Word: curricularly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There's a greater chance today that the non-valedictorian will be accepted, Mrs. Stimpson said. Admissions criteria have changed and although "we could fill the whole class with valedictorians," personal qualities and extra-curricular activities bear greater weight than they did 10 years...
There is no relation between academic achievement and achievement in extra curricular activities among highly able students, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation reported recently, For Merit Finalists studied since 1956, performance in extracurricular science, art music, Cramatic and "leadership" activities varied independently of performance in courses...
...high degree of professionalism in extra-curricular activities is made possible partially by the abilities of the students but primarily by the small amount of time required by studies. This is another indication of the failure of Harvard's formal education to hold the attention of students. The demands that organizations make on member's time are enormous; leaders of the major undergraduate activities usually spend 40 to 60 hours a week on their organization. The athlete, long a symbol of the conflict of time between classes and activities, practices three or four hours daily during season and often...
...their second year Radcliffe students face many problems, as reflected by their falling grades and other factors. Responding to these pressures, some girls may devote nearly all their time to extra-curricular activities. Others involve themselves in an all-consuming personal relationship. Any reasonable vote about sophomore curfews should center around the question of whether regulations can shield students from making hasty and unwise decisions...
...University doctor reported that some sophomores find that they cannot bear to be alone, which may lead them to cling closely to one person. Often they try to escape loneliness by submerging themselves in a "cause," like disarmament, or an extra-curricular activity, such as the Loeb Drama Center...