Letters

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

USAID AND ROCK & ROLL

I've just read the good article in the Wesleyan mag on USAID and the Wes guys who help make its reach truly global. I share the class of ’68 with Chris Holmes, and since we both were flying into Middletown (well, as close as we could get) from the West Coast, we shared layovers in Chicago in the day…

2015 Issue 2September 15, 2015

FOSS HILL MEMORIES

[caption id="attachment_5899" align="alignleft" width="360"] Spring has sprung at Wesleyan. (Photo by Dena Matthews)[/caption] Claude Smith’s (’66) note in Letters [Issue 3, 2014] brought back a flood of memories from…

2015 Issue 1May 6, 2015

REMEMBERING PROFESSOR OF ART JOHN FRAZER

I am saddened by the news that John Frazer has passed. He was undoubtedly the most profound influence on my career at Wesleyan. He helped me obtain a Fulbright Scholarship and recognized my potential. I actually feel he …

2015 Issue 1May 6, 2015

ARTISTS FOR WORLD PEACE CELEBRATES WESLEYAN TIES

All of us with Artists for World Peace (AFWP) were delighted that Associate Editor Cynthia Rockwell had the opportunity to write about her trip with us to Tanzania last summer. I’d also like to send a shout-out to other…

2015 Issue 1May 6, 2015

THE BRILLIANCE OF BELICHICK OR: “THE BUTLER COULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT ALONE”

Bill Belichick ’65 has always been a student of the game, constantly revising formations, analyzing each position and playing to the edge of the rulebook. But Superbowl XLIX has been the stage that has showcased his bril…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

CONSIDERING PRESIDENT ROTH’S Beyond the University

I have nothing but support for the position President Roth articulated in the latest Wesleyan magazine (issue 2 of 2014). I would much prefer my children to get a broad, liberal education rather than some program that is…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

FOSS HILL TRADITIONS—AND MEMORIES

Just read your fine piece about Foss Hill, and several images immediately came to mind. The first was a kite-flying contest held there one year, either during fall or spring house parties. One of the kites allegedly flew…

2014 Issue 3December 10, 2014

GRATEFUL DEAD ON FOSS HILL: UNTOLD STORIES

Just read your mention and University Archivist Leith Johnson’s account of the Dead concert. What neither of you mentioned and what kept it from being an even more memorable moment and what also contributed to the smalle…

2014 Issue 2July 16, 2014

SEEKING A PHOTO OF AUNT CORA

With interest, I read the story, “Stone Family Women: A Continuum” (2013, issue 2). I am the son of Robert Stone Judge and the great-grandnephew of Cornelia Haddon Stone, Wesleyan class of 1897. I remember “Aunt Cora,” …

2014 Issue 1February 26, 2014

REMEMBERING FRANKLIN REEVE As an underclassman at Wesleyan, I experienced mostly terror. Every day, I was afraid I wouldn’t measure up—who really knows to what standard. Something fabricated in my head, something exotic…