Word: squash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like to say something bad about this year's Harvard men's squash team. I'd like to say something bad because the racquetmen finished with an 8-2 record instead of the traditional 10-0. I'd like to say something bad because they finished third in the country instead of the traditional first. I'd like to say something bad because they lost to both Princeton and Pennsylvania, marking the first time since The War (and I don't mean Vietnam) that a Crimson racquet squad has lost two matches in one season...
...short time I've been here, I've learned a couple of things besides how to play squash. I've learned that this school, while having some damn fine teachers, tends disturbingly often to neglect or reject them. The latest Harvard teacher to whom this has happened is Diana Thomson, currently at the center of the flap over dropping fiction writing from Harvard's expository writing program...
Paul Moses will not return as coach of the Harvard women's squash team next year because the Department of Athletics has refused to renew his contract...
Some team members said Moses was not a good teacher of squash fundamentals...
Stone said Moses did not listen to the way other people taught squash, and that she was not sure whether he used proper teaching methods...