Dept: Letters

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Winter 2011

I was delighted to find in the Fall 2011 issue the admirable account of the debt troubles caused by Uncle Sam’s fiscal recklessness (“Our National ‘Time Bomb’”).Were the article published by any institution other than U.Va., I’d not be moved to remark on it. But given that it appears in Virginia Magazine, I’m obliged to pick a nit.The article says, “Last fall [Peter G.] Peterson was awarded a Thomas Jefferson Foundation medal, the University’s highest external honor, for his role in addressing the nation’s fiscal situation.” Mr. Peterson has indeed long highlighted the problem of America’s growing public debt, but…

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Fall 2011

Of course I do not really know how Mr. Jefferson would respond to this issue of the magazine, but I believe that he would be quite disappointed at the extent to which classical music has been ignored. I think that there is ample evidence in his letters and his actions that he would have wanted “his university” to provide venues which would improve and nourish good musical tastes in the members of the University community.I write in order to express my disappointment concerning the omission of one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s at the University of…

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Summer 2011

As a nursing grad in 1960, coming in with advanced standing to earn my B.S., many of my classes were in the humanities. I was married with a small child and just wanted to continue my education after my R.N. The men were respectful and helpful, but the faculty had much to be desired. In my weekly chemistry lab lecture, the teacher addressed the class every time as “Lady and Gentlemen,” then received a loud laugh—every week!Ernest Ern, who was dean of admission during the transition to full coeducation, explains: “Understandably, we really didn’t know what to expect from the yield…

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Spring 2011

Quoting one of the University’s distinguished scientists, atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer (professor emeritus of environmental sciences and founding director of the National Weather Satellite Service) in an article in American Thinker magazine: Kenneth Cuccinelli II … has demanded from the University of Virginia (my university) the e-mails and other information of Dr. Michael Mann, who was an assistant professor of environmental sciences there from 1995 to 2005. …With all due respect to President Sullivan, and while agreeing that we need to address faculty and staff compensation, I would offer that she meet more with alumni employed in the private…

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Winter 2010

A progressive civilization will support researchers drawing upon a wide variety of social and technical science who can, in Patricia Wattenmaker’s words, “step outside of their own cultures and understand why we may value the benefits of civilization while overlooking or downplaying some of the costs.”On the occasion of the retirement of President Casteen, I can share another anecdote to add to the charming ones that appeared in your Fall 2010 issue.

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Fall 2010

It goes without saying that many of us alumni were devastated by the news that a young female student at our university was allegedly killed by someone who was also a U.Va. student. I graduated from college a long time ago, served 30 years active and reserve duty in the Army and taught for many years at the collegiate level. I would not pretend that I fully understand the student climate at U.Va. or elsewhere today. At the same time, it is clear that the apotheosis of athletes that I witnessed at my undergraduate institution (not Virginia) and at U.Va.…

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Summer 2010

What a thrill to see the picture of Scott Stadium in 1964 (“Then and Now: An Illustrated Journey Through Time,” Spring 2010). After the Corps of Cadets and the West Point band exited the field prior to the game, U.Va.’s football team proceeded to dismantle the then-powerful cadets.The article “Then and Now” shows a photograph of Scott Stadium in 1964. If I’m not mistaken the game depicted is “Razed [to provide a better view] of Alderman Library.” I always found the view looking out from Alderman to be better than the building itself. Be that as it may, I am…

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Spring 2010

An 1887 University of Virginia graduate, George Petrie, was the organizer and coach of Auburn’s first football team in 1892. In honor of U.Va., Petrie chose orange and blue as Auburn’s official colors. His contributions to Auburn didn’t end there; Petrie was the founder of the school’s history department, graduate school and athletics department, as well as the author of the Auburn Creed.—Ed.Jesse Beams, my research professor from 1956 to 1958, was the president of the American Physical Society during those two years. While your article about him (“Did You Know?”) said that he had been successful in his efforts…

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