To the editors:
While I was happy to see coverage of the new Director for Freshman Programming position (news, Mar. 6), I was dismayed by the article’s reference to the Dean’s Office creating a ‘Fun’ Director. A small part of the job will be to “serve as the primary liaison with the First-Year Social Committee to develop, plan and promote first-year events and activities.” The major responsibilities will center on Freshman Dean’s Office publications, pre-orientation programs, Opening Days, residential education, and creating more opportunities for student-faculty interaction. The last task should indeed provide “fun,” but your title and later mention of “Camp Harvard” suggest a kind of pandering that no one intends.
THOMAS A. DINGMAN ’67
Cambridge, Mass.
March 7, 2007
The writer is the Dean of Freshmen at Harvard College.
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