Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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TITLE IX, which mandates equal allotment of college and university athletic funds to men and women on a per capita basis, poses a threat to big revenue sports. The schools that count on that revenue plan to water the law down.
Since the grant could not be used to purchase anything under the jurisdiction of the athletic department (e.g. equipment) the coaches of women's sports decided to put the money to educating both the athletes and public on Radcliffe sports.
Radcliffe granted $5000 to the women's athletic department to promote women's athletics at Harvard and bring together coaches and athletes, Joe Bertagna, project coordinator said.
One of the first Harvard catchers was Horatio Stevens White, the team captain from 1871-73. White became a professor of German at Harvard and eventually athletic director. In a retrospective that appeared in the Crimson in 1927, he noted that in the absence of a mask he "was accustomed...
And last night, he showed that Harvard was playing a discordant tune. University brass are promising athletic gains with one hand and unyielding academic standards with the other. It can't be both ways; the two must blend. Promising athletic success without the conviction to make it happen just increases...