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...Lamb, whose collection was entitled “A Personal Encounter with Philosophy,” began his love affair with his subject early. He began collecting philosophy books during his early teenage years...
...submission essay to the competition, Lamb wrote, “[Throwing away the books] was a gesture of letting go, although I cringe a little when I think of it.” He remained “book-free” for several years, until a wealthy retired philosopher invited him to maintain a library. His passion was reignited, he said...
Phoebe M.W. Kosman ’05 and Roland O. Lamb ’06 tied for first prize and $1000 each for their respective book collections, and Anna E. Harkey ’04 won $500 for her third prize finish...
...applicants wrote essays on their book collection’s meaning and submitted annotated bibliographies describing the significance of each book—but they were only allowed to describe 50 books in their collections, causing significant editing for contestants like Lamb, whose collection contains more than 1,000 books...
They say that college is a time of experimentation. I suspect that they are referring to more low-brow activities than frantically trying to shush a baby lamb, but I learned quite a bit from my reptile, bird and rodent adventures: I know how to administer a shot to a squirming python, that microwaves are not to be used in defrosting frozen rats, and that you should never help a baby duck peck out of its shell. And my college stories are more hairy (feathered, scaled, etc.) than most...