Unearthing a 'very catchy' song

In response to: A farewell song

By Steve Reed ’96

Published in the Sept. 24, 2008, issue

In Laura Fitzpatrick ’08’s On the Campus column in the July 16 issue, she references a letter received by PAW editors from Herbert S. Bailey Jr. ’42. Mr. Bailey refers to a World War II-era song composed for Theatre Intime ending with the lyric, “America is okay.” While I do not...

A caricature of the world

In response to: A farewell song

By Christopher C. (Kit) Binns ’69

Published in the Sept. 24, 2008, issue

In her thoughtful essay on seniors’ reaction to an impromptu singing of the national anthem at step singing at Blair Arch, Laura Fitzpatrick quotes senior class president Tom Haine ’08 as saying that “the great American spirit will regain its indomitable nature in the face of a...

Milton, the Bard, Bluto

In response to: A moment with...Nigel Smith

By Terry Vance ’77

Published in the Sept. 24, 2008, issue

I very much enjoyed reading Merrell Noden ’78’s interview with Nigel Smith (A Moment With, June 11) and returning to the issue of Milton’s “unpopularity” despite undeniable genius, which was the subject of courses I took both as an undergraduate and as an alumnus. And many...

Celebrating the 25th

By Herman Field Froeb ’46

Published in the Sept. 24, 2008, issue

The photo on the July 16 PAW cover is the best photo you have ever had of a reunion. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and full of chuckles, and reminds me that I felt on my 25th in 1971 just as David Simon ’83 looks at his 25th in 2008 — on top of the world!  

Remembering 1968

In response to: Princeton spring

By Bill Swan ’68

Published in the Sept. 24, 2008, issue

The year 1968 was not all gracious accommodation of differing opinions (feature, July 16), although we do well to emphasize such behavior. I was one of three members of the Class of 1968 with “facial hair,” and I recall being thrown out of the Class of 1947 reunion site at the...