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Athletic Director Jack Reardon met the bus in front of Blodgett Pool to begin a tour of the Soldiers Field facilities. We had just come from Agassiz Theater in Radcliffe Yard, where the committee had heard a group of student actors sing selections from a Gilbert & Sullivan show. The need for increased funding for the arts (i.e., the "pitch") preceded the entertainment...
...Jack Reardon began his own spiel on the majesty of Blodgett Pool and its King, Olympic medalist Bobby Hackett, my mind began to drift back to freshman year. It seemed hard to believe it had been four years since the Class of '79 first invaded Cambridge. We have changed and grown, but so have Harvard athletics, the question concerning both is--has that change been for the better...
...Reardon mentioned the addition of women's locker facilities in the new rink: and I thought back to freshman year, when "Title IX" was the reading assignment for the ninth week of a course. But today federal legislation has dramatically altered the manner in which Harvard constructs its facilities. Reardon has tried to run his office as a model of compliance, and the nickname "Cliffie" isn't heard too often around 60 Boylston St. I wish I had a nickel for every freshman in the fall of '75 who would have snickered at even the mention of a women...
Committee member Peter Brooke asked Reardon about Harvard's basketball facilities as he surveyed Watson Rink (complete with an elevator and special seating section for handicapped people, another legislative initiative of the '70s). After all, Brooke said, Exeter has a beautiful, four-court arena which is bigger than...
...Here Reardon finally mentioned a coach--Frank McLaughlin--"an aggressive guy we brought in from Notre Dame." He discussed the basketball banquet at Quincy Market, where Reardon announced that about $1 million of the projected $2.5 million needed for a new 3500-seat facility was already in the coffers. He even talked about how former Marquette coach (now NBC commentator) Al McGuire had publicly berated him (on behalf of friend McLaughlin) for the small number of seats, and how President Bok had put a napkin in front of his face at the remark...