Objects
Within
Mr.
Potato Head and Family
As with any great patriarchy, the Potato Head family started out
with the father figure himself--Mr. Potato Head. During his first
year in C.C.C., he was utilized as an 'essayometer;' a precision device
designed to provide an indication to students of their performance, as
a class, on a given essay assignment. As they filed into the chamber,
students knew that if Mr. P.H. was severely mutated (an arm protruding
from the crown of his head; a set of sneakered feet sticking out of an
ear hole), this disorganized and vague state of being reflected the
content and structure of their essays.
During
the following years, Mrs. Potato Head and children were introduced by contributing
students. At some watershed point in time, the butt bridge was constructed,
spanning the vastness between the shelved rears of both potatoes, and connecting
the two voids within whilst serving as display runway for the young p.h.'s.
The
Palimpsest
During my first undergraduate year at Middlebury College, my history teacher,
Mr. Tilinghast, introduced me to this word. The palimpsest is plastered
across the back wall of C.C.C. and boasts sundry pictures, drawings, trophy
Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie containers, mandalas, box tops
and other fascinating memorabilia from classes gone by.
Arthurian
Paraphernalia
As tenth graders, students in C.C.C. sample the diverse platter of authors,
myths, and mores surrounding the figure of King Arthur and related characters.
The unit's finale involves a creative project whose criteria are often
fulfilled by building models, mobiles and other solid articles, many of
which remain in C.C.C. long after their creators have departed in search
of their own Camelots.
Command
Console
The Command Console was built and erected by Hugh Duffy Moran during the
'98-'99 season. It serves as a physical extension of the Command
Chair Auxiliary Desk, and houses a myriad of mechanisms essential to the
smooth operation of daily activity in C.C.C. Included in its array
of attached apparatus are several sound effects devices, intraCrystalPalace
communications gear, and a note pad.
Velvet
Elvis 
The Velvet Elvis hanging at one end of the chalk board was obtained in
a divorce settlement. It was not my divorce.
Meat
Tenderizer 
The Meat Tenderizer serves as a prop and springboard into the banal joke
about the latest Elvis Presley song--"Love Meat Tenderizer." Oh my.
Sound Effects 
The Star Trek Desk Organizer provides all the necessary auditory stimuli for our maneuvers. The Mega Mic sports the requisite laugh track, clap track and other important sounds essential to punctuate the never-ending novel that is ENGLISH CLASS.