Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jones enjoys a unique rapport with many Harvard athletes who have taken his course. This has enabled him to perform a vital role as a member of the Harvard Standing Committee on Athletic Sports.
Jones served on the search committee that named Tom "Satch" Sanders Harvard's head basketball coach in the spring of 1973. He encouraged a project from the Hill-Hines-Hannemann triumvirate which explored the reasons why Harvard has not performed well during the Sanders era. This "constructive paper," as Jones...
The class list itself resembled an all-Ivy sports roster this year. Number one tennis star Gary Reiner and linksman Alex Vik were among the 50 students enrolled. Vik, who will travel to the NCAA cham-pionships next week, tuned up his game with a friendly "challenge" of Professor Jones...
"Arbitrary distinctions cease on the playing field," Jones said yesterday. "Alex made a wry comment to me while we were playing golf. After giving me some tips on my rusty game, he said, 'Out here, I'm the professor and you're the student!'"
Another class activity was a softball game at Soldiers Field in which teaching fellow Mike Forte slammed a pair of homers and Jones added a solo clout. The informal atmosphere of the outing was enhanced by two cases of beer, a "fringe benefit" of the course.