I composed the next palindromes in honor of the a hundred and twenty fifth anniversary of MIT Expertise Evaluate. They embody what I name a “punctuate-it-yourself” (or p-i-y) palindrome on James Mason Crafts. (Quantity I, Difficulty 1 of the Evaluate contained a prolonged profile of Crafts, who served as MIT’s fourth president and held the workplace from 1897 to 1900.) Normally, once I’m composing a collection of palindromes, I slip in a single p-i-y. It’s a barely totally different studying expertise, because it permits the reader to mix traces and invent punctuation.

ON THE INFREQUENCY OF SUCH AN OCCASION

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QUASQUICENTENNIAL

Timewise, name it sensible (A+ spot). Eras went, I’m 2 + 121 + 2. MIT Information are tops + a TR am nonetheless aces. I, we, MIT!