University of Virginia Library

Letters To The Editor

'Logic' Evaluation Wrong
Asked To Look Ahead

The appearance of Mr. Cargile's
letter, which accurately describes
the unfortunate incident regarding
Mr. Yalden-Thomson's Logic
course, at this late date, appears to
serve little purpose. That the
evaluation should never have appeared
as it did, is an indisputable
fact. However, the review appeared
in the booklet which was printed
and distributed late last Spring and
in September of this year. Within
ten days, a new edition of the
booklet will be available, in order
to assist students with course
selection for the spring semester. In
the preparation of this edition,
several precautions were taken to
insure that a repeat of the Logic
problem would not occur.

We feel certain that students will
find this edition both useful and
extremely accurate. Furthermore,
an unfortunate occurrence with
regard to one course should, in no
way, serve to discredit the booklet
of last year, prepared by Messrs.
Lears and Brams. It too was, by and
large, useful and accurate. We
apologize to Mr. Yalden-Thomson's
and hope that students and faculty
alike will continue to exhibit trust
and cooperation with our efforts.

Clear Reporting

May 1 commend your clear and
concise summary of the faculty
debate of the College of Arts and
Sciences on Monday, November 24.
Last month's Cavalier Daily report
of the faculty meeting for October
was equally precise and informative.
Keep up the good work.

Agnew Defended

I think it's about time somebody
blew the whistle on Rod
MacDonald's intellectual dishonesty.

The case in point this time is Mr.
MacDonald's bland assertion that
Vice President Spiro Agnew has
called for regulation of TV network
news (The Cavalier Daily, Nov. 19).

Mr. Agnew said no such thing!
In fact, the Vice President stated
explicitly that he advocates neither
regulation nor censorship. Clearly,
Mr. MacDonald is either deliberately
trying to smear Mr. Agnew or has
written his column without any
research into the facts perhaps
both.

Worse, as any casual reader of
The Cavalier Daily is aware, Mr.
MacDonald has distorted and misreported
the news on other occasions,
too. It seems that Mr.
MacDonald doesn't feel that the
facts corroborate his own preconceived
opinions well enough!
This is quite tragic - that such an
otherwise capable journalist should
stoop to such depths of irresponsibility.

Yet there is a happy ending to
this sad tale of yellow journalism.
Like all writers who have no regard
for factual reporting, Mr. MacDonald's
lease on credibility has
run out. I doubt that any intelligent
student believes a word he writes.