Word: schoellkopf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 4--Tom Skypeck, Cornell's spectacular, triple-threat quarterback, won an individual battle with Crimson signal-caller Charlie Ravenel on this summery afternoon at Schoellkopf Field as the Big Red defeated Harvard...
ITHACA, N. Y.--There is a sign over Schoellkopf Field which reads, "Alcoholic Beverages Prohibited;" Cornell's school motto is "Freedom and Responsibility." Obviously there is somewhat of a contradiction between the two phrases, and it is best explained by the Dean of Men, Frank C. Baldwin, when he says, "It's time for a change at Cornell...
...reason behind the decision to give the students a chance to solve their problem came from the furor aroused by a similar incident in the fall of 1956. At that time, drinking in the Cornell stands at Schoellkopf Field during the Cornell-Harvard game reached such proportions that the Cornell Athletic Association decided to prohibit the use of alcoholic beverages in the stands...
...also felt that the student body should have been allowed to solve the problem: "We feel the disturbance caused by the 'no drinking in Schoellkopf Field' rule could have been avoided if the students were given a chance to solve a difficult problem by themselves...
This statement closely paralled the one made by the Cornell Athletic Association a few months earlier which said that "in the interests of good taste and public safety" the use of alcoholic beverages would be prohibited at Schoellkopf Field...