Word: boosterism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be "unethical for coaches to use alumni booster, and quarterback groups to attempt to defeat or obstruct administrative or institutional controls athletic." Coaches "should not make demands upon such groups which are not in keeping with the letter and spirit of the existing controls...
Another Pogo booster reported injuries suffered in the line of support late yesterday afternoon. Marvin A. Prescott '55 was practicing on a pogo stick when he fell and suffered a cut over his eye. He went to Stillman infirmary to have it stitched and was in good condition last night. Prescott did not attend the rally last Thursday...
...Szajers, a technician at Zenith Radio, moved a converted TV set of his own design into the Polonia Grove bar. He rigged up a 40-foot mast on the tavern roof, perched a five-element antenna atop it, and pointed it in the direction of Milwaukee. A homemade booster amplifier brought in the signal and the Polonia's customers watched happily as Robinson knocked out his opponent. Said Szajers modestly: "Oh, the picture was a little shaky-but so was Rocky Graziano...
...first." 2) "Lavish entertainment of prospective stars" should be prohibited. 3) Freshmen should be barred from varsity teams. 4) College athletes should be made to maintain grades good enough to get them a degree in four years, and those who cannot keep up should be barred from competition. 5) Booster and alumni clubs should not be allowed to give scholarships directly to athletes, and all funds should be handled by the schools themselves...
Andrew Conway Ivy, who ranks high among U.S. physiologists and still higher as a vice president of the University of Illinois and booster of its medical schools, was on the spot last winter. For 18 months, he had been doing hush-hush research with a drug named Krebiozen which seemed to have helped a few cancer patients for a while. He wanted to go on and find out whether Krebiozen was really valuable, and that would take years...