From the editor
I was amused in July to crack open a special section of the New York Times called "Education Life" and discover, amongst the earnest articles, a collection of off-beat snapshots showcasing collegiate couture. There, near the back, was Reed’s unique sartorial statement: students without shoes and socks, their feet as naked as on the day they were born. Read
more.
Letters
Read letters from:
Gerardo Nebbia ’72
Jeremy Nelson ’98
John Bear ’59
Jon Appleton ’61
Reeve E. Erickson ’50
J. Christopher Hall Jr. ’86
Michael Hartfield ’74
Teresa Cronin ’71
Elizabeth Donnally Davidson ’70, MAT ’71
Robert Friel ’10
Rachel Mills ’02
Class Notes
Class notes are available on the alumni
pages. You can also update your address, submit a class note, make a contribution to
the college, and add your email address to the new on-line email directory from our web
site. This is a protected web site, and you will be asked to enter your last name and Reed ID. Your ID
number can be found on your alumni association membership card or on your address label
from a Reed mailing.
Endpaper
The People in the Shadows
By Michael Ungar ’82
Reed president William Trufant Foster reviews student army trainees in 1917. What does this have to do with communism, atheism, and free love? Read on.