Word: scotts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Further investigation into the action of the Yale Faculty Committee in removing Platt and Scott, prominent football players, from probation, revealed last night that a total of 150 men took the fall makeup examinations this year and that until two years ago any man who so much as passed a makeup examine September was immediately taken off probation...
Last week 150 men took the makeups and 33 were released from probation including Platt and Scott. Both of these men studied during the summer with the hope of gaining exemption in the fall. Scott got an 81 in his exam, while Platt got a 78 at the same time had four "qualities" in other subjects, thus relieving himself of probation under the second part of the rule...
This statement was apparently made on insufficient evidence. It was not until the full list of names was announced by the Dean that it was learned that Scott and Platt had both passed the examinations, and that only Gallagher would be lost to the squad...
...merely pass remain ineligible until January. Definite information could not be obtained on what was considered a sufficiently high grade since this is purely a matter of discretion and rests on the faculty's attitude toward each individual. Before the Associated Press story on Friday concerning Platt and Scott, 15 men had already been removed and last night another 33 were added to the list...
...Scott was regular tackle on the "Iron Men" eleven of 1934 and Platt was captain of the 1935 Freshman team. Gallagher, who did not make a high enough grade this fall in the opinion of the faculty, was a substitute center last year...