Word: preps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
Other profitmaking undertakings are auto repair and construction businesses. The family also runs shorthand classes and sends younger members to public trade schools. One student goes to the San Francisco Art Institute; others attend Drew School, a prep school that exchanges scholarships for the labor of Delancey residents. "We know public high school campuses are flooded with narcotics, and we want to protect our kids from that," says Indian-born Mon Sandhu, 27. "That's why we send them to private school...
Lehr said his "Alumni Day" is "a play that explores prep school alumni and how a man cherishes only the good of the past which always leads to tragedy...
...There are any number of ways to locate good prospects. For instance, I know of one candidate this year who started a laundry service at his prep school so the kids wouldn't get ripped off; he's a prospect," he said...