The End of BAR's First Year

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It’s hard to believe that with this issue the BAR has completed its first year of publication.

For those who have been intimately involved in its creation, probably no other year will be as challenging as this one has been. Now we’ve made it. The potential has been made actual. In short, we’re a success.

We’ve proved that there is an abundance of exciting material that can he made understandable to the non-professional, without sacrificing accuracy or depth. And we’ve proved that there is a wide readership of people who are as eager and enthusiastic about this material as we are.

A year ago we thought this would be the case, but we weren’t sure. Now we know. But the lingering doubt is what made the year so challenging.

We venture to guess that there is no other magazine whose readers are as much a part of the communication process as ours are. It’s definitely a two-way street. And this gives those of us who put out the BAR a special dedication to our readers. We know you’re there.

The most difficult problem we’ve had during the year has been with the mails. So many people wrote us that they didn’t get the magazine that after the second issue, we sent a first-class postcard to the entire segment of subscribers involved asking them to return the postcard if they failed to receive either or both issues. Almost 8% of the recipients returned the card indicating that they had failed to receive one or both issues. Copies were promptly sent to these people.