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That's when the fun started. Forty student athletes worked through the press, releasing a letter endorsing either Pittenger or John P. Reardon '60, associate dean of admissions and coordinator for the program of athletic facilities, for the job. A group of alumni were a bit more direct, expressing their displeasure at the impending nomination to top administration officials. The athletes had the support of many students and many of the alumni had the support of big checkbooks, so Peck withdrew from contention rather than see himself fed to the lions publicly. President Bok then dissolved the search committee, took...
...disposal of Peck and Pittenger still didn't settle the question: It simply narrowed the field a bit. Supposedly, the alumni have won out in their fight to insure that no "outsider" will find his way into 60 Boylston St. Watson, in fact, said last week he has "been assured that the next athletic director will either be a Harvard College graduate or someone from 'the inside.'" Bok, though, as the man who will make the choice and presumably the one who would do the reassuring, will say nothing other than that he will be making an announcement...
That may seem a bit presumptious for most coaches--considering the team does not start practicing until today--but if you were coming off an 11-1 season and had nine returning lettermen, you too might be tempted to be a bit smug about your chances...
...bit different from last September, when Field predicted a "Building Year" for her 3-2-5 team. In an understatement, uncharacteristic of your typical coach, she had said that field hockey would need "three or four years" before it could be considered a "strong power...
GIVEN THE FERVOR with which President Carter has promoted the idea that human beings deserve certain basic types of humane treatment, it is a little bit disturbing that after meeting with Pinochet last week, Carter told reporters he and the general found themselves in complete agreement on human rights. It does not appear likely now--if it ever did--that Carter will put the muscle behind the human rights drive he once promised by refusing all aid to the Chilean junta--surely one of the worst offenders. A different U.S. president felt no qualms about ending financial support...