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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chanler scandalized the school by major breaches of good form. He jumped into an icy pond (strictly forbidden) to win a $50 bet, got kicked out of the Concordian Literary Society for reciting nasty verses, bootlegged pistols to his schoolmates. His crowning escapade was a clandestine prize fight he staged to raise money to buy a motorcycle. Having primed his second to soak his gloves with water so that he could hit his opponent harder, Chanler went six rounds against a bigger boy before 150 delighted schoolmates (who paid $1 each), was knocked out in the seventh when his gloves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Wrong Attitude | 9/9/1940 | See Source »

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