Letters to the Editor

The new look

I am only 60 years old and have no problem with my other magazines. I hope your type will not get any smaller or lighter; if so, I will not be able to read parts of the magazine.

TOMMY DAWSON ’68
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TEX.

If if ainÕt broke, donÕt fix it. No doubt you have heard that bit of wisdom. While innovation is generally to be encouraged, innovation merely for the sake of having something new and different is foolish. In the case of the new design for Wooster magazine, the result is deplorably counterproductive. If you want and expect people to read the magazine, then you ought not to throw obstacles in their way.

BRIAN VAUGHN Õ66 OAKLAND, CALIF.

The new format of the magazine is very refreshing and colorful; I like it. My only problem is the extremely small size fonts which accompany pictures and the information on the bottom of the inside cover (where your e-mail address is located). Please keep us older folks in mind. Otherwise, a great job!

KLAUS E. KRONER ’49
LEVERETT, MASS.

Nice changes and the Web site for the magazine is terrific. DonÕt know if the latter is new. I found it when trying to find a way to contact you so I could request that you increase the size of your type or the density of the characters. Preferably both. You must have packed many more stories into the new magazine. If only I could read them.

MEL ORWIG ’62
RIO RANCHO, N. MEX.

As a long time reader of Wooster magazine, I have a suggestion about the cover. It seems to me that the one thing which all of us have in common is Wooster. I think the person who takes the pictures for the Web site does an excellent job and any one of those pictures would make a great Wooster cover. The art on the cover was interesting and certainly deserved to be featured inside the magazine, but I suspect that the article was not read by everyone. We all have different interests, but a picture of current student life, a landscape scene, picture of a building, or even an ÒoldÓ picture will draw us in. Once inside the magazine, most of us read the class notes and then look at the other articles, if we are interested.

NANCY MORNING VODRA ’63
BROOKFIELD, CONN.

I was so happy to get the spring edition of Wooster magazine. I would have been much happier if I could have read it.

MARCIA SHAFFER FINCKEN ’45
MEDFORD, N.J.

The magazine is beautiful.... and the article about Ed Arn is very, very good.

RUTH ANN COLEMAN DAVIS ’51
SOUTHINGTON, CONN.

The latest Spring 2006 issue provided much enjoyment and many articles and items of interest. One suggestion that I have is that you take a hard look at the print size used in many sections of the new magazine format. Thanks for bringing some new perspectives to Wooster. I will continue to look forward to the ÒnewÓ Wooster magazine in my mailbox.

JIM ROBERTSON '69
HOUSTON, TEX.

The alumni magazine is slick and goodlooking. So the pages are wider. WHO CHOSE THE TYPE? Some of it is so tiny and light that it is hardly legible. I could barely make out this address!

ALICE QUIN WARD ’46
EAST LANSING, MICH.

Congratulations on a beautiful new design of the magazine! I read this issue from cover to cover, and especially enjoyed reading about the black squirrels and MacLeod tartan origins. Good luck, best wishes, and keep up the good work.

KAREN JOHNSON ’87
CHICAGO, ILL.

This is my first letter to an editor in ages. I am proud to tell you how impressed I am with your spring edition.

BETTY LEONARD STEAD Õ46 ADDISON, TEX.