1972

And finally, there was mail. This has been a bit of a dry spell for letters and other correspondence from you all, but several guys decided that writing a note was a little better than washing behind their ears so here are a couple of really interesting ripples from the great beyond.

First, Jim Rubens wrote to tell of an article he wrote which will have appeared in the February issue of Futurist magazine. Jim proposes an alternative form of democracy. I am sure some of us have had a few ideas along the same line in the past few years. Jim formulated his ideas during his 13-year experience as a volunteer public policy analyst and public affairs writer and commentator. Also, if I remember correctly, Jim was running a tree-cutting and pruning service, which is maybe just what our current form of democracy could use a little of.

Further in the field of writing, and it appears that some of this writing was indeed done in the field, comes word of David Watters's accomplishments in documenting the gravestone as an art form. Davis has published a unique journal which presents articles on gravestone art in New England, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Scotland from the 1670s to the 19605. Many photos are presented, along with short biographies of some of the important figures in the area of gravestone art.

From Amissville, Va. (and I will avoid any punnery) comes word of a third author among our classmates. Ron McRae, alias "Computo," has published his first book, entitled Mind Wars, which is a non-fiction account of how the U.S. has attempted to use psychics as spies. The book has already attracted favorable reviews, and as avid readers of Science Times will recall (for those unfortunates among us, Science Times is the "C" section of The New York Times on Tuesdays), there was an article on this very subject some time in January. Ron says he left a well-paying job writing for Jack Anderson, so he hopes to make a decent buck on this venture.

And that's it for this month. See, we have the most interesting class in Dartmouth's illustrious history.

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