Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...individual also figures prominently in the choosing, but not as a personality. The impression made in an interview is not an accurate or a lasting one, and therefore the basis for judging a man must come from his record. The proper combination of scholarship, athletics, and extra-curricular interests constitutes the "ideal" man for whom each House searches. This "ideal" varies, of course, from master to master, and the applicants to each House are thus judged by different standards...
...special group to study the drop in freshman participation in extra-curricular activities was set up by the Union committee at its meeting this week...
...Extra-curricular activities for the students center around the Komsomol--the Communist Youth Organization. This group arranges most meetings and even posts signs in the halls afterwards listing those who did not attend, "shame and dishonor." The Komsomol also inspects students' rooms and sees that each person is tidy and has cut his fingernails. It also sponsors soul-searching sessions...
...still among the top tenth of the nation in estimated ability, it seems unreasonable to assume that any student is here who does not deserve financial aid. This is especially true when the cause of Group V or VI standing is almost universally found to be either extra-curricular obligations or psychological problems. It seems deplorable that the University should force a student with extra-curricular ambitions and abilities into an unnecessarily studious pose, and even more deplorable that the College should augment the problems of those in psychological difficulty by cutting off financial support...
...Demolay agrees with him. He complains of the difficulty of scheduling social events during the week. "People always have quizzes coming up," he says, "and they just won't come on a weekday night." Especially significant is the case of one student who considered himself an extra-curricular demon and took pride in the fact that he could "always arrange to have two free nights a week...