Word: notted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This is ridiculous. One non-scholarship student, a member of the Varsity first-string lineup for two years, puts it thus: "Why doesn't Harvard give athletes an even break?" Not athletic scholarships, mind you, nor lowered entrance requirements, nor easy courses: just an even break. The H.A.A. and the...
Yale, which cannot be accused of "subsidizing" any more than Harvard, does both these things. A member of the Minneapolis Harvard Club told one of the authors this fall that the Yale Club of the same city could offer a prospective Yale student both a steady job and a room...
It would not be too elaborate or expensive an undertaking to outfit the College with football players. The Administration will not have to resort to subsidization. The H.A.A. will not have to organize a flying squad of scouts to blanket the country.
Harvard might well take a lead from Yale. It would not be "unclean" to assure an athlete of a job here. This would eliminate the necessity for any athletic scholarship, and would mean only that a man could earn some of his expenses.
Harvard could also, with a minimum of effort, guarantee athletes the same rent rating for four years. This would not mean free rooms; it would mean that a man could eliminate this one variable from his college budget and know just how much money would be needed beyond what he...