LETTERS

Coeds vs. Idle Plant

To THE EDITOR:

I had originally intended to write this note to Bill McCarter, until I was shocked to read of his death.

I wanted to congratulate you on the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE - a fine job. Especially, the analysis of the new curriculum by Ronald F. Kehoe '59. As long as new Dartmouth graduates can write and think as well as this, I think the College has little to worry about. I should deplore the idea of a coed Dartmouth - after all, even men should have a few refuges from the more voracious sex - but, in thirty years of promoting college texts, I have often wondered at the desirability of letting a magnificent plant, in a summer-resort climate, stand idle a fourth of the year. Stanford has, or used to have, a genuine - and good - full-year program.

Congratulations also on the success of the Capital Gifts Campaign. Next time, though, let's not put the bite a second time on alumni who may already have strained their resources in making their original pledges. I rather resented this appeal to make it more.

Chapel Hill, N. C.

Not Chilled

To THE EDITOR:

I read your July issue by starting with Dr. Malik's address. So it was quite a surprise to read your reporter's comments on this speech when I got to them.

I was anything but "chilled" by his remarks. If an analogy with the weather is necessary, I would prefer a fine (though perhaps cloudy) sunrise. I won't try to paraphrase Dr. Malik's excellent speech to support my argument, but rather suggest that your reporter read the text which you printed.

Yonkers, N. Y.