<p>It is amusing that it is always a person a generation before me who is by virtue of the fact that he is not a student less likely to have the direct contacts with students that usually says something along the lines of a student “missing the point.” I suppose you are correct: fleeting impressions always beat the direct experience. By the way, here is a recent article from the OWU bulletin about something else that Reed and OWU have in common: [PhD</a> Productivity](<a href=“http://connect2.owu.edu/issues/20080305/ourTown/PHDs.html]PhD”>http://connect2.owu.edu/issues/20080305/ourTown/PHDs.html)</p>