Summer 2007 Volume 103 Issue 3 : letters
Re: Vassar Yesterday, Spring 2007
I was in the audience at Timothy Leary’s lecture in Students’, though I don’t remember much, if anything, of what he said. (Some may think that this proves the saying, “If you can remember the ’60s, you weren’t there,” though I’d argue it has more to do with the fact that it was 39 years ago!)
But there is one thing I recall with perfect clarity: he gave his lecture sitting on the floor of the stage (no podium, no chair) with his legs crossed, barefoot — and the bottoms of his feet were filthy!
Leslie Branton Hoffecker ’71
Alexandria, Virginia
I WAS A FRESHMAN WHEN [Timothy Leary] spoke on campus on March 3, 1968. I do not know who invited him or why, but even then I knew he was a drugged-out jackass with nothing to impart to me. I stayed away in droves.
Linda Civitello ’71
Los Angeles, California