Letter O the Alumni Author:John Hersey Hersey's Letter to the Alumni is a summary of the wisdom that its author accumulated during his five years as Master of Pierson College at Yale. It is a compelling account of last May Day's events in New Haven, the clearest I have ever come across. It is an attempt to sketch in the background of those events. It is a definition of the present ... more »mood of students, a tempered plea for understanding and the avoidance of stereotyped thinking. It is a letter not only addressed to Yale's alumni, but also to old grads of colleges everywhere in America and all members of the generations that find themselves bewildered and frightened by student unrest.« less