Word: prepped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Neither Vaughn nor Briggs are regular on the freshman squad, which illustrates the tremendous depth and potential of this year's team. Andover, with Kirby Jones at number one singles, is regarded as a fair prep school squad, and the convincing manner in which the Crimson defeated them is conclusive proof of the Yardling's strength...
Captain Jerry Emmet at number one will lead the Yardling squash team against a strong Exeter squad. Charlie Poletti will be at number two, while Al Vinton will play three, John Scullin four, and Nick Lamont will be at five. Exeter, generally tops among prep schools in squash, defeated the Yardlings last year...
...freshman team will also fence today, when they meet the Hopkins Grammar School in a tough season opener. The strong Hopkins team is the traditional prep school source for the Yale fencing squad...
...emphasis on College Board aptitude tests has hastened the change. Since no one can prepare for them, the extra cramming that a prep school offers can no longer get the dullard through. Furthermore, the top private colleges have become increasingly less parochial in their search for students. Though swamped by applications, they still send out recruiters to schools all over the U.S. They want not only a bright student body, but a broad one; and wealth and background are less and less a factor. In 1910 only 10% of the men who applied for Harvard asked for scholarship...
...down on the number of student casualties and parental disappointments, city after city has organized elaborate counseling programs to try to identify the college material early and to steer students to the schools best suited to them. At the same time, private prep schools are trying to persuade ambitious fathers not to think only in terms of big-name colleges. But, says Headmaster W. Gray Mattern Jr. of Wilbraham (Mass.) Academy, "It's difficult to convince the third generation Harvardman that his obviously unqualified son just won't be admitted. After a while, you get tired of talking...