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Letters
Voices of Tufts
Warm congratulations to the editors, writers, photographers, art
director and Alumni Director Tim Brooks. This "new" Tufts Magazine
is impressive in content and design, and worthy of our great University
family. Intending to whip through this striking first issue, I was
quickly arrested by Editor-in-Chief Laura Ferguson's "About This
Issue" letter. In her guided tour of Tufts alumni publications past,
we find cited a number of alum letter-writers and extended quotes
from Marjorie Gott, J40, editor of The Bulletin during the early
WWII years. Marj's father, English Professor Charles Gott, A12,
and my father, William W. Rose, A12, were classmates and frequent
contributors to the campus literary magazines of their time. Marj
married Ralph Manning, E41, a future professor in the Engineering
School, making their home in Winchester, Massachusetts. She and
I have been friends since early childhood, owing to the lifelong
friendship of our families. In recent months, Marj has suffered
gravely declining health. Your citation of her positive vision for
the magazines-to-be at Tufts was especially meaningful to her and
her family, her many friends, and classmates who are still with
us. May the Tufts Magazine indeed "continue to be a home for the
voices of Tufts' many graduates."
David D. Rose, A37, F38
Redmond, WA
DiBiaggio Leadership Praised
I would like to commend the magazine for the excellent article
in the fall issue that profiled President John DiBiaggio and his
numerous accomplishments during his tenure at Tufts. Under his leadership,
Tufts University has been acclaimed nationally and internationally.
We should feel proud and fortunate that he has been a great leader
and primarily responsible for the introduction, expansion and development
of many new chairs, academic programs, buildup structures, campus
beautification and more. Faculty, staff, students and alumni will
always remember his accessibility and magnetic personality.
John Baronian, A50, H97
Medford, MA
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Grammar Lesson
I have just read the fall issue of Tufts Magazine and found it
very interesting. I enjoyed reading the history of the magazine
in "What's in a Name?" However, one thing did slip through the cracks
or was considered acceptable. On page 34, the heading "Who to Call
for What" is far from proper in a university publication. I would
think that quite a few of your 70,000 readers would wince at this
grammatical error. It is, indeed, beyond casual. Since this is your
first issue, I do hope in future issues, you will change the heading
to "Whom" or change the wording altogether should you think that
stuffy. Keep up the good work.
Pauline Robinson Noble, J47
Reston, VA
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