Word: scholasticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The difficulty in recruitment lies in channeling efforts in directions that have a reasonable chance of turning up "ballpark" candidates. Harvard's minority recruitment program utilizes a variety of techniques, but its first step is a selection process, a winnowing out based on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores.
Benson, on his way to becoming a Boston Globe All-Scholastic pick, led the 1977 edition of the Needham High School Rockets to the finals of the Eastern Massachusetts championship. The team did not even qualify for the tourney in Benson's previous two varsity years.
Fidler earned All-Scholastic honors his junior and senior years and garnered 1976-77 Scholastic Player of the Year honors.
Miller, a Billerica native, played three years of varsity hockey for Billerica High, leading his team to the Division 2 state title each year. Miller twice garnered All-Scholastic honors. As a senior he tallied 89 points, raising his three-year career total to 215.
Tim Kimball, a two-time All-Scholastic defenseman from Beverly High School, plays fairly regularly for the Terriers. Todd Johnson, a three-time All-League center for Browne and Nichols, and Brian O'Conner, a 6-ft., 3-in., 211-lb. defenseman from Hamden, Connecticut and a member of two...