The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

DR. HALL'S MULTILINGUAL LECTURE

DR. CLIFTON HALL, A PEABODY PROFESSOR, WAS TO
GIVE A LECTURE AT VANDERBILT. AS HE STARTED
TO SPEAK, SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE MADE A
DEROGATORY STATEMENT ABOUT PEABODY. DR. HALL
CLEARED HIS THROAT AND DELIVERED HIS ENTIRE
LECTURE IN GREEK, TRANSLATED IT INTO FRENCH,
AND THEN SAT DOWN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Date learned: 04-20-1969