Word: shakeups
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fourth, the committee recommended a shakeup in the admissions department to attract a better student body to the College. But her too there are dangerous provisions. The committee wants the "alumni representative in this new setup. . . (to) be in general control of all recruiting work," and it believes that "the so-called 'all-around boy' is what Harvard wants most." With alumni in charge of the recruiting, beating the bushes for "all-around boys," there would be a great danger of the College's following admission policies unbalanced in favor of athletes. Harvard is a scholastic institution, and that must...
...article which purported to "reconstruct" the recent shakeup in the Athletic Association, the Bulletin stated: "... while Mr. Bingham inclined to the view that he should cut all ties with the University, the President (Conant) was able to persuade him to stay on and lend valuable advice and help to the man who took over in his stead...
Wilson was the last man to claim the thing was perfect. Asked if the setup was permanent, he shrugged his shoulders, replied: "It's the one we are operating with today. It's the base." Next likely shakeup: bringing control of operations as well as policy into Harrison...
News of the committee reorganization first appeared December 28 in the New York Herald Tribune, but the University has as yet issued no official confirmation of the shakeup, and Whitney last night called the newspaper stories "garbled." It is likely that the matter awaits final action by next Monday's meeting of the Overseers...
While news of the committee shakeup after two losing football seasons came as a surprise, the move was termed "just a reorganization" by outgoing chairman Clark yesterday. In fact, the change probably does not represent any policy dispute but simply reflects the University's desire for a much more active alumni group...