Latest Advocate Called 'Obscene'

The December issue of the Advocate is raising former members' ire as well as their contributions to the magazine's trust fund, according to its president Thomas A. Stewart '70.

"I don't mean to be a prude, but I have never seen such filthy words in print," one former member of the Class of 1929 wrote.

Recollecting the time when the Advocate's style was "like that of a Harvard English professor," the member went on to suggest that Randolph Rheyns '68 and Mack Dewart '70 wrote their articles under the influence of drugs.

Stewart said Advocate trustees have already received about $1,000 in contributions from former members as well as several other angry letters.

The December issue of the Advocate is the first to be sent free to all former members as part of a fund-raising drive. Stewart said the issue brought in about $70 from sales at Harvard and Radcliffe.

"If the Advocate isn't objected to by former editors, it isn't doing its job," Stewart said. "The past image of starchy traditionalism is not valid; we have always attempted to keep up with the developing trends in literature," he added.