Dear Editor,
ON Monday, October 19, the Chronicle reported on the General Members Meeting of the Burnham Foundation, which was held on Sunday, October 18. For that the Foundation is grateful, since, previously, the dailies would scarcely cover the events of the Foundation.

However, the Foundation is disappointed with aspects of the coverage received. The main presenter at the meeting was a young alumnus of, and teacher at, the college. She spoke on the ‘Introspection and Prospects of the College’. Her presentation was balanced and spoke to the strengths and weaknesses of the college, including its decline.

The coverage was, however, done under a screaming headline: President’s College reduced to ‘nothing’ under PPP/C. This was reiterated in the first and second paragraphs of the article. This left the presenter in shock and dismay, since her presentation and its tenor never alluded to the college being reduced to ‘nothing’; nor was mention made of the PPP/C.

The Foundation therefore requests that this letter be given prominence equal to that given the article, and that the newspaper acknowledges that the idea of nothingness was wrongly attributed to, or misrepresented the presentation of, the presenter.

Yours sincerely,
Vincent Alexander
Chairman