To the Editor:
Thank you for a good edition of The Pointer, published on March 12, 2015.
I enjoyed reading in it about sports, music, student government and environment sustainability.
The editorial is well written, as are the other news stories. This spring I am celebrating fifty years
since I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in music education from The Ohio State University
in Columbus in 1965, having arrived at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point to teach in the
music department in 1969. Indeed, a college education is for a lifetime, I am certain. My experience
presently includes practicing percussion and piano on music I learned in college, as well as doing
reading and writing with skills I developed during my undergraduate education. For example,
I play snare drum here in central Wisconsin in the Grenadiers Band on music that I played in college,
such as John Philip Sousa’s “Liberty Bell March” that I also conducted with the UWSP Concert Band
in the early 1970s in the “new” Michelsen Hall in Noel Fine Arts Center. Thank you for a good newspaper,
reporting news of interest to the campus and surrounding community: I urge you to highly value
your college education, a real privilege in today’s world that provides citizens who contribute to the
environment and society.
Sincerely,
Geary H. Larrick
Doctor of Musical Arts
Assistant Professor of Music, Retired
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Geary.Larrick@uwsp.edu