Word: minore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...school's snob appeal is a very minor consideration for most students who are choosing a college, Wilbur J. Bender '27 Dean of Admissions, and two preparatory school headmasters stated yesterday...
When the varsity swimming team defeated Yale in 1938, College students circulated a petition asking that swimming be elevated from a minor to a major sport. This was done and swimming has retained its "major" status ever since. Though no discredit to swimming, this incident illustrates the unfortunate arbitrariness of the present athletic letter system. A varsity letter shod primarily be a personal token of recognition which the College gives to a player. Only as a secondary function should a letter distinguish a player from the rest of the student body. But the policy of the Athletic Association has made...
...student body's interest, as in 1938. It has never, however, elevated a sport primarily for the players. This de-emphasis of the individual player is evident in the present organization of the undergraduate Athletic Council, where the seven major sports have one representative each while the twelve minor sports share only three members between them. Obviously a sport's outside popularity determines its representation...
From the point of view of the actual participant, however, one sport is as athletic as another. A wrestler, or a soccer or tennis player for example, works just as hard as a basketball player, even though the H.A.A. designates him as "minor." Indeed, the same track runner who receives a major letter in the spring probably received a minor letter in the fall for cross country. In reality, however, few athletes even consider the status of a sport when they tryout for it. Instead of being a personal token from the College, a major letter thus becomes an arbitrary...
...Smoker is illegal under the Massachusetts law which forbids serving beer to minors under any circumstances. The Alcoholic Beverages Commission will not act because J. Vernon Patrick '52, Secretary of the Union, has already bought the beer privately. But the ABC says the police can prevent a minor from getting beer, even though the Smoker is listed as a private party...