I was on an airplane. It was Fall, early 1960’s. We had taken off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport and the concrete city with shimmering rivers moved quickly behind us. We rose into the fog– a world of white, an auspicious beginning for a new student. When we descended, the earth was a quilt of browns and greens, and then, closer, spotted with… oh my god, there are COWS near the runway.
Continue reading Letter from Victoria Hochberg ‘64
Tag: Letter
Letter from Steve Mooser ‘72
To Antioch Students,
I am over at a conference in Europe and immersed in the duties of participating in that. I read the NYTimes dispatch which indicated in part that after the initial euphoria among students last Saturday, there was concern because nothing in the “historic agreement†was firm and permanent about the future of the college. There are multiple conditions, provisions and questions.
Continue reading Letter from Steve Mooser ‘72
Letter from Mary L. McCubbin ’75
I’m probably the only student who saw Antioch president James Dixon (who started the off-campus centers that became elements of Antioch University) walk to and from the main building to fire then chancellor F.X. Shea in 1975. Students, concerned alumni, and faculty appealed to the trustees who met in the Antioch Inn dining room and decided to fire Dr. Dixon and reinstate Dr. Shea
Letter from Carl Hyde ’48
To the Editor and the students:
Along with the euphoria of knowing that our beloved college will not die I have a feeling of great respect and gratitude to the current students. You have been the kind of students that best represent the ideals of Antioch. It is of great importance that you all came in September, even though you had no assurance that you could complete your education here. That fact, and your calm, mature presence during the weekend of the board meeting played a significant role in the outcome.
Letter from Dan C. Shoemaker ’92
November 5, 2007
(Guy Fawkes Day)
For the sake of all current Antioch students, I am pleased to hear that the planned suspension of operations has been lifted. However, as an alum, I am deeply disappointed with the bargain that has been struck between my elected Alumni Board representatives and the Antioch University Board of Trustees.
“When will we learn that treating with the University is like courting the embrace of a strangling vine?”