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...slink out of the supervisor's office, a jock looms over the horizon. "Hey, what is this?" he says. "There's a goddam bunk bed in my goddam room. Are they trying to give us a goddam floater? We ain't gonna take this crap. We'll make him so miserable he'll be begging to move out within a week...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: The Vagabond I Am In Mather House Nobody Loves Me | 10/14/1969 | See Source »

Full-Fledged Jock...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Confident Ballantyne Hasn't Time for Politics | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...John happens to be a sort of Harvard anachronism-he is a full-fledged jock. "I place equal importance on academics and athletics. I have no time for radical politics or social involvement. And I don't mind being called a jock." he said...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Confident Ballantyne Hasn't Time for Politics | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...jock. John participates in all sorts of sports during the off-season. He learned to box early in his career and during the summer he keeps in shape by beating a tackling dummy senseless with lead-padded lacrosse gloves. "Three or four rounds of that is about as strenuous as a football game." he said...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Confident Ballantyne Hasn't Time for Politics | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...scrimmage, however, brought mixed reactions from both Yovicsin and several hundred spectators."My God, we're going to get blasted this fall," wailed one jock. Yovicsin was somewhat more hopeful...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Tricky Holy Cross Football Team May Give Crimson a Sticky Start | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

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