LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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TO THE EDITOR

I have read the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for April with much interest, especially the articles dealing with "The Shape of Dartmouth 1969" which give an excellent comprehensive picture of the planned development of the College.

The article on the role of the alumni moves me to write you about a suggestion that has been in my mind for some time. For a good many years the MAGAZINE had a special feature Hanover Browsing. I have missed it and other readers have expressed their regret that it is no longer being carried. We wish that it might be revived or that a new feature along similar lines be a regular part of the MAGAZINE in addition to the book reviews it has.

Mr. Hayward tells of the changing character of class reunions, of "more emphasis on intellectual activities," of "the continuing education of alumni," and of the importance of greater communication between the College and alumni. Would not a regular column reporting on the world of books be a helpful means to these ends, one which would continue throughout the year instead of being limited to reunion week? It could stimulate the alumnus to continue the intellectual life which he has experienced in college and I am sure many alumni would welcome the guidance to their reading which such a column would give.

Newton, Mass.

Men Soon Enough

TO THE EDITOR:

I would like to say "Hurrah" for Ronald Kley '60 for his letter in the May issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

Why must Dartmouth try to make men out of 17 - and 18-year-old boys so abruptly? God knows they will have to be men soon enough. It seems to me that it should be a more gradual change for a great number of nice lads who will find themselves without too intense pushing.

As to the Alumni Fund, why should we be in a race with Princeton, or any other college for that matter? I always considered Dartmouth good as just Dartmouth, an individualistic college.

Revere, Mass.

Dartmouth on Wheels

TO THE EDITOR:

Still notorious in some quarters as an unreconstructed train-browser, yesterday in New Orleans' Union Station I made a pleasant discovery: Boston and Maine's stainless-steel Pullman, Dartmouth CollegeI. This handsome car now runs between New Orleans and Fort Worth on the Texas and Pacific Railroad's No. 21, The Louisiana Eagle.

A conductor told me he thought they also were using Dartmouth College II. Far, far from home, the word of Dartmouth travels through the South.

New Orleans, La.