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...story is a sort of streamlined Pilgrim's Progress shot through with vigorous satire. McDowell, a peerless young actor of apparently unlimited range, appears as Mick Travis, who when last seen was shooting up his prep school common in Anderson's //. Here again, Travis is afloat in a society that is both recognizable and out-of-joint, where business meetings can turn into blase conferences on genocide. Mick's struggle to make a success in such an unbalanced world forms the classic curriculum for his picaresque education...
...that are not particularly well-founded. The Philadelphia public school strike -- cited by some as a partial reason for the decline -- no doubt contributed to the weaker recruiting program; yet its contribution was clearly overshadowed by the 64-per-cent drop in black applications from two prestigious New England prep schools. Another factor, a large decline in the number of prospective black freshmen directed to Harvard by currently enrolled black students, is probably the most important cause of the drop in the number of blacks applying to Harvard...
...four prisoners were in their early 20s−tough, streetsmart, prison-wise. They compared jails the way Yalies compare prep schools. They shied away from pointing to specific causes for the fight. "All the tensions just came out," said Earl Moore, Pontiac head of the Disciples. Gang rivalries had been going on for some time. According to the leaders, each organization had preserved some form of identification−either a private greeting that members gave each other or special berets or insignia they were permitted to wear. Fights that normally would have remained disputes between two individuals exploded into confrontations...
...urban center troubled by teacher strikes was Philadelphia and there are few black students from that city at Harvard, strike or no strike. For example, in the class of '75, where there are 101 black students, none from Philadelphia. Furthermore, investigation will show that most Harvard blacks come from prep schools and private schools, insulated from teacher strikes...
...loaded, I came in from the bullpen (actually I had been chasing this cute nine-year old girl around the playground) and proceeded to walk in five straight runs. I probably should have given up the sport right then, but I persisted until the day in JV ball at prep school when, with the varsity coaches watching, I hit into a triple play to end the season, and my career...