Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In the Ivy colleges, which award scholarships solely on the basis of economic need--not athletic ability--the 1.600 rule for athletic scholarships is understandably incompatible. Moreover, the admissions and financial aid offices at Harvard and the other Ivy schools function independently from the athletic departments and outside the jurisdiction...
In practical terms, the rule fails to recognize a difference in Ivy academic and grading standards from those of other colleges. A more serious objection to the rule is its infringement upon the rights of individual colleges or conferences to determine their own internal standards. Dean Monro, in a letter...
The Febrauary 15 deadline for acceptance of the new National Collegiate Athletic Association rule concerning minimum scholastic standards has passed by without compliance from the Ivy schools. There can be little doubt that the Ivy League Policy Committee was justified in refusing to file notice of compliance, even at the...
But the Ivy League's frequently expressed objection to the rule's references to "student-athletes," on the grounds that there is no distinction between athletes and other students in the Ivies, is petty and irrelevent. After all, the NCAA is an athletic association and can concern itself only with...
"All those here who turned in their King Lear tickets to get in here please go see King Lear and get outta here," the A and R man announced. Not one of the thousands of teenie rockers packed into Brandeis's Shapiro Athletic Center was about to leave, and for...