LETTERS
Campus Dogs Maintain
a Touch of Class
Seeing the picture of Teddy, the loving therapy dog, and reading about him
(“Sightings,” March/April 2012) brought
back memories. During the mid-to-late
1940s, my father, Merritt Lear, was an
economics and insurance professor in the
School of Commerce at UNC.
At the end of one semester, he issued
only one A grade in his economics class.
It went to Dan, a beautiful, happy Irish
setter, who was always present and always
on time for every one of his 8 a.m.
classes, never missing a day. None of the
regular students could match that. During
classes, Dan often contributed frequent
vocal comments and enthusiastic tail-thumpings.
Dan was well-known and loved by
both students and faculty. He was consid-
ered by all to be a member of that eco-
nomics class, as he also was by students
and faculty in other classes he attended on
campus. (He actually was a dearly loved
member of the Lee Wiley family. He
spent most of his time at their home
when away from campus, though some-
times he was seen on East Franklin Street,
where he was always happily
greeted by all who saw him.)
Gender Neutrality: Treat
Students as Adults, Not Children
I was disappointed at the tone and
biased perspectives apparent in the letters
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