Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Every fall, for instance, the dean of admissions and about four other staff members travel to Wallingford, Ct., where they spend two days interviewing students at Choate Rosemary Hall. In January, a single staff member returns to Choate Rosemary in order to interview "post graduates" (students who attend prep schools...
However, student recruiters and the admissions staff generally agree that a more serious limitation on minority recruitment trips is funding. Jewett estimates this year's total budget for minority recruitment at somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000. And this budget includes not only student travelling and operating costs, but...
Few people are going to come to Harvard because the team won the Ivy League or made three television appearances. In other words, the aim of recruiting, or "assessing athletic talent" as the women are calling the proposed travels of coaches, should not be to improve Harvard's prestige.
The point is that the athletic department should not lose track of the interests of the student. It is one thing to visit a prospective student and tell him what the school has to offer--a low pressure athletic program being one of the attractions. It would be a disaster...
Burton I. Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe College, told members of the planning board last night that Radcliffe opposed the petition, adding that Radcliffe would like to complete construction of the athletic facility by the Radcliffe Centennial, which will be celebrated next June.