Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reading period, did your academic tensions color your attitude toward your building, hallmates, and dorm events? Quad residents are spared that, because their classes and their homes are two very different sides of Harvard. They profit from the academic and extracurricular wealth of the Yard area, then come home to an intimate community whe)re a strong dorm life complements a strong house life. It's hard to sell abstractions like friendship and group spirit in an ad, so let me list a few of the by-products; newspaper subscriptimn costs shared dormwide, open doors, an unusually strong tradition...
...However, the specific studies of this course are only secondary to the real learning that takes place on stage during the five hours of rehearsal time each week and the extra hours spent by each musician practicing on his own. Some University officials think of the orchestra as a "extracurricular" activity and liken it to sports or drama when justifying lack of credit. It is hard to understand how students can receive credit for photography and other art work if this criteria is truly valid. (And it is interesting that University officials don't compare the orchestra to sports...
...addition it could have a positive effect on careerism at Harvard. As academic pressure mounts, the first thing students sacrifice are the extracurricular activities. Students will be more likely to design better balanced course programs for themselves if credit were available for playing in the HRO. Rather than turning to the library and to oneself an orchestral musician is forced to look beyond his immediate concerns and pressures, to establish relations with the entire ensemble...
Perhaps the rooming arrangements could even be extended to extracurricular activities. The Crimson might pick up a little levity and the Lampoon a social conscience if sophomore members of the organizations lived together. Potential do-gooders housed in Mower and Stoughton would reject all past reluctance to engage in social work full-time when subjected to the looming, guilt-trip-inducing presence of Phillips Brooks House. Likewise, potential converts could be placed in Thayer north or the western end of Canaday, where the mystical magnetism of Memorial Church would soon prove irresistable...
Marvin Bagwell '76 thinks black students here had a negative image two years ago, but not any more. He talks about Harvard in terms of where it will take him after graduation. He sees his long list of extracurricular activities--president of Crimson Key, Mather House Council, member of the Coop Board of Directors--and his summer job as a buyer for a New York department store--as proof of marketable skills...