• Gay ceremony
• PAW's new look
• Mount Princeton

Gay ceremony
I was amazed to see the number of letters published in the September 10 issue applauding the use of the Chapel to promote the values of the homosexual/gay lifestyle. Will you please tell me how many letters you received which were opposed to the Chapel's use for this purpose? It appears that PAW wants to leave the impression that letters in favor of the gay union outnumbered those opposed.
CHARLES T. COYLE '49
Greenwich, Conn.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We went back through our "letters not used" file and our issues of July 2, September 10, and October 8 and 22 to check the number of letters received on the subject of the gay commitment ceremony that took place in the Chapel last April 26. Not counting Mr. Coyle's letter, we arrived at a total of 53--22 opposing the ceremony, 29 supporting it, and two that can't be categorized. We published 29 letters, 55 percent of the total received; of these, 11condemned the university's sanctioning of this event and 18 favored it. To state it slightly differently, 42 percent of the letters received and 38 percent of the letters published were opposed. If we infer that Mr. Coyle includes himself among those condemning the ceremony and add his letter to the totals, the respective percentages are 43 and 40.

PAW's new look
Re PAW's redesign as reflected in your September 10 issue: the new logo is fine, and the change of typeface is a minor one. But I must lodge my objections to certain aspects of the new look which make the magazine less attractive, especially for your aging alumni readership.
The Class Notes have become much more difficult to peruse because you have reduced the leading between lines considerably. This allows you to cram more lines of copy into less space, but makes the small type even harder to read.
The olive second color used throughout the magazine is a poor choice--it looks cheap and does nothing to enhance graphics or copy. Issues predating the redesign had a much crisper and cleaner look. Because you are using a four-color process for this color, it just increases the cost of production. At least, find a better second color.
Also, I find lowercasing the first letter of the month at the foot of each page (e.g., "september") an affront to proper usage.
GERRY SIMMEL '51
Sonoma, Calif.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We appreciate the comments of Mr. Simmel and others about our redesign. Predictably (as reflected in the letters we published in the October 22 issue), reactions have been mixed. Readers will note that we have already made some adjustments (for example, lightening the second color when it's used as a backdrop for black type), and over time we will make more. We are still experimenting with second colors and expect to wind up with four or five we will use on a regular basis.