Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should add that the several innovations we propose for New College, including in the extracurricular area the elimination of fraternities and intercollegiate athletics in favor of more spontaneous forms of student recreation, are changes that would reinforce each other, so that a style of life should emerge at the College which would have its own momentum. This does not mean we look to the establishment of a place which would appeal only to special "experimental" people, either as students or faculty...
...Harvard's present emphasis on scholastics does neglect or produce neglect of public activities. The men who should be attracted to extracurricular participation in the political clubs or the publications are in increasing measure lost to these activities because of the demands of the curriculum. It is argued that the non-academic societies do not draw the best people because their standards are not as high as those of the scholarly community. But this is a circular argument: if the "brightest" students were able to give more of their time to outside interests, extracurricular standards of performance would obviously rise...
Professor Quaeritor confesses to having a wife and family, of sorts. "My wife's name is also Jane--a coincidence, you know. We both indulge in an extracurricular liking for Chilean Dixieland; I always go to Mahogany Hall when they feature the Valparaiso Stompers...
...conclusion, Perry emphasized that "in the end, each instructor in his own course remains the expert in instilling freedom of judgment. The extracurricular course is only a supplement to this training...
...time (University of Southern California), reports with a lingering trace of disbelief that in his four seasons at Dartmouth "none of our first-string quarterbacks have required or received scholarship help." In the Ivy League, explains Harvard's Coach John Yovicsin, "football is one of the most important extracurricular activities. Frankly, that's where it belongs. There is not a boy in the league who has to play football in order to stay in college...