Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 3)

MAILBOX EDITOR Jack Croft DESIGN DIRECTOR Kurt Hansen ART DIRECTOR Dave Pryor ASSISTANT EDITOR Bill Doherty STAFF WRITER Becky Straw CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Linda Harbrecht, Tricia Long, Tom Yencho, Kurt Pﬁtzer, Elizabeth Shimer Bowers, Verna Fisher, David Driver, Cody Smart, John Flenders, Alan Alex DESIGNERS Michelle Boehm, Beth Murphy, John Stetz, Karyn Yates COPY EDITORS Amy Kovalski, Diana Sparrow 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.3, Spring 2008 Published three times a year by the Lehigh University Ofﬁce of University Relations, in cooperation with the Lehigh University Alumni Association, Inc. © Lehigh University LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I was conﬁdent that I would make it through tryouts since I had considerable band experience as a percussionist in high school, and so I was quite surprised when there was no such thing as a tryout; if you said you could play an instrument, you were in. The word spread among the new freshmen, and within a few weeks we gained more band members as the new students learned they could avoid compulsory Phys. Ed. and Military Science if they joined the band. Soon the percussion section had several new members who claimed to be bass drummers and cymbal players. But the band had only one bass drum and one pair of cymbals. Nevertheless, these “new” band members were issued band jackets, and hats. As long as they owned white ducks, to ﬁll out the uniform, they were given old broken-down trumpets or horns, and could “play” and march with the band. I have a treasured photograph taken from atop the old Taylor Stadium Pressbox during the Lehigh-Lafayette game as the band performed at half-time. We formed the block letter L, which never would have been possible without our cadre of non-playing marchers. The following year, as hundreds of veterans entered Lehigh under the G. I. Bill, enrollment grew to over 1,800 students, William Schempf replaced Professor Shields as band director, and the band swelled its ranks without the help of pseudo-players. Kenneth D. Landriau, ’49 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. LINDERMAN ARTICLE ‘ADDS JOY TO MY LIFE’ Thank you for an elegant feature article in the Fall ’07 issue on “The Linderman.” This wonderful structure and storehouse of knowledge was at the center of my Lehigh education. To have its character and ambiance preserved—and to read of it—adds joy to my life. From September 1937 to June 1941, I suppose there were few days I did not enter the Linderman’s great Gothic doors. The reading room provided my information on the contemporary world of events, politics, and intellectual affairs. A carrel gave me intimate contact with books, stimulated self-study and time to set forth ideas in the written word. A room used by Professor Gipson as his research office and seminar room introduced me to world-class scholarship. On these rich experiences, I was given the opportunity to have a long and satisfying life. Perhaps my thoughts in this letter will demonstrate how this unique and beautiful architectural gem was the soul of my education, as in the words of President Gast it is “the soul of the campus.” May it serve well Lehigh students of tomorrow as it served those like me for 129 years. Richard A. Ware ’41 NON-PLAYERS MADE A “L” OF A DIFFERENCE I thoroughly enjoyed the article about the Lehigh Marching Band in the Fall 2007 Lehigh Alumni Bulletin. I joined the Lehigh Band in the fall of 1945 as a freshman just out of high school. World War II had ended in August of that year and our freshman class of 200 constituted more than one-third of the total student enrollment. During registration week, Band Director Shields did his best to bolster the band membership but at the ﬁrst meeting of the full band I remember there were fewer than 30 students. THANK A MARINE Re: “Deconstructing Masculinity” Page 12, Fall ’07 I am not at all certain of what John Pettegrew means when he states that U.S. Marines kill with “apparent ease and ferocity…” That description does not square with the Marines I have known. I wonder if it has occurred to Pettegrew to thank a U.S. Marine for the work he/she does? David T. Berquist M.Ed. ’68 spring 2008 3 http://www.lehigh.edu/alumni

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