[Alumni-chat] My Letter in Boston Globe North Edition,Sunday 9-30

[Michael Brower]

Dear Colleagues in the Struggle,   Thought you might be interested in  
this letter that was published in the Boston Globe, North Edition,  
last Sunday 9-30.   If we convince the Trustees to reverse their  
Suspension decision, we must then immediately mobilize for a rapid  
and massive campaign of student recruitment.   To recruit a decent  
sized entering class next fall we will need the help of everyone.   
This means  Alums, Alumni Chapters, students, faculty, and friends,  
to get out the good word and to reach out to High School students and  
potential transfers, under guidance and training from Angie Glukhov,  
our Director of Admissions.

-- Mike Brower '55

LETTERS
Don't count out Antioch; fund-raising may keep it open for Gardiner  
Bacon
September 30, 2007

In the article about Gardiner Bacon's run for Newburyport Mayor  
("Dead last but undaunted," last Sunday's Globe North), Kay Lazar  
wrote that Antioch College in Ohio, which Bacon wants to attend,  
announced in June it was suspending operations.

It is true that the Antioch trustees announced a suspension starting  
next July. This was due mainly to a low endowment and insufficient  
fund-raising.

I am writing now to let you know that thousands of passionately loyal  
alumni of the 155-year-old Antioch College have been mobilizing and  
organizing alumni chapters around the world. And we have been raising  
money - more than $12 million so far. And the trustees have agreed to  
hear our appeal on Oct. 25 to keep Antioch College open.

So, please tell those students that Antioch is best suited for -  
those eager to learn, to mix classroom learning with on-the-job co-op  
experience, and to work for social justice - to keep their hopes up  
and be prepared to apply in November.

We think we will succeed and keep Antioch College open for another  
100 years of, in the words of Antioch founder Horace Mann, "winning  
victories for humanity." And to you, Gardiner Bacon: Hang in there  
with us. You are exactly the kind of student we want at Antioch!

Michael Brower
Antioch College class of 1955
Cambridge