thu Jun 5 03:53:42 CDT 2014
Thanks Monte (and Mark and David), really appreciated!
Michel.
Monte:
> Elihu Yale founded the school which was renamed in his honor, so its
> students were nicknamed "Elis." The campus favorite "Whiffenpoof Song"
> (http://ingeb.org/songs/fromthet.html) mentions both "Mory's"
> (Moriarty's) and "the place where Louie [Lassen] dwells" as favored
> hangouts, i.e. "canonical Eli venues."
>
> I read the quoted sentence as "Kit wasn't in the mood for the usual
> places."
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Michel <bulb at vheissu.net
> <mailto:bulb at vheissu.net>> wrote:
>
> "Canonical Eli venues were not the ticket today"
>
> Kit wanders through the New Haven night after he hears from Lake
> that his dad has been killed. Moriarty's is mentioned, then Louis
> Lassen's and finally Canonical Eve. Anyone an idea what this
> Canonical Eli venue is?
>
> Thanks!
> Michel.
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