Bah, Humbug!
In your editorial "An Awkward
Time," you said that the Christmas
Holidays are the natural end of the
first semester. But, I ask you, what
is natural about Christmas holidays?
Should we build our school
calendar around an old-fashioned
religious holiday? If the students
are annoyed by this "awkward
time" between Christmas and the
semester break, let's simply do
away with Christmas vacation. This
University can lead the way with a
new and progressive solution to this
old problem.
Sally Whaley
School of Education
