Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jack Reardon, who announced his resignation Monday after a 12-year tenure as Harvard's Athletic Director, will be leaving quite a legacy for Harvard sports.
After a stagnant year on the freshman team--then freshman were not eligible to participate in varsity programs in the Ivy League--Beaulieu's and Harvard's dream ended. Beaulieu transferred to Boston College three weeks before Reardon was named athletic director.
When he is 15, Jeremy sees his reflection in a beach house and, runs toward the cliff in a fit of self-loathing, and jumps. His attempt at suicide is a failure, but he manages to break his leg in many places and put an end to his athletic career...
Since that time, several colleges have revived intercollegiate competition. But the University has kept boxing a non-competitive club sport based on the the suggestion of Arthur L. Boland Jr., head surgeon of the Harvard Athletic Department.
"We want to fight, and the athletic departmentisn't thrilled with the idea of boxing," Clarkesaid. "Competition fulfills what a program issupposed to do, but it just hasn't happened.