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MAILBOX LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER Chris Marshall ’88 EDITOR Jack Croft DESIGN DIRECTOR Kurt Hansen ART DIRECTOR Dave Pryor ASSISTANT EDITOR Bill Doherty STAFF WRITER Becky Straw CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Elizabeth Shimer Bowers, Sarah Cooke, Linda Harbrecht, Tricia Long, Brian Sandelovsky DESIGNERS Michelle Boehm, Beth Murphy, Karyn Yates COPY EDITORS David Caruso, Amy Kovalski BUSINESS SUPPORT Suzanne Gaugler How to contact us: Lehigh University Alumni Association 27 Memorial Drive West Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3734 (610) 758-3135 Fax: (610) 758-3316 Hotline: (610) 758-ALUM www.lehigh.edu/alumni Class notes and remembrances: Jennifer Lax, (610) 758-4399 classnews@lehigh.edu Subscribers: For address changes, send the mailing label, along with your new address, to: Alumni Records Lehigh University 622 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3055 (610) 758-4673 inrec@lehigh.edu Advertising: Pat Mann Lehigh University 125 Goodman Drive Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3754 (610) 758-3170 pam8@lehigh.edu Lehigh Alumni Bulletin Vol. 94, No. 1, Fall 2007 Published three times a year by the Lehigh University Ofﬁce of University Relations, in cooperation with the Lehigh University Alumni Association, Inc. © Lehigh University EDITOR feet in the air until he was balanced on his hands only. He slowly walked about in this position among the papers. Sometimes he patted a paper gently with one hand, and purred like a cat. At that moment a librarian came in and told us that we would have to leave, because the room was not quite ready for browsing. LEHIGH IS NO STRANGER TO PRIDE I have an incredible story: A strong Lehigh network is an understatement. I graduated this past May from Lehigh University and was having dinner in Center City Philadelphia, where my girlfriend and I both live. We had two friends come visit us from the class of ’07 and the class of ’06. One is living and working in Boston and the other was on a short leave from the armed forces in Iraq. While at dinner, we were enjoying ourselves and catching up on fun-filled memories at Lehigh. Having recently graduated, there was tons to talk about and reﬂect upon. When it was time for the check, we asked our waiter and he replied, “Someone sitting inside saw your Lehigh shirt and took care of the bill for you.” “What?” we all replied. “Why would someone do that for us?” It turns out I was wearing a Lehigh University T-shirt and that speaks millions to some folks without a word exchanged. My girlfriend and I don’t go out to dinner very much because of a recent budget and I have never had anything like that happen to me in my life. This person remains a stranger to us all. What we know is that he is a male in his late 50s and a true Lehigh alum. This is not the only encounter I have had in the city with Lehigh alumni. The network is stronger than I ever believed. If only he stopped to say hi and tell us that he was once an Engineer/Mountain Hawk, he would have found out that he was buying dinner for not one but four Lehigh alums. Remember to wear your Lehigh shirts proudly everywhere you go because you never know who you might meet or what you might be getting. Claude Bruer Kershner IV ’07 We want to hear from you. Please keep your letters to 200 words or less, and send them to: Letters to the Editor, Lehigh Alumni Bulletin, 125 Goodman Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3754. Or e-mail your letter to: letters@lehigh.edu. ABOUT THE BROWSING ROOM Editor’s Note: As we were researching the special section on Linderman Library that appears in this issue, we came across the following item from the June 1930 Lehigh Alumni Bulletin regarding the last major renovation. We reprint it here as it appeared more than 70 years ago. Enjoy. Irrepressible! These undergraduates, we mean—bless them for postponing the growth of moss on our aging backs. They’ll “kid” anybody about anything, and make him like it. For instance, here’s part of “W. P.’s” account in the Brown and White, of his ﬁrst visit to the Browsing Room in the new library. It should be explained that the room has not yet been stocked with books and is, therefore, not in actual use. Once in the room, which was empty of both students and books, I was momentarily at a loss as to how I should proceed to browse. At last I decided, “Students can do whatever they like in this room, so I guess there’s no set form here for browsing.” Seeing several newspapers on tables and chairs, I spread them on the ﬂoor and crept over them on my hands and knees. Every once in a while, as the mood struck me, I sniffed at the papers and barked sharply. While I was in the midst of a bark another student came in. I thought that I saw a gleam of contempt in his eyes. “Say, what do you think you’re doing?” he asked sardonically. “I’m browsing,” I answered with dignity. “Well, that’s not what I call browsing. Get up and I’ll show you the right way.” He placed his hands on the ﬂoor, and raised his PHOTO COURTESY OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES fall 2007 3 http://www.lehigh.edu/alumni

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