Word: preps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...differences among the Corporation members are less pronounced than the similarities, which is not too surprising considering that the members choose each other. All of the members attended prep school. All of them have the kinds of flexible and well-paying jobs which allow them to schedule the lengthy meetings for which they receive no payment, other than expenses. And all of them are leaders, active in business, community and educational affairs...
...after a steady financial downslide, the family was forced to sell the castle. It became the Noble and Greenough School, the middle-level prep school where Nickerson finished off his high school education...
With a core of experienced prep school players forming the nucleus of her 25-woman squad, Coach Quinby looks forward to an exciting first season. "The newcomers to the game are picking it up very quickly," she said. "The problem is that no one on the team really likes to throw the ball at other players... they will learn that...
...composed of about twenty-five players, half of whom are experienced. These include Laura Johnson, Laura Lennihan, Laurie Benton, all on defense, and Barbara Matson as goalie. These players help provide a basic core group from which Quimby can work. Johnson notes, "Lacrosse is basically an east-coast prep school sport. The core group is composed of people who have played in prep school. The rest are mostly beginners, but they're picking it up fast. The team is really just beginning, but our coach is great...
...PROOF that a desire for reform. and not ambition, is behind his administrative rise, Kiely tells friends he has turned down several other attractive administrative offers. He was considered for the headmastership of a prestigious prep school, but told the selection committee he wasn't interested. When President Bok and Dean Rosovsky tentatively floated the idea of Kiely's taking on a provost-like position at Harvard, Kiely said he didn't want...