Word: scholasticism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The M.C.A.T. consists of tests in general scholastic ability, modern society, and science achievement.
"At Bradley," said he, "we have a typical example of commercialism and overemphasis-with some of the attendant evils: illegal recruiting, subsidization of athletes, evasion of scholastic standards, corruption of the athlete, the coach and the college official, and impairment of the standards of the integrity of the college." More...
Nick was popular and a paradox. On the surface, he was a roughhewn hellion, who prided himself in dressing sloppily, once showed up barefooted for a publicity picture. But Nick also had the squad's best scholastic record and liked to listen by the hour to classical operatic recordings...
Since that time, Congress and the national heard that "in war there is no substitute for victory." Though this referred only to real war, it may have set some of the more sensitive aficionados of football to wondering whether their favorite sport had somehow become lodged in the same category...
An investigation of charges that the scholastic records of City College basketball players were falsified will open Monday. A special committee appointed by New York's Board of Higher Education begins a series of closed hearings, which is expected to last about ten days.