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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday, October 22, 1997

On Racism

Dear Mr. McWilliams:

I think you are absolutely right about Racism. If black people are given preferential treatment, the world will infer that they are not good enough to do it on their own.

Nobody would want a black doctor, lawyer, or about anything else if they knew he had gotten admitted and passed without being as good as the others.

Sometimes I wonder if the so-called black leaders want to keep black people depending on government programs and hand-outs, so they can maintain their own positions of influence.

I hope you will go far, as America needs people like you.
A Wah-Hoo-Wah for Dartmouth!

Sincerely,

Ashley Pace '41
Pensacola, FL


Pryor Corrects

To The Editor:
In your October 15th, 1997 issue you claim that in my presentation on 'Sexual Practices at Dartmouth' I reported that only 7% of students acknowledged being drunk while having sex. That is incorrect.

The presentation focussed on the important reasons students give for both having and not having sexual intercourse. Seven percent of the students who are sexually active (not all students) told us that having their judgement impaired by alcohol (not 'being drunk') was an important factor in why they had sex (and not simply a state of being at the time). Other than missing those three points, you were exactly right: I did use the number 7.

Sincerely,

John Pryor
Hanover, NH.


More Tribute for Champion

Editor's Note: This letter was originally sent to the widow of George Champion, and forwarded to The Dartmouth Review.

Dear Mrs. Champion:

It was my special fortune to know your husband through our mutual affiliation with The Dartmouth Review — I as an eager undergraduate and he as an ever supportive member of our Board. It is a mark of his character that although our interactions were few, his influence on me as representing a man of action who stands ever on principal endures. I extend my condolences to you and retain my happy memories of him.

Yours Sincerely,

Roland P. Reynolds
Corona Del Mar, CA


Why Come to Dartmouth?

To The Editor:

I have enjoyed The Review as a continuing reader since you were in pre-school. As a teacher of students, some of whom are intrigued with the idea that skiing can be done on mountains as well as on the ocean, your publication and its wannabe imitators provide insightful perspective.

The problem. I have yet to see an in-depth editorial or column that explains why a bright, talented student, in search of a liberal arts curriculum taught by superb teachers and discussed by just-as-bright students, should consider Dartmouth or any other 'most competitive' campus, at $25-30,000 annually. Why put up with the silliness that passes for education? In other words, are there enough professors — not teaching assistants — and like-minded students — not categorized but simply open to all questions — to warrant attending one of liberalism's last fortresses?

As a college counselor I steered one of my best last year away from Stanford to Centre. Both offered her substantial money. She is ecstatic in the Kentucky hills, away from leftover 60s rhetoric, with grad school — yours! (Tuck) — in the back of her mind.

Sincerely,

Frank Bunton
Jacksonville, FL

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