Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jewett's report indicated that there is significant variation among the houses in athletic and other extracurricular participation, scholastic achievement, ethnic and socioeconomic representation and area of concentration...
...wonders about this special allowance for ROTC. Yes, one can view it as a concession to Harvard students who participate in the program, but ROTC is not an officially recognized student extracurricular organization and the University has no obligation...
...fact, according to the University's own rules, ROTC can never be an official extracurricular: "Recognized organizations must maintain their local autonomy...the college organization [must make] all policy decisions without obligation to any parent organization" (Handbook for Students, p. 177)--something ROTC can never...
While still disagreeing over the extent of change, masters unanimously concluded that grade point averages, academic concentrations, numbers of honors students and extracurricular activities vary significantly by house and that the discrepancies should be corrected, masters and Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said after a meeting yesterday...
Masters attributed their change of heart to new statistics detailing house-by-house proportions of honors graduates, private school graduates and scholarship students. The figures, drawn mainly from the past two years and released to the masters Monday, include house breakdowns of grade point average, extracurricular activity, academic concentration and race...